Remove Cr.tractionize - Completely Delete and Get Rid of Cr.tractionize

Cr.tractionize is categorized as a browser hijacker which could cause serious damages to your computer. It is distributed through several means. Malicious websites, or legitimate websites that have been compromised, may drop this Trojan onto a compromised computer. It will hijack your browser, displays annoying commercials that will keep popping up on your screen. After successfully enter into your PC, Cr.tractionize will show you lots of pop ups messages and fake warning messages. Sponsored links will also be flashed on your screen and it may take you to some particular sites or to the hub of infections. It acts like an adware infection which means it generates tons of pop-up advertisements and reroutes your online requirements to ads-related websites. Via this way, its creator can benefit a lot from the increased online traffic. What’s worse, Cr.tractionize will sneak into the computer system and open a backdoor on your computer that allows attackers to access and steal crucial data; delete important files and initiate additional attacks on the computer system and network that you use. Additionally, it drops lots of malicious codes into the computer which disturb user at working time. So it can turn out to be the loophole that utilized by cybercriminal to come and steal personal information away. Therefore it is very important to remove Cr.tractionize as soon as possible.

Properties of Cr.tractionize

1. Cr.tractionize injects to the target computer without any permission of users;
2. Cr.tractionize drops malicious files and registry entries to the infected system;
3. Cr.tractionize records users'searching habits and sensitive data;
4. Cr.tractionize hijacks homepages and redirects searching results;
5. Cr.tractionize is difficult to uninstall.

Guide to Remove Cr.tractionize

Suggestion A:

Step One: Reset Internet Explorer by the following guide

Take IE as an example:
Open Internet Explorer >> Click on Tools >> Click on Internet Options >> In the Internet Options window click on the Connections tab >> Then click on the LAN settings button>> Uncheck the check box labeled “Use a proxy server for your LAN” under the Proxy Server section and press OK.

Step Two: Remove add-ons:

IE:
1) Go to 'Tools' → 'Manage Add-ons';
2) Choose 'Search Providers' → choose 'Bing' search engine or 'Google' search engine and make it default;
3) Select 'Search Results' and click 'Remove' to remove it;
4) Go to 'Tools' → 'Internet Options', select 'General tab' and click 'Use default' button or enter your own website, e.g. Google.com. Click OK to save the changes.

Step Three: Open Windows Task Manager and close all running processes.

Methods to open Task Manager: Press CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC or Press the Start button->click on the Run option->Type in taskmgr and press OK.

Step Four: Remove these associated Files on your hard drive such as:

%AllUsersProfile%\{random}
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.exe

Step Five: Open the Registry Editor and delete the following entries:

Hit Win+R keys and then type regedit in Run box and click on OK.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Software
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\supWPM
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Default_Page_URL" = "http://www..com/?type=hp&ts=&from=tugs&uid="
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing "NewTabPageShow" = "1"

Step Six: Clear all the cookies of your affected web browsers.

Since the tricky virus has the ability to use cookies for tracing and tracking the internet activity of users, it is suggested users to delete all the cookies before a complete removal.

Internet Explorer: Open Internet explorer window Click the "Tools" button Point to "safety" and then click "delete browsing history" Tick the "cookies" box and then click “delete”


Suggestion B:

Step One: Download SpyHunter here.

Step Two: Double click SpyHunter-Installer.exe to install SpyHunter and finish the installation step by step.

Step Three: After the installation is complete, open SpyHunter and click Scan Computer Now! to start scan your computer.

Step Four: When the scan is completed, you can see that all the threats including Cr.tractionize are detected successfully. Then click Fix Threats button to clean your computer.

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Friendly Reminded:
Manual removal of Cr.tractionize is known as the most effective way. Anyway, it refers to key parts of computer system, and is recommended only for advanced users. If you have not sufficient expertise on doing that, it is recommended to use the later removal suggestion so that SpyHunter can help you get rid of your problems directly and completely.