Get Rid of Soundfrost.org Virus (Removal Guide)

You should be careful when you accidentally enter Soundfrost.org. You can perform several steps to remove it if you are harassed by this unsafe website. If you are not good at fixing computer problems, you can solve your issue according to the removal instruction below.

The Description of Soundfrost.org

 

Soundfrost.org is a browser hijacker which can enter your OC via some unknown free programs, spam email attachments and questionable pop-ups. Tough this browser hijacker is not as dangerous as Trojan viruses, it is able to mess up your browser experience and slow down computer performance.  As soon as this browser hijacker breaks into your computer, it will mainly hijack your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and other web browsers. After being hijacked, your browser homepage will be changed to Soundfrost.org. Besides, you intend to visit Facebook, YouTube and other popular websites while your browser always goes to Soundfrost.org automatically in which you can download a so-called good video player for free.

Don’t be cheated by this crafty browser hijacker. When you click on the download button, you will get a bunch of unwanted programs that might distribute real horrible viruses to your PC. When these programs are installed into your PC, their files and registry keys can hide deeply. That is why when you go to the uninstall program control panel, you can’t still delete the rogue programs from your PC. If you can’t stop the endless redirections generated by this Soundfrost.org, a lot of your computer resources will be eaten up by numerous junk files. Then the bad consequence is that your system performance is lowered to the large extend. And your web browser takes a long time to load websites for you, which can drive you mad. 

How to Remove Soundfrost.org Virus

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

Step 2: 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.

%AppData%\NPSWF32.dll

%AppData%\random.exe

%AppData%\result.db

Step 3: Remove dropped registry files of Soundfrost.org. Hit Win+R to activate Run, and then type “regedit” and press OK. Find unfamiliar keys and click Delete.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CustomizeSearch=[site address]

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Search Bar=[site address]

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DontShowMeThisDialogAgain

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\[random]

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell=[random].exe

Step 4: Uninstall associated programs of Static.greatonlineapplications.com virus from your PC.

For Win7:

Click Start Menu and choose Control Panel. Locate Programs.

For Win8:

Move your mouse to the top right corner of the computer screen, and then you will see a menu with the Setting option. Click it and select Uninstall a program.

Step 5: 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.

After disabling all suspicious programs on your browser, you also need to reset the browser to the original state, which can make sure that this virus never comes back. Before beginning, you will lose your bookmarks and other personal information when you restore your browser.

Reset the settings of Internet Explorer

1. Open the IE, click the wrench icon and select Internet Options.

2. Move to Advance tab, click the Reset button.

3. Tick the Delete personal settings check-box and click Reset button.

4. In General tab, you can add a new URL on Home page box and set it as your default homepage.

Reset the settings of Google Chrome

1. Open the Chrome, click the three stripes icon and select Settings.

2. Scroll down to the end of the configuration page, search for Show advanced settings.

3. Look at Reset browser settings button and click it.

4. Reset browser settings via clicking the reset button.

5. Scroll down the page again and look for Open a specific page or set of pages, click on their Set Pages. Another window will show up. Here you will seethe bunch of URLs under “Set pages”. Delete all them and then enter only one which you want to use as your home page.

Reset the settings of Mozilla Firefox

1. Open Firefox, and click the Firefox button.

2. Select Help and click Troubleshooting Information.

3. Click the Reset Firefox button.