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Remove MPGCom Toolbar from Chrome, Firefox, IE

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Threat's profile

Name of the threat:MPGCom Toolbar

Command or file name:media.exe

Threat type:Toolbars

Affected OS:Win32/Win64 (Windows XP, Vista/7, 8/8.1, Windows 10)

Affected browsers:Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari

Increasingly, MPGCom Toolbar is the first stage of an assail and their precedence destination is to stay secret while downloading and installing a stronger threat such as a bot. MPGCom Toolbar application presents itself as a helpful PC software, while it really causes havoc and damage to your machine. MPGCom Toolbar is a kind of malicious programs that is installed on machines and gathers data about users without their attaintment. Usually presence of MPGCom Toolbar is secret from consumers, that's why it's stony to remove MPGCom Toolbar. MPGCom Toolbar removal tools inspect the information contents of the Windows system registry, PC computer files and installed applications and remove MPGCom Toolbar that uncovers itself. MPGCom Toolbar can be scanned by MPGCom Toolbar removal tools when performing MPGCom Toolbar removal stopping any attempts of it to penetrate in the platform.

MPGCom Toolbar intrusion method

Usually MPGCom Toolbar comes bundled with freeware downloads. During installation you can be offered to change default homepage and search engine to MPGCom Toolbar. MPGCom Toolbar copies its file(s) to your hard disk. Its typical file name is media.exe. Then it creates new startup key with name MPGCom Toolbar and value media.exe. You can also find it in your processes list with name media.exe or MPGCom Toolbar. Also, it can create folder with name MPGCom Toolbar under C:\Program Files\ or C:\ProgramData. If you have further questions about MPGCom Toolbar, please ask below. You can use programs to remove MPGCom Toolbar from your browsers below.

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Threat's description and solution are developed by Security Stronghold security team.

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How to remove MPGCom Toolbar manually

This problem can be solved manually by deleting all registry keys and files connected with MPGCom Toolbar, removing it from startup list and unregistering all corresponding DLLs. Additionally missing DLL's should be restored from distribution in case they are corrupted by MPGCom Toolbar.

To get rid of MPGCom Toolbar, you should:

1. Kill the following processes and delete the appropriate files:

iempg.dat
mpgcom.dll
mpgcom.ins

Warning: you should delete only those files which checksums are listed as malicious. There may be valid files with the same names in your system. We recommend you to use WiperSoft Antispyware Malware Remediation Tool for safe problem solution.

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2. Delete the following malicious folders:

no information

3. Delete the following malicious registry entries and\or values:

Key: iempg.iempgobj
Key: Interface\{FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-5F8507C5F4E8}
Key: TypeLib\{FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-5F8507C5F4E7}
Key: software\classes\interface\{ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-5f8507c5f4e8}
Key: software\classes\typelib\{ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-5f8507c5f4e7}
Key: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects
\{FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-5F8507C5F4E9}
Key: CLSID\{39c0d1ad-078d-47bf-aecd-3cd8151d902f}
Key: CLSID\{ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-5f8507c5f4e9}
Key: iempg.1
Key: iempg.iempgobj.1
Key: mpgcom.zoom
Key: mpgcom.zoom.1
Key: TYPELIB\{7280873c-bdf4-429d-a320-f69eeedd8e6d}

Warning: if value is listed for some registry entries, you should only clear these values and leave keys with such values untouched. We recommend you to use WiperSoft Antispyware Malware Remediation Tool for safe problem solution.

Uninstall MPGCom Toolbar related programs from Control Panel

We recommend you to check list of installed programs and search for MPGCom Toolbar entry or other unknown and suspicious programs. Below are instructions for different version if Windows. In some cases adware programs are protected by malicious service or process and it will not allow you to uninstall it. If MPGCom Toolbar won't uninstall or gives you error message that you do not have sufficient rights to do this perform below instructions in Safe Mode or Safe Mode with Networking or use WiperSoft Antispyware Malware Remediation Tool.

