How to Remove Acantispy.com Hijacker?
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Acantispy.com Hijacker Information:
Acantispy.com is a browser hijacker that rudely reroutes you to its website regardless of which website you try to visit and tries to coax you into purchasing a rogue security application called AntiMalware GO. Unlike other legitimate applications, AntiMalware GO does not get your authorization and installs on your system via Trojans. Then this malware will do its best to let you think that you need to purchase its full version in order to fix your PC problems. Browser hijack is one tactic used by this malware to repeatedly redirect its victims to Acantispy.com instead of the websites they desire. When you try to visit other websites, you will be stopped by a pseudo Internet Warning saying the website can not be visited due to its malicious activities. This fake Warning page offers two options that will also direct you to Acantispy.com/shop if you click on either of them. Acantispy.com will constantly recommend you to get a copy of AntiMalware GO for ultimate protection. And clicking on its bogus popup alerts displayed by its sponsor program will trigger the forcible browser redirect. It’s obvious that you will no be able to go online normally due to the interference of Acantispy.com and AntiMalware GO. Feel free to use the removal instruction below and remove AntiMalware GO and Acantispy.com virus upon detection.
Acantispy.com Hijacker Screenshot:
Manual Removal
Note: If you are not proficient with computer, it’s suggested that you backup your registry before manually removing Acantispy.com Virus. And double check the entries that you are going to delete, or your computer can’t work for missing some files. In case you can’t surf the Internet, open Internet Explorer, go to “Tools”, choose “Internet options” and hit “Connections” tab. Click “LAN settings” and untick the option “Use a proxy server for your LAN”. Save all these changes. Now, you will be able to go to our website and download our removal tool to have AntiMalware GO virus expelled for good.
The registry entries you need to delete:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\[random]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random].exe”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PhishingFilter “Enabled” = “0″
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “ProxyOverride” = “”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “ProxyServer” = “http=127.0.0.1:18810″
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “ProxyEnable” = “1″
The files you need to delete:
%Temp%\[random]\
%Temp%\[random]\[random].exe
Please, be aware that manual removal of Acantispy.com Virus is a cumbersome task and can not always ensure complete removal of the malware, due to the fact that some files might be hidden or may get reanimated automatically afterwards. Moreover, lack of the required skills and even the slightest deviation from the instructions may lead to irreparable system damage. That’s why it’s strongly recommended automatic removal of Acantispy.com Virus, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.
Automatic Acantispy.com Virus Removal:
1. Restart your computer and keep pressing F8 Key before Windows launches. Use the arrow keys to select the “Safe Mode with Networking” option, and then hit ENTER Key to continue.
2. Download Acantispy.com Virus Remover, install it and update its database to the latest. After that, restart your computer so as to make Acantispy.com Virus Remover fully functional. Repeat Step 1 into Safe Mode and run an Online Scan of your computer so that Acantispy.com Virus Remover can detect all potential malware in your system.
NOTE: If you have problem installing Acantispy.com Virus Remover, you can download this correction script, unzip it and then double click to run it. It will correct your registry settings that the virus has modified. Then double click the program and finish the installation.
3. After the Online Scan finishes, click “Details” for the malware detected to make sure that your important data are not infected and removed. Ignore or select the scan result and click “Remove” to remove the threats. Reboot your computer and let Acantispy.com Virus Remover delete all detected virus.
4. Click to repair your corrupted registry
Why should you need to repair the registry?
As we all know, virus and Trojans modify and destroy system registry and make the computer malfunction so that the computer will not perform normally. Even if the virus and Trojans are removed, the registry is still destroyed or modified, so the computer still has problems. That’s the very reason why you need to repair the registry. At the meanwhile, some virus and Trojans leave some DLL files in the registry and this will cause strange DLL errors and affect the computer performance.
To make your computer run as perfectly as before or much faster than before:
1. Download and install Multi-Awarded Registry Tool.
2. Run a full scan of your registry.
3. Click “Repair Problems” and repair all errors detected.
After these 3 easy steps, your computer will run much faster than before within minutes!
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