Remove Trovis Malware – How to Get Rid of Trovis Page Redirect Permanently?

Recently I discovered that when I open a new tab I am brought to some address with trovis~... Anyway I ran adwcleaner and it found something that I had removed. But this morning when I opened up firefox to check the weather I was redirected to the same trovis page...How do I get rid of it completely?

What is Trovis?

Looking like a malware called Trovi/Trovi Search, the Trovis is technically not a virus but a malware which has been included into adware or PUP (potentially unwanted program) category. This often happens after you download some infected software to your computer or click some random or compromised ads or links. Please be careful with your online activity.

Commonly, the Trovis malware can redirect many brands of internet browsers including g Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome. The new tabs or pop-up ads related by Trovis have the ability to take you to its sponsored sites or some corrupt sites, which may leave to other malware infections. Besides, it will even change a lot of your browser settings, leaving you unable to use your browser properly. What’s worse, this malware might compromise the security of your system and privacy via many other unexpected baleful activities. It is annoying and even dangerous to have this Trovis malware in your computer. You should remove it from your computer to avoid more troubles.

How to Remove Trovis Malware and Get Rid of Trovis Redirect Permanently?

Method 1: Manually Remove Trovis Malware Step by Step
Method 2: Automatically Get Rid of  Trovis Malware with SpyHunter

Method 1: Manually Remove Trovis Malware Step by Step

Step 1: Reboot your PC into Safe Mode with Networking

Restart your computer and keep pressing F8. Select Safe Mode with Networking by using the up and down arrow key in your keyboard.



Step 2: Delete suspicious or malicious process related to Trovis Malware.



Step 3: Remove suspected programs from Control Panel.

Click Start Menu >> Control Panel >> Add or Remove Programs, and then pick up the suspected or unwanted programs and click Uninstall.

Step 4: Show hidden folder.

Go to Appearance and Personalization on Control Panel and then click Folder Options




Check"show hidden files, folders and drives" and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) like the picture below.



Delete the following files (samples) from local disk.


%AppData%\<random>.exe
%CommonAppData%\<random>.exe
%temp%\<random>.exe
C:\Program Files\<random>
C:\Windows\Temp\<random>.exe

Step 5: Delete infected or additional registry entries.

Press Win & R  to open Run, type in "regedit" and hit enter. Click Edit >> Find... to search unwanted keys

And then reboot your computer normally to continue the removal.

Step 6. Remove unwanted add-ons from web browsers.

Internet Explorer

Go to Tools >> Manage add-ons >> Toolbars and Extensions >> Remove unwanted suspected items
Move to Search Providers >> select unwanted suspected items and remove it.

Google Chrome

Go to Customize and control Google Chrome (top right menu) >> Tools/Settings >> Extension >> Remove suspicious extensions

 

Reset your settings on On startup >> Set pages, Appearance >> Change, and Search >> Manage search engines...

 

 Mozilla Firefox

Open menu >> Add-on >> remove unwanted suspected items

 

From Menu >> Option >> General. You can rewrite your home page URL or Restore to Default

Step 7. Restore home page and clear all the cookies of your affected web browsers.

Since the tricky virus has the ability to use cookies for tracing and tracking the internet activity of users, it is suggested users to delete all the cookies before a complete removal.

Google Chrome:

• Click on the "Tools" menu and select "Options"
• Click the "Under the Bonnet" tab, locate the "Privacy" section and Click the "Clear browsing data" button.
• Select "Delete cookies and other site data" and clean up all cookies from the list.

Mozilla Firefox:

• Click on Tools, then Options, select Privacy
• Click "Remove individual cookies"
• In the Cookies panel, click on "Show Cookies"
• To remove a single cookie click on the entry in the list and click on the "Remove Cookie button"
• To remove all cookies click on the "Remove All Cookies button"

Internet Explorer:

• Open Internet explorer window
• Click the "Tools" button
• Point to "safety" and then click "delete browsing history"
• Tick the "cookies" box and then click “delete”

Method 2: Automatically Get Rid of  Trovis Malware with SpyHunter

SpyHunter is powerful anti-spyware/malware application. It is created to help inexperience computer users to get rid of nasty and stubborn malware including adware, browser hijacker, trojan, worm and may other viruses. There are many features in SpyHunter. You will never regret to remove malware and protect your PC with this application.

You can click the icon below to get SpyHunter.

 

 

 

This real-time malware protection and removal tool offers free malware scanner. You can buy the removal service to get rid of all the PC threats detected by it. It has powerful features that other free antivirus cannot offer. 

Optional: Optimize Your PC with RegCure Pro

RegCure Pro's malware scanner finds active malware and kicks it off your machine. If you also find some registry errors, such as dll file errors in your computer, Regcure Pro will be a good choice to quickly and powerfully clean your windows registry and protect your system files.

Final Tip：

Trovis Malware can cause a lot of troubles. Usually, the manual tips above may help your get rid of it. But if you fail, you can download powerful remover to get rid of it.