How to Uninstall YAHOO! POWERED Completely

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Classified as a PUP (potentially unwanted program) as well as adware, this program is tricky. It takes control over your favorite browsers and exposes you to threats. Keep in mind that such parasites become more and more worrisome as time passes. The more you hesitate, the more opportunities YAHOO! POWERED has to cause you damage. Hence, take measures and get rid of the intruder. You have no reason whatsoever to be tolerating a piece of malware or keep the virus on board. On the other hand, you have plenty of reasons to uninstall the infection. YAHOO! POWERED mainly works in silence. Once your machine gets infected, the virus begins to wreak havoc. The thing is, though, you remain absolutely oblivious to the fact your computer is infected. It goes without saying the virus will use all this time to make unauthorized changes. For starters, YAHOO! POWERED adds one highly unwanted browser extension. This plugin effectively brings along commercials. Have you already noticed the YAHOO! POWERED pop-up ads? Ignoring those is almost impossible because your PC screen is practically flooded with advertisements. We’re talking pop-ups, pop-unders, banner ads, interstitial ads, video ads. There is no getting rid of the overwhelming pile of web links. That means browsing the Internet quickly becomes a problem. In addition, you get constantly redirected to random websites which may have nothing to do with your search queries. After all, you’re stuck with a nasty cyber infection. This pest was developed by cyber criminals to serve their purpose. Whether your browsing activity will end up demolished or not isn’t hackers concern. If anything, crooks are trying to boost as much web traffic as possible. That explains the endless pile of commercials all over your PC screen, doesn’t it? You are currently bombarded with sponsored pop-up ads. By displaying those, hackers use the pay-per-click mechanism and make money. It a very simple yet extremely efficient method. No wonder the Web is infested with similar adware-type infections. All that hackers need to do is trick you into clicking some of their sponsored commercials open. That turns you into their sponsor, though. Unless you’re willing to support the malicious, illegal business of crooks, avoid the pop-ups. You have nothing to lose by removing the adware/PUP either. You do have quite a lot to gain so take action as soon as possible.

How did I get infected with?

One notoriously famous trick involves bundled software. If you’re someone who often downloads unverified programs off of the Internet, know this is a virus infiltration technique. It might also help you install a bunch of programs at once but keep in mind how dangerous bundles could be. Next time you download such software, opt for the Custom or Advanced option in the Setup Wizard. Stay away from any illegitimate websites and/or programs. Instead of rushing the installation process, make sure you’re in control. Deselect what you find unreliable because, otherwise, you’d have to waste time fighting an infection. It is a lot easier to spot and deselect a virus than to delete it afterwards. Watch out for potential parasites and don’t underestimate a single threat. Even the most harmless-looking infections could turn out to be unpredictable and harmful. Do yourself a favor by checking out the bundled programs one by one. In addition, go through the Terms and Conditions or EULA. Skipping installation steps could cause you serious trouble so don’t be careless. Last but not least, remember malware could use spam messages/emails, fake torrents or bogus program updates to get installed.

Why is this dangerous?

Hackers are shameless enough to flood your PC screen with corrupted pop-ups. Unfortunately, your browsers are now hijacked simply because crooks are aiming for profit. You might click the wrong pop-up and compromise your safety further. To prevent that, stay away from all deceptive commercials YAHOO! POWERED might display. Never overlook the threat a fake web link poses. Note that this infection also puts your privacy in danger. It collects browsing history, IP addresses, passwords and usernames. However, some personally identifiable details might get stolen as well. As if that wasn’t enough, you get redirected and your once trusty browsers crash and freeze like nobody’s business. Get rid of this nasty virus on the spot. To do so manually, please follow our detailed removal guide down below.

How to Remove YAHOO! POWERED virus

The YAHOO! POWERED 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 YAHOO! POWERED 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 YAHOO! POWERED in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate YAHOO! POWERED startup location

STEP 3: Delete YAHOO! POWERED traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down YAHOO! POWERED 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 YAHOO! POWERED 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 YAHOO! POWERED 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 YAHOO! POWERED traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the YAHOO! POWERED 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 YAHOO! POWERED

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 YAHOO! POWERED, 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 YAHOO! POWERED 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 YAHOO! POWERED 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.