How To Remove Realsrv.com From System

Complete Steps To Uninstall Hijacking App

Realsrv.com is an intrusive application that can introduce changes in your default web browser without your consent. The main functioning of this browser hijacker is to redirect users’ web searches to affiliated sites filled with pay-per-click ads. If this parasite has entered your computer, you’ve most likely detected an altered homepage, a different search engine, and new tab page URL. Besides, you’d have also started to get flooded with annoying ads, banners, pop-ups while surfing the internet. These ads are designed in a way that they create the pay-per-click advertising income every time they are clicked, which is the main objective of its authors.

Quick Glance

Name: Realsrv.com

Class: Browser Hijacker, Redirect virus

Traits: Alters default browser’ settings without any consent, redirects users to unknown sites, shows intrusive ads, etc.

Threat level: Medium

Distribution tactics: Software bundling, misleading commercial content, etc.

Signs: Changed browser’s settings, suspicious page-redirects, display of intrusive ads

Realsrv.com: Depth Analysis

The developers of Realsrv.com, Ytmp3.nu, etc. can generate a profit every time you click on any of the ads shown by them. This is a fairly efficient and rewarding online advertising tactic which can reroute you to pre-determined sites and prompt you to purchase particular endorsed products and services. However, in their endeavor for more clicks and income, the program authors can typically employ methods that can influence your online surfing. They may set the PUP to deploy a questionable search tool inside your internet app, which will frequently redirect you websites with PPC advertising materials.

Nevertheless, it’s not necessary that all of the ads displayed by Realsrv.com are trusted. Some of them, upon clicked, may take you to suspicious websites that would promoting various scam and hateful contents. Moreover, you may end up on a dangerous site, ridden with most damaging forms of viruses and malware, such as Trojans and ransomware. Even if this doesn’t take place too often, the risk of exposing your PC to those dreadful online parasites is always there while the hijacker is running in the background. Hence, take an immediate action and remove Realsrv.com from the computer before it’s too late.

How Does The Hijacker Enter Systems?

Browser-based threats in general sneak into the computer devices bundled with other free applications. The freeware owners often include additional programs within the installers of their software in order to earn the pay-per-install income. If you decide to install the downloaded freeware using the Quick, Standard, Default, Recommended, or similar setting, you risk installing PUPs along with the main application. To evade this happening, you need to choose the Advanced or Custom type of installation where you can see the entire file list. If you notice any optional contents that are not required or you didn’t want to install at the first place, all you have to do is untick the checkboxes next to their names.

Frequently Asked Questions

What damage Realsrv.com can do in my PC?

If you are one of the preys of this hijacker, you shouldn’t be panicked too much as it is not going to cause as much damage as a Trojan or ransomware can. It can, at its most, display annoying ads while you are browsing the internet and redirect you to all types of websites, some of which can be unreliable.

How to avoid the hijacker’s effects?

The only way you can get rid of the negative consequences related to this unwanted program is by completely eliminating it from the machine as soon as possible. The longer it will roam inside; it will keep contributing evil acts in the background and severely interrupting your online sessions.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Important Note: This malware asks you to enable the web browser notifications. So, before you go the manual removal process, execute these steps.

Google Chrome (PC)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the Menu button
• Select “Settings”. Scroll the mouse downward to choose “Advanced” option
• Go to “Privacy and Security” section by scrolling downward and then select “Content settings” and then “Notification” option
• Find each suspicious URLs and click on three dots on the right side and choose “Block” or “Remove” option

Google Chrome (Android)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the menu button and then click on “Settings”
• Scroll down further to click on “site settings” and then press on “notifications” option
• In the newly opened window, choose each suspicious URLs one by one
• In the permission section, select “notification” and “Off” the toggle button

Mozilla Firefox

• On the right corner of the screen, you will notice three dots which is the “Menu” button
• Select “Options” and choose “Privacy and Security” in the toolbar present in the left side of the screen
• Slowly scroll down and go to “Permission” section then choose “Settings” option next to “Notifications”
• In the newly opened window, select all the suspicious URLs. Click on the drop-down menu and select “Block”

Internet Explorer

• In the Internet Explorer window, select the Gear button present on the right corner
• Choose “Internet Options”
• Select “Privacy” tab and then “Settings” under the “Pop-up Blocker” section
• Select all the suspicious URLs one by one and click on the “Remove” option

Microsoft Edge

• Open the Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots on the right corner of the screen to open the menu
• Scroll down and select “Settings”
• Scroll down further to choose “view advanced settings”
• In the “Website Permission” option, click on “Manage” option
• Click on switch under every suspicious URL

