How Can I Remove Ppcplanet4u.com Redirect Virus?

I have a new toshiba laptop that I have had for about 3 months now and I am starting to get a lot of pop ups on a daily basis. Also Ppcplanet4u.com has taken over my homepage and will not allow me to change it back to Google anyway. I run Avast on my computer but it detects nothing. Now I have no idea how it comes to my computer. Is it a virus? How do I get rid of it?

What is Ppcplanet4u.com Redirect Virus

Ppcplanet4u.com Pop-up Ads is a malicious browser redirect distributed by cyber hackers to attack worldwide computers. It hijacks the Internet browsers including Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox and Opera etc. It is actually a bogus website which pretends to help users browse different online resources like images, webs, videos and software and so on. The hijacker is nothing reliable or licensed that you can take it as default homepage or start page. Invasive as the browser hijacker is, it will change your default browser settings like homepage and search engine. Once changed, you will find it hardly to get back all default settings even if you reset the affected browser settings. All you need to do is to remove it from your computer immediately. To more specific, the hijacker also exploits the system leaks to install some unwanted extensions, plug-ins and toolbar in the computer without your consent. It is a risky computer infection released through network and it enables cyber criminals to steal important personal a nd financial information from unwary users. To avoid any loss, PC users need to clean out the browser hijacker from the computer at an early time.

In general, adware like Ppcplanet4u.com could sneak into computers via some free resources like games, PDF creators, video players, applications, and so forth that are available to be downloaded from the Internet. When you install the software, this adware and other bundled programs even computer threats will be installed to the computer as well.

Ppcplanet4u.com could run automatically whenever you browse the Internet or open some programs like your video players. Mainly, it is used for promoting some unwanted programs. To mislead you into installing its adverting programs, it may keep showing some pop-up notifications, stating that your software like Video Player, Java, or something like that is outdated. Taking its advice to do the update, you will be redirected to its advertising websites to install fake programs. To avoid this adware causing more unwanted even bad contents, it is wise to remove it immediately.

What actions Ppcplanet4u.com may take on your Computer?

1 Attack and damage your system files and programs, you will find your computer is running weirdly and some programs are not able to run any more. 2 Block the functions of anti-virus programs, you can’t run them as well as updating them via Internet. 3 Create backdoor for intended hackers who will be able to control your computer and steal your important information such as private data and banking details. 4 Automatically download other virus when the Internet connection is available. 5 Make your computer restart or shutdown frequently and unreasonably. Sometimes you even found your PC is totally crash down. 6 Copy itself and propagate fast which will lead to great CPU and RAM consumption thus severely reduces the performance of your computer.

(1)Instructions on Removing Ppcplanet4u.com Search Redirect Effectively:

1. Open the Windows Task Manager You can press Ctrl + Shift + ESC together or Ctrl + Alt + Delete together.

If it does not work, Click the Start button, click the run option, type taskmgr and press OK. The Windows Task Manager should open.

2. In the Windows Task Manager, find out the process of THE Ppcplanet4u.com Redirect by name random.exe. Then scroll the list to find required process. Select it with your mouse or keyboard and click on the End Process button. This will end the process.

3. Search for malicious registry entries related to this Ppcplanet4u.com Search redirect virus and wipe them out entirely.

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\random HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\run\random HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run |Regedit32

4. Remove harmful files of this redirect virus infection.

%AllUsersProfile%\{random.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\giner.exe

(2)Malicious Browser Hijacker Manual Removal Guides:

Considering this malware can't be fixed by any security tools, uses can use the manual guide below to fix this issue without any risk.

1. Clear all the cookies of your affected browsers.

Since tricky hijacker virus has the ability to use cookies for tracing and tracking the internet activity of users, it is suggested users to delete all the cookies before a complete removal.

Google Chrome:

Click on the "Tools" menu and select "Options". Click the "Under the Bonnet" tab, locate the "Privacy" section and click the "Clear browsing data" button. Select "Delete cookies and other site data" to delete all cookies from the list.

Internet Explorer: Open Internet explorer window Click the "Tools" button Point to "safety" and then click "delete browsing history" Tick the "cookies" box, then click "delete"

Mozilla Firefox:

Click on Tools, then Options, select Privacy Click "Remove individual cookies" In the Cookies panel, click on "Show Cookies" To remove a single cookie click on the entry in the list and click on the "Remove Cookie button" To remove all cookies click on the "Remove All Cookies button"

2. Remove all add-ons and extensions

Google Chrome: Wrench Icon > Tools > Extensions Mozilla Firefox: Tools > Add-ons (Ctrl+Shift+A) Internet Explorer: Tools > Manage Add-ons

Conclusion:

Ppcplanet4u.com is dangerous thing rather than a useful search engine for PC users to trust. It can occupy the browser homepage and won't allow computer users to change. It will generate many unwanted pop-ups once the infected computer is turned on. It can waste a large percent of the CPU usage which make the infected computer runs slowly. What's worse, this infection can help other viruses and Trojans to come and make further damages to the infected machine.