My computer is running more and more weird and slower with a lot of ads appearing on the screen. A site named Search.fdownloadr.com keeps showing on IE. What is this about? Is this a browser hijacker as it change the homepage and search engine to this site. I have removed all suspicious programs and it looks helpless.

1. Steps to Remove
Search.fdownloadr.com Redirect
Virus
http://blog.mipchelper.com/index.p
hp/steps-to-remove-search-
fdownloadr-com-redirect-virus/

2. Detail about
Search.fdownloadr.com

3. • Search.fdownloadr.com is a free browser add-on that
claims to help you in saving the money on any product
that has lowest price. The Search.fdownloadr.com
redirecting virus slows down the website that loads
speed remarkably. However many of the computer users
do not like to keep to keep this program on the computer
and consider it as an unwanted adware as because it
constantly displays lots of commercial ads on their
browser pages no matter how they dislike to see these
ads. Moreover it installs the rogue browser extensions
and toolbars without the user’s permission, then your
homepage and favorite search engine that will take over
by the hijackers downloaded by Search.fdownloadr.com.

4. • Basically it is an adware program that is hidden in the
computer system and generates ads constantly. More
severely it collects your Internet data and steals your
personal information. Although this program seems to be
useful tool for the online shoppers but in reality after
getting inside the system it starts to display tens of
thousands of annoying ads windows, no matter what you
do and whether you need them or not. By doing this the
Search.fdownloadr.com adware program attempts to
help its developers in order to collect money. Thus you
need to get rid of this malicious threat as early as
possible and avoid worse problems. It displays several
types of ads: text links, banner ads, interstitial ads and
video ads.

5. Completely Uninstall
Search.fdownloadr.com

6. Step 1: Stop
Search.fdownloadr.com relevant
processes in the Windows Task
Manager :

7. On Windows XP
• • Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys together to
open Windows Task Manager ;
• • Under the Processes tab, right-click on
the processes related with the virus and
click End Process

8. On Windows 7 / Windows Vista
• • Right-click on Task Bar and click click
Task Manager;
• • Under the Processes tab, right-click on
the processes related with the virus and
click End Process

9. On Windows 8 / 8.1
• • Right-click on Task Bar and click click
Task Manager;
• • Under the Processes tab, right-click on
the processes related with the virus and
click End Process

10. Step 2: Uninstall
Search.fdownloadr.com associated
programs or suspicious program
from Control Panel:

11. Windows 8 users
• • 1. Press Windows key and I key together on
your keyboard to open the Settings Charm Bar:
• 2. Click Control Panel on Settings Charm Bar
and then click Uninstall a program in Control
Panel:
• 3. Find out and Uninstall associated programs
from the Programs and Features list:

12. Windows Vista and 7 users
• 1. Click Start button and then click Control
Panel on the Start Menu:
• 2. Click Uninstall a program in Control
Panel:
• 3. Find out and Uninstall associated
programs from the Programs and
Features list:

13. Windows XP users
• 1. Click Start button >> click Settings on
Start Menu >> Click Control Panel
• 2. Click Add or Remove Programs in
Control Panel and remove associated
programs:
• Step 3: Remove Search.fdownloadr.com
and other suspicious add-on, toolbar,
extension from IE, Firefox and Chrome.

14. Internet Explorer (IE)
• • Open Internet Explorer, click on the “gear icon” at the top right corner, then click on “Manager
add-ons”.
• • At the tab of “Toolbars and Extensions”, right click on unknown and suspicious extensions like
Solid Savings, and click on “Disable” to uninstall the malicious add-ons.
• * Mozilla Firefox
• • Click the “Tools” at the top of the Firefox window and Select Add-on
• At the tab of “Extensions”, click on the “Remove” to uninstall unknown and suspicious extensions
like Speed Analysis, BrowserProtect,and Webcake.
• * Google Chrome
• • Click to the Menu button on top right corner of Chrome >> select “Tools” and click “Extensions”;
• • At the tab of “Extensions”, click on the Recycle Bin to uninstall unknown and suspicious
extensions like Lucky Leap, Webcake and Searchnu.

15. Step 4: Set Your DNS as Google’s
public DNS (8.8.8.8):

16. Step 5: Clear browser cookies
associated with
Search.fdownloadr.com:

17. *Google Chrome:
• Click on the Tools menu → select Options
→ Click “Under the bonnet” tab → locate
“Privacy” section → browsing data” button
→ “Delete cookies and other site data” to
delete all cookies from the list.
•

18. *Firefox:
• Click “Tools” → Click “Options” → Click
“Privacy” → Click “remove individual
cookies”

19. *Internet Explorer:
• Click “Tools” → Click “safety” → “delete
browsing history” → Tick “cookies” box
and click delete

20. Step 6: Press Windows + R on the
keyboard, run msconfig, click
Startup tab and disable
Search.fdownloadr.com if it is there

21. Step 7: Show all hidden files:

22. On Windows XP
• • Close all programs so that you are at your desktop.
• • Click on the Start button. This is the small round button with the Windows flag in the lower
left corner.
• • Click on the Control Panel menu option.
• • When the control panel opens click on the Appearance and Personalization link.
• • Under the Folder Options category, click on Show Hidden Files or Folders.
• • Under the Hidden files and folders section, select the radio button labeled Show hidden
files, folders, or drives.
• • Remove the checkmark from the checkbox labeled Hide extensions for known file types.
• • Remove the checkmark from the checkbox labeled Hide protected operating system files
(Recommended).
• • Press the Apply button and then the OK button.

23. On Windows 7 / Vista
• • Click and open Libraries
• • Under the Folder Options category of Tools , click on Show
Hidden Files or Folders.
• • Under the Hidden files and folders section, select the radio
button labeled Show hidden files, folders, or drives.
• • Remove the checkmark from the checkbox labeled Hide
extensions for known file types.
• • Remove the checkmark from the checkbox labeled Hide
protected operating system files (Recommended).
• • Press the Apply button and then the OK button.

24. On Windows 8 /8.1
• • Click on Windows Explorer ;
• • Click on View tab;
• • Check the “Hidden Items” box

25. Step 8: Delete
Search.fdownloadr.com Virus
associated files• %Temp%Search.fdownloadr.com.exe
• %Appdata%Search.fdownloadr.com.reg
• %Homepath%[Random].bat
• %Allusersprofile%[Random].ini
• %Localappdata%[Random].dll
• %Windir%SysWOW64[Random].dll
• %Systemroot%Search.fdownloadr.com[Random].exe
• %CommonProgramFiles%Search.fdownloadr.com.ini
• %Homedrive%Search.fdownloadr.com[Random].exe
• %Windir%System32[Random].dll
• %Systemroot%System32[Random].dll
• %Windir%System32drivers[Random].sys

26. FOR MORE DETAILS
• GO TO:
• http://blog.mipchelper.com/index.php/step
s-to-remove-searchyu-com-redirect-virus/