Remove Relax Eye Chrome Extension (Scam)

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Relax Eye Chrome Extension is anything but reliable. If you notice this plugin, you’ve fallen victim to some adware-type virus. You have an infection on board which means it’s time to take action. The sooner you locate and uninstall this pest, the better. Don’t underestimate the parasite’s malicious potential because you’re in danger. Get rid of the adware right away. This program adds the Relax Eye Chrome Extension and causes a mess on your device. It even attempts to convince you that you need to install some questionable plugins. For starters, adware is extremely secretive. You’re stuck with a classic member of the adware family so the virus follows the classic pattern. Immediately after installation, it makes modifications in your browsers. All changes you’re about to witness happen behind your back. It goes without saying that hackers aren’t trying to help you surf the Internet. Your preferences and opinions are crooks’ very last concern. On the other hand, hackers are focused on one much more prosaic purpose. Money. Yes, the adware is part of cyber criminals’ plan to gain profit. Unless you remove this infection, you become a sponsor of hackers. Not only do your browsers get modified but crooks also gain revenue at your expense. Why keep the infection then? There is no such thing as a harmless parasite so don’t take any risks. The adware could get out of control and cause you some immense damage. It injects your browsers with sponsored pop-ups in attempts to trick you into clicking. You should know better than to trust the devious commercials generated by an infection, though. We’d recommend that you stay away from anything displayed by the virus. Chances are, these advertisements lead you directly to harmful websites filled with malware. You could compromise your safety further by clicking. Another possibility is to waste your money purchasing a non-existent product. Even if the commercials displayed by the virus seem perfectly harmless, be careful. Stay away from these ads and remember, they are sponsored. Hackers are more than willing to cause you damage as long as they gain profit.

How did I get infected with?

The adware must have been bundled with other programs. There is a reason why this technique is perhaps the most commonly used distribution method. Freeware and shareware bundles allow all sorts of infections to travel the Web. This tactic is both sneaky and efficient. Most PC users prefer skipping installation steps and tend to rush the process. If there is some “bonus” virus in the bundle, they remain oblivious to it. Next time you download bundles, opt for the Advanced option in the Setup Wizard. Also, restrain yourself from installing unverified programs. Check out the entire bundle thoroughly to make sure there are no bonuses. You’re the one who will have to deal with the infection after it slithers itself onto your PC. Save yourself the hassle and be attentive. Reading the Terms and Conditions is another rule of thumb. Make an effort to protect your device and you’ll see that it is worth it. Last but not least, delete the spam emails and messages you may receive. Those are usually unsafe too.

Why is this dangerous?

Your once trusty browsers are now modified. The adware effectively takes over all your browsers and ruins your everyday online activities. Apart from the endless pile of pop-ups it generates, this program redirects you. It even displays fake security alerts and claims you need to download certain extensions. Of course, this is nothing but a poor attempt for a cyber scam. Agreeing to install the plugins recommended by the virus would only make the mess bigger. In order not to download more infections on your computer, tackle the intruder. Note that this infection also steals some of your browsing-related data. For instance, browsing history, usernames and passwords. Hackers could sell this information to third parties thus causing irreversible privacy issues. Cyber criminals should never have access to your private details so don’t let them monitor your online activities. To delete the parasite manually, please follow our detailed removal guide. You will find it down below.

How to Remove Relax Eye Virus

The Relax Eye 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 Relax Eye 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 Relax Eye in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Relax Eye startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

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

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Relax Eye 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 Relax Eye

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 Relax Eye, 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 Relax Eye 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 Relax Eye 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.