How To Remove RocketFixio PUP From Computer

Complete Guideline To Delete RocketFixio From PC

RocketFixio is promoted as a useful application which cleans and optimizes operating system and enhances overall computer performance. It supposedly provides features that include optimization of Windows Registry, removal of junk files and improvement of the PC’s startup speed. However, on the contradictory to whatsoever is claimed, it is indeed a potentially unwanted threat that users often download and install unintentionally. Once this notorious PUP successfully infiltrates your computer, it first changes the default boot settings by making vicious entries in which allows the virus to get automatically activated every time the machine is started.

More Details On RocketFixio:

PUPs like RocketFixio require activation to perform the claimed functionalities. It displays fake scanning results stating that some issues have been detected in your machine but to get rid of these threats, you need to purchase its licensed version. However, even after the activation, the features still remain nonoperational. We strongly advise to ignore these fake messages and never buy any of such suspicious products. The only motive of the developers of this adware is to generate illicit money from the affected users through malevolent tricks. This hazardous PUP also displays banners, pop-ups, coupons, offers etc. and other commercial materials and tries to make people click on them in order to earn revenues via pay-per-click scheme.

Due to the presence of RocketFixio in your work-station, you are flooded with thousands of annoying ads and pop-ups all over the day that makes your Online browsing very complex and problematic. These ads look very eye-catching but can be very risky for your system’s security as they might include spiteful links and redirect you to potentially dangerous websites that are fully occupied with malicious objects. It eats up huge amount of memory resources and drags down the overall PC performance severely. This perilous adware causes the machine to respond slower than ever before and take more than usual time to complete any task. RocketFixio can infect all the most used Internet browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Explorer, Safari etc. so that it could target maximum users.

Intrusion of RocketFixio In Your System And Prevention Tips:

This perilous adware can be downloaded from its “official” site. Furthermore, such advertising tools and other similar infections are bundled alongside free third-party applications. This bundling tactic is not disclosed properly especially when you get the program from unreliable sources like torrent sites, deceptive app promotions. Relying on official sources or initial freeware authors could help to avoid this, but people usually tend to skip through steps and trust the free web content more often. It is highly important to pay close attention to these details and freeware installations. Always select Custom or Advanced wizard during the freeware downloads and only pick the program that you know and can trust, rather than allowing all the programs to get installed. Quick or Recommended installations mean that you agree to get everything that adware developers and freeware distributors included in the said package.

Threat Details

Name: RocketFixio

Type: Adware, Redirect virus, Potentially unwanted program

Functionality: Claims to clean and optimize computer but asks people to buy its licensed version, aims to redirect users to affiliated websites, promote sponsored products, services and programs and make Online revenues for the developers, Also steal users’ personal and confidential information and share them with hackers for evil purposes.

Symptoms: Identity theft, Users are enforced to visit hijacker’s website and search the Internet using their search engines, slowness of infected system’s performance.

Distribution methods: Free software installers (bundling), Deceptive emails, malicious pop-ups ads, fake flash player installers.

Damage: Internet browsing tracking (potential privacy issues), displaying of unwanted ads, redirects to shady websites.

Removal: To get rid of this infection and other malware threats, our security researchers recommend scanning your computer with a powerful anti-malware tool.

Other Harmful Properties of RocketFixio:

RocketFixio PUP makes vicious entries in boot section and changes its default settings in order to get automatically activated every time the device is started. It ruins important system files which assure efficient computer functioning and prevents many installed apps as well as drivers from working in an appropriate manner. It displays fake security warnings, error messages, update notifications etc. and tries to scam you into installing bogus application. It can also steal your personal and confidential data relating to banking and other financial details and expose them to hackers for evil purposes. This notorious threat can be also responsible for the penetration of many other Online infections likes of worms, rootkits, spyware, Trojans and even destructive ransomware in your PC as well since it has ability to deactivate all the running security measures and open backdoors for them. And thus, to prevent all these threats from being occurred, you are strongly recommended to remove RocketFixio from the work-station as soon as possible.

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 RocketFixio:

Remove the related items of RocketFixio 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 RocketFixio 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 (RocketFixio) 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 RocketFixio 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 RocketFixio 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 RocketFixio 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 RocketFixio 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 RocketFixio (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.