2014-09-25

Stop Supportforpc.co Pop up - Remove Supportforpc.co

Recently, some users complain that they keep getting the Supportforpc.co pop up on their browser. They have no idea how and when it gets into the computer. All they want is to stop the pop up. Read this posy, there will be some useful tips.

Screenshot of Supportforpc.co




Description of Supportforpc.co


Supportforpc.co is a browser extension which will hijack your browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer, Yahoo, Bing, Opera, Safari, etc. The pop up states to be a computer fix team to solve computer problems on line. To ignore whether it is a legit company, the pop up is indeed unwanted and invasive. It always forth the user to its website when the browser open, which is very annoying.

The pop up usually come with some malicious links or websites. You should not click to any unfamiliar links when surf the Internet. To stop and remove the pop up, you need to reset your browser and clean up the add on as well as the registry entries. You can follow the guide below. And it is highly recommended to keep a powerful anti-virus like Spyhunter on the computer to detect and remove infections.

Solutions to remove Supportforpc.co  


In this post, there will be two solutions to remove Supportforpc.co :

1. Remove Supportforpc.co manually.
2. Remove Supportforpc.co by using SpyHunter anti-malware.




Instructions to Get Rid of Supportforpc.co


Method 1: Supportforpc.co  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: Stop related running processes in Windows Task Manager first.
( 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 3: Open Control Panel in Start menu and search for Folder Options. When you’re in Folder Options window, please click on its View tab, tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then press OK.


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 Supportforpc.co demand 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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