Feed.snapdo.com Virus – Remove SnapDo Browser Hijacker Permanently Published on December 3, 2013
Sketchy Description Feed.snapdo.com is categorized as a browser hijacker that has been normally known to commit full replication strategy so that it can be put into work in no time for time saving. Given the fact that the content can be identical, or at least virtually identical to the website it copies, feed.snapdo.com faces the risk of being excluded by search engine. To affect computers for profit, feed.snapdo.com virus comes up with counter plans: • • • •
It redirects to search.snapdo.com that possesses huge web traffic. It piggybacks on third-party programs, especially freeware and shareware, to fulfill its propagation. It equips with arbitrary and complex configurations to avoid easy removal as well as automatic removal by programs. It employs sniffers to spot vulnerability, especially on web applications, actively for infiltration.
Feed.snapdo.com has been verified as a fraud page and threat source. Unrelated search results are more accessible, which can be directly
caught in sight if comparison is made with the ones given away by Google. According to victims, snap.do toolbar, another persistent vicious item, is mounted onto the compromised computer without authorization after the installation of feed.snapdo.com virus. Internet havoc is more than that: • New tab would sometimes open up automatically to show feed.snapdo.com during the surfing session. • Browsers (Safari, Opera, IE, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome) becomes tardy in response. • Queries are forced to be searched by feed.snapdo.com or snap.do toolbar, if any. • Multiple tabs are not working properly as before and will trigger browser crash from time to time. • Additional strange in-page pop-up advertisements are more active to ruin the entire surfing experience.
How to Remove Feed.snapdo.com Virus? Due to vulnerability on a computer, feed.snapdo.com virus manages to affect and damage a machine with a series of actions geared by cumbersome and professional techniques. The key to its persistency is the modification it makes in the kernel part of a machine, which leads to backdoor being formed to help transfer the collected information from the compromised computer to its appointed remote server so as to gain profit out of it. As a consequence, the computer gets much more susceptible to infections. With the modification in system configurations, feed.snapdo.com virus manages to cover its virulent executable file so as to prevent installed security utilities from detecting its root part and capturing its payloads. In such case, manual method is recommended to remove feed.snapdo.com virus as soon as possible. However, computer skills as well as experience in removing browser hijackers are required to pin its malicious items that can be similar to system items, any mistakenly made mistake may give rise to unexpected results. Follow the below steps only if professional skills are available; otherwise, live chat with experts from VilmaTech Online Support for real-time help.
Self-help Guide to Remove Feed.snapdo.com Virus Permanently A end the running process of feed.snapdo.com. Windows 8 •
Hold Ctrl + Alt + Delete key together to select “Task Manager” with arrow key, hit Enter key to obtain its window.
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Browse to Process tab to tick the box next to items generated by feed.snapdo.com virus. Hit ‘End’ button to remove all the selected.
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Windows7/vista/XP • • •
Use Ctrl + Alt + Delete key combination to obtain Task Manager window. Navigate to Process tab and check the box next to items related to feed.snapdo.com virus. Hit ‘End Process’ to remove all the selected.
Mac •
Hold and press Command + Option + Esc key combination to obtain “Force Quit” window.
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Click once on feed.snapdo.com virus in the list and hit “Force Quit” button to end the intended process.
B remove feed.snapdo.com virus with browser reset function. Internet Explorer
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Unfold “Tools” menu to select Internet Options in its dropdown list. Browse to Advanced tab on the “Internet Options” window to hit on Restore Defaults button. Press “OK” button to finish.
Firefox • •
Unfold Firefox menu and point the mouse to “Help”. Select “Troubleshooting information” in the drop down list to obtain its window.
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Locate a box containing ‘Reset Firefox’ button on the left uppers corner of the web page.
Google Chrome • •
Unfold ‘Customize and Control Google Chrome’ menu to select ‘Options’. Browse to ‘Under the Hood’ tab on ‘Options’ window.
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Click ‘Reset to Defaults’ button to finish.
Safari •
Unfold Safari menu next to the Apple icon.
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Choose ‘Reset Safari’ option.
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Tick all given options on the obtained window. Press ‘Reset’ to finish.
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Opera •
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Show hidden files and folders (see the instruction in section D) and tick “Show hidden files, folders and drives” under “hidden files and folders” option. Close Opera and navigate to “C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Roaming\Opera\Opera\”. Remove Operapref.ini file there.
