Wednesday, March 19, 2014

How to Get Rid of FixPcNow.net Pop-up Virus and Fix IE/Chrome/Firefox


Are you recently annoyed with FixPcNow.net? It keeps appearing and blocking you from accessing websites. Though you tried a lot of methods to delete FixPcNow.net but it is in vain. Do you want some help to deal with FixPcNow.net? 

Brief Description of FixPcNow.net Virus 

FixPcNow.net is a notorious pop-up virus which incessantly redirects your homepage and random tab. No matter when you open your web browser, you receive an installation suggestion. The recommended extension is a scam. If you click on Install Now button, your computer will have many unwanted and unnecessary programs that need a lot of system resources to support themselves. It is clear that computer will run slowly and sluggishly when it lacks enough space. Hence, it is not recommended that you follow the suggestion from FixPcNow.net. Besides, this pop-up virus exposes your system loopholes for evil purposes. And it is possible that system vulnerabilities are used to open a door for the maker of this pest and other remote hackers. It is a very unhappy experience when your personal information is gathered by bad guys.


To avoid such computer pest, you should careful of various dubious resources on the Internet. Additionally, it is necessary to upgrade your antivirus program to the latest version in time. So you can have ability to pick up viruses and remove them immediately. Once FixPcNow.net appears on your browser, it will not allow you to carry out any removal activities. At present, there is no perfect antivirus programs can erase such pesky pop-up virus thoroughly. Even if you reinstall your web browser, FixPcNow.net can still come back over and over again. The best way to remove it is that you need to figure out a manual removal method. And you have to locate its files and registry keys.

Guide to Remove FixPcNow.net Pop-up Virus 

Step 1: Restart the computer, keep pressing F8 till the option appears, and then use arrow keys to select Safe Mode with Networking.

 


Step 2: End related processes of FixPcNow.net adware. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete together to run Task Manager.
 


Step 3: Uninstall FixPcNow.net. Click Start menu, then Control Panel, and click Programs. Select FixPcNow.net and right click Uninstall.

 

Step 4: Open Start Menu and then go to Control Panel. Use the search bar to look for Folder Option. Check Show hidden files and folders and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) in the View tab of Folder Option window.


C:\Users\user account\Appdata\Roaming
C:\Users\Vishruth\AppData\Local\Temp\random.xml
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\redbook.sys(random)

Step 5: Remove dropped registry files of FixPcNow.net. Hit Win+R to activate Run, and then type “regedit” and press OK. Find unfamiliar keys and click Delete.


 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableRegistryTools” = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableTaskMgr” = 0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system “ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin” = 0

Step 6: Reboot your PC.