How to Remove Msvcsoft.do.am Redirect

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Did you cross path with Msvcsoft.do.am? No wonder you’re reading removal guides. The sooner you tackle this infection, the better. Keep in mind that tolerating a virus of any kind would be a mistake. This time, you’ve fallen victim to a pesky browser hijacker. To be fair, your situation could have been a lot worse. There are plenty of infections out there that are much more destructive than a hijacker. You could have downloaded a sneaky Trojan horse, ransomware or some other pest. In the future, make sure you protect your computer from parasites. Even though there are less harmful parasites, there’s no such thing as a harmless one. The Msvcsoft.do.am virus gets activated as soon as it lands on board. Its installation happens behind your back so you probably have no clue when the parasite got downloaded. What you do know is that your browsers get hijacked. After all, hijackers don’t get developed to help you browse the Web. No, they are going after one much more prosaic goal. Money. The Msvcsoft.do.am virus modifies your default browser settings. It alters both your search engine and homepage. Those get sneakily replaced with the parasite’s domain. You are now stuck with the hijacker. It greets you every single time you attempt to browse the Web. There’s no more surfing the Web at peace while your machine is infected. On the other hand, there are plenty of sponsored web links currently on your PC screen. Thanks to the hijacker, you end up bombarded with Msvcsoft.do.am’s devious search results. It goes without saying that none of them is as reliable as they seem to be. You should know better than to click open the links provided by this pest. As mentioned, Msvcsoft.do.am injects your browsers with sponsored search results. A sponsored link could be leading you straight to infections. Can you tell which link is corrupted and which one is not? The only way to find out is by clicking. You can see for yourself what an unwarranted risk that would be because you might infect your PC further. The Msvcsoft.do.am hijacker completely takes control over your computer. It even slows your PC speed to a crawl and causes your browsers to freeze/crash. As if that wasn’t enough, the parasite might start generating some sponsored pop-ups as well. Long story short, Msvcsoft.do.am must be deleted.

How did I get infected with?

There are more than enough stealthy infiltration methods online. Hijackers typically use such sneaky tactics so they could get distributed in silence. You end up compromising your safety without knowing about it. For example, many viruses get attached to freeware/shareware bundles. They wait for your negligence online to slither themselves onto your device. What is the solution to that? Next time you download bundles, pay attention. Opt for the Custom or Advanced option in the Setup Wizard. Don’t get tempted to rush the installation process as that leaves your PC vulnerable. If some infection lands on board, you have nobody to blame. Check out the whole bundle thoroughly and be careful. Skipping important installation steps will not protect your safety. Caution will. We’d strongly recommend that you check out the Terms and Conditions. The same piece of advice goes for the EULA (End User License Agreement). Reading those surely can’t be categorized as a fun activity. However, it could prevent virus infiltration. Avoid opening suspicious-looking emails too. Make sure you outwit cyber crooks if they send you fake email-attachments or messages. Remember, your caution will pay off in the long run so stay attentive.

Why is this dangerous?

Msvcsoft.do.am works with all your preferred browsers. That includes Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer. By altering their settings, the hijacker injects them with sponsored links. You have to stay away from all misleading search results and ads you may stumble across. What you’re seeing are potentially corrupted links which could cause you harm. The Msvcsoft.do.am virus also jeopardizes your privacy. This nuisance is impudent enough to steal your browsing-related information. It spies on your IP addresses, browsing history, usernames and passwords, search queries. Things might become even worse, though. There is always a chance that Msvcsoft.do.am could get to some personally identifiable details. For example, bank account data. There’s no escaping the parasite’s shenanigans unless you delete Msvcsoft.do.am for good. Please follow our detailed manual removal guide. You will find it down below.

How to Remove Msvcsoft.do.am virus

The Msvcsoft.do.am infection is specifically designed to make money to its creators one way or another. The specialists from various antivirus companies like Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Norton, Avast, ESET, etc. advise that there is no harmless virus.

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Msvcsoft.do.am 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.

WARNING! Stopping the wrong file or deleting the wrong registry key may damage your system irreversibly.
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STEP 1: Track down Msvcsoft.do.am related processes in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Msvcsoft.do.am startup location

STEP 3: Delete Msvcsoft.do.am traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Msvcsoft.do.am related processes in the computer memory

• Open your Task Manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys simultaneously
• Carefully review all processes and stop the suspicious ones.

• Write down the file location for later reference.

Step 2: Locate Msvcsoft.do.am startup location

Reveal Hidden Files

• Open any folder
• Click on “Organize” button
  
• Choose “Folder and Search Options”
• Select the “View” tab
• Select “Show hidden files and folders” option
• Uncheck “Hide protected operating system files”
• Click “Apply” and “OK” button

Clean Msvcsoft.do.am virus from the windows registry

• Once the operating system loads press simultaneously the Windows Logo Button and the R key.

• A dialog box should open. Type “Regedit”

• WARNING! be very careful when editing the Microsoft Windows Registry as this may render the system broken.

Depending on your OS (x86 or x64) navigate to:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

• and delete the display Name: [RANDOM]

• Then open your explorer and navigate to: %appdata% folder and delete the malicious executable.

Clean your HOSTS file to avoid unwanted browser redirection

Navigate to %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/host

If you are hacked, there will be foreign IPs addresses connected to you at the bottom. Take a look below:

STEP 3 : Clean Msvcsoft.do.am traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Msvcsoft.do.am 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

Step 4: Undo the damage done by Msvcsoft.do.am

This particular Virus may alter your DNS settings.

Attention! this can break your internet connection. Before you change your DNS settings to use Google Public DNS for Msvcsoft.do.am, be sure to write down the current server addresses on a piece of paper.

To fix the damage done by the virus you need to do the following.

• Click the Windows Start button to open the Start Menu, type control panel in the search box and select Control Panel in the results displayed above.
• go to Network and Internet
• then Network and Sharing Center
• then Change Adapter Settings
• Right-click on your active internet connection and click properties. Under the Networking tab, find Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). Left click on it and then click on properties. Both options should be automatic! By default it should be set to “Obtain an IP address automatically” and the second one to “Obtain DNS server address automatically!” If they are not just change them, however if you are part of a domain network you should contact your Domain Administrator to set these settings, otherwise the internet connection will break!!!

You must clean all your browser shortcuts as well. To do that you need to

• Right click on the shortcut of your favorite browser and then select properties.

• in the target field remove Msvcsoft.do.am argument and then apply the changes.
• Repeat that with the shortcuts of your other browsers.
• Check your scheduled tasks to make sure the virus will not download itself again.

How to Permanently Remove Msvcsoft.do.am Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

Please, have in mind that once you are infected with a single virus, it compromises your whole system or network and let all doors wide open for many other infections. 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.