What is 4yendex.com?
4yendex.com page is the page that serves as an element of a browser hijacker threat of the same name. The most tricky thing about browser hijackers is that they manage to win people’s trust by well-thought design that resembles popular search domains. This particular hijacker copies the design of Yahoo search engine with the exception of some advertisement banners and extra icons of well-known social networks and services. We don’t advise using the 4yendex.com search engine despite its reliable appearance, as it may bring more malware to your PC. When a user performs a search on this page, the hijacker analyzes the query and then gives the results. Though it is a usual for all search engines procedure, the hijacker puts additional steps to it. Before presenting the results, the 4yendex.com redirect virus displaces them with fake ones that lead to the pages of its sponsors. The sources you may accidentally visit may be of different nature – from usual but unpopular sites to malicious ones. Therefore, if you want to take back the control of your browser, you need to remove 4yendex.com hijacker first.
How 4yendex.com got installed on your computer?
As a rule, the threats of such sort arrive on a system together with free applications which are popular among Internet users. And cybercriminals, knowing that not many users read the license agreements and installation screens, put their products under Default settings. If users rush through the setup screens, they likely would install the malware as well. Next time when you install a new program, choose Advanced/Custom settings and look for any unwanted elements, which you will be able to deselect.
Symptoms of 4yendex.com infection
- First and the most striking proof of what you have an adware is ads generated on pages where they haven’t appeared before. The ads can be of any type – pop-ups, in-text hyperlinks, banners and their amount increases on shopping sites. Some of them may be labeled as “Ads by 4yendex.com”, “Brought by 4yendex.com”, “Powered by 4yendex.com”, etc.
- Another indicator of adware infection is appearance of new programs 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 adware activity may consume a lot of CPU.
- Besides slowing down the computer itself, adware infection may as well negatively affect the speed of Internet connection.
How to remove 4yendex.com?
To make sure that the adware won’t appear again, you need to delete 4yendex.com completely. For this you need to remove the application from the Control Panel and then check the drives for such leftovers as 4yendex.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 4yendex.com. It is not only the easiest way to eliminate 4yendex.com, but also the safest and most assuring one.
Steps of 4yendex.com manual removal
Uninstall 4yendex.com from Control Panel
As it was stated before, more likely that the adware appeared on your system brought by other software. So, to get rid of 4yendex.com you need to call to memory what you have installed recently.
How to remove 4yendex.com from Windows XP
- Click the Start button and open Control Panel
- Go to Add or Remove Programs
- Find the application related to 4yendex.com and click Uninstall
How to remove 4yendex.com from Windows 7/Vista
- Click the Start button and open Control Panel
- Go to Uninstall Program
- Find the application related to 4yendex.com and click Uninstall
How to remove 4yendex.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 4yendex.com
How to remove 4yendex.com from Windows 10
- Press Win+X to open Windows Power menu
- Click Control Panel
- Choose Uninstall a Program
- Select the application related to 4yendex.com and remove it
If you experience problems with removing 4yendex.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 4yendex.com from browsers
Since most of adware 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 4yendex.com from Google Chrome
- Start Google Chrome
- Click on Tools, then go to the Extensions
- Delete 4yendex.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove 4yendex.com from Internet Explorer
- Launch Internet Explorer
- Click on the Tools/Gear icon, then select Manage Add-ons
- Delete 4yendex.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove 4yendex.com from Mozilla Firefox
- Start Mozilla Firefox
- Click on the right-upper corner button
- Click Add-ons, then go to Extensions
- Delete 4yendex.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove 4yendex.com from Microsoft Edge
- Start Microsoft Edge
- Click the three-dot button in the upper right corner
- Choose Extensions
- Click the gear icon near 4yendex.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
- Choose Remove
If the above-mentioned methods didn’t help in eliminating the threat, then it’s better to rely on an automatic way of deleting 4yendex.com.
We also recommend to download and use Norton to scan the system after 4yendex.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 4yendex.com.
