How to Stop Smartinf.ru Popups

You cannot stop Smartinf.ru from taking your homepage?

Smartinf.ru is a browser hijacker. This malicious and intrusive tool slithers its way into your system through trickery and finesse and then makes a complete mess. As soon as the application latches onto your computer and starts wreaking havoc, issues pile up almost instantaneously. The first one you’ll encounter will be the surprise of finding your preferred homepage and search engine switched to Smartinf.ru without your knowledge or permission. You just turn on your computer one day, and there it is – an unapproved reshuffle. And, you better get used to such surprises as once a hijacker invades your system, you’ll experience a whole multitude of them. Confused? Well, it’s pretty straightforward. Once Smartinf.ru tricks you into approving its installation, it’s no longer required to seek your approval on anything else. It can do whatever it feels like doing, whenever it feels like doing it. The tool can implement any and all changes it so wishes, and you’ll have to deal with them. Do you think Smartinf.ru is worth such a colossal risk? Don’t gamble with such a dangerous, useless, and harmful tool. Delete the hijacker the first chance you get! You’ll spare yourself a ton of headaches and troubles, and your future self will thank you for it.

How did I get infected with?

Smartinf.ru may be bound to ask for your permission before it installs itself, but don’t think it has any problem getting because it doesn’t. This tiny detail doesn’t slow it down one bit. In fact, you don’t even see it coming. The tool is so resourceful and skilled in the arts of deceit that, it not only dupes you into giving it the green light, but also keeps you oblivious that you did. The hijacker usually sneaks in undetected with the help of the old but gold methods of invasion. More often than not, it hitches a ride with freeware or hides behind spam email attachments, corrupted links, or websites. However, its most preferred and most commonly used way of infiltration involves the tool posing as a bogus system or program update. So, while you may be convinced that you’re updating your Java or Adobe Flash Player, in actuality, you’re installing Smartinf.ru. If you wish to keep the hijacker away from your system, be sure to be more careful. Don’t give into naivety, haste, and distraction and remember that a little extra attention can go a long, long way.

Why is this dangerous?

Don’t underestimate the amount of damages Smartinf.ru can, and WILL, cause you. As was already mentioned, once the tool gains your permission for its installation, it’s no longer bound to seek it ever again on anything else. The hijacker if free to change whatever it so desires, and you’ll just have to accept that. In fact, it’s not ever required to inform you. It can merely surprise you. Try to imagine your surprise when you turn on your computer one day, and find it overrun with malevolent tools. Oh, yes. If the tool feels like it, it can approve the installation of as many malware as it so wishes. It can also reshuffle your settings in a manner that will prevent you from visiting your favorite websites. That may not be as harmful as getting stuck with malware, but it’s just as infuriating. Furthermore, the hijacker displays adware’s most obnoxious trait. Every time you try to go online, you’ll be interrupted by an entire myriad of pop-up ads. The bombardment will not only be annoying, but it will also cause further damages. Since the pop-ups will appear so continuously, your computer’s performance will slow down to a crawl, and your system will frequently crash. Also, as the ads are immensely unreliable, they pose a severe malware threat. If you click on even one ad, all you’ll have to show for it is more unwanted malware getting installed on your computer without you even realizing it. But even the threat of unwillingly agreeing to install malevolent tools will pale in comparison to the grave security risk the hijacker places upon you. It spies on you in an attempt to steal your personal and financial information and hand it to the unknown third parties behind it, who can then use it as they see fit. The question is, are you going to let that happen? Think long and hard before you decide.

How to Remove Smartinf.ru virus

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Smartinf.ru 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.

The Smartinf.ru adware is specifically designed to make money. It generates web traffic, collects sales leads for other dubious sites, and will display advertisements and sponsored links within your web browser.

STEP 1: Uninstall Smartinf.ru from Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Clean Smartinf.ru from Chrome Firefox or Internet Explorer

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Smartinf.ru leftovers from the System

STEP 1 : Uninstall Smartinf.ru from your computer

Simultaneously press the Windows Logo Button and then “R” to open the Run Command Window

 

Type “regedit”

 

navigate to HKCU\software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

Modify the string with a value data and set it to google.com for example.

STEP 2 : Remove Smartinf.ru homepage from Chrome, Firefox and IE

• Open Google Chrome

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

How to Permanently Remove Smartinf.ru Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

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.