Remove Destyy.com Hijacker (Chrome, Firefox, IE)

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Destyy.com is an obnoxious hijacker that messes with your browser settings. As soon as you encounter its presence on board, you have to take measures. No type of cyber infection is to be underestimated so make no mistake. Get rid of the parasite and regain control over your hijacked browsers. Destyy.com is presented as a harmless search engine. Hackers are rarely honest when it comes to the malware they develop, though. Same thing goes for the deceptive Destyy.com virus. This program is supposed to provide accurate search results when in reality it provides sponsored ones. Know that any sponsored web link is extremely unreliable. Such tricky search results get generates to help crooks gain profit. Hence, you’re stuck with this parasite so crooks could make money. They take full advantage of your browsing experience and use Destyy.com to take over your browsers. Immediately after the parasite gets installed, your default settings get altered. None of the shenanigans that follow has anything to do with your permission. Note that browser hijackers work in silence. Neither your consent nor authorization is in any way involved in the parasite’s numerous modifications. And that’s just the beginning. Destyy.com replaces your default search engine and homepage with its own domain. Its malicious, highly questionable domain. You are now forced to be using the hijacker when surfing the Internet. The problem is, Destyy.com doesn’t generate the results you need. It only displays sponsored, tailored links which allow hackers to make money. As mentioned, cyber criminals need you to click their links. That’s why the sponsored search results generated by this program appear to be harmless. They aren’t, though. Keep in mind that Destyy.com wasn’t created to be beneficial for you. In fact, that is the very last thing hackers are interested in. Crooks are solely focused on gaining profit and generating fake web links. Does that give you a solid reason to avoid these deceptive search results? It definitely should. Stay away from anything generated by the infection and put your safety first. Some of the links displayed by Destyy.com may turn out to be fake and corrupted. Clicking them open could compromise your security further so don’t be naive. Destyy.com might also generate some random, unsafe commercials and various product ads. Those must be avoided too.

How did I get infected with?

The parasite didn’t wait for you to download it. How can we tell? Because hijackers don’t work that way. Instead of asking you to install them, these parasites use stealth. Destyy.com probably got downloaded without you even knowing it. Apart from being unfair, this method is also very dangerous. Hijackers are relatively easy to tackle. However, the Web is full of some much more problematic types of infections. Take Trojan horses and ransomware, for instance. Unless you watch out for malware in advance, you could fall victim to a virus once again. To prevent that, be careful what you give green light to. The most commonly used tactic is called freeware or shareware bundling. Opt for the Custom option in the Setup Wizard to be sure there are no additional programs in the bundle. Deselect the potential “bonuses” you may spot and be cautious. Also, take your time to go through the Terms and Conditions or EULA (End User License Agreement). Be attentive online so you won’t have to tackle infections afterwards.

Why is this dangerous?

The Destyy.com virus causes your browsers to redirect you. It also leads to a poor PC performance and bombards you with sponsored web links. As mentioned, the search results and pop-up ads Destyy.com may generate are all dubious. Avoid them and don’t allow hackers to harass you. Remember, your machine is infected so crooks could gain profit at your expense. Clicking the links Destyy.com generates both exposes you to malware and turns you into hackers’ sponsor.  This pest also collects your browsing-related information. Therefore, your private life online isn’t private anymore as hackers are spying on it. Crooks have plenty of monetizing platforms and you can be positive they will manage to sell your data. If you’re unlucky, your details could be sent into the wrong hands. To delete the hijacker manually, please follow our detailed removal guide. You’ll find it down below.

How to Remove Destyy.com virus

The Destyy.com 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 Destyy.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.

STEP 1: Track down Destyy.com related processes in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Destyy.com startup location

STEP 3: Delete Destyy.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Destyy.com 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 Destyy.com 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 Destyy.com 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 Destyy.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Destyy.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

Step 4: Undo the damage done by Destyy.com

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 Destyy.com, 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 Destyy.com 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 Destyy.com 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.