How to Remove Recipes Extension

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If you come across a website called RecipesExtension.com, you’re in trouble. You’re actually stuck with an adware-type infection or a PUP (potentially unwanted program). Note that such parasites become more and more problematic as time passes. In other words, you have to take measures quickly. Locate the intruder and delete it before things get out of control. It is entirely up to you whether this pest will cause irreversible damage or not. To prevent some serious harm, don’t hesitate. What you must know about infections is that they work behind your back. The parasite’s very installation happened without your permission. All modifications that follow happen in silence too. Long story short, you’re no longer in charge now that this pest is present. Hackers are currently taking advantage of your device. They don’t bother to seek your authorization before messing with your browsers. Immediately after the installation is complete, the virus goes after your default browser settings. You may have already noticed an extension added by this program. You might also spot some additional toolbars installed by this nuisance. Thanks to these unauthorized changes, your browsers are now unsafe. They start redirecting you to RecipesExtension.com and other pages. You see, this is how you could compromise your safety further. Many of the pages you’ll land on are malicious. Therefore, you’re constantly exposed to threats as long as the virus is on board. It only has one reason to redirect you. Hackers are well familiar with the pay-per-click mechanism which allows them to gain revenue. All they have to do is generate web traffic to some particular websites. That explains the never-ending pile of pop-ups on your PC screen, doesn’t it? The more commercials you click, the more revenue crooks will gain. We’d recommend that you stay way from the RecipesExtension.com ads because they are unreliable. Some of these commercials could turn out to be harmless. Others may be corrupted, though. There is no telling which ad is real and which one isn’t unless you click it open. If you choose the wrong one, though, you could download more infections. As you can see, that’s not a risk worth taking. Restrain yourself from clicking the sponsored, devious ads generated by this pest. The last thing they are focused on is helping you shop online. On the other hands, these ads provide hackers a very convenient way to become rich at your expense. You should also take care of your privacy because the virus collects personal data. It successfully monitors your IP addresses, email addresses, usernames, passwords. Your browsing history is being spied on as well. To prevent privacy issues, get rid of the infection now.

How did I get infected with?

The parasite was most likely bundled with other programs. If you have the habit to download bundles without paying attention, know this is dangerous. There are plenty of malware distribution techniques but bundled programs are by far the most efficient one. Instead of skipping installation steps, always keep an eye out for viruses. You definitely won’t regret it. Protecting your machine in the first place is a lot easier than having to remove infections. Hence, be cautious when installing freeware or shareware bundles. Only download legitimate programs and take your time during the process. Opt for the custom or advanced option in the Setup Wizard. Even though that might seem unnecessary, it will help you prevent parasite infiltration. Most PC users also ignore the Terms and Conditions or EULA (End User License Agreement). They tend to click the “I accept” button having no idea what they accept. Don’t underestimate any potential infection and put your safety first.

Why is this dangerous?

Your browsers get hijacked and now serve hackers’ purposes. As if that wasn’t bad enough, the parasite destroys your everyday online experience. It sneakily injects your browsers with sponsored pop-ups. Stay away from the RecipesExtension.com commercials as those are extremely unsafe and could cause you trouble. That includes the coupons, discounts, product deals and offers, price comparisons, “best prices” and other ads. Trusting these misleading advertisements would be a mistake. As mentioned, you also get redirected and your browsing-related data is being stolen. Such shenanigans should never be tolerated so take action ASAP. You will find our detailed manual removal guide down below.

How to Remove Recipes virus

The Recipes 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 Recipes 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 Recipes in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Recipes startup location

STEP 3: Delete Recipes traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Recipes 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 Recipes 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 Recipes 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 Recipes traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Recipes 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 Recipes

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 Recipes, 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 Recipes 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 Recipes Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

Please, have in mind that once you are infected with a single virus, it compromises your system 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.