Guide to Remove Idle Crawler Step by Step

I have picked up an idle crawler.  It brings me the sites including go.wvydeo.com, xmlka.com, crazy.wleaderswest.stalowa-wola.pl, 199.115.116.237, and 162.144.88.48/indexron.html. Any idea how to remove this?  Any help is appreciated.

In this post, you can get more information about Idle Crawler and the useful tips to get rid of Idle Crawler.

Description of Idle Crawler

Idle Crawler Ads  is a tricky and harmful adware program which will bring to you various extra browser add-on, plug-in or extension. With this adware on your computer, you cannot control as you use your PC. You  will see the extra ads that you really don't want. This adware is mainly created by the cyber criminals to make profits by generate web traffics through display a lot of unwanted sites on your browser. Idle Crawler can gets into your computer after you download some freeware from the suspicious resources, such as Java update, Video update, Browser update,  rogue antivirus programs and many other free programs from hacked websites which bundle with the adware package.


Upon installation, Idle Crawler will change the computer registry entries and browser settings. It will inject its malicious codes to your system and browser. It will install unwanted extension or add-on on your browser without your permission and awareness. When surf the Internet, Idle Crawler will generate a lot of hijackers to redirect you to unwanted sites. It can affect Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer, etc. Those hijackers are annoying and unstoppable. If you cloc the window, they can appear after several minutes. It is suggested to remove Idle Crawler compeletly from your computer to stop the popups. And it is highly recommended to keep a powerful anti-virus like Spyhunter on the computer to remove and block viruses.

Solutions to remove Idle Crawler 

In this post, there will be two solutions to remove Idle Crawler:

1. Remove Idle Crawler manually.

2. Remove Idle Crawler by using SpyHunter anti-malware.

Instructions to Get Rid of Idle Crawler

Method 1: Idle Crawler 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.

Guide to download RegCure Pro to optimize PC 

If you are still worried about the left over of Idle Crawler and want to clean all the unwanted registry entries,  it is recommended to use RegCure Pro.

Step 1. Install and launch RegCure Pro on your PC.

Step 2.  Select "Yes" to download and install RegCure Pro.

 

Step 3. Click "Next" to continue.

Step 4. RegCure Pro will open automatically on your screen.

 Step 5. RegCure Pro is scanning your PC for error.

 

Step 6. After scanning, choose the issues you want to fix. 

 

Note: Manual removal Idle Crawler 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. Install Spyhunter can be your better choice, because it is capable of auto-detecting and removing viruses. You can also Download RegCure Pro to help you optimize the computer.

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