YellowMoxie virus - How to remove

YellowMoxie virus is a browser hijacker that infiltrates to computers together with free software which you can get from the Internet. The program can be added to Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. The purpose of it is to advertise some websites and boost their traffic as well as get some information about computer users’ browsing habits.

YellowMoxie virus is installed together with various video players, PDF creators and other similar programs. If you want to refuse installing additional programs that come bundled with free software, you should always opt for custom installation and avoid installing any unknown applications that come additionally.

Once installed to your computer YellowMoxie virus changes some of your browser settings. The program replaces your search provider and homepage with yellowmoxie.com despite which pages were set before. The website includes a search option, however it doesn’t work very well. Basically it displays sponsored websites that do not necessary match your search query and expect you to click on these links.

As already mentioned YellowMoxie virus also records information about what websites you are visiting, what your searches are about and what other Internet browsing habits you have. It sends this information to the remote server where this data can be used for marketing purposes. This means that in future you can receive various targeted ads and experience even more redirections.

It is highly recommended to remove YellowMoxie virus from your computer immediately after its detection. First, remove it from Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs list . It is recommended to uninstalling ALL programs installed on the same date as problems have appeared. Some versions of this virus install software that block browser settings from changing. To identify them, scanning with Spyhunter or other reputable antispyware tool might be useful. Then you can uninstall the extensions and reset settings in your browsers.

How To remove YellowMoxie virus from Internet Explorer:

1. Click arrow on the right of search box
2. Do following: On IE8-9 choose Manage Search providers, On ie7 click change search defaults
3. Remove the Yellowmoxie.com from the list

How To remove YellowMoxie virus from Firefox :

1. Enter “about:config” in url bar. This will open settings page
2. Type “Keyword.url” in the search box. Right click it & reset it.
3. Type “browser.search.defaultengine” in the search box. Right click it & reset it.
4. Type “browser.search.selectedengine” in the search box. Right click it & reset it.
5. Search for ‘browser.newtab.url’. Right-click and reset. This will make sure that the search page won’t launch on each new tab.
6. If the settings revert and scan with anti-malware programs are clean: Close Firefox, open file explorer and enter %AppData% in the address bar. enter user.js in search box. If this file exists, rename it and start Firefox again. You will have to repeat the steps above.

How To remove YellowMoxie virus from Google Chrome:

1. Click 3 horizontal lines icon on browser toolbar.
2. Select Settings.
3. Select Basics ->Manage Search engines.
4. Remove unnecessary search engines from the list.
5. Go back to settings. On Startup choose open blank page ( you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).

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