C manually modify browser settings to further remove feed.snapdo.com virus. Firefox •
Unfold Tools menu again to select “Manage Add-ons” option.
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Remove feed.snapdo.com virus under Extensions tab and Plugins tab respectively.
Google Chrome •
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Unfold ‘Customize and control’ Google Chrome icon and select ‘Settings’ to locate “Manage Add-on” button on the right pane to remove the indication of feed.snapdo.com virus there. Next browse to ‘Extension’ on the left pane and remove any indication of feed.snapdo.com virus from ‘Extension’
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Internet Explorer • •
Unfold Tools menu to choose ‘Manage Add-ons’ option. Find and click on something useless including feed.snapdo.com virus in ‘Toolbars and Extensions’, ‘Search Providers’
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Opera • • • •
Launch Opera. Press and hold Alt+P key together to initiate “settings” on a new tab to modify. Locate “Search” section and remove feed.snapdo.com virus from “manage search engine” option. Browse to Privacy and Safety on the left pane to locate “Cookie” on the right pane.
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Click on “all cookies and website data� button there to remove all cookies as recommended.
D show hidden files and folders before finding out and deleting any item generated by feed.snapdo.com virus in Drive C. Windows 8
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Click open Windows Explorer on Start Screen.
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Browse to “View” tab in Windows Explorer window. Tick ‘File name extensions’ and ‘Hidden items’ options.
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Navigate into C: Windows and System32 to remove items named after feed.snapdo.com virus/ contained in the folder named after feed.snapdo.com virus as well as the items resembling svchost.exe and winlogon.exe there.
Windows 7/XP/Vista
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Launch ‘Control Panel’ to click open ‘Folder Options’.
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Browse to View tab, tick ‘Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)’ and then click ‘OK’ to confirm the change. Navigate into C: Windows and System32 to remove items named after feed.snapdo.com virus/ contained in the folder named after feed.snapdo.com virus as well as the items resembling svchost.exe and winlogon.exe there.
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If you are not certain about which one to delete because of the inability to differentiate the counterfeit ones from the genuine ones, you are welcome to consult VilamTech Online Support .
Mac •
Open “Finder” window to find and bring up “Utilities” folder.
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Initiate a terminal window to copy and paste the line shown below there.
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES • Press return button to hold ‘alt’ on the keyboard together to right click on the Finder icon. • Hit “Relaunch” button. • Navigate into C: Windows and System32 to remove items named after feed.snapdo.com virus/ contained in the folder named after feed.snapdo.com virus as well as the items resembling svchost.exe and winlogon.exe there. • Once the action to remove items generated by feed.snapdo.com virus in C: Windows is done, follow the same process to replace the above line with defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles NO
E remove feed.snapdo.com virus from database. IE •
Navigate to Explorer Bars, Extensions respectively under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ to find and select items related to feed.snapdo.com virus; right click on selected item to delete it.
Google Chrome •
Navigate to Clients, ClientState and ClientStateMedium respectively under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google to find and select items related to feed.snapdo.com virus; right click on selected item to delete it. •
Navigate to ClientState under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update to find and select items related to feed.snapdo.com virus; right click on selected item to delete it. •
Navigate to Common under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\ to find and select items related to feed.snapdo.com virus; right click on selected item to delete it.
Mozilla Firefox •
Navigate to Extensions under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Microsoft\Mozilla\ Firefox to find and select items related to feed.snapdo.com virus; right click on selected item to delete it. •
Navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Microsoft\MozillaPlugins
to find and select items generated by feed.snapdo.com virus; right click on selected item to delete it. •
Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MozillaPlugins to find and select items generated by feed.snapdo.com virus; right click on selected item to delete it.
Opera •
Navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Opera Software to find and select items generated by feed.snapdo.com virus; right click on selected item to delete it.
Tips: All solutions can only remove feed.snapdo.com virus thoroughly. But to remove it permanently, good PC practice is still needed all the time. Use extra carefulness when going through the steps above to check if all malevolent items are cleared off each section as any leftover or remnant is capable of retrieving it back. One thing to which attention should be paid is that different version of OS (operating system) owns diverse directories, which means the place made to be residence for feed.snapdo.com’s components can be diverse to some extent. If some components of feed.snapdo.com virus cannot be located because of the shortage of computer skills and knowledge, VilmaTech Online Support is always ready to give solutions applicable to concrete situation.