How to Totally Remove Atajitos.com - Remove Redirect Virus from Your PC?

I thought my browser was attacked by a criminal virus a few days ago. If I search for something on browser and then do the clicking on the webpage, it will direct me to a strange website that’s obviously not what I expect. For example, when I click a link to Amazon page, it will take me to a site called Atajitos.com . It is very annoying. I scan the computer with the antivirus program but nothing suspicious is found. What can I do remove it completely?

Friendly Reminder：Please try a professional redirect virus removal tool to remove this redirect virus once you can't remove it through the manual removal guide below.

Is Atajitos.com safe?

Atajitos.com is a malicious website implanted with browser hijacker or adware that is able to hijacker browser and compromise system. It’s designed to perform illegal tasks. Once your browser gets infected, a tracking cookie which can track your online activities, such as what websites you have visited, how long you stay there, what you are search for and so on, will be implanted in the browsers. As a consequence, all the information collected by it could be sent to the cookie’s host site. Then users’ sensitive information could be transmitted to unknown cyber criminals; therefore, it is dangerous for a user to open this website or put it into the favorites.

The hijacker is a tool to help criminals to increase the artificial traffic and boost affiliate payments by forcing users to visit Atajitos.com. The products it introduces and recommends are mostly useless, and the purpose of the business it does is to trick users’ for money. The malicious website provides links related to misleading advertisements and malware trying to attack your PC. In addition, it is capable of installing a stubborn toolbar that cannot be deleted easily in regular way. Atajitos.com provides no uninstall feature so it is difficult for you to get rid of it and security tools also fail to detect it. In a word, the redirect virus does no good to your computer and should be removed as soon as possible.

The following manual removal is recommended only for users with good computer skills. If you are afraid of damaging the system when dealing with the virus by yourself, use a professional removal tool instead.

Common symptoms of the infection:

1 It slows down the performance of your computer, which will waste you a lot of time.

2 Your computer speed becomes slower and the system often halts.

3 It may drop other types of threats like virus, Trojan and spyware onto your computer to do more harmful actions.

4 It can embed redirect information into your system files to send all of your search results where it wants you to go.

5 It can modify your default DNS settings and block your access to the websites that you want to visit.

6 The default homepage, search engine and bookmarks of the web browser are changed suddenly without your permission.

Does An Antivirus Program Help to Remove the Redirect Virus?

Generally, users will run their antivirus programs to perform a system scan when they suspect that Atajitos.com redirect virus is on their computers; however, they would find no threats after spending lots of time to do the scanning. According to this scenario, some users will resort to manual removal method, which they can find online. Sometimes, the antivirus software cannot detect the cyber threat right away. The fact is that the number of viruses always increases rapidly and most antivirus programs don’t have the information of the newly-created viruses in their data base. Furthermore, the unexpected situations users may face when performing the manual way will seriously trap PC system into embarrass state. Thus, sometimes it seems not workable to use an antivirus program to remove the redirect virus from your computer – in this case, you have to manually delete the malicious files and registry entries related to the redirect virus from your computer.

Guides to Manually Remove Atajitos.com Redirect Virus Step by Step

Atajitos.com is able to tamper with the Internet settings of browsers, such as IE, Chrome and Firefox, and make you unable to browse normally. The most common symptom of this browser hijacker infection is constant redirection to Atajitos.com and homepage is replaced by unhealthy contents or commercial ads. Furthermore, your computer will be more vulnerable to various malware programs which are embedded with malicious codes and keylogger. It deletes users’ important files and even some crucial files so that it is necessary for users to eradicate Atajitos.com in time and prevent it from infiltrating in the future.

Step1: 

Run Registry editor and delete the associated registry files:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\[random]

HKEY_USERS\.DEFUALT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\[random]

Step2: 

Delete the associated files:

%UserProfile%\[random].exe

%Windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framwork\[random].exe

Step3: 

Press the "Start" button on your desktop and then click "Control Panel" button. Select the option "System and Security" and then select the "Device Manager" hyperlink. Click on "View" from the menu bar and select "Show Hidden Devices."

Step4:

 Check the LAN settings on the Web browser that you're currently using. If you're using Internet Explorer, select "Tools" from the menu bar and then select "Internet Options." Press the "Connections" tab button and then click on the "LAN Settings" button. Check to make certain that the option for "Use a proxy server for your LAN" is unchecked or disabled. Click the "OK" button and close the Web browser.

Step5: 

Check the LAN settings for Mozilla Firefox browser. Select "Tools" from the menu bar and then select "Options." Click on the "Advanced" tab button. Then click on the "Network" ta button. Go to "Settings" and check to make certain that the "No Proxy" radio button is enabled. Click the "OK" button and close the Web browser.

Note: If the above methods don’t work out for the situation in your PC, please check again if you have strictly followed the guidance or download and use a professional malware removal tool to remove all the potential threats.