How to Remove updatenowpro.com Popup Permanently?

If you have received a message poping up on your browser say “Your software may be out of date!” from updatenowpro.com, then your computer is infected with a browser hijacker. Want to find a shortcut to delete it. Please read this post, you will find the answer. 

Information of updatenowpro.com

updatenowpro.com is a malicious browser hijacker which will pop up on the browser saying that “Your software may be out of date!”. It 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 updatenowpro.com, it will change your browser setting such as default homepage and new tab. It will pop up on your browser immediately when you open the browser. 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 downloaded on your computer. It will also record your information on the internet. It is recommended to remove this fake alert as soon as possible.

Basic steps to remove updatenowpro.com 

One: Here are some manual steps for you to remove it,please follow it carefully.

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}"

Two: Find it difficult to move on? That is because it requires expertise to deal with such situation.You can delete it with SpyHunter, an anti-malware app. 

Step 1- Press the following button to download SpyHunter.

Step 2- Save it into your computer and click on 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 computer now!

Step 4- Tick Select all and then Remove to delete all threats.

The below removal guide is for your reference

Summary: If you are not good at IT, it is not recommended for you to remove it manually because you may probably mess up everything in your computer.However, you can try to uninstall it with SpyHunter because it can automatically detect viruses, delete them and keep your computer from malicious software invasions.Here is the installer link.