7/05/2013

How to Eliminate Delta-homes.com Thoroughly


Delta-homes.com is classified as a new browser hijacker that affects all internet browsers including Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome browsers. Computer users can’t remove it as the legit application as they wish.  Once there, it changes your homepage and default search provider to Delta-homes.com without any notification and approval. Users complain that there are some other games icons appear on the desktop such as Angry Birds, Big Farm, 337 Games, Yitien etc 14 icons which didn’t install by themselves, also other unknown programs. Obviously, this virus are most probably bundled with free application downloads. Opening spam email attachments, clicking malicious links, installing free programs via default installation are also the resourses to be infected this virus. This virus uses its rootkit capabilities to hook deep into the operating system in order to avoid the removal. Delta-homes.com will collect search terms from your search queries and your personal your personal data like credit card information, browsing habits, IP address etc. To get rid of Delta-homes.com, follow the manual removal instruction below.

 

Guides for Manually Removing Delta-homes.com

Step1. Disable suspicious startup items.
Windows XP:
Step: Click Start menu -> click Run -> type: msconfig in the search bar -> open System Configuration Utility -> Disable all possible startup items including those of Delta-homes.com:

Step2. Remove add-ons:
Internet Explorer:
1) Go to Tools -> ‘Manage Add-ons’;
2) Choose ‘Search Providers’ -> choose ‘Bing’ search engine or ‘Google’ search engine and make it default;
3) Select ‘Search Results’ and click ‘Remove’ to remove it;
4) Go to ‘Tools’ -> ‘Internet Options’; select ‘General tab’ and click website, e.g. Google.com. Click OK to save changes.
Google Chrome
1) Click on ‘Customize and control’ Google Chrome icon, select ‘Settings’;
2) Choose ‘Basic Options’;
3) Change Google Chrome’s homepage to google.com or any other and click the ‘Manage Search Engines…’ button;
4) Select ‘Google’ from the list and make it your default search engine;
5) Select ‘Search Result’ from the list to remove it by clicking the ‘X’ mark.
Mozilla Firefox
1) Click on the magnifier’s icon and select ‘Manage Search Engine…’;
2) Choose ‘Search Results’ from the list and click ‘Remove’ and OK to save changes;
3) Go to ‘Tools’ -> “Options”. Reset the startup homepage or change it to google.com under ‘General tab;

Step3. Show hidden files
step: a) open Control Panel from Start menu and search for Folder Options;

b) under View tab to tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK;

c) click on the “Start” menu and then click on the “Search programs and files” box, Search for and delete these files created by Delta-homes.com:
%UserProfile%\[random].exe
%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\Connection Wizard\[random]
%Windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framwork\[random].exe
%System%[random].exe

Step4. Use CTRL+ALT+DEL to open Windows Task Manager and close all Delta-homes.com running processes.

Step5. Delete all related registry values to Delta-homes.com in your local hard disk C.
step: Hold down the Windows key on your keyboard and press the "R" button. Type in "regedit" and hit "Enter" to gain access to the Registry Editor.

Registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\[random]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\Run\[random]
HKEY_USERS\.DEFUALT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\[random]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ControlSet001\Services\svflooje\Enum\[random]
 
 
 

How to Remove Delta-homes.com



Attention:
Sufficient expertise will be needed to deal with Delta-homes.com registries entries, dll. files and program files or you may make the issue severer than before due to some mal-operations. What is the most convenient and safe way to help you out? Welcome to contact with Tee Support computer experts for tech support.

 


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