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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

How to Remove 4shared.com Community Toolbar - Uninstall Guide

4shared.com Community Toolbar Description

4shared.com Community Toolbar is definitely an unwanted program which is installed automatically to the target computers. It is usually bundled with free programs on the Internet. It is downloaded when users download or update programs from the Internet. It can also bundle with spam email attachments or unsafe web sites. So users have to be careful when browsing the Internet.

4shared.com Community Toolbar causes problems for users. It replace the homepages as to 4shared.com. In fact, all browsers including Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Firefox can be infected with this malicious toolbar. Sometimes users are redirected to 4shared.com web site forcibly. It pretends to offer users many facilities such as listening music online, watch free videos and so on. The problem is that it keeps popping up and users cannot stop it, which disturbs users' online activities seriously. Besides, 4shared.com Community Toolbar can monitors users' online activities such as in-put searching keywords and so on. It also reviews searching histories and cookies to catch users' searching habits and favorite web sites. Sensitive information such as bank account, credit card number or email passwords may also be caught by hackers for evil purpose. Users have to remove 4shared.com Community Toolbar as soon as possible if their computer is infected with it.

Screen Shot of 4shared.com Community Toolbar



Properties of 4shared.com Community Toolbar


1. 4shared.com Community Toolbar installs to the target computer without users' permission;

2. 4shared.com Community Toolbar distributes itself with many ways;

3. 4shared.com Community Toolbar causes browser hijacker virus;

4. 4shared.com Community Toolbar annoys users' online activities;

5. 4shared.com Community Toolbar  reviews searching histories or cookies to catch sensitive information.



How to Remove 4shared.com Community Toolbar - Uninstall Guide


Step1: Go to Task Manager with Alt+Ctrl+Delete and stop its process.



Step 2: Uninstall it from Control Panel. Find Control Panel from Startup item, and choose Programs. Then click Uninstall a program and choose Add or Remove Programs.



Step 3: Delete the files related to 4shared.com Community Toolbar

%WINDOWS%\system32\drivers\svchost.exe

%Documents and Settings%\[User Name]\Local Settings\Temp\teb5.tmp

%UserProfile%\LocalSettings\ApplicationData\[random]\[random]sysguard.exe

 Step 4: Remove the registry entries of 4shared.com Community Toolbar. Press Win+R together and type “regedit” to the search bar, then click OK.



HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\virus _is1

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ITGrdEngine

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “4shared.com Community Toolbar”

Note: Manual removal of 4shared.com Community Toolbar is complex and risky task, as it refers to key parts of computer system, and is recommended only for advanced users. If you haven’t sufficient expertise on doing that, it's recommended to ask help from an online computer expert  to manually remove it for you.


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