Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Remove Browsercrash.xyz Pop-up Scam

Infected with Browsercrash.xyz


Browsercrash.xyz has become a nasty computer infection which attack many user's computer:

While performing what I thought was normal routine web browsing this morning, I got a very scary pop-up on my Google Chrome browser ... and now I have no idea if this is a legit warning from Chrome about a hack that took place, or if it's a scam attempting to hack me. My screen capture of the warning that came up is attached. In particular, I found it extremely odd that it gave me a phone number to call Google Chrome support, as I've never seen contact info for Google before, not even when I searched in the Chrome support info...

Browsercrash.xyz is an adware which is created by the cyber criminals to make money. Once gets into the computer, Browsercrash.xyz will change the computer browser setting and begin to rediect your homepage and new tab. As soon as you open the browser, Browsercrash.xyz will pop up to redirect you to its own domain and block you from accessing online or using IE,Firefox and Chrome. Browsercrash.xyz displays scam pop-up alerts states that your computer is infected with virus and it offers phone number to call for help. If you keep getting this Browsercrash.xyz virus message,you should not believe in it. This fake virus warning wants to mislead you to purchase fake tech support service.

Browsercrash.xyz will take over your browser and you cannot easily get your default search engine and homepage back. Browsercrash.xyz may perform fake scans of the hard disk and then report multiple non-existent threats. To remove the threats, Browsercrash.xyz tells the user to purchase a license for the software which may amount to anything from forty to one a hundred dollars plus, depending on whether a "support" package is purchased or not. Of course the software and any support packages offered by Browsercrash.xyz are bogus and will offer no help whatsoever in cleaning up the problem or protecting against any other threats.It is suggested to remove Browsercrash.xyz from the computer as soon as possible.To look deep into the threats, it is suggested to scan your computer with a anti-spyware like Spyhunter to find the detail problem.

How to remove Browsercrash.xyz?


Manually remove Browsercrash.xyz


Step 1: Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys together and stop Browsercrash.xyz processes in the Windows Task Manager.



Step 2: Disable any suspicious startup items that are made by infections from Browsercrash.xyz.



Step 3: Remove the unwanted extension from the browsers.

Internet Explorer

1) Launch the Internet Explorer and click on Tools in menu bar, click on the Manage Add-ons.
2) Click on Toolbars and Extensions, select Disable the suspicious or unwanted extension.


3) Restart the Internet Explorer.

Mozilla Firefox

1) Start the Mozilla Firefox. Click on the Firefox menu then choose Add-ons.
2) Click on the Extensions in the pop-up Add-ons Manager page, select the adware in the list and then click on Remove button.



3) Restart Mozilla Firefox.

Google Chrome

1) Run the Google Chrome. Select the Tools in the Chrome menu then click on Extensions to open it.
2) In the pop-up page, search for the Hijacker in the list and disable it.


3) Restart Google Chrome.

Step 4: Search the registry entries in your Registry Editor and then remove all of them.





Automatically remove Browsercrash.xyz


Step 1. Click the icon to download SpyHunter.


Step 2. Follow the instructions to install the SpyHunter.




Step 3. Run SpyHunter to scan your PC.


Step 4. Click on the  Fix Threats  to get all detected items deleted.



Summary 


Browsercrash.xyz is a threat to your computer. To protect your computer from further damage, it is better to remove Browsercrash.xyz from the computer as soon as possible. To download Spyhunter to remove threats easily and safely now.



(Gary)

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