What is Trovi.com?
Trovi.com hijacker, or Trovi.com redirect virus, is a malware that a rare user is able to tolerate. For many victims the malware appears as intruder that occupies all installed browsers, whether it is Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Microsoft Edge or Internet Explorer. The actions taken by the hijacker include the change of the main page and search engine with the following blocking of the settings adjustment, which means that to remove Trovi.com a user needs to perform a larger amount of work. We should warn you that before you manage to get rid of Trovi.com, you should stay out of searching something on its page, as it will likely lead you to unwanted sources.
How Trovi.com got installed on your computer?
The hazard tends to exploit people’s inattentiveness and wish to speed up the process of installation. The setups of small free programs are usual malware carriers, that’s why you need to attend to them with special focus. First, you need to define is there any malware in the installation, for this read license agreements, where the developers are to state the installation components. Then, select Advanced or Custom mode and go to the steps offering additional components, there you will be able to deselect them.
Symptoms of Trovi.com infection
- First and the most striking proof of having a browser hijacker is change of the main page. Usually it is a search engine page that is designed so that user would believe in its legitimacy.
- Generally, hijackers cause redirections when user makes a search query on its page or tries to reach a blocked site (usually another search engine or anti-malware sites)
- Another indicator of hijacker infection is appearance of new programs, toolbars and browser extensions that you don’t remember installing and processes in start-up queue.
- Also, you may notice the significant slowdown in the system operating, since running of the applications required for malware activity may consume a lot of CPU.
- Besides, hijacker infection may as well negatively affect the speed of Internet connection.
How to remove Trovi.com?
To make sure that the hijacker won’t appear again, you need to delete Trovi.com completely. For this you need to remove the application from the Control Panel and then check the drives for such leftovers as Trovi.com files and registry entries.
We should warn you that performing some of the steps may require above-average skills, so if you don’t feel experienced enough, you may apply to automatic removal tool.
Performing an antimalware scan with Norton would automatically search out and delete all elements related to Trovi.com. It is not only the easiest way to eliminate Trovi.com, but also the safest and most assuring one.
Norton Antivirus is a well-established tool for Mac users that can clear your computer from malware like Trovi.com and all related files from your computer. Another important advantage of the program is an up-to-date database of computer threats which is perfect to protect your computer in case of a new malware attack.
Steps of Trovi.com manual removal
Uninstall Trovi.com from Control Panel
As it was stated before, more likely that the hijacker appeared on your system brought by other software. So, to get rid of Trovi.com you need to call to memory what you have installed recently.
How to remove Trovi.com from Mac
- Open a Finder window
- Click Applications line on the sidebar
- Select the application related to Trovi.com right-click it and choose Move to Trash
How to remove Trovi.com from Windows XP
- Click the Start button and open Control Panel
- Go to Add or Remove Programs
- Find the application related to Trovi.com and click Uninstall
How to remove Trovi.com from Windows 7/Vista
- Click the Start button and open Control Panel
- Go to Uninstall Program
- Find the application related to Trovi.com and click Uninstall
How to remove Trovi.com from Windows 8/8.1
- Right-click the menu icon in left bottom corner
- Choose Control Panel
- Select the Uninstall Program line
- Uninstall the application related to Trovi.com
How to remove Trovi.com from Windows 10
- Press Win+X to open Windows Power menu
- Click Control Panel
- Choose Uninstall a Program
- Select the application related to Trovi.com and remove it
If you experience problems with removing Trovi.com from Control Panel: there is no such title on the list, or you receive an error preventing you from deleting the application, see the article dedicated to this issue.
Read what to do if program won’t uninstall from Control Panel
Remove Trovi.com from browsers
How to unlock Windows Group Policies
Before you will started to remove Trovi.com from browser you should perform following instructions in Command Prompt
This step is necessary to delete Windows Group Policies created by Trovi.com
- Start Command Prompt as Administrator
- To do this in Windows 10/8 or Windows 7 click Start and in the search box type cmd. Right-click on the found result and choose Run as Administrator.
- While in command prompt type:
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers" - Press Enter button.
- Then type:
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicy" - Press Enter button.
- Finally, type:
gpupdate /force - Press Enter button.
Since some of the hijacker threats use a disguise of a browser add-on, you will need to check the list of extensions/add-ons in your browser.
How to remove Trovi.com from Safari
- Start Safari
- Click on Safari menu button, then go to the Extensions
- Delete Trovi.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Trovi.com from Google Chrome
- Start Google Chrome
- Click on More tools, then go to the Extensions
- Delete Trovi.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Trovi.com from Internet Explorer
- Launch Internet Explorer
- Click on the Tools/Gear icon, then select Manage Add-ons
- Delete Trovi.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Trovi.com from Mozilla Firefox
- Start Mozilla Firefox
- Click on the right-upper corner button
- Click Add-ons, then go to Extensions
- Delete Trovi.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Trovi.com from Microsoft Edge
- Start Microsoft Edge
- Click the three-dot button in the upper right corner
- Choose Extensions
- Click the gear icon near Trovi.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
- Choose Remove
Reset your browsers
How to reset settings in Google Chrome
- Click on the icon in the right-upper corner
- Choose Settings
- Click Advanced settings
- Click the Reset button
- In “reset” window click the Reset button
How to reset settings in Mozilla Firefox
- Click the icon in the upper right corner
- Choose Help
- Select Troubleshooting Information
- Click the Refresh Firefox… button
How to reset settings in Internet Explorer
- Click on the Tools button
- Go to Internet options
- Go to the Advanced tab
- Click Reset
How to reset settings in Microsoft Edge
- Start Microsoft Edge
- Click the three-dot button in the upper right corner
- Choose Settings
- Under the Clear browsing data category select Choose what to clear
- Select everything and click Clear
If the above-mentioned methods didn’t help in eliminating the threat, then it’s better to rely on an automatic way of deleting Trovi.com.
We also recommend to download and use Norton to scan the system after Trovi.com removal to make sure that it is completely gone. The antimalware application will detect any vicious components left among system files and registry entries that can recover Trovi.com.
