Guide to Remove “Attention – your software may be out of date!”

If you have received a message pop up on your browser say “Attention – your software may be out of date!”, then your computer is infected with fake browser updated alert. This post will tell you how to get rid of it totally.

What is “Attention – your software may be out of date!”?

“Attention – your software may be out of date!” is cataloged as malicious browser hijacker Which will pop up on the browser to ask users to update the browser. This is a fake alert to scare the users to download some updated programs which may be malware. This browser hijacker can come into your computer along with some free software, files and drivers. You may also get infect by opening spam emails, sharing corrupt content, or clicking to unsafe web sites, and so on.


Once your computer is infected with this infection, the message of “Attention – your software may be out of date!” will pop up on your browser immediately when you open the browser, since it has added itself to your browser as an add-on. It blocks you surfing online normally. It will also show a lot of pop-up ads, banners and commercial deals on the website you are visiting. If you follow its steps to move on, you will be easy to get other malicious programs. You should not trust it. It is recommended to remove this fake alert as soon as possible. With this on your computer, you may click it by accident. Then your computer will be a mess.

Specific Instructions to delete “Attention – your software may be out of date!” 

Instruction 1: To remove “Attention – your software may be out of date!” manually

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}"

Instruction 2: To remove it with SpyHunter which can delete it automatically and keep your computer in safe mode.

Step 1-Press the following icon to download SpyHunter

Step 2- Get it saved in your computer and click the Run choice to install it step by step. 

Step 3- Click Finish then you can use it to scan your computer to find out potential threats by pressing Scan New Scan.

Step 4- Tick Select All and then Remove to delete all reported threat.

The below removal guide is for your reference

Summary: Malware like “Attention – your software may be out of date!” is very baleful. Sometimes you cannot save what you lose when you notice it and remove it manually. But if you install an antivirus like SpyHunter , it can detect them at the time they try to attack your computer and defend them automatically. Then, further losses can be prevented. You can install SpyHunter by clicking the following link.