How to Remove ALOT Toolbar, Browser Hijacker Removal Report

ALOT toolbar is recognized as browser hijacker, which frequently exploited by scammers to attack user web browsers with malicious traits. This sort of browser hijacker virus is created to extort or trick money and steal confidential data from online computer users. ALOT toolbar has become a buzzword in the Internet security circles due to a myriad of online computer users have been attacked by such aggressive software. Once the ALOT toolbar installed on the victimized computers, it would produce a mass of damages to interfere with the victimized computer users’ online experience and severely degrade PC performance.

 

Usually the ALOT toolbar has its own additions encompassed virus files, registry entries, add-ons, and malicious search engines added on the victimized computer as well. After the ALOT toolbar successfully infiltrates on the target computer, it would tamper with the Internet browser and alter with default Internet settings. The commonplace symptom performed by such ALOT toolbar browser hijacker is replacing the default homepage and search engine with its established site. The typical one is the Search.alot.com. No matter what keywords or URLs that victimized users fulfill in to search, the Search.alot.com redirect site related with the ALOT toolbar must overlap them. 

In addition, apart from bring the victimized computer users to some potential malicious sites, the ALOT toolbar also provided with a series of pop-up ads including coupons, deals, ads revenues, and pop-banner to coax victims into paying non-existent or bogus products or services recommended on the Search.alot.com malicious site. Under the situation of victims have followed malicious links, the ALOT toolbar browser hijacker virus would have enticed other malware embedded on the victimized computer as well. All of them together, the victimized computer must be completely compromised, and the hijackers may access to as well to steal confidential data for participating in illegal commercial profits.

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Written by Patricia Howard

Remove ALOT Toolbar from Infectious PC and Internet Browser

First Step

1.       Click Start menu and lick on the control panel option.

2.       Select view as small icons

3.       Select Uninstall a program or Add/ Remove Program icon and open it.

4.       Locate at the malicious software or unknown program related with ALOT Toolbar.

5.       Click Uninstall button or remove button on its right side and follow the un-installation process by the set-up wizard.

6.       Open the local disk and remove all ALOT Toolbar files. But you need show hidden files first. You can refer to the below files. 

 

%AllUsersProfile%\random.exe

 

%Appdata%\roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\random.exe

%Temp%\ [random].exe

7. Open the registry editor by typing regedit in run window, and hit enter key. Search all entries about the ALOT Toolbar and delete them.

Second Step

Clear all cookies, add-ons, and plugins related with ALOT Toolbar.

1.       For Internet Explorer

A: Press Start→Click Control Panel→Double click Internet options→Under the General Tab, you will see 'Delete temporary files, history, cookies, saved passwords...'  Click Delete.

B: The Delete Browsing History dialog box will appear, click the 'cookies' checkbox→Click the delete button at the bottom of the dialog box→You will be taken back to the Internet properties dialog box. Click 'ok.'

2. For Mozilla Firefox:

A: Open Firefox browser. Click on Tools, then Options, select Privacy. Click “Remove individual cookies”.

B: In the Cookies panel, click on “Show Cookies.” To remove all cookies click on the “Remove All Cookies button”

3. For Google Chrome:

A: Open Google Chrome. Click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar. Select Settings. Click Show advanced settings.

B: In the "Privacy" section, click the Content settings button. In the "Cookies" section, click all cookies and site data to open the Cookies and Other Data dialog. To remove all cookies at the bottom of the dialogue, you need remove all nasty things related with ALOT Toolbar.

Note: To completely delete ALOT Toolbar files and registry entries, you’d better have experienced with computer tech skills. Just one mistaken system registry deletion, which possibly contributes to some incredible system damages. To exactly remove ALOT Toolbar and all its leftovers, you can use VilmaTech Online Services.