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How to Remove CommonName.Zenet from Your Computer
To completely purge CommonName.Zenet from your computer, you need to delete the Windows registry keys and registry values associated with CommonName.Zenet. These registry keys and values are respectively listed in the Registry Keys and Registry Values sections on this page.
For instructions on deleting the CommonName.Zenet registry keys and registry values, see the following section How to Remove CommonName.Zenet from the Windows Registry.
How to Remove CommonName.Zenet from the Windows Registry
The Windows registry stores important system information such as system preferences, user settings, and installed programs details as well as the information about the applications that are automatically run at start-up. Because of this, spyware, malware, and adware often store references to their own files in your Windows registry so that they can automatically launch every time you start up your computer.
To effectively remove CommonName.Zenet from your Windows registry, you must delete all the registry keys and values associated with CommonName.Zenet, which are listed in the Registry Keys and Registry Values sections on this page.
To remove the CommonName.Zenet registry keys and values:
- On the Windows Start menu, click Run.
- In the Open box, type regedit and click OK.
The Registry Editor window opens. This window consists of two panes. The left pane displays folders that represent the registry keys arranged in hierarchical order. The right one lists the registry values of the currently selected registry key. - To delete each registry key listed in the Registry Keys section, do the following:
- Locate the key in the left pane of the Registry Editor window by sequentially expanding the folders according to the path indicated in the Registry Keys section. For example, if the path of a registry key is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\FolderA\FolderB\KeyName1, sequentially expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, software, FolderA, and FolderB folders.
- Select the key name indicated at the end of the path (KeyName1 in the example above).
- Right-click the key name and select Delete on the menu.
- Click Yes in the Confirm Key Delete dialog box.
- To delete each registry value listed in the Registry Values section, do the following:
- Display the value in the right pane of the Registry Editor window by sequentially expanding the folders in the left pane according to the path indicated in the Registry Values section and selecting the specified key name. For example, if the path of a registry value is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\FolderA\FolderB\KeyName2\,valueC=, sequentially expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, software, FolderA, and FolderB folders and select the KeyName2 key to display the valueC value in the right pane.
- In the right pane, select the value name indicated after a comma at the end of the path (valueC in the example above).
- Right-click the value name and select Delete on the menu.
- Click Yes in the Confirm Value Delete dialog box.
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CommonName.Zenet Categorized as:
Hijacker
Software that seizes control of a computer’s resources to proliferate itself or use them for other malicious purposes.
There are several types of hijackers. The most common are:
- Browser hijackers – Alters the existing Internet browser settings so that a user is redirected to unwanted or malicious Web sites. These include programs that change the browser Home page or replace a popular search service’s home page with its own fake copy, whose search results point to particular malicious or irrelevant sites.
- Autorun hijackers – Automatically run certain programs on start-up of a user’s computer.
How Did My PC Get Infected with CommonName.Zenet?
The following are the most likely reasons why your computer got infected with CommonName.Zenet:
- Your operating system and Web browser's security settings are too lax.
- You are not following safe Internet surfing and PC practices.
Downloading and Installing Freeware or Shareware
Small-charge or free software applications may come bundled with spyware, adware, or programs like CommonName.Zenet. Sometimes adware is attached to free software to enable the developers to cover the overhead involved in created the software. Spyware frequently piggybacks on free software into your computer to damage it and steal valuable private information.
Using Peer-to-Peer Software
The use of peer-to-peer (P2P) programs or other applications using a shared network exposes your system to the risk of unwittingly downloading infected files, including malicious programs like CommonName.Zenet.
Visiting Questionable Web Sites
When you visit sites with dubious or objectionable content, trojans-including CommonName.Zenet-, spyware, and adware, may well be automatically downloaded and installed onto your computer.
Detecting CommonName.Zenet
The following symptoms signal that your computer is very likely to be infected with CommonName.Zenet.
PC is working very slowly
CommonName.Zenet can seriously slow down your computer. If your PC takes a lot longer than normal to restart or your Internet connection is extremely slow, your computer may well be infected with CommonName.Zenet.
New desktop shortcuts have appeared or the home page has changed
CommonName.Zenet can tamper with your Internet settings or redirect your default home page to unwanted web sites. CommonName.Zenet may even add new shortcuts to your PC desktop.
Annoying popups keep appearing on your PC
CommonName.Zenet may swamp your computer with pestering popup ads, even when you're not connected to the Internet, while secretly tracking your browsing habits and gathering your personal information.
E-mails that you didn't write are being sent from your mailbox
CommonName.Zenet may gain complete control of your mailbox to generate and send e-mail with virus attachments, e-mail hoaxes, spam, and other types of unsolicited e-mail to other people.
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