Easy Guide to Remove 1-855-653-4481 Fake System Alert Popup

I have windows 7 and I was on a website and had a message pop up, it reads itself out in a female computer voice and continually repeats itself. The message from the popup says my system has been infected due to unexpected error and asks me to contact Microsoft 1-855-653-4481 immediately to unblock my computer. It seems like a scam but how do I get rid of it?

Know More about 1-855-653-4481 Fake System Alert Popup

Once you are seeing bsod popup warning your computer has been locked or infected due to unexpected error and asking you call a given number to the problem, you might have adware or potentially unwanted programs in your computer. This often happens after you download and install some software that bundles with other unwanted programs to your computer.

Here is a screenshot of 1-855-653-4481 fake system alert popup:



Once infected, you will find this annoying fake alert popup takes over your web browsers by changing your browser homepage and start page into the domain of this popup or evening locking your browser at this malicious domain. As a result, you won’t have good internet experience and you won’t be able to browse the web normally. What’s worse, this popup may trace your browsing history and collect your browsing data. You should get rid of it to avoid more troubles.

Easy Guide to Remove 1-855-653-4481 Fake System Alert Popup

Since this malicious has the ability to freeze your browser, you should end the malicious browser process or restart your computer to exit it. But if you want to get rid of completely, you can follow the guide here.

Method 1: Manually Remove 1-855-653-4481 Fake System Alert Popup
Method 2: Automatically Get Rid of 1-855-653-4481 Fake System Alert Popup with SpyHunter

Method 1: Manually Remove 1-855-653-4481 Fake System Alert Popup

Step 1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys together and stop 1-855-653-4481 Fake System Alert Popup or browser processes in the Windows Task Manager.



Step 2. Uninstall PUP related to 1-855-653-4481 Fake System Alert Popup from Control Panel

For Windows Vista and Windows 7

1. Press the “Start” button.
2. Select “Control Panel” from the menu.
3. Choose “Programs & Features”.
4. Find “PUP” in the list of installed programs.
5. Select it and press “Uninstall” or right-click the program and select Uninstall.

For Windows XP and other Windows operating systems

1. Press the “Start” button.
2. Select “Control Panel” from the menu.
3. In the Control Panel, select “Add/Remove Programs”.
4. Find “PUP” in the list of installed programs.
5. Select it and press “Uninstall”.

 (Optional Step) Reset Internet Explorer by the following guide (take IE as an example):

Open Internet Explorer >> Click on Tools >> Click on Internet Options >> In the Internet Options window click on the Connections tab >> Then click on the LAN settings button>> Uncheck the check box labeled “Use a proxy server for your LAN” under the Proxy Server section and press OK.

Step 3. Remove unwanted add-ons from web browser.

Internet Explorer

Go to Tools >> Manage add-ons >> Toolbars and Extensions >> Remove items related to 1-855-653-4481 Fake System Alert Popup.
Move to Search Providers >> select  items related to 1-855-653-4481 Fake System Alert Popup 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 items related to 1-855-653-4481 Fake System Alert Popup

 

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

Step 4. 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”
  

Step 5. Show all hidden files and clean all the malicious files.

(1).Click the Start button and choose Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, to find Folder Options then double-click on it.



(2).In the pop-up dialog box, click the View tab and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).



(3). Clean all the malicious files about this infection as below (search command by Run).

%AllUsersProfile%\{random.exe\
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\
%AllUsersProfile%\random.exe
%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\random.exe
%Temp%\random.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random

Step 6. Delete related malicious registry entries.

Open Registry Editor by pressing Window+R keys together.(another way is clicking on the Start button and choosing Run option, then typing into Regedit and pressing Enter. )



Delete all the vicious registries as below:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\<random>Software
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\supWPM
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Wpm
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Default_Page_URL" =
"http://www.<random>.com/?type=hp&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>"

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Final Tip：

1-855-653-4481 Fake System Alert Popup 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.