Only-news.org Redirect Virus Removal

I thought my browser was attacked by a criminal virus a few days ago. Whenever I do a search and click on any link of the search results, I will be redirected to a website unrelated to my search query. Like I clicked on a link to open an amazon page, and it brought me to something called Only-news.org . It is very annoying. I tried to run security scan but it detected nothing. How can I remove Only-news.org completely?

What is Only-news.org?

Only-news.org is a malicious website implanted with browser hijacker or adware that is able to hijacker browser and compromise system. This redirect virus usually makes use of BHOs (browser helper objects) and other channels to penetrate into your computer and then modifies your browser settings without any consent. Once your browsers are infected, it will means that some information about your online activities may be furtively collected by this redirect virus, for examples, how frequent you visit a website, how long you stay on a webpage, what you search, and even what you type in a banking-related website. As a consequence, all the information collected by it could be sent to the cookie's host site. It is really dangerous that this redirect virus stays on the infected computer for a long time.

By misleading users to open Only-news.org, criminals can boost the traffic of the website and earn money from the ads it promotes. The third parties are able to increase traffic and get users' search items and deliver the related advertisements or products to the target PCs. Some search results offered by the search engine may have nothing to do with your search terms, and they will link to some websites which show you a lot of needless ads and other misleading messages. In addition, this redirect virus can install a malicious toolbar on the browsers and it is hard to remove it through conventional uninstall method. The hijacker has no uninstall feature and hides, which makes the removal difficult. The redirect virus should be removed from the infected system as soon as possible, or it will cause endless trouble to the infected computer.

Follow the instructions below to eliminate the threat manually. If you are afraid of damaging the system when dealing with the virus by yourself, use a professional removal tool instead.

Payloads of the Redirect Virus

1 It frequently sends out error messages and misleading ads to trick users to buy their products.

2 It runs in the background of the system and consumes lots of system resources, making your computer run extremely slowly.

3 The system can't detect the newly installed applications.

4 It would help the hackers to record your online activities and steal sensitive personal information and data.

5 It will fail to response quickly as they usually do because the infection changes some settings of the Registry.

6 Credit card numbers, passwords, pictures and other sensitive information are transmitted to unscrupulous people.

Helpful ways to remove Only-news.org Redirect

Usually, you may scan your computer with antivirus programs after the web browser works weirdly, but you may feel disappointed to find that there is nothing dubious detected on the PC. From this, users should realize that antivirus programs are not all-powerful. In some cases, they cannot detect and delete every kind of virus from the infected computer. That's because people need time to recognize the new virus and improve the current antivirus software. Furthermore, the unexpected situations users may face when performing the manual way will seriously trap PC system into embarrass state. Thus, sometimes it seems not workable to use an antivirus program to remove the redirect virus from your computer - in this case, you have to manually delete the malicious files and registry entries related to the redirect virus from your computer.

Only-news.org redirect virus is a nasty threat that is able to attack browsers including Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. The most annoying thing is that it redirects you to unwanted websites and changes your default homepage against your will. It can make your system more vulnerable to infections. In a word, this redirect virus slows down PC speed, disables important programs, blocks access to specific websites, and messes up browsers settings, and should be removed from the infected computer promptly.

Step 1: Remove the redirect virus related programs.
1. Click Start menu and select Control Panel.
2. Click on Uninstall a program under the Programs category.
3. In the programs list find out any suspicious programs, and then click on the Uninstall.
4. Follow the wizard to accomplish the removal.
Step 2: Remove all unwanted extensions from the browsers.
Internet Explorer
1. Start the Internet Explorer, click on Tools, and select Manage Add-ons in the drop-down list.
2. Click on Toolbars and Extensions, find out and disable the add-ons related to Only-news.org redirect virus.
Mozilla Firefox
1. Run the Mozilla Firefox, click on Tools and choose Add-ons.
2. Click on Extensions, then select the unwanted add-ons in the list and click on Remove\Disable button.
3. Click Plugins, and remove\disable any unknown add-ons.
Google Chrome
1. Launch Google Chrome and click on the menu icon.
2. Click the Tools in the list then select Extensions.
3. Click on Extensions, then find out the redirect virus related add-ons and delete them.

Note: If you are not a computer wiz and have no idea how to perform the removal, please download to use a redirect virus remover to do the removal for you.