Threat Youractualjournal.com

Youractualjournal.com

Youractualjournal.com is a junkware extension for Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and other popular browsers and its main characteristic is that it constantly attempts to page-redirect the user to promoted sites. Youractualjournal.com is not as threatening as a Trojan Horse or a malicious software but it is regardless cleverest if you remove it to manage your PC sheltered.

A portal-leading hijacker titled Youractualjournal.com has lately been reported to our “How to terminate” team and a load of web people have demanded our assist to securely terminate it and uninstall the search engine and the home page that it has interjected to their Chrome, Firefox, Explorer and Safari internet browsers. That’s why, in this report, we shall define the details of this software, and will supply our readers in addition to a thorough elimination instructions and a efficient Youractualjournal.com elimination utility for hasty and automatic detection and uninstallation of the offending app.

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The Youractualjournal.com virus

Generally, the representatives of the Browser Hijacker category are programs like the Youractualjournal.com virus which are not that dangerous and do not share the malicious capabilities of threats such as Viruses, Ransomware or Trojans. Therefore, the Youractualjournal.com malicious software is regarded as as partially not malicious utility which can’t wreck the device in a fatal way.

Learn how to remove Youractualjournal.com from your computer

Step 1. Youractualjournal.com Removal from Windows
Step 2. Delete Youractualjournal.com from browsers

Step 1. Youractualjournal.com Removal from Windows

a) Windows 7/XP

Press on the Start icon.
Control Panel → Programs and Features.
Find the program you want to delete and press Uninstall.

b) Windows 8

Right-click on the start icon (lower left corner).
Select Control Panel.
Click Programs and Features.
Find and remove all unwanted programs.

c) Windows 10

Open Start menu and click on the magnifying glass (next to the shut down button).
Type in Control Panel.
Control Panel → Programs and Features.
Find and remove all unwanted programs.

d) Mac OS X

Open Finder and press Applications.
Check all suspicious programs you want to get rid of.
Drag them to the trash icon in your dock (Alternatively, right-click on the program and press Move to Trash).
After you move all the unwanted programs, right-click on the trash icon and select Empty Trash.

Step 2. Delete Youractualjournal.com from browsers

a) Remove Youractualjournal.com from Microsoft Edge

Reset Microsoft Edge (Method 1)

Open Microsoft Edge.
Press More located at the top right corner of the screen (the three dots).
Settings → Choose what to clear.
Check the boxes of the items you want removed, and press Clear.
Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete together.
Choose Task Manager.
In the Processes tab, find the Microsoft Edge process, right click on it, and press Go to details (or More details if Go to details is not available).
Right-click on all Microsoft Edge processes, and choose End task.

(Method 2)

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Go to C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_xxxxxxxxxx.
Select all the folders, right-click on them and press Delete.
Press the start button, and type in Windows PowerShell in the search box.
Right-click on the result, and select Run as administrator.
In Administrator: Windows PowerShell, paste Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml -Verbose} under PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> and tap Enter.
The issue should be gone now.

b) Remove Youractualjournal.com from Internet Explorer

Open Internet Explorer and press on the Gear icon.
Select Manage add-ons, and then Toolbars and Extensions.
Find and disable all suspicious extensions.
Close the window.

c) Restore your homepage on Internet Explorer

Open Internet Explorer and press on the Gear icon.
Internet Options → General tab. Delete the homepage URL and type in your preferred one.
Press Apply.

d) Reset Internet Explorer

Open Internet Explorer and press on the Gear icon.
Internet Options → Advanced tab.
At the bottom, you will see a Reset button. Press that.
In the window that appears, check the box that says Delete personal settings.
Press Reset.
Click OK to exit the window.
Restart your browser.

e) Remove Youractualjournal.com from Google Chrome

Open Google Chrome and press the menu icon on the right, next to the URL field.
Choose More tools and Extensions.
Remove suspicious extensions by clicking the Trash icon next to them.
If you are not certain about an extension, you can disable it by unchecking the box that says Enabled. If you later decide to keep it, simply check the box again.

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f) Restore your homepage on Google Chrome

Open Google Chrome and press the menu icon on the right, next to the URL field.
Choose Settings.
In the window that appears, under On startup, there will be a Set pages option. Press on that.
Remove the set website, and type in the one you prefer to be your homepage. Press OK.
In Settings, under Search, there is a Manage search engines option. Select that.
Remove all search engines except the one you want to use. Click Done.

g) Reset Google Chrome

Open Google Chrome and press the menu icon on the right, next to the URL field.
Choose Settings.
Scroll down and press on Show advanced settings.
Find and press the Reset button.
In the confirmation window that appears, press Reset.

h) Remove Youractualjournal.com from Mozilla Firefox

Open Mozilla Firefox and access the menu by clicking on the three bars on the right of the screen.
Select Add-ons.
Select the Extensions tab, and remove all questionable extensions.
If you are not certain about an extension, you can disable it by clicking Disable. If you later decide to keep it, simply press Enable.

i) Restore your homepage on Mozilla Firefox

Open Mozilla Firefox and access the menu by clicking on the three bars on the right side of the screen.
Select Options.
In General, click Restore to Default below the Home Page field.

j) Reset Mozilla Firefox

Open Mozilla Firefox and access the menu by clicking on the three bars on the right of the screen.
Press the question mark at the bottom of the menu.
Select Troubleshooting Information.
Select the Refresh Firefox option.

k) Remove Youractualjournal.com from Safari (for Mac)

Open Safari.
Select Preferences (can be accesses by pressing on Safari at the top of your screen).
Choose the Extensions tab.
Uninstall all questionable extensions.
If you are not certain about an extension, you can disable it by unchecking the box that says Enabled. If you later decide to keep it, simply check the box again.

l) Reset Safari

If you are using the Yosemite, El Capitan or the Sierra versions, the option to reset Safari with one click is not available. Thus you will have to clear the history and empty the caches in separate steps.

Open Safari.
Select Clear History (can be accesses by pressing on Safari at the top of your screen).
Choose from what time you want the history deleted, and press Clear History.
Press on Safari at the top of the screen and select Preferences.
Select the Advanced tab and check the box next to Show Develop menu in menu bar.
Select Develop (from the menu bar at the top of the screen).
Press Empty Caches.

If for some reason you are unable to remove the extensions or reset your browsers, it may be a good idea to obtain anti-spyware software and have it deal with the problem.