(Solved!) How to Remove "YAHOO! POWERED CODEC" virus in 5 minutes? Here is your "YAHOO! POWERED CODEC" Removal Guide

What is YAHOO! POWERED CODEC?

I suggest you to remove YAHOO! POWERED CODEC from your PC as soon as possible!
Tried to remove YAHOO! POWERED CODEC? Cannot completely delete YAHOO! POWERED CODEC, because it gets back?
See how to fix YAHOO! POWERED CODEC step by step using my removal guide.

How YAHOO! POWERED CODEC got on your computer?

Like many potentially unwanted programs, YAHOO! POWERED CODEC can be installed on your computer as part of a bundle with another tool you downloaded from the Internet. Since YAHOO! POWERED CODEC manufacturer pays software developers for distributing YAHOO! POWERED CODEC within their applications, YAHOO! POWERED CODEC is often included as part of the installer.
YAHOO! POWERED CODEC is also often distributed with free games and simple, one-click freeware tools developed specifically with the purpose of getting YAHOO! POWERED CODEC onto as many computers as possible.
Usually, you have not only one YAHOO! POWERED CODEC problem, but a bunch of similar WIN32:PUPs.

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How dangerous is YAHOO! POWERED CODEC?

While YAHOO! POWERED CODEC is not considered illegal and is not officially classified as malware, it poses a direct threat to your privacy. Since YAHOO! POWERED CODEC runs alongside your Web browser, it can collect and transmit information such your search queries, Web forms and passwords, names and messages, track Web sites that you visit, and do much more on your computer without you even knowing. YAHOO! POWERED CODEC was reported to cause significant slowdowns in browser performance, making Web page load times much longer compared to a clean system.

On a scale of 1 to 5 (with 1 being "mostly harmless", 3 being "invasive" and 5 being "dangerous"), YAHOO! POWERED CODEC can be rated as a 3.

You have 2 ways to remove YAHOO! POWERED CODEC:

1. Remove Automatically.
2. Remove Manually.

Why I recommend you to use an automatic way?

1. You know only one virus name: "YAHOO! POWERED CODEC", but usually you have infected by a bunch of viruses.
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Here’s how to remove YAHOO! POWERED CODEC virus automatically:

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STEP 3: Remove YAHOO! POWERED CODEC virus (3 minutes)

So it was much easier to fix such problem automatically, wasn't it?
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How to remove YAHOO! POWERED CODEC manually:

STEP 1: Check all shortcuts of your browsers on your desktop, taskbar and in the Start menu. Right click on your shortcut and change it's properties.

You can see YAHOO! POWERED CODEC at the end of shortcut target (command line). Remove it and save changes.

In addition, check this command line for fake browser's trick.
For example, if a shortcut points to Google Chrome, it must have the path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe.
Fake browser may be: …\Appdata\Roaming\HPReyos\ReyosStarter3.exe.
Also the file name may be: “chromium.exe” instead of chrome.exe.

STEP 2: Investigate the list of installed programs and uninstall all unknown recently installed programs.

STEP 3: Open Task Manager and close all processes, related to YAHOO! POWERED CODEC in their description. Discover the directories where such processes start. Search for random or strange file names.

Remove YAHOO! POWERED CODEC virus from running processes

STEP 4: Inspect the Windows services. Press Win+R, type in: services.msc and press OK.

Remove YAHOO! POWERED CODEC virus from Windows services

Disable the services with random names or contains YAHOO! POWERED CODEC in it's name or description.

STEP 5: After that press Win+R, type in: taskschd.msc and press OK to open Windows Task Scheduler.

Delete any task related to YAHOO! POWERED CODEC. Disable unknown tasks with random names.

STEP 6: Clear the Windows registry from YAHOO! POWERED CODEC virus.
Press Win+R, type in: regedit.exe and press OK.

Remove YAHOO! POWERED CODEC virus from Windows registry

Find and delete all keys/values contains YAHOO! POWERED CODEC.

STEP 7: Remove YAHOO! POWERED CODEC from Google Chrome.

STEP 8: Remove YAHOO! POWERED CODEC from Internet Explorer.

Set Internet Explorer Homepage

STEP 9: Remove YAHOO! POWERED CODEC from Mozilla Firefox.

Change Firefox Home Page

STEP 10: And at the end, clear your basket, temporal files, browser's cache.

But if you miss any of these steps and only one part of virus remains – it will come back again immediately or after reboot.

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