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What is VIDEOSTAY.UNO?
The main purpose of VIDEOSTAY.UNO is to display ads on your PC and to hijack your browser by changing its settings.
Today we will find out what is VIDEOSTAY.UNO, how it works and how to delete VIDEOSTAY.UNO from your computer.
VIDEOSTAY.UNO usually infiltrates your computer while being downloaded in a bundle with a popular hacked programs or while being included in downloaded file with a bunch of other trojans.
VIDEOSTAY.UNO causes the great problems for you, such as replacing your browser starting page with malicious one, browser search redirecting, changing security settings and allowing popup advertisements to show up.
VIDEOSTAY.UNO virus accomplishes this tasks by registering virus process in startup or by automatically launching malicious sites.
You have 2 ways to remove VIDEOSTAY.UNO:
1. Remove Automatically.
2. Remove Manually.
Why I recommend you to use an automatic way?
- You know only one virus name: "VIDEOSTAY.UNO", but usually you have infected by a bunch of viruses.
The UnHackMe program detects this threat and all others. - UnHackMe is quite fast! You need only 5 minutes to check your PC.
- 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 VIDEOSTAY.UNO virus automatically:
STEP 1: Install UnHackMe (1 minute)
STEP 2: Scan for malware using UnHackMe (1 minute)
STEP 3: Remove VIDEOSTAY.UNO 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 VIDEOSTAY.UNO redirect or other unwanted software.
How to remove VIDEOSTAY.UNO 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.
You can see VIDEOSTAY.UNO 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.
STEP 3: Open Task Manager and close all processes, related to VIDEOSTAY.UNO in their description. Discover the directories where such processes start. Search for random or strange file names.
Remove VIDEOSTAY.UNO virus from running processes
STEP 4: Inspect the Windows services. Press Win+R, type in: services.msc and press OK.
Remove VIDEOSTAY.UNO virus from Windows services
Disable the services with random names or contains VIDEOSTAY.UNO 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.
Delete any task related to VIDEOSTAY.UNO. Disable unknown tasks with random names.
STEP 6: Clear the Windows registry from VIDEOSTAY.UNO virus.
Press Win+R, type in: regedit.exe and press OK.
Remove VIDEOSTAY.UNO virus from Windows registry
Find and delete all keys/values contains VIDEOSTAY.UNO.
STEP 7: Remove VIDEOSTAY.UNO from Google Chrome.
STEP 8: Remove VIDEOSTAY.UNO from Internet Explorer.
Set Internet Explorer Homepage
STEP 9: Remove VIDEOSTAY.UNO from Mozilla Firefox.
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.