Remove/Get Rid of Reactiveplayer.com Pop-up Virus Step by Step

Do you often see that Reactiveplayer.com pops up to block your desired websites? Should you believe in what it says? Keep reading and learn what Reactiveplayer.com is and what should you do to deal with this pop-up.

Description of Reactiveplayer.com

Reactiveplayer.com falls under the category of the family of browser hijacker which badly interferes with Internet users’ activities by causing annoying search redirections and displaying numerous commercial ads. When Reactiveplayer.com gets inside your computer, it will optionally temper with both your web browser settings and DNS settings without any permission. You will notice that your chosen homepage as well as search engine will be forcibly replaced with www.linkeyproject.com.
Reactiveplayer.com will make your web browsing experience so unpleasant and disappointing, whether you are using Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. This hijacker virus has the ability to continuously redirect your web links and searches to its domain or affiliated webpages which are filled with a mass of commercial ads and false information. Besides, you will receive tons of pop-up promotion ads which try to lure you into a shopping trip by showing multiple dazzling product images and providing attractive price discounts. Moreover, Reactiveplayer.com will be used by cyber criminals to record your web browsing habits and collect your sensitive information such as usernames, email passwords, credit card details and the like. All in all, Reactiveplayer.com is a serious threat to your computer security and you should get rid of it immediately.

Screenshot of Reactiveplayer.com

Annoyances that are caused by Reactiveplayer.com:

1.Reactiveplayer.com virus will slow down your PC speed, so you cannot use your PC smoothly.
2.Lots of ads keep popping up when you surf the Internet.
3.Reactiveplayer.com virus will disable your antivirus program and help other viruses attack your PC
4.Redirect problem will happen all the time.

Steps to remove Reactiveplayer.com virus:

1.Stop all vicious processes of Reactiveplayer.com from Task Manager
To do this, you can hit Ctrl+Shift+Esc at the same time to open the Task Manager. But you should know that the virus’s name may vary from one to other, so you should be careful.

2.Display all hidden files so as to remove Reactiveplayer.com's files
To show all hidden files from PC, please follow these steps:
①Click Start Menu and click Control Panel

②Click Appearance and Personalization and click Folder Options

③Go to View tab, tick Show hidden files and folders and deselect Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)

④Click OK
3.Remove all malicious files and keys from Registry Editor
To do this, you can click on Start Menu and click Run. When a dialogue pops up, you should type "regedit" in the box and click OK.

Then you will see the following Screenshot:

Now, please remove the following keys from the registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableTaskMgr” = 1 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\run\random
Note: you should know that any mistake changes happen in the registry will cause other serious system problems. So before you make some changes, you should back up your registry first!

How to Open & Back up the Registry