I recently have this Web.longfintuna.net site on IE and it’s full of ads that I don’t want to receive. No matter how many times I have reset the home page, I often end up with this same popup page. How do I get it off from IE? Will this affect Chrome as well? I’m frustrated. Any help would be appreciated!

Web.longfintuna.net Redirect – How to Remove

Web.longfintuna.net popup page is a misleading site which is full of all kinds of unwanted ads and resources. This specific domain can get on browsers including Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox installed on Windows system. Judging from its characters, this popup site can be categorized as a browser hijacker or browser redirect issue which is similar to the Dfs.pathdone.net redirect. Generally, when having this popup page on browsers, computer users won’t be able to access online pages properly because of all the constant pop-up ads or unwanted resources. By constantly displaying these resources, the Web.longfintuna.net redirect can actually provide chances for online third parties to hack into the systems. Hence, one should be watching out when getting this unfamiliar popup page on browsers.

Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox are the three most favorite targets of this Web.longfintuna.net redirect because of their popularized usages among computer users around the world. Usually, the install of a browser hijacker will not need permission from PC owners. It can sneak onto browsers when users accidentally visit hacked sites or download unfriendly programs. The hijacker can bundle with these resources online to help itself get through to different computers. Upon arrival, this browser hijacker will modify the default structures of the browser(s) and automatically set itself as the default start-up page so as to make sure you get this unwanted page each time you launch the browser(s). Different from many browser hijackers, this Web.longfintuna.net hijacker doesn’t provide an associating search tool for users to search online. Instead, it keeps displaying misleading information all over the webs trying to deceive innocent PC users and get them to install unauthorized programs mostly. These programs are potentially unwanted applications and are used by cyber criminals to display scams. The constant pop-up ads won’t be terminated permanently until this browser hijacker is completely removed.

Manual removal is an efficient way to get rid of this Web.longfintuna.net redirect. Contact YooSecurity Online PC Experts for help if you don’t have much experience dealing with similar situations.

One of The Screenshots of The Misleading Ad

In this popup ad, Web.longfintuna.net hijacker is trying to convince PC users that they have ‘Low Disk Space’. When clicking on the ‘Repair Windows Errors’ button, certain malware can be prompted:

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Manual Removal Instructions for Browser Hijacker

Note: Antivirus programs normally don’t pick up these browser hijackers through security scans. Hence, to get rid of this pop-up Web.longfintuna.net redirect, a manual removal process is suggested here as an efficient way. Associating files and registries may not show up exactly the same. Expertise will be required during the manual removal process to identify lots of files and registry values before deleting them. General steps have been given in the following:

Step A: Open Windows Task Manager to end process related to the Web.longfintuna.net redirect. To do that, press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys at the same time to pull up Window Task Manager; go to Processes tab on top and scroll down the list to find odd processes. Names of the processes can be different each time:

taskmanager

Step B: Open Control Panel from Start menu and search for Folder Options. Go to Folder Options window, under View tab, tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK:

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Step C: Press Windows+R keys together to pull up Run box and type in regedit to open Registry Editor. Delete registry values associating with this Web.longfintuna.net hijacker:

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Step D: Change home page(s) on browsers back from unwanted popup pages:

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Conclusion

Browser hijackers can be created in different forms and appearances. But browsers will always be their first targets when sneaking into computers. By hijacking the browsers and modifying their default structures, browser hijackers can display unwanted or misleading results to users so as to help prompt other computer threats. This Web.longfintuna.net redirect is believed to function in this way. When getting on browsers, it keeps displaying misleading ads to users which has also stopped them from accessing other web sites online. When PC users click on these pop-up ads, they can be scammed later on. Hence, if this misleading site cannot be got rid of immediately, both browsers and PCs will be affected in any possible way.

Note: To save PC and prevent it from all the potential risks caused by this Web.longfintuna.net redirect, please contact YooSecurity Online Experts now to get further help if you have failed to remove this hijacker.

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on September 20, 2013 12:09 pm

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