Windows 10

Click on the Start menu and choose Settings
Then click on System and choose Apps & Features in the left column
Find MPGCom Toolbar under in the list and click Uninstall button near it.
Confirm by clicking Uninstall button in opened window if necessary.

Windows 8/8.1

Right click on the bottom left corner of the screen (while on your desktop)
In the menu choose Control Panel
Click Uninstall a program under Programs and Features.
Locate programs that can be connected with MPGCom Toolbar or other related suspicious program.
Click Uninstall button.
Wait until uninstall process is complete.

Windows 7/Vista

Click Start and choose Control Panel.
Choose Programs and Features and Uninstall a program.
In the list of installed programs find entries related to MPGCom Toolbar
Click Uninstall button.

Windows XP

Click Start
In the menu choose Control Panel
Choose Add / Remove Programs.
Find MPGCom Toolbar related entries.
Click Remove button.

Remove MPGCom Toolbar related extensions from your browsers

MPGCom Toolbar in some cases can be accompanied with browsers extension. We recommend you to use free option Toolbar Remover under Tools in Spyhunter Remediation Tool to remove unwanted browser extensions related to MPGCom Toolbar. We recommend you to perform scan your PC with Removal Tool or Spyhunter Remediation Tool. To remove extenions from your browsers manually do the following:

Internet Explorer

While in Internet Explorer click cogwheel icon in the top right corner
In the menu choose the Manage Add-ons
Select Toolbar and Extension tab.
Choose add-on possibly related to MPGCom Toolbar or other related adware BHO.
Click Disable button.

Warning: This option will only disable unwanted plugin. For effective MPGCom Toolbar removal use WiperSoft Antispyware Malware Remediation Tool.

Google Chrome

Start Google Chrome.
In the address bar type chrome://extensions/
In the list of add-ons find related to MPGCom Toolbar and click recycle bin icon.
Confirm MPGCom Toolbar removal.

Mozilla Firefox

Open Firefox
In the address bar type about:addons
Click Extensions tab.
In the list of extension locate ones related to MPGCom Toolbar.
Click Remove button near it.

Reset browsers search and homepage settings

MPGCom Toolbar can affect your browsers which results in browser redirection or search hijack. We recommend you to use free option Reset Browsers under Tools in Spyhunter Remediation Tool to reset all the browsers at once. Mention that you need to remove all files and kill all processes belonging to MPGCom Toolbar before doing this. To reset your browsers manually and restore your homepage perform the following steps:

Internet Explorer

If you use Windows XP, click Start, and then click Run. Type the following in the Open box without quotes, and press Enter: "inetcpl.cpl"
If you use Windows 7 or Windows Vista, click Start. Type the following in the Search box without quotes, and press Enter: "inetcpl.cpl"
Click the Advanced tab
In Reset Internet Explorer settings, click Reset. Click Reset in opened window again.
Select Delete personal settings checkbox to remove browsing history, search providers, homepage
After Internet Explorer finishes resetting, click Close in the Reset Internet Explorer Settings dialog box

Warning: In case this option will not work use free option Reset Browsers under Tools in Spyhunter Remediation Tool.

Google Chrome

Go to the installation folder of Google Chrome: C:\Users\"your username"\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\User Data.
In the User Data folder, look for a file named as Default and rename it to DefaultBackup.
Launch Google Chrome and a new clean Default file will be created.

Warning: This option might not work if in Google Chrome you use online synchronization between PCs. In this case use free option Reset Browsers under Tools in Spyhunter Remediation Tool.

Mozilla Firefox

Open Firefox
Go to Help > Troubleshooting Information in menu.
Click the Reset Firefox button.
After Firefox is done, it will show a window and create folder on the desktop. Click Finish.

Warning: This option will also clean all your account passwords for all websites. If you don't want it use free option Reset Browsers under Tools in Spyhunter Remediation Tool.

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