Search.foxtab.com Virus – Remove Search.foxtab.com Virus Permanently from PC and Mac

About Search.foxtab.com Virus

Search.foxtab.com has been known to be mounted on browsers (e.g. Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Safari) followed by the downloading of FoxTab FLV Player, which makes FoxTab FLV Player notorious. In most cases, PC users, especially the ones keen on free live games, are required to download FoxTab FLV Player, giving rise to search.foxtab.com hijacking problems.

The problems caused by search.foxtab.com are not confined to hijacking homepage, it also encompasses hijacking new tab, search results and customized web search, which can be achieved by either cache poisoning on DNS server or domain name hijacking that would induce additional Internet security issues such as DDOS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks, control of zombie host, webpage defacement and network spoofing. As a result, there will be a fair chance to catch additional infection on the same compromised machine.
 

Efficacious Way to Remove Search.foxtab.com Virus

Generally speaking, search.foxtab.com virus is not detected by installed anti-virus programs due to the appliance of Trojan technique that offers assistance in binding fatal vicious items onto or even overwriting protected system items. It well explains the appearance of redundant explorer.exe and svchost.exe running in Task Manager, leading to significant consumption of resource. In consequence of modifications being made in registry editor without obstruction, search.foxtab.com virus becomes capable of ensconcing its typical malicious executable items in the system without showing the original attribute and disabling some secure services to escape the deletion by security utilities. For this reason, PC users, poor at computer knowledge to turn to anti-virus programs, are easily getting confused not to be capable of removing search.foxtab.com.

As a matter of fact, an integrated set of removing actions needs to be completed at once for any remaining items generated by search.foxtab.com virus will enable it to survive. In such case, browser settings need to be changed back, items injected in C disk are required to remove and registry keys are demanded to be modified. Anti-virus programs are always needed, but manual method is always the top option to remove virus like search.foxtab.com radically without re-image. Follow the steps below to help yourself. If something goes wrong to overwhelm you; please feel free to contact VilmaTech Online Support for solutions suitable to the concrete situation.

 

Complete Steps to Remove Search.foxtab.com Virus from PC and Mac

 

A

Terminate search.foxtab.com’s running process in the Task Manager in a bid  to avert the occurrence of  error message telling some intended items are in the use. Follow the steps here to attain a smooth termination.

 

Windows 8

• Enable Search Charm bar by hovering mouse over border on any side.
• Type ‘Task’ on the Charms bar and press on Enter key to bring up Task Manager.
• Hit View tab on the Task Manager window to select ‘Show Kernel Times’/ ‘Select Process Page Columns’.
• Tick the box next to PID (Process Identifier) and press on OK button to confirm the change.
• Search for  ‘LSASS.exe’ and find its image of the User Account which does not belong to the system.
• Go to the Start Screen and press Win key+R key at once; put in ‘CMD’ to press on Enter key.
• Type ‘ntsd –c q -p (PID, the number you saw on Task Manager)’ and press Enter key to confirm the change.
• Launch Task Manager again and navigate to Process tab.
• Tick the box next to items generated by search.foxtab.com.
• Press on ‘End task’ to confirm the change.

 

Windows 7/XP/Vista

• Hold Ctrl, Alt and Delete key combination to initiate Task Manager’s window.
• Navigate to View tab and select ‘Show Kernel Times’/ ‘Select Process Page Columns’ option.
• Tick the box next to PID (Process Identifier); press on OK button to confirm.
• Search for ‘LSASS.exe’ and find its image of the User Account which does not belong to the system.
• Press Win key+R key at once when back to the desktop.
• Put ‘CMD’ in the pop-up box and hit Enter key.
• Type ‘ntsd –c q -p (PID, the number you saw on Task Manager)’; press on Enter key to confirm the change.
• Launch Task Manager again to navigate to Process tab.
• Tick the box next to items generated by search.foxtab.com.
• Click on ‘End task’ to complete the termination session.

 

B

Disable the startup items generated by search.foxtab.com with build-in functionality.

 

Windows 8

• Navigate to Startup tab on Task Manger window.
• Tick the box next to items generated by search.foxtab.com virus and press on ‘Disable’ button.

 

Windows 7/Vista/XP

• Use Win key and R key combination to initiate ‘Run’ box.
• Type ‘MSCONFIG’ followed by Enter key to tick the box next to items generated by search.foxtab.com virus and press on ‘Disable all’ button.

 

Mac

• Click on the Apple icon and choose ‘System Preference’.
• Navigate to ‘Users & Groups’.
• Choose the user account that is affected by search.foxtab.com virus to locate the virus on the right pane.
• Tick the vicious items generated by search.foxtab.com virus to hit on minus icon to complete the startup removal session.                                                     

 

C

Remove indication of search.foxtab.com virus from browser settings.

