Hey, there. You may be surprised that how the virus gets into your computer and you have no any clue about it. Cooliosearch.com, a newly produced computer virus now is trying all its ways to dive into your computer and make troubles for you. It just liked that it is built with the computer and have no any antivirus tool can remove this virus completely from your computer. What should I do now? How do I get rid of it completely? Please help!
More Information About Cooliosearch.com Hijacker
Cooliosearch.com Virus is a newly created computer infection which is sorted to the family of browser hijacker. It is a latest adware program which may do lots of malicious thing on your compromised computer. This virus not only infects Windows computers but also attacks Mac computers. This virus penetrates your computer by infected free programs, suspicious links and spam e-mail attachments. Therefore, when you are surfing the Internet, you should pay more attention to all things you did. Hence, you can protect your computer from being hacked by this virus. Anyway, if your computer is infected by this virus, please get rid of it without any delay or it will ruin your whole computer system.
Cooliosearch.com Hijacker can infect all kinds of browsers (i.g. Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari etc.) on your computer after it gets into your computer. So that, you may find that no matter when and which browser you are using, it may jump to this virus domain directly. All your browser settings will be changed automatically. All the default homepage on your browsers will be modified as Boxo-Search.com without your approval. Countless advertisements and pop-ups will be showing on your computer screen so as to take up a large percentage of your computer resource. Your computer performance will be reduced so badly. Hence, while you are surfing, the web page may be crashed so frequently. In addition, it may record your online cookies and then collect your sensitive information which will be sent to remote hackers. In short, this browser hijacker must be eliminated as early as you can when you find it making chaos on your computer.
Basic Symptoms and Potential Risks of Cooliosearch.com Infection
1. It can be added to Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome browsers without your notification.
2. You are rerouted to some unknown sponsored websites that you have never seen before when you surfing online.
3. You can get a bunch of popup ads show on the webpage which you are browsing.
4. It can be installed on your computer slightly.
5. This browser hijacker can introduce various infections and unwanted programs onto your system,
6. It can investigate your browsing behavior and gather your input information online.
7. It is also responsible for collecting computer user’s private information like IP address and online traces for unethical using of online marketing.
Manual Cooliosearch.com Removal Guide:
Cooliosearch.com Virus hijacks your default browser to redirect your web search results and modifies your default homepage and browser settings. Manual removal is the most effective way to completely uninstall it from an infected computer’s operating system, for the season that this hijacker is so cunning and dangerous, antivirus programs cannot get rid of it permanently. Here are the manual guides for users to remove the annoying hijacker.
1. Clean Add-ons and Extensions
* Internet Explorer:
(1). Click Tools in the Menu bar and then click Internet Options
Tools in IE
(2). Click Programs tab, click Manage add-ons and disable the dubious add-ons
* Firefox:
(1). Click Tools in the Menu bar and then click Add-ons
Tools in Firefox
(2). Click Extensions, select the related browser add-ons and click Disable
* Google Chrome:
(1). Click Customize and control Google Chrome button → Tools → Extensions
Customize and control Google Chrome button
(2). Disable the extensions of this virus
2. End Relevant Processes
(1). Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc together to pop up Windows Task Manager, click Processes tab
Windows Task Manager
*For Win 8 Users:
Click More details when you see the Task Manager box
Win 8 Task Manager
And then click Details tab
Details Tab in Win 8 Task Manager
(2). Find out and end this hijacker’s processes
3. Show Hidden Files
(1). Click on Start button and then on Control Panel
(2). Click on Appearance and Personalization
(3). Click on Folder Options
(4). Click on the View tab in the Folder Options window
(5). Choose Show hidden files, folders, and drives under the Hidden files and folders category
(6). Click OK at the bottom of the Folder Options window
*For Win 8 Users:
Press Win+E together to open Computer window, click View and then click Options
Click View tab in the Folder Options window, choose Show hidden files, folders, and drives under the Hidden files and folders category
4. Delete Relevant Registry Entries and Files
(1). Delete the registry entries related to this browser hijacker through Registry Editor Press Win+R to bring up the Run window, type “regedit” and click “OK”
While the Registry Editor is open, search and delete its registry entries
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ‘Random’ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Random HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “CertificateRevocation” =Random
(2). Find out and remove the associated files
%AllUsersProfile%\random.exe %AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\random.exe %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~random %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Random “.exe”
Conclusion
Cooliosearch.com Virus is dangerous and annoying browser hijacker which is responsible for displaying lots of pop-up ads on your infected computer. Once it infected your computer, it may make undesirable changes on your system like registry, DNS settings and browser settings and so on. Otherwise, it has the ability to allow unwanted applications installed onto your computer without your permission. Lots of pop-ups will be added onto your add-ons. Your computer system will be frozen or black-out with a sudden. You can’t use your programs normally at all. It may inform your variety of fake security alerts, exceptions and warnings. It will try every means to interrupt you from working normally online. The most important thing is that it is capable of pilfering your sensitive data by tracking your cookies and browsing habits. Cooliosearch.com Virus will be a great threat to your computer security and privacy. It is strongly recommended to remove this infection from your compromised computer immediately.
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