My-Bing.com Removal - How to Remove My-Bing.com?

My-Bing.com takes control of my IE now and I can¡¯t use it smoothly, please help!! How come? Is it a browser hijacker? If yes, how can I get rid of it? I have tried several different antivirus programs but none of them is working. How can I protect my PC from it? How can I get rid of it completely? How can I completely remove it safely?¡± If you want to know what the site is and how to remove My-Bing.com, read more.

What is My-Bing.com?

When talking about redirect virus, we would instantly think of phishing domains which store up uncountable malware and adware in its webpage. Now we are talking about My-Bing.com virus, a browser hijacker which is released recently. Doko-search.com is a malicious website designed to trick computer users into downloading malware programs and disclosing their personal information. This is a common way used by domain owners to attract more visitors. It is used for drawing users¡¯ attention to its page and increase traffic so that the website can rank higher. However, not every redirect virus is limited to the boost of web traffic. Browser hijackers can also affect users¡¯ web browsing by adding certain plug-in, BHO, Winsock LSP and so on. It is very easy to identify My-Bing.com redirection, For example, Internet Explorer is steered to malicious web pages while you were visiting normal sites, Internet Explorer browser home page or search page has been modified to undesired one and website address has been specified to phishing sites which can be very dangerous to common users.

Computer users feel confused that why their machines are still infected by My-Bing.com even if they have taken many effective measures to protect their PCs from cyber threats. They don¡¯t understand how this browser hijacker evade the detection of security tools, let alone find out its install path and delete the malicious files manually. In fact, the way it invades the PC is quite simple. It uses BHO techniques to intrude target browser in a legitimate way as the attack technique of adware can pass through firewall. This technique makes it hard to be prevented from breaking into target computer by current Software behavior detection technology. Even if you have carefully set up security level higher and higher to prevent malicious browser pop-up plug-ins from installing every day, you still have risk to get infected with hijacker because the downloading and tools would open a door to let it in. To protect your PC, software is not enough. You need to learn a new manual removal way to know how to detect and remove My-Bing.com virus in registry.

The following instructions require sufficient computer knowledge and skills. If you are not clever at computer, then automatic removal of the virus is strongly recommended.

Symptoms of Infection:

1. Your computer moves like a snail. 2. It takes a long long time to open a webpage and your browser runs much slower than before. 3. You are always redirected to some unwanted websites. 4. The Internet connection is affected and the system often crashes. 5. A lot of advertisements pop up on your computer when you surfing the internet. 6. Some spam emails based on your personal information are sent to you because your private data are stolen by the virus.

Instructions to remove My-Bing.com manually:

My-Bing.com virus is a dangerous browser hijacker which will change the homepage and browser settings, and redirect your web search results to random sites containing lots of illegal advertisements, even Trojan, rootkit or other malware virus. Sometimes the antivirus software cannot identify the computer threat accurately and timely or remove it permanently. Therefore, manual removal is the best choice to uninstall it completely from your computer. Follow the steps below and you can get rid of the redirect virus by yourself.

1. Remove the browser hijacker from the infected computer.
Click on the Start button and select Control Panel. Click on Uninstall a program under the Programs category.
Find out and locate the programs related to the browser hijacker. Click on the Uninstall button to remove them all.
2. Launch the infected browser and remove the add-ons or extensions related to the browser hijacker.
Internet Explorer:
Open IE, click on Tools and then select Manage Add-ons. When it opens a window, click on Toolbars and Extensions. Find out the extensions related to the browser hijacker and select them. Then, right-click them and click on the Disable option. Restart IE to finish the procedure.
Google Chrome:
Launch Google Chrome. Click on the Three-bar icon on top-right of the browser, select tools and then Extensions from the list. After that, click Extensions on the left side of the window. Locate the extension related to the browser hijacker, select it and click on the trash icon. Restart the browser to complete the procedure.
Mozilla Firefox:
Start Firefox and click on the tool menu from the top menu. Click on the Add-ons tab to open the configuration window. Then, click Extensions on the left side of this window. Now find out the extensions of the redirect virus and remove them from the browser. Restart the browser to complete the process.
3. Show hidden files and folders.
Go to Control panel again and click on Appearance and Personalization. Then double click on Folder Options. Hit the View tab, tick ¡°Show hidden files, folders and drives¡± and deselect ¡°Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)¡±. Click on the OK button to apply the changes.
4. Delete the malicious files of My-Bing.com from the local disk.
The files listed below are reference only because the virus may has the ability to changes the names and locations of its files.
%Program Files%\ random
%AppData%\Protector-[rnd].exe
%AppData%\Inspector-[rnd].exe
%AppData%\vsdsrv32.exe
5. Open Registry Editor and delete the registry entries of the browser hijacker..
Press Windows+ R keys simultaneously to open the Run window. Then type ¡°regedit¡± in the run box and press Enter key to open Registry Editor.
After that, find out and delete all the registry entries of the redirect virus. The below registry entries are also for reference only.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[random].exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\browser hijacker name
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System ¡®DisableRegistryTools¡¯ = 0
6. Restart the infected computer to apply all changes.

Conclusion

In terms of the nature of it, My-Bing.com virus is not a backdoor virus like scaring Trojan horse which mainly use to remote control infected PC for benefits. But that doesn¡¯t mean it is safe to your computer. It is a common phishing domain in our daily life. It is a typical online attack. Once the redirect virus gets into the PC, the web browser is hijacked and cyber criminals can know you browsing habits and deliver the related advertisements to you. By showing a large number of features such as interfering with the seamless user experience on your favorite browsers, they hook computer users into the operating system. This means that you can¡¯t control your own computer. It is undoubtedly a huge threat to computer security. So be careful when you surf online, because Internet environment is full of adware trap.

Note: If you are not sure about the manual removal of My-Bing.com, download and install a professional removal tool to deal with it easily. 

You can also watch this video to learn how to perform the removal of My-Bing.com.