How to Remove Linkbucks.com Browser Hijacker Virus

“I don’t get it. Why my browser always redirects my to Linkbucks.com, that website looks suspicious and doesn’t make any sense. Have tried to google it and found out that Linkbucks.com is one virus?” --- Report from one of Tee Support’s customers.

We hate to say this, but Linkbucks.com is one virus indeed. The screenshot can be reviewed below.

Linkbucks.com Virus Description

Linkbucks.com is classified as one malicious browser malware, also known as browser hijacker virus. It mainly lives in your browsers, but will certainly have another copy in your key system parts such as C:\Windows. That is the heart of your computer system, rooting itself deeply in that place means it can gain super privilege. In that matter, it can modify security settings on your computer as it wishes. For example, it can shut down your firewall or antivirus program in the background, it can open vulnerable ports through which hackers can scan your computer, it can install rogue programs as it likes, etc. 

But the first victim will be your browser. Linkbucks.com browser hijacker will totally change your browser settings, that means your default homepage will be Linkbucks.com or some other unknown websites and security defense down. In order to gain money from advertisement publishers and invite more viruses to your computer, Linkbucks.com malware will redirect your normal visit and pop up lots of windows. If you stay there for too long time or click on those advertisements, chaos will come. One of our customers complained that redirect problems and endless pop up warning drove him nuts.

Linkbucks.com has many powerful friends. When I say “friends”, I actually mean Trojan, Worm and Ransomware. According to our researches here, Linkbucks.com is related with those evil viruses. All of them can easily mess up your computer and damage your important files.

It’s high recommended that you remove Linkbucks.com browser hijacker from your computer as soon as possible. If you have difficulty proceeding the removal work yourself, you are welcome to contact Tee Support for professional help.

Summary of the Infection

1). Your will have redirect problems in your browser. Most of the settings have been modified.

2). Many advertisement windows and warning will pop up on your screen.

3). Computer performance will slow down considerably due to virus infiltration.

4). Some unknown applications or browser addons appear on your computer, can’t simply remove them through Control Panel.

The Most Effective Way to Remove Linkbucks.com Virus is Manual Approach

Sorry to say this, but there isn’t one antivirus that can properly remove Linkbucks.com browser hijacker virus, they can’t even detect it. We surely need to get rid of this pest manually. We will provide you our research result below, if you have sufficient expert skill, you can try to follow. 

Be advised that removing virus manually is one dangerous job. You will operate some key parts of your computer system, not a single error is allowed. If you like to remove Linkbucks.com browser hijacker safely and fast, you can contact Tee Support Online Experts 24X7 for help.

Step by Step Guide to Remove Linkbucks.com Browser Hijacker

Step 1: You need to cleanup cookies first. (Take IE as example)

Click “Tools”, choose “Internet Options”, on the General tab your will see Browsing history. Then click on “Delete…” button. On the pop up window, check every items, then click Delete.

Step 2: Search and delete following files.

%Appdata%\Local\random.exe

%ProgramData%\hsget.dll

C:\Windows\User\Desktop\random.lnk

Step 3: Open your Registry Editor and delete following entries.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\_VOIDd.sys
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant =
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch =
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local

Learn to Remove Browser Hijacker by Watching this Video

Attention Please: The backdoor opened up by linkbucks.com serves to receive commands from a remote server or hacker directly to further commit ducts accordingly. The commands are random but all point to one ultimate goal – to collect privacy. In other words, situation can be different from individuals. Should you encounter administrator issue or other tangled scene like error popping up, you are welcome to get professional help from Tee Support Online Experts.