Hijacked and Redirected to pinterest.aot.im? How to Remove e pinterest.aot.im Redirect Completely

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pinterest.aot.im is a browser hijacker that deeply affects online searches. This pest always shows up onto your web page all a sudden without asking for user’s consent. Most of the users don’t know how pinterest.aot.im installs into computer secretly. Actually, pinterest.aot.im downloads into computer tactfully by taking the advantage of free program bundles which are ignored by people easily. Once installed, extension that comes from pinterest.aot.im will be added to make unwanted changes on browsers, which aggressively takes over homepage and reroutes online searches. It is worthy mentioning that pinterest.aot.im is not a legitimate search engine. What it offers from the website are related to pornographic information which may contain malicious codes. As it is poorly-built a website, the information you type can be exposed to the public to bring in unexpected troubles. For the sake of your private rights, users should get rid of pinterest.aot.im as quickly as possible.

What will pinterest.aot.im leave on your PC?

• pinterest.aot.im is very tricky and stubborn redirect virus
• pinterest.aot.im slips into computer furtively without user’s consent
• pinterest.aot.im can be hardly removed by security programs
• pinterest.aot.im keeps popping up advertisements onto your desktop
• pinterest.aot.im occupies browser homepage and redirects search results constantly
• pinterest.aot.im may provide malicious links and drop computer with harmful codes

Remove pinterest.aot.im completely with manual removal guides

NO.1 Open the Windows Task Manager(CTRL+ALT+DELETE) to stop all pinterest.aot.im processes.

[random name].exe


NO.2 Click "Start" menu and click "Run", enter "regedit" into the box and press the Enter key.


NO.3 Search the keys from the pop up window and delete all of them:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ pinterest.aot.im
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor "AutoRun" = "<malware path>\<random>.exe"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "SD2014" = "%AppData%\<random>\<random>.exe"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor "AutoRun" = "<malware path>\<random>.exe"

NO.4 Locate to the system files and get them removed manually:

%AppData%\<random>\
%AppData%\<random>\<random>.exe
%CommonAppData%\<random characters>

NO.5 Find and clean up toolbars and plug-ins from browsers:


Google Chrome:
Click the wrench icon, navigate to Settings, Manage search engines, click the X next to Snap.do search engines.

Mozilla Firefox:
Click the small search magnify glass near the search box (not url/search field), select “Manage Search Engines…”. Click and remove Snap.do search engines from the list.

Microsoft Internet Explorer:
Click on “Tool” icon > Manage Add Ons, remove Snap.do from the list.

Tips: Manual removal method is a little complicated, no mistake would be allowed to make. Or it will crash down your PC. For the prevention of messing up your system, you will be welcome to start a live chat with expert to get your computer fixed safely and thoroughly.