How to Remove 888-279-5428 Pop-up from IE/ Chrome/ Firefox/ Edge Completely?

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Know more about 888-279-5428 pop-up

The 888-279-5428 pop-up is identified as a fake tech scam, which is created by scammers to promote their paid support services and products. Technically speaking, this malicious pop-up is caused by an adware or a potentially unwanted program currently infecting your whole system.

You may notice that the 888-279-5428 pop-up can be more evil as it delivers fake security alert to trick you into contacting a certain phone number for technical support. The message you will see from this scam pop-up reads:

"Windows Firewall Infected !!!   

Rootkit.Sirefef.Spy and Trojan Virus Found in System32 NT (Network Threat Protection) Kernel.

Virus Source:  Free Games, Porn Website & Third Party Internet Search. 

Please Visit Your Nearest Windows Service Center. OR  Call: 888-279-5428 (TOLL-FREE)
Error Code 0x8024402c- windows couldn't install updates

Error 0x800705b4 Driver unloaded without closing program

0x800705b4 Defender timeout

DllRegister server fail error cox 0x80040201

Error: 0x800705b4 when trying to open windows center."

Be aware that this 888-279-5428 pop-up is just a strategy created by the scammers to cheat you money. The real threat in your system is the 888-279-5428 pop-up itself. Never call this provided phone number or take in!

Completely remove 888-279-5428 pop-up - You can make it!

Step 1: Remove 888-279-5428 pop-up from PC

• Method A: Manual Removal Guide
• Method B: Automatically Remove 888-279-5428 pop-up with SpyHunter

Step 2: Speed up Your PC with RegCure Pro

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Step 1: Remove 888-279-5428 pop-up from PC

• Method A: Manual Removal Guide

1. Close 888-279-5428 pop-up pop-up via Task Manager

Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to open Windows Task Manager > locate its associated running process (e.g. chrome.exe, iexplore,exe) > End Process.

2. Reset your internet browser

Internet Explorer:

1) Open Internet Explorer, click on the gear icon, choose "Internet options", go to General tab, enter your favorite website address, and click "Apply".

2) On General tab, click "Delete…" button going to the "Delete Browsing History" window, click "Delete". Click "OK" to close the Internet Options window.
3) Click "Start", find "Internet Explorer" and then right click on it, choose "properties". On the pop-up window, go to Shortcut tab, delete the extension after ".exe" in Target, and click "OK".

Google Chrome:

1) Open Google Chrome, click on the icon menu (top right), select "Settings", and then go to On startup option, click "Set pages", delete the unwanted website address and then "OK".

2) Go to Appearance option, check "Show Home button", and then click "Change". On the pop-up window, delete the unwanted website address in Open this page option, click "OK", and then uncheck "Show Home button".
3) Go to History tab, click "Clear browsing date…" button. On the confirm window, click "Clear browsing date", and then close Chrome.
4) Click "Start", find "Google Chrome", right click on it, and select "properties". On the pop-up window, go to Shortcut tab, delete the extension after ".exe" in Target, and click "OK".

Mozilla Firefox:

1) Open Mozilla Firefox, click on the icon menu (top right) and select "Options". Go to General tab, click "Restore to Default", and then click "OK".
2) Here select "History", click the "Clear Recent History…" button. On the pop-up window, click "Clear Now".

3) Click "Start", find "Mozilla Firefox", right click on it, and select "properties". On the pop-up window, go to Shortcut tab, delete the extension after ".exe" in Target, and click "OK".

3. Remove all malicious registry entries

Hit Win+R keys and then type "regedit" in Run box to search

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page="http://<random>.com"

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page Redirect="http://<random>.com"

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{random name}

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\"http://<random>.com"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\"http://<random>.com"

HKEY_CURRENT_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{random name}

4. Delete malicious folders

1) Open Control Panel in Start menu and search for Folder Options. When you're in Folder Options window, please click on its View tab, tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide extensions for known file types and then press OK.

2) When the ProgramDate folder shows, find and delete the malicious folder {random name} in it.

5. Restart your computer to take effect

• Method B: Automatically Remove 888-279-5428 pop-up with SpyHunter

1. Remove 888-279-5428 pop-up with SpyHunter

What can SpyHunter do for you?

• Give your PC intuitive real-time protection.
• Detect, remove and block spyware, rootkits, adware, keyloggers, cookies, trojans, worms and other types of malware.
• Allow you to restore backed up objects.

Here shows how it work, see for your reference.

1) Click the below button to download the file.

2) Double click on its file and then click the "Run" button to enter the installation procedure.

3) Open SpyHunter and click "Scan Computer Now!" to start scan your computer.

4) When the SpyHunter scan is completed, you can see that it detects all the threats in your PC. Then click "Fix Threats" button to make your computer clean.

Step 2: Speed up Your PC with RegCure Pro

What can RegCure Pro do for you?

• Fix system errors
• Remove malware
• Improve startup
• Defrag memory
• Clean up your PC

You can download and use RegCure Pro with confidence for it neither contain any additional items nor conflict with your current used antivirus program. Here shows how it works.

1) Click the below button to download the file.

2) Double click on its application and click the "Run" button to install the program step by step.

3) After the installation is complete, open the program and scan your system for unnecessary files and invalid registry entries. That will take some time for the first scanning. Please wait while the program scans your system for performance problems.

4) When the System Scan is done, click "Fix All" button to correct all the security risks and potential causes of your computer slow performance.

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To Summarize: 

The 888-279-5428 pop-up pop-up is just merely a scam website used by cyber criminals to promote certain program or service, and may steal your personal date. Hope that you can completely remove all the threats by the above removal instruction.

Download SpyHunter to remove 888-279-5428 pop-up immediately.

Download RegCure Pro to optimize your PC easily.

Note: The free version of SpyHunter/RegCure Pro is only for malware detection. If SpyHunter/RegCure Pro detects malware on your PC, you will need to purchase its full version to remove the malware threats.