How to Get Rid of FastOnlineFinder.com Redirect Totally

FastOnlineFinder.com is claimed as an advertising network technology tracking domain that specializes in promoting advertisements on websites. The ads can be refer to various categories but the main purpose for this redirect virus is to gain benefits from users once you have paying visit on the promoting websites. On one hand, FastOnlineFinder.com is able to append to browsers by adding extensions. On the other hand, it takes the advantage of tracking cookies to follow the trail of viewing pages that there will be more and more advertisements being flooded into your PC. Among which, some are containing malicious links that force users to poorly-built websites and penetrate computer with other infections. Worst of all, sensitive information will be risky to expose to the cyber crook who will make use of it for illegal activities. Now it is clear that FastOnlineFinder.com is a malicious redirect virus that users must eradicate it as fast as possible.

FastOnlineFinder.com screenshot

How can FastOnlineFinder.com to be removed once for all?

Users who get entangled with FastOnlineFinder.com must be very upsetting due to the frustration of virus removal. The failure of FastOnlineFinder.com’s thorough removal can not be attributed to antivirus software but to the virus itself. It is very strong a virus skills in concealing deeply among system files and registry entries that most of the security applications can simply quarantine its infected files but never be able to exterminate this threat once for all. Fortunately, manual removal method is a way that mainly used to pick up the infected files and get them removed permanently. Now, it’s your time to follow the instructions below.

Take the following guides to remove FastOnlineFinder.com manually

Step 1: Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to open the Windows Task Manager.

Step 2: Click on the "Processes" tab, search for FastOnlineFinder.com processes, right-click it and select "End Process" option.

random.exe

Step 3: Delete the files that FastOnlineFinder.com drops on system folders：

%Windir%/System32/[RANDOM NAME].exe
%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\Connection Wizard\[random]
%Temp%\[random].bat

Step 4: Click on Start menu, select “run”, type “regedit” on the search box and hit the Enter key.

Step 5: Search and remove registry entries as listed as below:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ FastOnlineFinder.com
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\shelliconoverlayidentifiers\
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon "Shell" = "cmd.exe"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = ""%LocalAppData%\<random 3 chars>.exe -a "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe""
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{28949824-6737-0594-0930-223283753445}\InProcServer32 "(Default)" = "<malware path>\<random>.dll"


Note: The files and registry entries are very important to the operating system. Users should be highly cautious or it will crash your system if any real system files would be deleted. In case you are not able to find the listed files, please click and get an online help here.