How To Remove Uc123.com browser hijacker

Easy Guide To Delete Uc123.com from PC

If your System web browser is being constantly redirected to Uc123.com site then it is highly possibilities that your web browser is affected by redirect virus or web browser hijacker you need to delete this virus immediately from the PC . Read this removal guide that will help you to remove Uc123.com virus from your PC.

What is Uc123.com?

Uc123.com is a dubious site that pretends itself as a genuine search engine that claims to enhance users online browsing experience by the providing best and quick searching results as well as provide the facilities to access to other sites directly from the search engine. At the frist detection  its all functionality seems to be a legitimate search engine lie as Google, Yahoo, Bing etc. But it is entirely differ from them. It shows fake searching results as well as redirect users to questionable site. However, it is identified as a web browser hijacker or redirect virus by the security expert. It is promoted by a browser hijacker UC web browser which also known as UC web accelerator. Both browser hijackers gather data relating to users browsing activities.

Uc123.com is created and distributed by the team of cyber hacker with the main target to makes illegal money through manipulate innocent users. It gets installed into the target System without any users knowledge with the spam email attachments, updating System Software, Clicking on malicious links, and other tricky ways. Once gets installed, firstly it hijack the most popular web browsers like as Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Safari, Edge and others. Once the default web browser affected by this infection then the default search engine, homepage, and new tab settings are changed to Uc123.com site. While users search any query then it redirect to other questionable site without any users permission. Users can not undo these changes as usual.

More Details About Uc123.com:

Moreover, Uc123.com is able to disable the System security and privacy like as firewall, task manager, control panel and real antivirus program. It also installs additional browser extension, plug-in, add-on etc. It can corrupt the System files and Windows registries as well as create duplicate files. It also opens back doors to install other harmful infections like as malware, spyware, adware and other harmful threats. It also track users online browsing habits like as search queries, web histories, cookies and other online details for evil use. It also boosts the web traffic on sponsored webpage and diminishes the browsing experience. Thus it is highly advice to delete Uc123.com as far as possible.

Distribution methods of Uc123.com:

Like as other harmful infection Uc123.com also distributed into the System via various intrusive methods. Some of the most common methods are given below:

• Spam email attachments: spam email often sends by the team of cyber hacker which contains malicious attachments and suspicious links. Once open file or click on links cause the infiltration of lots of infections.
• Freeware program: Most of the users download and installed freeware program with carelessness via the third party site which might cause the installation potentially unwanted program.
• Updating System Software: Downloading and updating System Software from third party site like as download.com, download32,com etc.
• Peer to peer sharing files: sharing files through peer to peer networks such as torrent, eMule, Gnutella etc.

How To Prevent the System from Uc123.com:

We are highly advice do not receive any mail which comes from unknown sources. If you don’t know the sender names and address please verify firstly. Must check the grammatical error and spelling mistakes of the content body before open any file. Users must avoid the installation of freeware program. Read the installation guide carefully till the end. Don’t select custom or advance options as well as other similar setting. Users should always use official or direct links while updating System software. Don’t share any files through bad network environments.

How To Remove Uc123.com Automatically:

Uc123.com can disable your System privacy, hijack browser, diminish browsing experience and creates lots of issues. Thus it is highly recommended to delete this virus as far as possible by the using powerful automatically removal tool.

Threat Summary:

Name    UC Browser browser hijacker

Threat Type        Browser Hijacker, Redirect, Search Hijacker, Toolbar, Unwanted New Tab

Distribution methods     Deceptive pop-up ads, free software installers (bundling), fake flash player installers.

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

Distribution Methods: spam email attachments, Installation of freeware program, updating System Software, Peer to peer sharing files.

Removal tool: In order to keep PC and browser safe and secure from further issues remove Uc123.com completely from PC by using powerful antimalware tool.

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 Uc123.com:

Remove the related items of Uc123.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 Uc123.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 (Uc123.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 Uc123.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 Uc123.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 Uc123.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 Uc123.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 Uc123.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.