Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Get Rid of ButterflyField Toolbar Virus (Removal Guide)


It is dangerous to install ButterflyField Toolbar onto your browser because it is considered to be an unwanted browser extension. This post will introduce its information to you and teach you how to uninstall it from your browser.

What is ButterflyField Toolbar?

ButterflyField Toolbar is not only a bothersome adware program but also a vicious browser hijacker, which already successfully upsets a great many of computer users. If you come across numerous ads and endless redirections while browsing the internet, you maybe already have ButterflyField Toolbar inside your machine. But strictly speaking, ButterflyField Toolbar is not a detrimental computer virus. Normally, this bad program will be installed to your system as a browser add-on. It will hijack your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Friefox. And it doesn’t ask you for agreement to make changes your current homepage and search engine.


ButterflyField Toolbar, with its excellent rootkit technique, is capable of tracking your browser histories and Internet traces for malicious purposes.  As a result, your email login details, online banking information and other confidential data will be at risk probably. If you are unfortunate enough to suffer some cyber crooks, you will face with financial loss. All in all, ButterflyField Toolbar is indeed an unwanted potential threat to computers. And additionally, ButterflyField Toolbar with many unwanted programs can eat up computer resources to slow down your machine. Thus, you should beware of the toolbar and remove it without hesitation.

How to Remove ButterflyField Toolbar Step by Step

As this toolbar is not a virus, some antivirus programs can’t deal with your issue. Under this circumstance, you can use a manual removal method to have a try. If it doesn’t work, you can download a powerful removal tool to help you.

Step 1: End related processes of ButterflyField Toolbar. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete together to run Task Manager.

Step 2: Uninstall all suspicious programs installed via ButterflyField Toolbar.

For Win7:
Click Start Menu and choose Control Panel. Locate Programs and Features.

For Win8:
Right click in the lower left corner of your PC screen, in the Quick Access Menu select Control Panel. In the opened window choose Uninstall a Program.

Step 3: 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.



Step 4: Remove dropped registry files of ButterflyField Toolbar. 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\Uninstall\ButterflyField Toolbar\ShortcutPath “%AppData%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe” –u
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableTaskMgr” = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings CertificateRevocation = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\ButterflyField Toolbar %AppData%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Installer\Products\random

Step 5: 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 6: Reboot your PC.