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Friday, November 15, 2013

Solution to Remove Optimize-app.com Pop-ups

My computer recently performs strange, and this Optimize-app.com can always pop up on my screen once I launch my browser like this:


Did my machine get infected by some kind of virus? I’m kind of curious about that, and if it does, how can I remove it away?


Some Information about Optimize-app.com:

Optimize-app.com is a virus that always associated with things like advertisements and browser hijacker. Don’t let it accessed into your computer, or you gotta have lots of troubles to deal with. First of all, Optimize-app.com is able to regular the system settings in your computer which makes hacker can remotely control your computer, and you will find the homepage in your computer is a different one without your operation. Once you visit some popular sites like youtube, a message can pop up said: Cingratulations!!! You are today’s lucky visitor, eligible to receive an Apple Product! As for innocent computer users, they can be trick to visit some malicious sites like an advertisement site or a virus site. Also, this thing can also be used by hackers for remotely collecting your personal information and data, and tract your browser habits.

How You May Get This Thing?

Optimize-app.com usually distributes on those unsafe websites, malicious program downloads, or a spam e-mail attachment. So, when you online, you’d gotta be careful or you will definitely be in trouble.
Based on what I have stated above, you should take Optimize-app.com seriously once your computer gets infected by it, you need to take measure immediately to deal with it to stop its further damages.

Damages of Optimize-app.com:

1. Optimize-app.com can change the homepage of your computer;
2. Optimize-app.com is able to mess up the system settings of your computer;
3. Optimize-app.com will redirect your browser;
4. Optimize-app.com promotes advertisements;
5. Optimize-app.com is hard to be removed by normal procedure.

Manual Removal Guide:

In case any mistake might occur and cause accidental damages during the virus removal, please spend some time in making a backup beforehand. Then follow these steps given as below.
1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys together and stop Optimize-app.com processes in the Windows Task Manager.

2. Find out the following files relative to Optimize-app.com and then delete them all.
%AllUsersProfile%\random.exe
%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\random.exe
%Temp%\random.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random

3. Search the following registry entries in your Registry Editor and then remove all of them.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ‘Random’
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Random
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\run\Random.exe

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