About this infection
The most probable reason “Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!” warnings are popping up is because of an advertising-supported application infection. You should never trust these types of alerts, nothing they claim is true, unless the problem is entirely unconnected. If an ad-supported application is indeed responsible, expect adverts to be quite invasive. An ad-supported program may normally be found added to freeware, and if it goes unnoticed, it will be permitted to install. You do not need to worry about the adverts endangering your PC, and as long as you do not call the supposed tech support, you will be fine. The reason calling them isn’t a wise idea is because you would be scammed out of a lot of money, or they would set up some kind of damaging program. Bear in mind that you should not permit some weird technicians to remotely access your PC, particularly when their advertisement pop-ups in your browser. You can be calm that this threat the advertisement is cautioning you about it is not real, and that your system is safe. And when you eliminate “Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!” the adware, the ads should no longer appear.
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What does it do
Freeware packages are commonly used to spread adware because it wouldn’t be installed otherwise. If some type of item travels together with the freeware, you need to deselect it, and Default mode won’t authorize you to do that. So as to be able to deselect the items, choose Advanced or Custom mode. If you see any items attempting to install, deselect them. And if you think they might be useful, consider the fact that they did not intend to properly reveal their installation, and you would have installed them unknowingly. It is crucial that you pay attention to how you install programs and where you get them from because otherwise, you will end up having to eliminate “Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!” or similar over and over again.
All of these kinds of alerts are identical, they all want to deceive users into thinking that their operating system is encountering some type of issues. It might be some type of virus, system error, licensing issues, etc, con artists will use all kinds of situations. The alert will also try to scare you with warnings about data breaches and stolen information because these types of tactics are effective with inexperienced users. A phone number would also be conveniently provided, which would allegedly lead you to tech-support. If you are ever confused about the validity of such ads, it is essential to remember that real software or security companies will not ask you to contact them via some random phone number. So if you get a warning from Apple, Microsoft, or some other technology company, and are required to call them, you are being fooled. Con artists on the other side of the line would state that they have to clean your computer, and that would cost you a large amount of money. Tech-support scams aren’t dangerous to everyday computer users as they are not very convincing but less computer knowledgeable users might fall for them because they are not familiar with false tech-support. And it is not hard to see how some less computer knowledgeable people could fall for them, because even if they don’t believe the first pop-up, after they start appearing routinely, they might think that something is actually wrong. If you are still in doubt about whether the alert is legitimate, you can always use a search engine to investigate, and that would make everything clear. Most results will include comments from victims about being fooled. So do not pay any attention to the warnings and just deal with the problem. If the alerts are regularly popping up on your screen, you will need to locate and erase “Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!” adware.
Ways to terminate “Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!”
“Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!” elimination is somewhat easy, so there shouldn’t be any issues with the process. Whether you should remove “Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!” by hand or automatically should really depend on your experience with computers. If you scroll down, you will find instructions to aid you manually fix the issue if you prefer this way better. Using anti-spyware utility to terminate “Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!” might take much less time so you ought to think about getting it. If the pop-ups no longer appear, that means you succeeded in getting rid of the infection.
Learn how to remove “Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!” from your computer
- Step 1. How to delete “Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!” from Windows?
- Step 2. How to remove “Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!” from web browsers?
- Step 3. How to reset your web browsers?
Step 1. How to delete “Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!” from Windows?
a) Remove “Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!” related application from Windows XP
- Click on Start
- Select Control Panel
- Choose Add or remove programs
- Click on “Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!” related software
- Click Remove
b) Uninstall “Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!” related program from Windows 7 and Vista
- Open Start menu
- Click on Control Panel
- Go to Uninstall a program
- Select “Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!” related application
- Click Uninstall
c) Delete “Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!” related application from Windows 8
- Press Win+C to open Charm bar
- Select Settings and open Control Panel
- Choose Uninstall a program
- Select “Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!” related program
- Click Uninstall
d) Remove “Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!” from Mac OS X system
- Select Applications from the Go menu.
- In Application, you need to find all suspicious programs, including “Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!”. Right-click on them and select Move to Trash. You can also drag them to the Trash icon on your Dock.
Step 2. How to remove “Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!” from web browsers?
a) Erase “Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!” from Internet Explorer
- Open your browser and press Alt+X
- Click on Manage add-ons
- Select Toolbars and Extensions
- Delete unwanted extensions
- Go to Search Providers
- Erase “Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!” and choose a new engine
- Press Alt+x once again and click on Internet Options
- Change your home page on the General tab
- Click OK to save made changes
b) Eliminate “Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!” from Mozilla Firefox
- Open Mozilla and click on the menu
- Select Add-ons and move to Extensions
- Choose and remove unwanted extensions
- Click on the menu again and select Options
- On the General tab replace your home page
- Go to Search tab and eliminate “Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!”
- Select your new default search provider
c) Delete “Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!” from Google Chrome
- Launch Google Chrome and open the menu
- Choose More Tools and go to Extensions
- Terminate unwanted browser extensions
- Move to Settings (under Extensions)
- Click Set page in the On startup section
- Replace your home page
- Go to Search section and click Manage search engines
- Terminate “Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!” and choose a new provider
d) Remove “Your system is heavily damaged by (4) virus!” from Edge
- Launch Microsoft Edge and select More (the three dots at the top right corner of the screen).
- Settings → Choose what to clear (located under the Clear browsing data option)
- Select everything you want to get rid of and press Clear.
- Right-click on the Start button and select Task Manager.
- Find Microsoft Edge in the Processes tab.
- Right-click on it and select Go to details.
- Look for all Microsoft Edge related entries, right-click on them and select End Task.
Step 3. How to reset your web browsers?
a) Reset Internet Explorer
- Open your browser and click on the Gear icon
- Select Internet Options
- Move to Advanced tab and click Reset
- Enable Delete personal settings
- Click Reset
- Restart Internet Explorer
b) Reset Mozilla Firefox
- Launch Mozilla and open the menu
- Click on Help (the question mark)
- Choose Troubleshooting Information
- Click on the Refresh Firefox button
- Select Refresh Firefox
c) Reset Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click on the menu
- Choose Settings and click Show advanced settings
- Click on Reset settings
- Select Reset
d) Reset Safari
- Launch Safari browser
- Click on Safari settings (top-right corner)
- Select Reset Safari...
- A dialog with pre-selected items will pop-up
- Make sure that all items you need to delete are selected
- Click on Reset
- Safari will restart automatically
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