Sunday, March 16, 2014

Remove/Get Rid of FastestFox Pop-up Virus and Fix IE/Chrome/Firefox (Removal Guide)


FastestFox Detailed Information

FastestFox is categorized as an insecure browser program which aims at cluttering your computer life. Once this nasty program gets into your computer, it mainly attacks your IE, Chrome and other web browsers. In order to collect network traffic for sponsored and promote many products, this adware program displays tons of pop-up ads in your browser. Each time you visit some regular websites, your activities are always interrupted by annoying advertisements. If you access these dubious pop-ups, FastestFox will redirect you to unknown websites. As a notorious program, it also injects lots of malicious programs and extensions to your PC without your awareness.

Even if you remove FastestFox from your computer, other malicious applications can still block you from surfing on the Internet. Sometimes, some of them don’t allow you enter your IE. And you have difficulty in connecting to the Internet. Provided that you don’t remove FastestFox from your computer as fast as you can, your computer will be infected with extra computer viruses. When your computer performance is corrupted, the machine will not work smoothly. It is likely that your Windows OS gets stuck randomly and shows you certain error messages. All in all, it is not recommended that you keep FastestFox in your system. To protect your computer well, please remove this malicious adware program immediately.

Guide to Remove FastestFox Pop-up Virus Step by Step

 

To remove FastestFox from your PC completely, manual removal is much better than antivirus removal. In some cases, antivirus programs can’t help you uninstall FastestFox because they don’t cheat it as a virus exactly. You can follow the guide below to deal with your problem.

Step 1: Press Ctrl+ALT+Del keys at the same time to open Task Manager. End the process of FastestFox.
  
Step 2: Click Start button and select Control Panel. Then click Programs, uninstall all suspicious programs from your PC.

  
Step 3: Remove toolbars and extension from your web browser.

For Google Chrome

1. Click the icon that looks like a spanner and navigate to Tools > Extensions to remove all unknown extensions by clicking Bin button.


2. Click the icon that looks like a spanner and click Settings > Appearances > Show Home button > click Change button to reset your homepage.



For Mozilla Firefox

1. Click Ctrl+Shift+A at the same time to open Add-ons page > Extensions to remove all unknown extensions.

2. Click the Firefox button > Help > Troubleshooting Information > click on Reset Firefox button.

For Internet Explorer

1. Click Tools > Manage Add-ons > Toolbars and Extensions to remove all unknown extensions.

 


2. Click Tools > Internet Options > General. And create a new homepage on Home page box.



Step 4: Reboot your PC.