Hey there, I come here for help. My Firefox has been infected with a fake domain Findoncloud.com for a long time. Every time when I start Firefox, this page will soon become my start page, my original page is Bing, but now Bing has gone. When I try to change Bing back, but after restarting Firefox again, this page comes back again. There should be some malicious malware installed into the system, and then this problem happens. But how can I find out the issue exactly? I am just a housewife and don’t much computer at all. I usually just use my computer to do such entertainments as browse webpage, purchase goods online, listen to music, and watch movie.
Belief Introduce of Findoncloud.com Hijacker
Findoncloud.com has been listed as a browser hijacker not a normal webpage as Google, Yahoo or Bing. Browser hijacker usually will take over the web browser, change the home page and search engine provider, redirects to strange websites and pop up different ads, fake update message and so on. Cyber hackers create and spread this browser hijacker on the internet via many ways to target many victims’ computer. Cyber hackers can put Findoncloud.com hijacker or other virus files into hacked websites, and when visitor open these websites or click any popups from these vicious sites, the browser hijacker or other malware will soon sneak into system without any notice. By the way, these hacked sites may be actually created by cyber hackers. Besides, this browser hijacker can be bundled with free-charging software installation package as a normal part. While users are downloading the software, this Findoncloud.com hijacker is also being installed. Similarly, browser hijacker, worm, virus malware or spyware also can be put into spam email as an attachment. If the infected attachment is clicked, virus or hijacker will also soon get installed.
Cyber hackers design such a nasty browser hijacker in order to utilize this browser hijacker to spy on victim’s web browser and track their online activities even get your personal info input online. To control your web browser, this Findoncloud.com browser hijacker will first modify your homepage and search tool totally, insert some cookies, add-on and add strange links into your favorite and bookmark folder. It uses the cookie to monitor what you do and browse on the internet and then specifically pops up corresponding advertisements while you’re opening webpage. Findoncloud.com browser hijacker actually can be treated as platform of distributing and promoting sponsored product, rogue program or even malware. When you see random popups displaying over the page you’re browsing, you should not click on these popups, or some kind of unknown malicious program will access into system. Findoncloud.com browser hijacker also can cause many computer problems like computer become sluggish, it takes a long time to start up system, programs and web browser and DNS settings would be changed somehow to block your access to the Internet. To avoid more damages, you should clean out this threat quickly.
Symptoms Caused by Findoncloud.com Hijacker
-Can change your homepage or the default search engine and it totally prevents you from changing them back
-Can always redirect you to other websites
-Can pop up various advertisements and sponsored links randomly to interrupt your online activities
-Can create many junk files which occupy a lot of space in hard drive
-Can download other malicious programs into computer, which make further damage.
-Can collect and send data concerning your search history and other browsing activities.
-Your sensitive information can be tracked and stolen by hacker who can access to your computer with the help of browser hijacker.
NOTE: If you find any of these symptoms on your computer, that proves your PC is under attack and seriously infected with Findoncloud.com hijacker. If you are not a computer savvy, Please contact YooSecurity Online PC Experts to remove this browser hijacker for you.
The Screenshot of Findoncloud.com Hijacker
Manual Removal Guide of Browser Hijacker (For Computer Literate)
There is a removal guide of Findoncloud.com hijacker provided here; however, expertise is required during the process of removal, please make sure you are capable to do it by yourself.
Step 1: Press CTRL, SHIFT and ESC these three keys together at the same time to pull up Windows Task Manager; click Processes tab on top and scroll down the list to find and end odd processes related to this Findoncloud.com hijacker. Names of the processes are random.
Step 2: Open Control Panel from Start Menu, then open Programs, click on Uninstall a program. Find suspicious programs or tool-bars related to the Findoncloud.com hijacker. Right click on it and select Uninstall.
Step 3: Go to Folder Options in Control Panel, select the View tab, and then mark “Show hidden files, folders, and drivers” and unmark “Hide protected operating system files” (Recommended) and then click Apply or OK.
Step 4: Go to Registry Editor to delete the path of the related items with the Findoncloud.com browser hijacker.
Step 5: Clear all history, data and cookies of your infected web browser.
Findoncloud.com hijacker has the ability to insert into web browser and spy on user’s online activities, so it is suggested to delete all history, data and cookies of the infected web browser before a complete removal. Take Internet Explorer for example:
a. From the “Tool” menu button in the upper-right corner of the Internet Explorer window, choose “Safety” > “Delete browsing history…“.
b. Then tick Cookie and website data and History, click Delete.
Step 6: Change your homepage of the infected web browser (Take Internet Explorer as Example)
From the Navigation toolbar in Internet Explorer, click Tools menu and select Internet Options, then click General tab, and input the URL you want into the Home page box and then click OK.
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Conclusion:
Findoncloud.com is not a normal webpage and a useful search tool. If you keep this fake search site a long time on your computer, many computer problems will happen in future. Your web browser first will perform improperly. Browser often gets stuck, hang or unresponsive. DNS server settings of some websites are changed and you’re blocked to access the site. Strange and unexpected toolbars, bookmarks, add-ons will stay on your web browser. When you’re browsing online, you will be disturbed by tons of endless irrelevant pop-ups. But you don’t click on any of them as your computer system can be attacked by more other virus or malware. Findoncloud.com hijacker also has a bad effect on computer performance. It will slow down performance of computer, which will let computer run slower than before. Your computer may get hang or frozen for some time while you runs many programs or perform many tasks at the same time. even worse, this browser hijacker can assist cyber hackers to collect your personal information stored on the Internet and computer disk in order to gain more illegal benefits. Please get rid of this browser hijacker as soon as possible before any damages and data loss caused by it.
Suggestion: To follow removal guide that mentioned above, a level of computer knowledge is needed. Still can’t get out of browser hijacker? Contact online experts for help now!
Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on December 7, 2016 4:54 am
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