Remove FIRSTHITNEWS.RU virus (How to remove FIRSTHITNEWS.RU from Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, IE)

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In this post I will tell you how to get rid of FIRSTHITNEWS.RU ads from your PC.

FIRSTHITNEWS.RU web site is detected as a browser hijacker.
if you see this address FIRSTHITNEWS.RU in your browser – you are hacked!

FIRSTHITNEWS.RU 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 FIRSTHITNEWS.RU was installed by a Adware downloader program or a by the malicious browser extension.

Step-by-step Guide for manual removal of FIRSTHITNEWS.RU:

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

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