Cannot Remove NationZoom Virus – Guide to Get Rid of NationZoom.com

Your computer is infected with NationZoom Virus? Cannot get rid of it? No worries, you will be free from this now on! Clean NationZoom Virus according to the following instruction.

Basic Knowledge of NationZoom Virus

NationZoom (also NationZoom.com, or http://nationoom.com/), can be classified as a browser hijacker virus which has affected millions of computers like a storm recently. It is able to replace homepages of all browsers including Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Whenever users open their browsers, they can notice that NationZoom is there on the screen. It pretends to be a useful search engine which can offer useful information; however, do you set it as your default search engine? If no, how can it replace your homepage? So this is the point.

NationZoom comes into your computer without any of your permission with free downloads or share programs from the Internet. Or it is bundled with spam email attachments and is contained in hacked web sites.  In this way, it is able to sneak into the target computer without users’ notice. Once installed, NationZoom drops malicious files and registry entries to system, and changs programs. es the files names and locations very often, NationZoom will change the default browser settings such as homepages, default search engines, DNS settings, etc. Sometimes new tabs open automatically and jump to http://nationoom.com/ page. If the computer is infected seriously, browsers will be disabled completely because whatever pages you open, it will be redirected to http://nationoom.com/ automatically. Because of the reasons listed above, NationZoom can be considered as a browser hijacker virus which can disturb users’ online activities heavily.

Further Threats of NationZoom

Besides what we have mentioned above, NationZoom is able to collect personal information by monitoring users’ online activities and reviewing search keywords, histories and cookies. Users’ personal information such as search habits and favorites might be revealed to cyber criminals.

A Summary of Problems Caused by NationZoom

1. NationZoom comes into the target computer without users’ notice;

2. NationZoom hijacks homepages and redirects users’ search results;

3. NationZoom changes default browser settings;

4. NationZoom drops malicious files and registry entries to target system;

5. NationZoom reviews search keywords, histories and cookies;

Guide to Remove NationZoom Completely

Guide 1. manually remove NationZoom  from the infected computer.

Step1: Go to Task Manager with Alt+Ctrl+Delete and stop its process.

Step2. Remove NationZoom files, search the related files:

%AppData%[trojan name]toolbarstats.dat
%UserProfile%\Application Data\[random digits]\[random digits].exe
%AppData%[trojan name]toolbaruninstallIE.dat

Step3. Remove NationZoom registries:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system “DisableTaskMgr” = ’1′
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download “CheckExeSignatures” = ‘no’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main “Use FormSuggest” = ‘yes’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Installer\Products\random

Step 4:  Reset Internet Explorer: Open Internet Explorer. Click on the Tools menu and then select Internet Options. In the Internet Options window click on the Advanced tab. Then click on the Reset, check Delete personal settings. Then click Reset.

Step 5: Reset IE Home Page Select Start Menu > Control Panel > Internet Options > General>>Type your preferred home page's URL>>Click "Use Default," "Apply," and "OK."

Step 6: Reset DNS：Set the DNS as Google’s public DNS: Click Start menu >> Control Panel >> View network and tasks >> change adapter settings >> right click the net work adapter you are using (LAN or WLAN) >> properties >> double click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) >> use the following DNS server addresses >> set the Preferred DNS server as 8.8.8.8

Video Guide to Remove NationZoom

Guide 2. automatically remove NationZoom  with SpyHunter.

Step one: download SpyHunter on the computer by clicking on the icon below.

Step two: install SpyHunter on your computer step by step.

Step three: after the installation, do a full scanning to find out those malicious files related to NationZoom .

Step four: restart the computer, and then run a full scanning again to check whether all unfamiliar files have been deleted.

Important Notes: Although we offer you two different measures to remove NationZoom, manual removal is too complicated to handle for most of the users. In order to minimize errors, we highly recommend SpyHunter to you. SpyHunter is a powerful anti-virus application, which not only can remove NationZoom from your computer completely, but also can take precautions against other virus and malware.