Sunday, August 17, 2014

How to Get Rid of VidiTool Pop-up Virus from Browsers

Your PC is infected with VidiTool? Your target websites are often redirected? You get a lot of pop up ads? You have no idea to remove VidiTool? Don't worry. Please read the post, you will get help.
The Introduction of VidiTool

VidiTool is a misleading search engine which can be categorized as a malicious browser hijacker. The browser virus is able to target any kinds of web browsers just like Chrome, IE, Firefox, and so on. The nasty virus may trigger a lot of malicious activities on your system once it gets chance to enter your system successfully. VidiTool virus can change the start-up webpage and configurations of homepage to damage your browsers severely. Consequently, your current homepage will be changed into another one. You will fail to get your homepage back even though you have tried many ways.
VidiTool virus has the ability to hijack your default browsers and modify them without your permission. If you click any links or open any tabs to search on your browsers, they may be redirected to other unwanted web sites that related to the VidiTool.
Besides from causing redirections to unknown web sites, the virus can pop up many annoying ads. Theses advertisements could take over your whole page which you are visiting. Additionally, other malicious infections may sneak into your system secretly with the help of VidiTool. What is more, the virus can record your browsing habits and collect your personal information and then it will send the information to remote hackers for marketing purpose. So you must delete it ASAP.
The screenshot of VidiTool
Step by Step by Remove VidiTool

Step 1: navigate to Control Panel>click Uninstall a program>remove VidiTool from the list

Step 2: right-click on Taskbar and click Start Task Manager>stop all processes related to VidiTool

Step 3: remove VidiTool from Google Chrome. Steps: click Menu icon>click Tools>Extensions>find VidiTool and remove it

Step 4: remove VidiTool from Internet Explorer. Steps: Click Tools>Manager Add-ons>delete all suspicious add-ons

Step 5: remove VidiTool from Mozilla Firefox. Steps: Go to Tools>click Add-ons>click Plugins to remove all dangerous plugins and click Extensions to remove all risky extensions

Step 6: Disable VidiTool’s startup items. To do this, you should click Start Menu>input “msconfig” in the search box>hit Enter. Then, the system configuration utility will be opened. Now go to Start up tab and disable all items belong to VidiTool.

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

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