How to COMPLETELY REMOVE PR.COMET.YAHOO.COM virus from Chrome, Firefox? PR.COMET.YAHOO.COM Removal Guide

In this post I will tell you how to get rid of PR.COMET.YAHOO.COM ads from your PC.

PR.COMET.YAHOO.COM web site is detected as a browser hijacker.
if you see this address PR.COMET.YAHOO.COM in your browser – you are hacked!

PR.COMET.YAHOO.COM can cause the troubles:

1. Pop-up ads.
2. Unwanted messages.
3. Search redirecting.
4. Seeing a search engine that looks like Google, but with an unfamiliar URL or logo.
5. Unknown search engine in a browser.
6. Changed Google search results.

The web site PR.COMET.YAHOO.COM was installed by a Adware downloader program or a by the malicious browser extension.

Step-by-step Guide for manual removal of PR.COMET.YAHOO.COM:

1. Uninstall PR.COMET.YAHOO.COM using Windows uninstallation applet (use Add/Remove Programs or Uninstall Program or Apps & features).
2. Open Task Manager to kill all “PR.COMET.YAHOO.COM” related processes.
3. Use Windows search to find and remove “PR.COMET.YAHOO.COM” files and folders.
4. Run services.msc to disable a “PR.COMET.YAHOO.COM” Windows service.
5. Execute taskschd.msc to get rid of “PR.COMET.YAHOO.COM” scheduled tasks.
6. Open regedit.exe and delete PR.COMET.YAHOO.COM registry keys and values.
7. Check your shortcuts on your desktop and in the Start menu for PR.COMET.YAHOO.COM presence. Fix infected shortcuts.
8. Remove PR.COMET.YAHOO.COM from Google Chrome.
9. Remove PR.COMET.YAHOO.COM from Internet Explorer.
10. Remove PR.COMET.YAHOO.COM from Mozilla Firefox.
11. Clean up your Recycle bin and temporary files.