Surveyresponserewards.com is an adware which created as an online platform by the cyber criminals to generate pop-up ads about dubious information and fake online surveys. This adware will act like a browser hijacker which display its message by redirecting you to surveyresponserewards.com.
Once infected with surveyresponserewards.com, it will change the browser setting including the homepage and new tab. It will constantly pop up whenever you surf the Internet with Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. You keep getting a window popping up saying:
Dear Buyerpricer.com Visitor, You have been personally selected for todays annual anonymous survey on Thursday, September 11, 2014. Please complete the 30 second survey and as a Thank You we will present you with Exclusive Offers...
This is trick which you should not trust. If you click on the OK button, you will be redirected to other website which asks you to finish the survey and input your personal information or even asks you to pay some money to some services. You should ignore the false message and try to remove it as soon as possible to avoid further damage.
Once infected with surveyresponserewards.com, it will change the browser setting including the homepage and new tab. It will constantly pop up whenever you surf the Internet with Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. You keep getting a window popping up saying:
Dear Buyerpricer.com Visitor, You have been personally selected for todays annual anonymous survey on Thursday, September 11, 2014. Please complete the 30 second survey and as a Thank You we will present you with Exclusive Offers...
This is trick which you should not trust. If you click on the OK button, you will be redirected to other website which asks you to finish the survey and input your personal information or even asks you to pay some money to some services. You should ignore the false message and try to remove it as soon as possible to avoid further damage.
Solutions to remove Surveyresponserewards.com
In this post, there will be two solutions to remove Surveyresponserewards.com :
1. Remove Surveyresponserewards.com manually.
Instructions to Get Rid of Surveyresponserewards.com
Method 1: Surveyresponserewards.com Manual Deletion
Step 1: 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.)
( 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 2: 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 3: 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 4: 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 refers to key parts of computer system. Any error step may lead to system crash. If you don’t have sufficient expertise in dealing with the manual removal. Spyhunter can be your better choice, because it is capable of auto-detecting and removing viruses.
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