Saturday, March 15, 2014

How to remove asapcomputerupdate.com pop-up virus

asapcomputerupdate.com is a malicious pop-up virus that prevails on Windows operating system. It is bundled with third party programs and was uploaded to the Internet. Once you have download those programs or have visited those malicious websites, you will be infected by this threat. In addition, this malicious programs can also be distributed via unsafe websites and spam E-mails.
Once your computer is infected by asapcomputerupdate.com, it will constantly pop up message and prompt you to install other updates and that message will keep popping up as long as you work with your browser. Although it is annoying, asapcomputerupdate.com can do more bad things to your computer. It can automatically download other threats to your computer and what it downloads are mostly trojans or toolbars or browser hijackers. It randomly changes what it downloads. But the most dreadful thing is that asapcomputerupdate.com can be used to collect your personal information. When you log into your accounts, asapcomputerupdate.com can automatically record your info and send them to hackers who will analyze your info and then hack into your accounts. Therefore,it is recommend that you should remove asapcomputerupdate.com at once. If you are not familiar with the removal process, you can contact our 24/7 online experts for tech support.



Removal Guide--how Removal Guide--how to remove asapcomputerupdate.com virus


Step 1: Restart the infected computer into Safe Mode with Networking.
Hit F8 constantly when you restart your computer until you see there couple options coming up, move with your arrow key to choose Safe Mode with Networking.


Step 2: Show all hidden files of virus and its components.
Click : Start->Control Panel->Appearance and Personalization->Folder Option->View.
under the View tab, check Show hidden files, folders and drivers. And uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK.



Step 3: Open your registry editor and delete the following regsitry values:
Hit Win +R in your computer and then type regedit and hit Enter.



Find the following regsitry values and change the values of Start Page into google.com
%AppData%Local[random].exe
C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\random.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main StartPage
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Step 4: restart your computer to make your change effective.

If are not familiar with computers, it is recommended that you should contact professional before you take actions as the removal process involves deleteing registry values. One step wrong will
may lead your computer to crash. So please start a live chat with experts now.



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