How to Get Rid of www.onlineapplicationsdownloads.com?

You suddenly get www.onlineapplicationsdownloads.com pop up on your screen and ask you to update your current operating system driver? Have tried many ways to remove this webpage but failed? No worry, here is the step-by-step guide to help you remove this redirect virus. 

Description of www.onlineapplicationsdownloads.com

Www.onlineapplicationsdownloads.com is a nasty and stubborn browser hijacker which can attach on all the Internet browsers including Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. It can attack all the operating system PC including Win XP, Win Vista, Win 7 and Win8. This browser hijacker can come into your computer along with the freeware or updated programs you download from the internet, or come from the unknown email attachment.

When Www.onlineapplicationsdownloads.com is stalled on your computer, it will add malicious files to the system registry and change your computer setting. When you start your computer, it will activate itself automatically. It will change your browser setting, default homepage and search engines. When you open your browser, you will be redirected to Www.onlineapplicationsdownloads.com without your permission. You will notice that your computer runs weird. You will get some unfamiliar links on your browser.

If you follow its steps to updates the computer system, you may have unwanted programs download. What’s more, your computer will be crashed. You should not trust it. Please follow the removal guide below to remove this infection. 

Methods to delete www.onlineapplicationsdownloads.com

Method 1: Manual www.onlineapplicationsdownloads.com Removal

Step 1- Reset Internet Explorer by the following guide (take IE as an example):

Open Internet Explorer >> Click on Tools >> Click on Internet Options >> In the Internet Options window click on the Connections tab >> Then click on the LAN settings button>> Uncheck the check box labeled “Use a proxy server for your LAN” under the Proxy Server section and press OK.

Step 2- Remove add-ons:

Internet Explorer

1) Go to 'Tools' → 'Manage Add-ons';
2) Choose 'Search Providers' → choose 'Bing' search engine or 'Google' search engine and make it default;

3) Select 'Search Results' and click 'Remove' to remove it;
4)  Go to 'Tools' → 'Internet Options', select 'General tab' and click 'Use default' button or enter your own website, e.g. Google.com. Click OK to save the changes.

Google Chrome

1) Click on 'Customize and control' Google Chrome icon, select 'Settings';

2) Choose 'Basic Options'.

3) Change Google Chrome's homepage to google.com or any other and click the 'Manage search engines...' button;

4) Select 'Google' from the list and make it your default search engine;

5) Select 'Search Results' from the list remove it by clicking the "X" mark.

Mozilla Firefox

1) Click on the magnifier's icon and select 'Manage Search Engines....';

2) Choose 'Search Results' from the list and click 'Remove' and OK to save changes;

3) Go to 'Tools' → 'Options'. Reset the startup homepage or change it to google.com under the 'General tab';

Step 3-Open Windows Task Manager and close all running processes.

( Methods to open Task Manager: Press CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC or Press the Start button->click on the Run option->Type in taskmgr and press OK.)

Step 4- Show all hidden files

Open Control Panel from Start menu and search for Folder Options. When you’re in Folder Options window, please click on its View tab, check Show hidden files and folders and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then press OK.

Step 5-Remove these associated Files on your hard drive such as:

%AllUsersProfile%\{random}
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.exe

Step 6-Open the Registry Editor and delete the following entries:

(Steps: Hit Win+R keys and then type regedit in Run box and click on OK)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Software
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\supWPM
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Wpm
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Default_Page_URL" = "http://www..com/?type=hp&ts=&from=tugs&uid="
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing "NewTabPageShow" = "1"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Start Page" = "http://www..com/?type=hp&ts=&from=tugs&uid="
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes "DefaultScope" = "{33BB0A4E-99AF-4226-BDF6-49120163DE86}"

Method 2: Automatic Removal with SpyHunter, an useful antivirus

Step 1-Click similar icon below to download SpyHunter.

Step 2- choose your preferable language and install it under the direction.

Step 3- After its installation, start a full scan of your computer.

Step 4- Remove the suspicious threats

The below removal guide is for your reference

Conclusion: Though both two ways can remove this ill-motivated program, one can easily find that removing it on your own without any assistance is troublesome. The steps included in manual operation are complex. But with SpyHunter, it only requires you to click certain buttons. So if you are finding a way to delete it in a quick and efficient way, you can try with SpyHunter. Buttons below can connect you to its installer.