What is IdleBuddy?
IdleBuddy is a potentially unwanted program which can infiltrate a user’s computer without consent. Using the virus, cybercriminals exploit a victim’s computer for cryptocurrency mining. Since mining is a resource-intensive process, the virus, which runs in the background, severely overloads CPU, causing the computer to freeze. Under high load, hardware can rich very high temperatures, so the virus may damage your system. If you noticed that your system runs very slowly and some running unverified process is taking up a large number of resources, that is very likely that your PC is infected with coin mining virus. In this case, you should proceed to remove IdleBuddy PUP as soon as possible.
How IdleBuddy got installed on your computer?
IdleBuddy cannot be installed on your PC without your knowledge. This type of viruses usually infiltrates your PC when you download a freeware software. Also, you can get a virus from advertising links or sites. An activation of IdleBuddy installer can be options activated by default in a process of installation of freeware programs. Usually, a virus can be easily detected and deactivated in certain options. Note, you should give access to installation only for trusted software (or extensions) and make sure you know what you are giving your approval to.
How to remove IdleBuddy?
To make sure that the virus won’t appear again, you need to delete IdleBuddy completely. For this, you need to remove the application from the Control Panel and then check the drives for such leftovers as IdleBuddy 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 the automatic removal tool.
Performing an antimalware scan with Norton would automatically search out and delete all elements related to IdleBuddy. It is not only the easiest way to eliminate IdleBuddy, but also the safest and most assuring one.
Steps of IdleBuddy manual removal
Uninstall IdleBuddy from Control Panel
As it was stated before, more likely that the virus appeared on your system brought by other software. So, to get rid of IdleBuddy you need to call to memory what you have installed recently.
How to remove IdleBuddy from Windows XP
- Click the Start button and open Control Panel
- Go to Add or Remove Programs
- Find the application related to IdleBuddy and click Uninstall
How to remove IdleBuddy from Windows 7/Vista
- Click the Start button and open Control Panel
- Go to Uninstall Program
- Find the application related to IdleBuddy and click Uninstall
How to remove IdleBuddy 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 IdleBuddy
How to remove IdleBuddy from Windows 10
- Press Win+X to open Windows Power menu
- Click Control Panel
- Choose Uninstall a Program
- Select the application related to IdleBuddy and remove it
If you experience problems with removing IdleBuddy 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
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 IdleBuddy.
We also recommend to download and use Norton to scan the system after IdleBuddy 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 IdleBuddy.
