How to REMOVE "1XBET.LNK" VIRUS

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What is 1XBET.LNK?

1XBET.LNK is considered as malicious program (malware).

1XBET.LNK detected as TROJ.1XBET.LNK.
1XBET.LNK actively resists detection and employs a number of techniques to ensure that you cannot remove 1XBET.LNK from infected computers.
 

Technical Information:

  • Full path on a computer= %PROFILE%\DESKTOP\1XBET.LNK

How 1XBET.LNK got on your computer?

Phishing is the most common way for malware to infect computers.
It could be a fake email message that appears to be originated from Microsoft Customer Service, eBay, PayPal, Amazon, or even your bank or insurance company.
Fake emails that appear to come from the police, the FBI and other government entities were also reported.

1XBET.LNK could also infect your computer by exploiting a security vulnerability of your Web browser or one of its plugins.
If this is the case, 1XBET.LNK would be injected into a Web page, and could get to your PC when you visited a malicious or hacked Web site.

1XBET.LNK can be distributed with legitimate software that is repackaged by the scammers.
It could be downloaded from warez Web sites or download archives.

How do you know you have 1XBET.LNK on my computer?

1XBET.LNK works in background. It does not appear as a window, does not have a shortcut.
1XBET.LNK hides its existence from your eyes.

You have 2 ways to remove 1XBET.LNK:

You have 2 ways

Remove it automatically1. Remove Automatically.
Remove it manually2. Remove Manually.

Why I recommend you to use an automatic way?

  1. You know only one virus name: "1XBET.LNK", but usually you have infected by a bunch of viruses.
    The UnHackMe program detects this threat and all others.
  2. UnHackMe is quite fast! You need only 5 minutes to check your PC.
  3. UnHackMe uses the special features to remove hard in removal viruses. If you remove a virus manually, it can prevent deleting using a self-protecting module. If you even delete the virus, it may recreate himself by a stealthy module.
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Here’s how to remove 1XBET.LNK virus automatically:

STEP 1: Install UnHackMe (1 minute)

STEP 2: Scan for malware using UnHackMe (1 minute)

STEP 3: Remove 1XBET.LNK virus (3 minutes)

So it was much easier to fix such problem automatically, wasn't it?
That is why I strongly advise you to use UnHackMe for remove 1XBET.LNK redirect or other unwanted software.

How to remove 1XBET.LNK manually:

STEP 1: Check all shortcuts of your browsers on your desktop, taskbar and in the Start menu. Right click on your shortcut and change it's properties.

http://…

You can see 1XBET.LNK or another web site at the end of shortcut target (command line). Remove it and save changes.

In addition, check this command line for fake browser's trick.
For example, if a shortcut points to Google Chrome, it must have the path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe.
Fake browser may be: …\Appdata\Roaming\HPReyos\ReyosStarter3.exe.
Also the file name may be: “chromium.exe” instead of chrome.exe.

STEP 2: Investigate the list of installed programs and uninstall all unknown recently installed programs.

check installed programs to uninstall

STEP 3: Open Task Manager and close all processes, related to 1XBET.LNK in their description. Discover the directories where such processes start. Search for random or strange file names.

Remove 1XBET.LNK virus from running processes

Remove 1XBET.LNK virus from running processes

STEP 4: Inspect the Windows services. Press Win+R, type in: services.msc and press OK.

Remove 1XBET.LNK virus from Windows services

Remove 1XBET.LNK virus from Windows services

Disable the services with random names or contains 1XBET.LNK in it's name or description.

STEP 5: After that press Win+R, type in: taskschd.msc and press OK to open Windows Task Scheduler.
Remove 1XBET.LNK from scheduled task list.

Delete any task related to 1XBET.LNK. Disable unknown tasks with random names.

STEP 6: Clear the Windows registry from 1XBET.LNK virus.
Press Win+R, type in: regedit.exe and press OK.

Remove 1XBET.LNK virus from Windows registry

Remove 1XBET.LNK virus from Windows registry

Find and delete all keys/values contains 1XBET.LNK.

STEP 7: Remove 1XBET.LNK from Google Chrome.
Remove 1XBET.LNK Virus from Chrome Extensions

STEP 8: Remove 1XBET.LNK from Internet Explorer.

Set Internet Explorer Homepage

Set Internet Explorer Homepage

STEP 9: Remove 1XBET.LNK from Mozilla Firefox.

Change Firefox Home Page

Change Firefox Home Page

STEP 10: And at the end, clear your basket, temporal files, browser's cache.

But if you miss any of these steps and only one part of virus remains – it will come back again immediately or after reboot.

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