Remove www.shavethis.com/favicon.ico Pop-up Completely

I get www.shavethis.com/favicon.ico . Have had others before that too and I think some or more are creating Temp files and eating up my memory. If someone can help let me know what to download and try it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Description of www.shavethis.com/favicon.ico  

www.shavethis.com/favicon.ico is a malicious browser extension which can be caused by potentially unwanted program (PUP) on the computer. Usually the malicious program can get into the computer  by the following means:

1. It can be packed in the spam email attachment.
2. It can spread through removable drives such as USB flash drives or external hard drives.
3. It can be installed at the same time as other programs that you download.
4. It can spread via hacked or compromised webpages.
5. It can come with other malware or threats.

Once the computer is infected with www.shavethis.com/favicon.ico, the browser setting will be changed and the default homepage and new tab will be replaced by www.shavethis.com/favicon.ico. When you surf the Internet via browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, or Internet Explorer, www.shavethis.com/favicon.ico will pop up on your screen automatically without your permission. Www.shavethis.com/favicon.ico will redirect you to their own domain constantly. It can be the vision sight of malware on your computer. It is suggested to scan your computer with a powerful antivirus program like Spyhunter to check out the problem and remove viruses.

Solutions to remove Www.shavethis.com/favicon.ico   

Solution 1: Manually remove www.shavethis.com/favicon.ico  

Step 1: Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys together to pull up Window Task Manager and end suspicious processes:

Step 2: Disable any suspicious startup items

Windows Vista or Windows7: click start menu→type msconfig in the search bar → open System Configuration →Disable all possible startup items generated.





Step 3: Reset your browser 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.

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.

Step 3:  Remove files of Www.shavethis.com/favicon.ico like the pictures showed:

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\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Safari.exe\shell\open\command "(Default)" = ""C:\Program Files\Safari\Safari.exe" http://www.<random>.com/?type=sc&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\SEAMONKEY.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe http://www.<random>.com/?type=sc&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Default_Page_URL" = "http://www.<random>.com/?type=hp&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Default_Search_URL" = "http://www.<random>.com/web/?type=ds&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>&q={searchTerms}"

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 the file onto your computer and click on the Run button to install it.

Step 3: After finishing the installation processes,  scan your computer to find out potential threats.

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 www.shavethis.com/favicon.ico 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 www.shavethis.com/favicon.ico is a huge process and a risky method to cause irreversible man-made damage to your computer. If you don’t have sufficient expertise in dealing with the manual removal. You can download and Install Spyhunter to detect and remove viruses. You can also Download RegCure Pro to help you clean up unwanted registry entries and files to optimize the computer.

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