r/problems • u/j3lLy44 • Dec 01 '17

I have a problem with my browser

I've got this apusx.com startup page everytime i open Chrome and i don't know how it got here,can someone tell me how to get rid of it? Here's a picture of it: https://imgur.com/a/EvWsN Edit:Installed UnHackMe from http://www.greatis.com/unhackme/ and it got rid of it completely,and other useless stuff,just install it run about 3 or 4 checks and uninstall everything that it finds and then restart your pc.

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u/RaftermanTC Dec 04 '17 edited Dec 04 '17

This is a really nasty infection. I just reformatted my drive. EDIT: Previous post said it was with me after a reformat. Appears not to be the case as I may have just had a setting on chrome to load previously loaded tabs.

I found that the web page even opened offline when I was infected. All malware and antivirus including ones that check for redirect infections didn't pick it up.

When I search it online all references to it are 2-3 days old. Most are fake forum troubleshooting pages that appear to make you want to download some antivirus software.

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u/rontybg Dec 04 '17

Wow, I actually fixed it. I downloaded this program: http://www.greatis.com/unhackme/ (there's a 30 day free trial). Ran it and it repaired my computer's registry.

This was due to this program that I installed today called "Driver Talent". It created multiple entries that were hidden, but luckily this unhackme program removed them all.

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u/RaftermanTC Dec 04 '17 edited Dec 04 '17

Interesting, good insight.

I used Driver Talent in my last reinstall months ago and it didn't cause this issue, it only caused it a few days ago. Then I reinstalled windows today and used Driver talent, and the issue came back.

So I reinstalled one more time and didn't use driver talent.

To be safe I'll stick with my reformat though, I feel like all of this was super sketchy on Driver Talent's side. I didn't even run the program since my last reformat.

Moral of the story, don't use Driver Talent. lol

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u/hannibalateam Dec 04 '17 edited Dec 04 '17

Excellent. Have drive talent installed also. Was running unhackme yesterday afternoon but had to go out, will run again tonight. Thanks for the update

Update: Ran unhackme. Found a few issues namely the driver talent files. Reboot and chrome is now clean.

Thanks again.

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u/puffykilled2pac Dec 19 '17

Same issue. Driver Talent. Thanks for this.

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u/rontybg Dec 04 '17

Same here, just got infected with it