Sunday, March 16, 2014

Tips to Get Rid of Watchnow.vpsdomain3.eu Browser Hijacker Virus


Basic Description of Watchnow.vpsdomain3.eu

Watchnow.vpsdomain3.eu is classified as a browser hijacker virus, which is created by hackers to mess up victims’ browsing activities. Cyber hackers often utilize certain unknown “free” programs to embed this redirect virus into target computers. Also, they make use of shady websites to distribute this kind of redirect virus. Based on the experience you should pay attention to dubious resources online. Then you can avoid being infected with Watchnow.vpsdomain3.eu.  As soon as this redirect virus enters your Windows operating system, your browser homepage and search provider are both changed to Watchnow.vpsdomain3.eu. In addition, you can’t open any regular websites and tabs on your browser. It seems that this redirect virus has controlled your browser completely.

 If you make searches on this malicious website, this virus can gather searching keywords and makes modifications to search results.  It is unlucky that you suffer redirection again. This type of disgusting computer virus does not ask for your permission to add a plenty of unnecessary toolbars and applications to your PC. For this reason your computer lacks many available resources, which leads to slow computer performance. Moreover, cyber hackers use Watchnow.vpsdomain3.eu to track your browser histories and cookies with the purpose of collecting your sensitive information. As you see, Watchnow.vpsdomain3.eu is really risky. For the sake of protecting your privacy, you ought to take steps to remove Watchnow.vpsdomain3.eu.


 

Manually Remove Watchnow.vpsdomain3.eu from Your PC


The best way to remove Watchnow.vpsdomain3.eu is that you use a manual removal method. This guide below will show you how to remove this redirect virus step by step.

Step 1: End related processes of Watchnow.vpsdomain3.eu. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete together to run Task Manager.


Step 2: Click Start menu, then Control Panel, and click Programs.

 



Step 3: Resetting DNS settings

1. Open your Control Panel from Start Menu, and then choose “View network status and task” in “Network and Internet”.

 


2. Select the option of Network and Sharing Center and click “Change adapter settings”.


3. Select the corresponded network adapter as you are using and right click to open a menu then select “Properties”.

5. Select “Internet Protocol Verrion4(TCP/IPV4), then click Properties button.
 


6. Choose “Use the following DNS server addresses”. Set “preferred DNS server” to 8.8.8.8.
 


Step 4: 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 Search Providers, delete Watchnow.vpsdomain3.eu from IE.
 


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


Step 5: Reboot your PC.