Guide: How to Remove S6.MAILTOO.RU virus from Chrome

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What is S6.MAILTOO.RU?

S6.MAILTOO.RU is a browser hijacker!

S6.MAILTOO.RU detected as HIJACK.MAILTOO.
S6.MAILTOO.RU is appeared on your PC after installing free software, bundled with adware downloader program. Adware program changes the homepage and search engine for your web browser to S6.MAILTOO.RU.
 
Ads by S6.MAILTOO.RU

In addition, it changed Windows shortcuts on your desktop and in the Start Menu.
The link to S6.MAILTOO.RU site is added into the command line.

S6.MAILTOO.RU

Each time when you click on shortcut you will start displaying of S6.MAILTOO.RU site.

You have 2 ways to remove S6.MAILTOO.RU:

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: "S6.MAILTOO.RU", 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 S6.MAILTOO.RU virus automatically:

STEP 1: Install UnHackMe (1 minute)

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

STEP 3: Remove S6.MAILTOO.RU 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 S6.MAILTOO.RU redirect or other unwanted software.

How to remove S6.MAILTOO.RU 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 S6.MAILTOO.RU 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 S6.MAILTOO.RU in their description. Discover the directories where such processes start. Search for random or strange file names.

Remove S6.MAILTOO.RU virus from running processes

Remove S6.MAILTOO.RU virus from running processes

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

Remove S6.MAILTOO.RU virus from Windows services

Remove S6.MAILTOO.RU virus from Windows services

Disable the services with random names or contains S6.MAILTOO.RU 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 S6.MAILTOO.RU from scheduled task list.

Delete any task related to S6.MAILTOO.RU. Disable unknown tasks with random names.

STEP 6: Clear the Windows registry from S6.MAILTOO.RU virus.
Press Win+R, type in: regedit.exe and press OK.

Remove S6.MAILTOO.RU virus from Windows registry

Remove S6.MAILTOO.RU virus from Windows registry

Find and delete all keys/values contains S6.MAILTOO.RU.

STEP 7: Remove S6.MAILTOO.RU from Google Chrome.
Remove S6.MAILTOO.RU Virus from Chrome Extensions

STEP 8: Remove S6.MAILTOO.RU from Internet Explorer.

Set Internet Explorer Homepage

Set Internet Explorer Homepage

STEP 9: Remove S6.MAILTOO.RU 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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