Zhinku.info - How to remove

Zhinku.info is bothering you every time you open a web browser? Well, that means your computer is infected with this malware. Even though it is not very dangerous, you should still remove it immediately as it can lead you to some unwanted cyber security consequences.

There are two most efficient ways to get rid of virus like Zhinku.info – you can do it either manually or automatically. Since it’s much faster and easier to do it automatically, we suggest to select this method. Simply download reliable anti-malware application, such as Spyhunter, install it on your computer and then run a full scan of all files stored on your hard drive. Either one of these apps should immediately detect and eliminate Zhinku.info from your system. If your computer is already infected with other viruses, it will detect and remove them too.

However, if for some reasons you don’t want to download any additional anti-malware software, you can get rid of Zhinku.info manually too. This process might be complicated, so we have developed a step-by-step Zhinku.info manual removal guide to assist you – scroll down below this article and check it out. Try to complete all steps correctly and you should be able to eliminate Zhinku.info manually by your own.

If you have bumped into some problems during the removal of Zhinku.info feel free to contact us via comment section below and we will do our best to provide you with needed assistance. To learn more about Zhinku.info please continue reading this article.

About Zhinku.info browser hijacker

First of all, this Zhinku.info website looks like trash and is in Russian, so no one can understand what it says. Moreover, it is full of advertisements and annoying pop-ups. If Zhinku.info virus infected your computer, you will see this website every time you open your web browser. It looks like this:

This browser hijacker infection also has some attributes of an adware, so once inside of your system it will display various ads on all of your web browsers. Those ads can be displayed in all kinds of forms, such as banner, in-text, contextual, pop-up or pop-under advertisements. New tab or even window with ads on it can be opened at any time as well.

Usually ads displayed by Zhinku.info appear when you are visiting e-commerce websites, such as eBay or Amazon. You will be offered to purchase some particular goods or services at very appealing price rate – do not fall for that trick. Most of the time those offers are fake, they are just trying to win your attention and make you click on one of those ads this way. And we do not recommend to do that.

If it happens so that you click on the ad displayed by Zhinku.info you will be immediately redirected to other websites that might be owned by various cyber criminals, such as hackers or scammers. This way your computer can get infected with other viruses or if you attempt to purchase something there you can even get scammed and lose your money.

Zhinku.info also might collect some information about you, such as your browsing history, search queries, most visited websites or even your IP and email addresses. They use this information to improve their ads according to your interests and make them even more relevant and attractive to you this way, so chances that you will click on one of them rise. And that’s the main goal of Zhinku.info because cyber criminals behind it earn money this way.

It is recommended to protect your computer with reliable anti-malware software to prevent this happening, but in case it’s too late and your system is already infected, wait no more and remove it.

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How to remove Zhinku.info using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Zhinku.info install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to Zhinku.info . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Zhinku.info easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

How to remove Zhinku.info from macOS

Delete Zhinku.info from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Zhinku.info app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

TopHow To remove Zhinku.info from Google Chrome:

• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select More Tools→Extensions
  
• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
  
• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select Settings
  
• Select Manage Search engines
  
• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list
  
• Go back to settings. On Startup choose Open blank page (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).
• If your homepage was changed, click on Chrome menu on the top right corner, select Settings. Select Open a specific page or set of pages and click on Set pages.
  
• Delete malicious search websites at a new Startup pages window by clicking “X” next to them.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Zhinku.info, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on a Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on theReset browser settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How To remove Zhinku.info from Firefox:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (Or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Zhinku.info related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on the Firefox menu in the top right corner, select Options → General. Enter a preferable URL to the homepage field and click Restore to Default.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Zhinku.info, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• ChooseTroubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on theReset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program to identify malicious entries.

How to remove Zhinku.info from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.

• Click on the three-dot menu on the browser toolbar and Select Settings

• Select Privacy and Services and scroll down. Press on Address bar.

• Choose Manage search engines.

• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list: open the three-dot menu and choose Remove.

• Go back to Settings. Open On start-up.
• Delete malicious search websites at Open specific page or pages by opening the three-dot menu and clicking Delete.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Zhinku.info, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings

• Click on Edge's menu button and select Settings. Click on the Reset Settings button on the left.
• Press the Restore settings to their default values option.

• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove Zhinku.info from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Zhinku.info and other suspicious extensions.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences and choose General tab. Enter preferable URL to the homepage field.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings(older versions) If you are still experiencing any issues related to Zhinku.info, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari…
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

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