How Do I Remove Optimize-app.com completely-Manual Removal Guide

What is Optimize-app.com?

 

Optimize-app.com is classified as a browser hijacker redirect virus which is not only targeted the windows system but also the Mac. Once infected, it can hijack your default homepage to replace to its domain and always redirect you to Optimize-app.com whenever you open a new tab. However, many victims don’t know how to get this redirect virus installed on their computer. usually,Optimize-app.com can get itself installed without knowledge. Just remember to avoid visiting questionable websites, not to click the suspicious attachments and always download the program from the official websites.

What the Optimize-app.com can do your computer? As we all know, browser hijacker redirect virus can invite more malware like ransomware, rookits, worm to come to compromise your computer. Besides, it can occupy your precious system resource and may cause your internet crash over and over. What’s more, it can disable your task manager and control panel, you cannot remove Optimize-app.com from there. It is designed by cyber hackers to generate profit from it, many victims would get commercial ads from this websites.

To protect your information security, we suggest remove it ASAP before it cause further damage due to it can keep an eye on your online trace. Since no antivirus can remove it completely, it is suggested manual removal with expert skills.

Manual Removal Guide for Optimize-app.com

Step 1- Boot your computer into "safe mode with networking" by constantly tapping F8 key until Windows Advanced Options menu shows up.

Step 2- Reset Internet Explorer by the following guide (take IE as an example):

Open Internet Explorer >> Click on Tools >> Click on Internet Options >> In the Internet Options window click on the Connections tab >> Then click on the LAN settings button>> Uncheck the check box labeled “Use a proxy server for your LAN” under the Proxy Server section and press OK.

Step 3- Disable any suspicious startup items that are made by infections from OPTIMIZE-APP.COM

For Windows Xp: Click Start menu -> click Run -> type: msconfig in the Run box -> click Ok to open the System Configuration Utility -> Disable all possible startup items generated from OPTIMIZE-APP.COM.

For Windows Vista or Windows7: click start menu->type msconfig in the search bar -> open System Configuration Utility -> Disable all possible startup items generated from OPTIMIZE-APP.COM.

Step 4- Open Windows Task Manager and close all running processes.
( Methods to open Task Manager: Press CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC or Press the Start button->click on the Run option->Type in taskmgr and press OK.)

Step 5- Remove these associated Files on your hard drive such as:

%Windir%\temp\random.exe
%Windir%\Temp\random

Step 6- Open the Registry Editor and delete the following entries:
(Steps: Hit Win+R keys and then type regedit in Run box and click on OK)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “WarnonBadCertRecving” = ’0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop “NoChangingWallPaper” = ’1

Step 7-Restart your computer normally to check the effectiveness.

If the manual guide is kinda difficult for you, please feel free to download automatic removal tool SpyHunter to drive the self-invited guest away.