12/28/2015

See Through "Win An iPhone" Scam on A.karmakitty.info - Eliminate Fake Reward Pop-up

Victim report:

"Today when I was trying to open my IE a page came instead of my Google homepage. It said that I ways the lucky visitor to win an iPhone 6 and require my details. I thought it dubious so I shut the page. While next time the same pop-up come again. What should I do?"


About A.karmakitty.info Pop-up 


A.karmakitty.info is one of the malicious pages that comes to users' browsers and try to take them in scams. It pretends to be a reminder and tells you that you are the lucky visitor to win a gift. If you do as it says, you will surely become a victim of scams:
  • It may require your Email address, and you will only receive spams mails which may contain trojans. 
  • It may redirects you to phishing sites, your banking information can be in risks.
  • It may guide you to download some malware, then your computer will be infected with harmful virus.
  • It may use more of your personal information for further cheating.
Even though you are careful enough to avoid the scam, the pop-up is still annoying because it will keep coming on your browsers every now and then, due to the malicious settings by the threats in your computer. You are suggested to take actions to remove the threats in time.

Before starting removing the threats, you can have a free scan with the reliable scanner to know about the security condition of your computer

Follow the procedure and complete delete A.karmakitty.info pop-up from your computer


STEP 1 Uninstall any dubious PUP from computer:


For Windows 7/Vista: Click “Start” (“Windows Logo”)>”Control Panel“>”Uninstall a program“(under Program)>look for any dubious programs, select them and click Uninstall/Change.



For Windows 8: Right-click on the screen’s bottom-left corner> “Control Panel” >”Uninstall a program“(under Program)> Look for any dubious programs, select them and click Uninstall/Change.




STEP 2 Disable suspicious browser extension or plugin from all of browsers:

Firefox:

Open Firefox, click on Add-ons.
Switch to the Extensions Tab. Click Remove to get rid of suspicious extension.


IE:

Click on Tools (IE 8)/gear icon (IE 9 and 10) at the upper-right corner of the Window, and the click on Manage add-ons.




Chrome:

Go to wrench or 3 bar icon (next to the address bar), click on Tools and then click on Extensions.
Locate suspicious extension and then remove it by clicking the trashcan icon next to it.



STEP 3 Reset browsers setttings:


IE

Open menu >> Internet Option >> General >> Type the site you like in the Home Page >> Delete Browsing history

Firefox 

Open Menu >> Options >> General >> Restore to Default >> OK

Open Menu >> History >> Clean Recent History >> Select Everything in Time Range >> Clear Now

Chrome

Open Menu >> Settings >> On Startup >> Open a special page or set of page >> Set Pages >> Delete the unwanted domain

Appearance >> Show home button >> change >> Delete unwanted domain
Then choose History >> Cleat Browsing Data

Automatic Removal : Try the powerful removal tool SpyHunter


DOWNLOAD LINK: 



1; once the file is downloaded, double click on it. And click on the “Run” button when a window appears and asks if you want to run this file.


2; you can see the downloading process as shown below.



3; accept the SpyHunter license agreement and click “Next”.



4; Keep following with wizard during setup process. Click the “Finish” button to complete SpyHunter installation.





5; click on “Scan Computer Now” to scan your system.


6; remove all detected files.

Notification:

A.karmakitty.info pop-up should be prevent. To have a better computer using experience, you are recommended to use an all-time protecting program to guard your system.

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