2014-09-03

How to Remove Fun-media-player.com ?

My browser infected with Fun-media-player.com. And I always saw some pop ups on my browser. How can I remove it from my computer? How can I remove it? No worries, Here in the post you can find the removal guide.

Screenshot of Fun-media-player.com



Description of Fun-media-player.com

Fun-media-player.com is classified as an adware or PUP(potentially unwanted program).  It is created to promote Media, Flash Player and Java update as well as security applications. So the pop up ads from Fun-media-player.com are always relevant those unwnated programs.

 Fun-media-player.com pop-up ads are delivered to random the website you are visiting.  It will display ads according to the words and webpage your mouse hovers over.  It will keep track of your browsing habit and search queries and always show ads related to them no matter what webpage you are visiting and this will be continued nest time you start the computer and surf the internet.

With this vunerability on the computer, the cyber criminals can easily collect the information such as your privacy information containing log-in password and credit card for unethical use.It is better to remove it as soon as possible.

Solutions to remove Fun-media-player.com 


In this post, there will be two solutions to remove Fun-media-player.com:

1. Remove Fun-media-player.com manually.
2. Remove Fun-media-player.com by using SpyHunter anti-malware.




Instructions to Get Rid of Fun-media-player.com

Method 1: Fun-media-player.com Manual Deletion

Step 1: Reset your browser setting

Firefox:
In the drop-down list of Firefox, go to Help and click on Troubleshooting Information.
Click on the Reset Firefox button to reset it.

Google Chrome: 
Click on the Chrome menu on the right of toolbar and then select Settings.
Scroll down to the bottom to click Show advanced settings.
Go down to the bottom and click Reset browser settings to reset Google Chrome to its default setting.


IE: 
Click Tools on the up right corner and select Internet Options.
Click on Advanced tab, press Reset button to reset IE to its default settings.

Step 2: Disable all startup items created by Fun-media-player.com
Click on Start button and select Run…
Type msconfig to start System Configuration Utility
At the tab of Startup, select possible startup items of Blasteroids, then press OK


Step 3: Remove files of Fun-media-player.com  like the pictures showed:




Step 4: Go to the Registry Editor and remove all the infection registry entries listed here:

(Steps: Hit Win+R keys and then type regedit in Run box to search)



HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Start Page" = "http://www.<random>.com/?type=hp&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search "CustomizeSearch" = "http://www.<random>.com/web/?type=ds&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>&q={searchTerms}"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search "SearchAssistant" = "http://www.<random>.com/web/?type=ds&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>&q={searchTerms}"




Step 5: All the infection associated files listed below need to be removed:

%CommonAppData%\<random>.exe
C:\Windows\Temp\<random>.exe
%temp%\<random>.exe
C:\Program Files\<random>


Method  2: Automatic Removal with SpyHunter


SpyHunter is a world-famous real-time malware protection and removal tool, which is designed to detect , remove and protect your PC from the latest malware attacks, such as Trojans, worms, rootkits, rogue viruses, browser hijacker, ransomware, adware, key-loggers, and so forth. To keep SpyHunter Anti-malware on your computer is an important way to protect your computer in a good condition. Please find the instruction as follow. 

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.

Note: Manual removal demand a high computer skill. If you are not so professional on computer. Spyhunter can be your better choice, because it is capable of antodetecting and removing viruses.

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