1/06/2014

Why am I Being Redirected to linkbucks? How do I Remove linkbucks.com Browser Hijacker

End up with Linkbucks browser hijacker? How to stop linkbucks.com redirect virus?


“I haven't visited any malicious sites that I'm aware of, but somehow my Surface RT has gotten the linkbucks browser hijacker. Basically, a majority of the time that when I click a link (even from Google or Bing), a linkbucks sponsor browser address gets to be added to the correct address and it takes me to other unwanted sites.”

Have you seen? Are you encountering the same thing with linkbucks? Don’t know to how to remove linkbucks browser hijacker? Read more here.

Linkbucks is search tool that claims that “allows you to make cash from the links your users post, from the links you place on your website, or from the posts you make in a forum. It is simple and easy to get started making money”. But once this program installs on the PC, it will modify the internet browsers including homepage and search into www.linkucks.com without your consent. You begin to notice this program on your PC when you get many annoying redirections to its own domain if you open your browsers. 


As you can see that, Linkbucks can affect all kinds of internet browsers such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox, Bing, Yahoo or Safari, Opera and so on. Whenever you try to click a link to open a tab, Linkbucks pops up and if you open a site to visit, you are lead to linkucks.com or other unwanted websites.  

In some cases, when you are browsing, you can get a bunch of pop-ups from Linkbucks displaying on page you are browsing. These popups can take over the whole screen which can disturb you working on your PC. In addition, this browser hijacker can help remote hackers to scan your confidential information. So you have to remove this program from your PC as soon as possible. 


The Image of Linkbucks.com




What will Linkbucks do on your PC?


1,it can modify the internet browsers including homepage and search into www.linkucks.com
2, it can show many pop-ups from Linkbucks.
3, this program installs on the PC without asking any permission from users.
4, Linkbucks can affect all kinds of internet browsers like IE and Chrome.
5, it can help remote hackers to scan your confidential information.


How to get rid of linkbucks.com redirect virus manually


Step 1. Go to Control Panel and delete findsection.net from Add & Remove program

1. Click on the Start button. This is the small round button with the Windows flag in the lower left corner.
2. Click on the Control Panel menu option.
3. Click on Program
4. Click Add & Remove Program
5. Find linkbucks.com list and select Remove
6. Press the Apply button and then the OK button

Ste p2. Go to Task Manager with Alt+Ctrl+Delete and stop its process.




Step 3. Get rid of all add-ons from using browsers
For IE:
1). Open IE and go to Tools and then choose Manage Add-ons.
2). Choose ‘Toolbars and Extensions’ and uninstall everything related to from the list.
3). Choose ‘Search Providers’ and choose the search engine you used before and make it your default search provider. Additionally, select linkbucks, click Disable suggestions to disable it.

Step 4. Show all hidden files on the infected PC
1. Go to the Start button and Click on, and then choose the Control Panel.
2. Then click Appearance and Personalization
3. Tab the Folder Options icon
4. Click on the View tab in the Folder Options little window
5. Check the Show hidden files, folders, and drives under the Hidden files and folders category, then click Ok button.





Step 5. Clear up all temp files and browsing history


How to remove  linkbucks using the SpyHunter



1. Click Here to install  Removal Tool to automatically remove it quickly.


http://www.pcresolvers.com/spyhunter.php



2. Install SpyHunter by reading the installation details.





3. Scan out and remove the residing files of infection.
After you install the program, please open it, and switch to Scan tab, perform quick or full scan to eliminate possible virus infection file

Once the scan is over, you can click view button to check the detail information of the detection. Please make sure to click “Remove” button to completely remove the malicious files from your computer.






Finally: Linkbucks is a kind of adware that can affect all kinds of internet browsers. Once this adware program gets inside the target computers, Linkbucks.om can pop-up many ads or links on the browsers, in addition, it can hijack the browsers and change it into www. Linkbucks.com. This program also can collect sensitive financial data such as logins, usernames, and accounts and then send to the hoax. So you are strongly recommended to remove it as soon as possible.

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