Remove Fluey.com Hijacker from Chrome/Firefox/IE

Suddenly Fluey.com took over your homepage and you cannot remove it.

Even before taking a closer look at this questionable program, its name has the word “flu” in it. What do you think, is it safe? Despite the touching attempts of fluey.com’s developers to make their creation look like it’s both practical and harmless, in reality, it’s neither. This program is nothing but the nth nasty browser hijacker that you might stumble across which surfing the Web and if you’re unlucky enough to end up infected with it, you might want to keep on reading. The fluey.com virus is powerful enough to hijack all your browsers and take over your entire Internet experience in no time, then it exposes you to all kinds of malware, floods the PC screen with its utterly useless ads, spies on your personal information and effectively slows down the entire machine thus leaving you confused and annoyed. Did we catch your attention? The fluey.com hijacker has nothing but issues to offer you so the sooner you manage to get rid of this pest of a program, the better. Even though it’s known to affect mostly Poland PC users, it could easily land on your device anywhere on the globe. Unless for some reason you’re deliberately trying to infect your machine with more troublesome parasites, you have to tackle fluey.com the very moment you encounter its presence. This is a sneaky redirect virus that was designed to generate web traffic towards unreliable pages. It was NOT designed to be beneficial for you. Leaving it unattended on your machine is a terrible move as the infection goes out of hand quickly; once the hijacker gets out of control, it could cause you an immense trouble. And, chances are, it will.

How did I get infected with?

Have you ever had to deal with hijackers before? If so (which is probably the case), you already know how easy it is to get infected. Cyber parasites in general and browser hijackers in particular apply mainly stealthy techniques because it’s in their best interest to leave you completely oblivious to the installation process. So that’s exactly what they do. The most popular infiltration method is freeware bundling and it offers the perfect combination of efficiency and oblivion. It goes without saying that hackers don’t tend to miss such golden opportunities to wreak havoc. Therefore, you absolutely MUST keep an eye out for potential intruders every time you give green light to freeware/shareware bundles, especially if you’re downloading them from some questionable unverified websites. It’s highly recommended that you select the Advanced or Custom option in the Setup Wizard beforehand so you remain in control of the software that gets installed. Remember, it’s either you who decides what gets installed, or it’s crooks. Make sure it’s you. Avoid illegitimate websites and don’t get tempted to download something unreliable because it might turn out out later on you accidentally infected your very own machine with a whole bunch of nasty parasites. You should also stay away from suspicious third-party advertisements, spam emails and spam messages from some unknown senders. Keep in mind that caution always pays off in the long run.

Why is this dangerous?

Being a hijacker, it’s quite obvious that fluey.com is dangerous. The more time this parasite spends on your PC system, the more trouble it could (and will) bring upon you. Since the very moment it lands on your machine, the virus installs its malicious browser add-on to Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Opera. Then it starts aggressively redirecting you towards some sponsored and highly unreliable websites without bothering to ask for a permission of any kind first. Your overall browsing experience is no longer up to you once the machine has been compromised so if you don’t really insist on being manipulated, there is NO reason to keep fluey.com on board. The hijacker replaces your default homepage and default search engine with its questionable domain so now thanks to the parasite’s presence, none of you search results will be accurate. The virus doesn’t discriminate between safe and corrupted link so it displays both kinds. It also displays various types of commercials that you never asked for. And it also generates bogus program updates and fake ads leading to some non-existent products. As you can see, the odds are not in your favor so if you make the mistake of tolerating the parasite for too long, you will inevitably regret it. Apart from the overwhelming amount of pop-ups, pop-unders, interstitials, banners, hyperlinks and video ads and apart from the malicious search results, the fluey.com hijacker also poses a direct threat for your privacy. How great is that? The parasite is capable of monitoring your entire browser-related data including IP addresses, email-addresses, passwords and usernames and even some personally identifiable information as well. As you can imagine, identity theft is a possibility. Even though this is the worst case scenario, you simply cannot afford to underestimate any potential danger if you want to protect your own security. In addition, due to the hijacker’s trickery, your browsers will occasionally start to freeze or crash or both so if you’ve had it with fluey.com’s shenanigans, stop tolerating it. In order to delete this nuisance manually, please follow the removal guide down below.

How to Remove fluey.com virus

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the fluey.com infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. Please, consider to print this guide or have another computer at your disposal. You will NOT need any USB sticks or CDs.

The fluey.com adware is specifically designed to make money. It generates web traffic, collects sales leads for other dubious sites, and will display advertisements and sponsored links within your web browser.

STEP 1: Uninstall fluey.com from Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Clean fluey.com from Chrome Firefox or Internet Explorer

STEP 3: Permanently Remove fluey.com leftovers from the System

STEP 1 : Uninstall fluey.com from your computer

Simultaneously press the Windows Logo Button and then “R” to open the Run Command Window

 

Type “regedit”

 

navigate to HKCU\software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

Modify the string with a value data and set it to google.com for example.

STEP 2 : Remove fluey.com homepage from Chrome, Firefox and IE

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the fluey.com by clicking on the little recycle bin
• Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

• Open Mozilla Firefox

• Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
• Disable the unwanted Extension
• Go to Help
• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

• Open Internet Explorer

• On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
• Click on Internet options
• go to Toolbars and Extensions and disable the unknown extensions
• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset

• Restart Internet Explorer

How to Permanently Remove fluey.com Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify possible registry leftovers or temporary files.