2014-09-02

How to Remove Movie Master Quickly and Safely?

Screenshot of MovieMaster


Movie Master virus


Description of MovieMaster


Movie Master is a rogue browser extension developed by Green Fire Software. It claims to allow users to set the moon on the favorite video websites by adjusting the screen lights.It seems to be a useful browser plug-in, while is promoting by a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling'. It is bundling with the free software on the internet. When you download the application from the internet, it will install automatically without your consent.

After installing on Internet browsers  successfully, it will begin to affect Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox.  When you  open the browser, it will pop up automatically to ask you to install its products. Movie Master will generate intrusive online advertisements include pop-up, text-link, interstitial, in-text, and banners. 

Furthermore, Movie Master will track users' Internet browsing activity and personal information such as IP addresses, unique identifier numbers, operating systems, browser types, cookies, URLs visited, pages viewed, and other similar details. In this case, your personal information will be stolen for marketing purpose. It is urged to remove Movie Master as soon as possible.

Solutions to remove MovieMaster 


In this post, there will be two solutions to remove MovieMaster:

1. Remove MovieMaster manually.
2. Remove MovieMaster by using SpyHunter anti-malware.




Instructions to Get Rid of MovieMaster


Method 1: MovieMaster 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 MovieMaster
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 MovieMaster  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 is very complex and demands a high computer skill. If you are not so professional on computer. Spyhunter can be your better choice, because it is capable of auto-detecting and removing viruses.

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