All in One Office “Virus” Removal

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Every time you load your web browser, the All in One Office new tab also opens. When you open a new tab, the All in One Office tab is there. When you visit your favorite websites, ads by All in One Office cover your screen. When you close your browser, it closes slowly because All in One Office is still there. This parasite is your constant online companion. It is always there. You cannot escape from it. Luckily, we can help you. The All in One Office app is classified as a browser hijacker. Once on board, the furtive utility takes control of your favorite browser. It replaces both your homepage and default search engine. No matter how hard you try, you cannot alter these changes. The hijacker needs these settings to be able to bombard you with advertisements. This pest is created with one purpose only — to generate ad revenue for its owners. Basically, when you click on an advert provided by it, its owners get paid. The problem is, you won’t click on just any advert, will you? The crooks have found two solutions to this problem. They have “instructed” the hijacker to redirect your web traffic to promoted websites. They have also programmed it to monitor your browsing-related data and to use the collected information as a base for better ad targeting. In other words, the All in One Office hijacker spies on you and uses the collected information against you. The parasite knows everything you do online. It threatens to expose this sensitive information to the public. Anyone who uses the hijacker as an advertising platform can access and use this data to target you. Be very careful what you do online. You are now a potential target! If you see a nice offer, don’t get your hopes up! It might be prepared by crooks.

How did I get infected with?

The All in One Office hijacker pretends to be a humble browser extension. You can download it from the Google Web Store and other third-party pages. Yet, if you haven’t installed it, and you wonder how did it manage to infect your browser, you won’t like the answer. You may not be able to recall it, but it was you the one who let this parasite on board. The All in One Office hijacker is not an ingenious virus. It cannot hack your computer. The parasite needs your permission to enter. What it doesn’t need is to ask you openly. The hijacker uses camouflage to trick you into installing it unintentionally. Learn your lessons. Don’t let other parasites to trick you ever again. What you should do is to be always vigilant and doubting. Avoid using torrents. Download your software from reputable sources only. Whenever you start an installation, pay close attention to the process. If you are offered an Advanced option, by all means, select it. Under the Advanced installation, you will be presented with a list of all additional apps that are about to be installed. Deselect all unwanted programs. Read the Terms and Conditions/End User License Agreement (EULA). If you spot anything out of the ordinary, abort the installation immediately. The key to a secure and infection-free computer is caution.

Why is this dangerous?

The All in One Office hijacker is extremely intrusive and frustrating. The app can ruin your browsing experience in seconds. If you don’t take measures against the intruder, your conditions will worsen rapidly. As time passes, the All in One Office hijacker gets more aggressive. The parasite will drown you in a sea of advertisements. Websites that used to be ad-free are now covered in coupons and deals. These ads, however, are not to be trusted. The hijacker has no security mechanism. It doesn’t verify the adverts. Neither does it check the advertisers behind them. All sorts of crooks take advantage of the app. They use the hijacker to spread deceptive content. An unverified advertisement will arouse unwarranted expectations at best. At worst, it will redirect you to scam websites. If you are extremely unlucky, you may even end up on an infected page. The All in One Office hijacker is too hazardous to be kept on board. It should be removed immediately. We have prepared a manual removal guide below this article. If you prefer automated solutions, you can also use a trustworthy anti-malware program. Choose your removal method and act!

How to Remove All in One Office virus

The All in One Office 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 All in One Office 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 All in One Office related processes in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate All in One Office startup location

STEP 3: Delete All in One Office traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down All in One Office 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 All in One Office 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 All in One Office 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 All in One Office traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the All in One Office 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 All in One Office

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 All in One Office, 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 All in One Office 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 All in One Office 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.