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Sunday, January 25, 2015

Remove trkingapp.com and vindale.com(Vindale Research) Completely From the Browser

Facebook worked fine late last night. This morning I get redirected to Vindale Research "vindale.com" by way of the following link:

hxxp://trkingapp.com/rd.php?d=www.mb01.com%2Flnk.asp%3Fo%3D1793%26c%3Dvinda918271%26a%3D160586%26s1%3Drees

How do I get rid of this???  need fix action. 

Description of trkingapp.com and vindale.com 


Trkingapp.com is a redirect infection which can redirect you to the vindale.com webpage. Trkingapp.com can be caused by potentially unwanted program (PUP) on the computer. Once the computer is infected with trkingapp.com, it is capable to change the browser setting and replace the default homepage and new tab. When you open the browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, or Internet Explorer, trkingapp.com will pop up to hijack your webpage and then end up with the and vindale.com site.

Screenshot of trkingapp.com redirect:


Screenshot of vindale.com:



Trkingapp.com will redirect you to malicious site like vindale.com. However, you'd better not to believe in any information from those redirection. Apart from the annoying  redirection, you should notice that these two infections can be the vision sight of malware on your computer. They may introduce other threats to your computer. It is suggested to remove trkingapp.com and vindale.com as soon as possible. And  it is highly recommended to scan your computer with a powerful anti-virus like Spyhunter to find out other threats and remove them.

Solutions to remove Trkingapp.com and vindale.com   


Solution 1: Manually remove trkingapp.com and vindale.com 


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 Trkingapp.com and vindale.com 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 trkingapp.com and vindale.com 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.

RegCure Pro

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

 RegCure Pro2

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

 

Note: Manual removal trkingapp.com and vindale.com 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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