Wednesday, July 3, 2013

How to remove Filebulldog.com toolbar virus. Uninstall guide

Filebulldog toolbar is an infamous malware that should be removed immediately or it will mess your computer. Filebulldog.com toolbar can perform several malicious and unwanted tasks on infected PC such as hijacks browser and redirects your search results to Filebulldog.com search engine instead of Google, changes home page without user permission, displays annoying ads either as popups or placed in a corner of browser windowsm and the most scary thing is that it can spy on targeted computer to monitor user`s online activities and send the gathered information to its developers.
File bull dog toolbar can attack any popular browser like Chrome, Firefox and Internet explorer. At first you might ignore it but lately you,ll find out that the toolbar is potentially harmful and causing disturbance in your routine work. It wont let you find accurate information using your search provider because it either replaces the search results are clicking a link will lead you to wrong webpages. Besides these things, due to high consumption of system resources by Filebulldog toolbar, infected computer becomes slow down and may even crash frequently. Anyways, you have to uninstall Filebulldog.com malware as soon as can be in order to secure your system from further damages.
Disadvantages and risks of having Filebulldog.com toolbar:
  • It may change & corrupt default settings of browsers like Firefox, Chrome or Internet explorer
  • Changes home page and displays unwanted pop-ups advertisements
  • Causes frequent web redirects to wrong websites, hijacks search engine settings and leads to unexpected webpages
  • Keeps record of browsing activities and interests
  • Collects Personal user information which may include sensitive financial data such as logins, usernames, accounts
  • It may bring further infections are direct the user to infectious sites
  • Makes the browser run slow, uses a big part of system resources
Want to get rid of Browser Hijack Filebulldog.com toolbar?:
To manually remove Filebulldog.com toolbar, follow the instructions.
First of all, Uninstall the program. (Skip to the next step if the application is not listed in Control Panel).
“Start > Settings > Control Panel. Now Locate and open “Add or Remove Programs” or “PROGRAMS AND FEATURES”. Find “Filebulldog.com toolbar”. Now click Uninstall/Remove.
Now remove the program from Browser.
Internet Explorer users:
Click “Tools” (if on Internet Explorer 9, click gear icon), Then “Manage Add-ons”. Look for Filebulldog.com toolbar. Disable if found any.
Block pop-ups of Filebulldog.com toolbar
To stop pop-ups from malware,
Click on TOOLS > POP-UP BLOCKER, then click TURN ON POP-UP BLOCKER. and then go to POP-UP BLOCKER SETTINGS. (Type any website you wish to block popups from)
 Firefox users:
Go to “Tools” (at the top), > “Add-ons” > “Extensions” and disable “Filebulldog.com toolbar”
 Chrome Users:
Click “Tools/Settings” (Wrench incon), > “Add-ons” > “Extensions” and disable any file associate with malware.



Still Spyware Filebulldog.com toolbar lurking in the system? Remove manually
Stop processes of this malware:
Open Task Manager to stop processes.
Remove associated registry settings:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\urlsearchhook.toolbarurlsearchhook
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\urlsearchhook.toolbarurlsearchhook
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\extensions,
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\internet explorer\toolbar\webbrowser
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “.exe”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “WarnonBadCertRecving” = ’0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop “NoChangingWallPaper” = ’1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments “SaveZoneInformation” = ’1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableTaskMgr” = ’1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download “CheckExeSignatures” = ‘no’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main “Use FormSuggest” = ‘yes’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced “ShowSuperHidden” = 0
Delete Filebulldog.com toolbar infected files:
%Profile%\Local Settings\Temp\
filebulldog.exe
filebulldog-stub.exe
%ProgramFiles%\
%UserProfile%\

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