Sunday, May 18, 2014

Get Rid of Counter.Yadro.ru Pop-up Virus



Where is Counter.Yadro.ru from?

As far as I know, some pop-up viruses are bundled with many free programs like media players, video players and PDF creators. Sometimes, they can utilize spam email attachments to enter target computers. It is reported that this Counter.Yadro.ru pop-up is installed via an unknown video program. After infiltration, this Counter.Yadro.ru will pop up at your browser and carry out malicious activities.

The Detailed Description of Counter.Yadro.ru

Counter.Yadro.ru pop-up is very annoying because it interfere with your browsing activities badly. Besides, this suspicious pop-up can be considered as a potential risk to your computer because it often shows many dubious pop-up ads and redirects you to malicious websites. Needless to say, your PC would get infected with Trojan viruses, ransom viruses or other unknown viruses inadvertently because of numerous ads and endless redirections. Besides, this Counter.Yadro.ru pop-up takes over your web browser so that it is able to replace your homepage and display a fake update notifier. It informs that some of browser extensions are outdated. You should update them to the latest version if you want to have a good browsing experience. 
You’d better not believe such pop-up. The purpose of this Counter.Yadro.ru pop-up is to promote sponsored applications and mislead you into installing then to your PC. The point is that these unknown applications are not safe to your operating system. And they can’t be uninstalled from your PC easily. Besides, a lot of system resources will be taken up by these programs. Then, your computer performance is slowed down. In days to come, this Counter.Yadro.ru pop-up will use your system vulnerabilities to drop many viruses to your computer for further damage. So, it is recommended that you remove this kind of pop-up virus from your Windows.

How to Remove Counter.Yadro.ru Pop-up?


Step 1: Press Ctrl+ALT+Del keys at the same time to open Task Manager. End the process of Counter.Yadro.ru.

Step 2: Remove the files of Counter.Yadro.ru. Open Start Menu and then go to Control Panel. Then use the search bar to look for Folder Option. Check Show hidden files and folders and un-check Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) in the View tab of Folder Option window.
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\[random].exe
%User Profile%\Local Settings\Temp
%DocumentsandSettings%\AllUsers\StartMenu\Programs\Counter.Yadro.ru
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\Counter.Yadro.ru
%Program Files%\Counter.Yadro.ru

Step 3: Delete Counter.Yadro.ru registry entries from your PC. Click start button and search for regedit to open Registry Editor.
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\Counter.Yadro.ru\
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\

Step4: Click Start button and select Control Panel. Then click Programs, uninstall all suspicious programs from your PC.

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 Search Providers, delete Counter.Yadro.ru from IE.

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

Step 6: Reboot your PC.