Safari (Mac):

• On the upper right side corner, click on “Safari” and then select “Preferences”
• Go to “website” tab and then choose “Notification” section on the left pane
• Search for the suspicious URLs and choose “Deny” option for each one of them

Manual Steps to Remove Realsrv.com:

Remove the related items of Realsrv.com using Control-Panel

Windows 7 Users

Click “Start” (the windows logo at the bottom left corner of the desktop screen), select “Control Panel”. Locate the “Programs” and then followed by clicking on “Uninstall Program”

Windows XP Users

Click “Start” and then choose “Settings” and then click “Control Panel”. Search and click on “Add or Remove Program’ option

Windows 10 and 8 Users:

Go to the lower left corner of the screen and right-click. In the “Quick Access” menu, choose “Control Panel”. In the newly opened window, choose “Program and Features”

Mac OSX Users

Click on “Finder” option. Choose “Application” in the newly opened screen. In the “Application” folder, drag the app to “Trash”. Right click on the Trash icon and then click on “Empty Trash”.

In the uninstall programs window, search for the PUAs. Choose all the unwanted and suspicious entries and click on “Uninstall” or “Remove”.

After you uninstall all the potentially unwanted program causing Realsrv.com issues, scan your computer with an anti-malware tool for any remaining PUPs and PUAs or possible malware infection. To scan the PC, use the recommended the anti-malware tool.

How to Remove Adware (Realsrv.com) from Internet Browsers

Delete malicious add-ons and extensions from IE

Click on the gear icon at the top right corner of Internet Explorer. Select “Manage Add-ons”. Search for any recently installed plug-ins or add-ons and click on “Remove”.

Additional Option

If you still face issues related to Realsrv.com removal, you can reset the Internet Explorer to its default setting.

Windows XP users: Press on “Start” and click “Run”. In the newly opened window, type “inetcpl.cpl” and click on the “Advanced” tab and then press on “Reset”.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users: Press the Windows logo, type inetcpl.cpl in the start search box and press enter.  In the newly opened window, click on the “Advanced Tab” followed by “Reset” button.

For Windows 8 Users: Open IE and click on the “gear” icon. Choose “Internet Options”

Select the “Advanced” tab in the newly opened window

Press on “Reset” option

You have to press on the “Reset” button again to confirm that you really want to reset the IE

Remove Doubtful and Harmful Extension from Google Chrome

Go to menu of Google Chrome by pressing on three vertical dots and select on “More tools” and then “Extensions”. You can search for all the recently installed add-ons and remove all of them.

Optional Method

If the problems related to Realsrv.com still persists or you face any issue in removing, then it is advised that your reset the Google Chrome browse settings. Go to three dotted points at the top right corner and choose “Settings”. Scroll down bottom and click on “Advanced”.

At the bottom, notice the “Reset” option and click on it.

In the next opened window, confirm that you want to reset the Google Chrome settings by click on the “Reset” button.

Remove Realsrv.com plugins (including all other doubtful plug-ins) from Firefox Mozilla

Open the Firefox menu and select “Add-ons”. Click “Extensions”.  Select all the recently installed browser plug-ins.

Optional Method

If you face problems in Realsrv.com removal then you have the option to rese the settings of Mozilla Firefox.

Open the browser (Mozilla Firefox) and click on the “menu” and then click on “Help”.

Choose “Troubleshooting Information”

In the newly opened pop-up window, click “Refresh Firefox” button

The next step is to confirm that really want to reset the Mozilla Firefox settings to its default by clicking on “Refresh Firefox” button.

Remove Malicious Extension from Safari

Open the Safari and go to its “Menu” and select “Preferences”.

Click on the “Extension” and select all the recently installed “Extensions” and then click on “Uninstall”.

Optional Method

Open the “Safari” and go menu. In the drop-down menu, choose “Clear History and Website Data”.

In the newly opened window, select “All History” and then press on “Clear History” option.

Delete Realsrv.com (malicious add-ons) from Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge and go to three horizontal dot icons at the top right corner of the browser. Select all the recently installed extensions and right click on the mouse to “uninstall”

Optional Method

Open the browser (Microsoft Edge) and select “Settings”

Next steps is to click on “Choose what to clear” button

Click on “show more” and then select everything and then press on “Clear” button.

Conclusion

In most cases, the PUPs and adware gets inside the marked PC through unsafe freeware downloads. It is advised that you should only choose developers website only while downloading any kind of free applications.  Choose custom or advanced installation process so that you can trace the additional PUPs listed for installation along with the main program.