 

Internet Explorer

• Click on Tools menu to choose ‘Internet option’, the last option in the drop down list.
• Navigate to General tab and complete the following actions:

a. Wipe out browse history (recommended), if you want to keep some web pages, you might just bookmark it before wiping out browse history.

b. Remove search.foxtab.com virus from ‘Manage Add-on’ window under ‘Search’ section.

c. Remove search.foxtab.com virus from ‘Toolbars and Extensions’, if any.

d. Remove search.foxtab.com virus from‘Search Providers’, if any.

If one suffers from irritating pop ups, one can go to Privacy tab to turn on ‘Popup Blocker’.

 

Mozilla Firefox

• Click on ‘Tools’ menu to bring up “Manage Add-ons” window.
• Remove search.foxtab.com virus from ‘Extensions’ window.
• Remove search.foxtab.com virus from ‘Plugins’ window.

 

Google Chrome

• Click once on ‘Customize and control’ Google Chrome icon.
• Select ‘Settings’ to bring up its window.
• Locate “Search” section on the right pane and remove search.foxtab.com virus from “Manage search engines” section there, if any.
• When done, navigate to ‘Extension’ on the left pane and remove search.foxtab.com virus there.

 

Opera

• Double click on Opera icon on the desktop and make it as the current browser.
• Press and hold Alt+P key at once to initiate its setting window on a new tab to implement the modification.
• Navigate to “Search” section and remove search.foxtab.com virus from “manage search engine” window.
• Browse to Privacy and Safety on the left pane to locate “Cookie” on the right pane.
• Click on “all cookies and website data” button there to remove all cookies as recommended.

 

Safari

• Click on Safari menu.
• Navigate to ‘Reset Safari’.                
• Tick all given options shown on the pop-up window and press ‘Reset’ to confirm the change.

 

D

Remove all suspicious files generated by search.foxtab.com virus under C: Windows and System32.

• Delete all executable files identical to system ones in sub-directories under C: Windows.
• Remove all temp folders under System32 in C: Windows.

Where uncertainty on which are authentic system item and which are not occurs, it is better to ask for help from VilmaTech Online Support since mistakenly deletion of the genuine system file can incur severe system failure instantly or over time.

 

E

Remove indication of search.foxtab.com virus  from registry editor.

 

For IE users

• navigate to Explorer Bars, Extensions respectively under

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Microsoft\Internet Explorer\

to find and select items generated bysearch.foxtab.com virus and then right click on selected item to delete it.

 

For Google Chrome users

• navigate to Clients, ClientState and ClientStateMedium respectively under

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google

to find and select items generated by search.foxtab.com virus and then right click on selected item to delete it.

• navigate to ClientState under

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update

to find and select items generated by search.foxtab.com virus and then right click on selected item to delete it.

• navigate to Common under

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\

to find and select items generated by search.foxtab.com virus and then right click on selected item to delete it.

 

For Mozilla Firefox users

• navigate to Extensions under

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Microsoft\Mozilla\ Firefox

to find and select items generated by search.foxtab.com virus and then right click on selected item to delete it.

• navigate to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Microsoft\MozillaPlugins

to find and select items generated by search.foxtab.com virus and then right click on selected item to delete it.

• navigate to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MozillaPlugins

to find and select items generated by search.foxtab.com virus and then right click on selected item to delete it.

 

For Opera users

• Browse to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Opera Software

to find and select items generated by search.foxtab.com virus and then right click on selected item to delete it.

 

Preventive Measures against Search.foxtab.com Virus

Preventive measures are always indispensable after removing search.foxtab.com for the sake of permanent computer health. All efficient steps can only help remove search.foxtab.com virus thoroughly at most. Since the virus belongs to browser malware, PC users should employ extra prudence when surfing online and circumspection in downloading programs. Hereby we list the best current practice for the reference:

• Astrict DDNS update if possible.
• Put BIND version running on server under cover.
• Configure zone-overdracht only on authorized equipment.
• Disable needless services on DNS server, such as FTP、telnet and HTTP.
• Acquire redundancy with different DNS(domain name server) on different network.
• Separate the external and internal DNS either physically or by running BIND Views, adoption of forwarders is in need at the same time.

 

Conclusion:

Search.foxtab.com virus is categorized as a browser hijacker which would take PC users to spam/ spoofing sites, which increases the possibility to be attacked by virus that warm through vulnerability on web applications and network. Add-on as search.foxtab.com virus appears to be, it cannot be removed thoroughly by simply pressing on ‘Reset’ button of a browser since it is geared by Trojan which is the main reason for the escape from detection by installed anti-virus programs. In other word, more steps need to be taken manually for a complete removal. Reemergence of search.foxtab.com virus can be anticipated if additional infections remain alive on the compromised machine but not to your knowledge or vulnerability still exist on the machine. Thus, there’s a need for complete removal, management of aftermath as well as preventive measures. Can’t proceed the above steps because of shortage of professional skills? Don’t know how to configure the DNS to implement the preventive measures? Rest assure that experts from VilmaTech Online Support will help you out if you start a live chat with us.

 

Published & last updated on November 26, 2013 by Erik V. Miller