Remove Download-player.com Pop-up Virus from IE/Chrome/Firefox

Does Download-player.com page keeps popping up on your web browser every now and then to block your browser? Do you want to release from the bothering from the pop-up Download-player.com? If so, please keep reading this post and you will know how to deal with Download-player.com.

Description of Download-player.com

Download-player.com is hazardous domain that can cause lots of troubles to victims. In reality, it has been proved to be an adware that is used by hackers to do malicious activities. If this adware is inside your PC, you will often encounter browser crashing and browser hijacking problem frequently. Commonly, Download-player.com always attacks a target machine via spam emails, free downloads, USB, hacked websites, and many other illegal channels.
When Download-player.com successfully intrudes into your machine, it always pops up its own site on your browser and when you open a new tab, you will be redirected as well. Moreover, Download-player.com virus always comes along with its partner, which is Cr.gogorithm.com. That is to say, your machine may be attacked by more than a malware. In fact, when Download-player.com pops up, it will ask you to download a video play. By the moment you click on “Install” or “Download”, lots of unwanted program will be installed on your machine, which include Trojan horse, rogue programs, and browser hijacker viruses. Due to Download-player.com’s malicious activities, you should remove it from your browser as early as you can.

Screenshot of Download-player.com

Annoyances that are caused by Download-player.com:

1.Download-player.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.Download-player.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 Download-player.com virus:

1.Stop all vicious processes of Download-player.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 Download-player.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_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\run\
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Temp
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