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

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As you probably figured out, Duba.com is a dangerous program. Its official website is entirely in Chinese and you could be more than certain this program hides dangers. Duba.com is a browser hijacker which means it’s  PC parasite. Yes, a virus. Regardless of how stubborn hackers are trying to convince you this thing is safe, you should know better. We’ve never come across a harmless hijacker and, chances are, neither have you. As soon as duba.com slithers itself onto your machine, it begins to wreak havoc. Do you know how browser hijackers work? They aim at generating web traffic to some specific pages. By doing to, the virus allows hackers to gain profit through the pay-per-click mechanism. Unfortunately, you’re the one who ends up in trouble. Duba.com replaces both your search engine and default homepage with its own domain. The parasite also adds a browser extension or a plugin to your browsers. It might install some random additional toolbars as well. Keep in mind all these changes happen behind your back. Hijackers’ very last purpose is to be beneficial for you so don’t be gullible. Duba.com won’t provide you accurate search results. If anything, it will provide quick access to malware. This program injects your once reliable browsers with sponsored, unsafe web links. It brings to you a never-ending pile of highly questionable links. In addition, the virus could display sponsored ads and product deals too. You see, surfing the Web isn’t fun anymore. You’re forced to use the parasite’s domain every single time you’re trying to find anything online. It goes without saying that the search results brought to you by duba.com may be irrelevant to your queries. The infection is boosting web traffic and your online activities remain out of the picture. Then why keep this program on board? It isn’t going to become any less malicious. Quite the opposite, actually. The more time this pest manages to spend on your PC, the more problematic it gets. Before you know it, duba.com could cause you some serious, irreversible harm. The hijacker also poses a threat to your privacy by stealing private information. It collects all your IP addresses, usernames, passwords, email addresses. Your very own browsing history is being spied on as well. To sum up, this dubious parasite simply doesn’t belong on your device. Do yourself a favor and get rid of it.

How did I get infected with?

Not many PC users install parasites on purpose. One much more common scenario involves lies and tricks. Being a classic cyber infection, duba.com must have used the usual methods. For instance, it could have been hidden in some fake spam email or a bogus message. Next time you receive something unreliable in your inbox, don’t hesitate to deselect it. You might prevent malware infiltration that way. More often than not, infections get presented as legitimate email-attachments. That is because crooks are taking advantage of your curiosity and haste. Do not rush to open such questionable emails or messages. Be cautious instead. Many parasites also travel the Web bundled. No wonder this is hackers’ favorite infiltration technique. It is a perfect combination of stealthy, effective and secretive. Infections are masters in the art of deceit so watch out for malware in advance. It is a lot less time-consuming to prevent installation than to remove a virus. Do the right thing and take your time beforehand. Opt for the Custom option in the Setup Wizard and check out the programs one by one. Go through the Terms and Conditions or EULA (End User License Agreement) to be in complete control of the installation. If you’re not the one in charge of the process, it could be cyber crooks.

Why is this dangerous?

Duba.com stands in your way when you browse the Web. It works with all your preferred browsers (including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer). The parasite installs its plugin/ extension and floods your PC screen with unsafe web links. Apart from redirecting you, this pest also causes your browsers to freeze and crash. That means duba.com makes it impossible for you to even use your machine, let alone find what you need. Restrain yourself from clicking any of its “accurate” search results as those could be harmful. You’re one click away from installing more infections as long as the hijacker is present. Duba.com is not a program to be trusted so once you encounter its presence, it’s time to take action. You will find our detailed manual removal guide down below.

How to Remove Duba.com virus

The Duba.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 Duba.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.

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

STEP 2: Locate Duba.com startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

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

• Open Google Chrome

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