What is SCRIPTIP-INF?
SCRIPTIP-INF detected as PUP.SCRIPTIP-INF.
What is PUP? PUP is crapware.
SCRIPTIP-INF have several types of unwanted behaviour:
- Displaying popup ads.
- Hijacking your browser.
- Infecting your desktop shortcuts, etc.
- Inserting ads to the web pages.
SCRIPTIP-INF can redirect your browser search, collect your personal information and sell it for advertising.
SCRIPTIP-INF is usually hard in removing. Some people could not find uninstall program for SCRIPTIP-INF in the Control Panel.
Sometimes SCRIPTIP-INF uninstaller does not work.
How SCRIPTIP-INF got on your computer?
Usually you got SCRIPTIP-INF with as part of a bundle with another tool you downloaded from the Internet. Since SCRIPTIP-INF manufacturer pays software developers for distributing SCRIPTIP-INF within their applications, SCRIPTIP-INF is often included as part of the installer.
Usually, you have not only one SCRIPTIP-INF problem, but a bunch of similar WIN32:PUPs.
You have 2 ways to remove SCRIPTIP-INF:
Why I recommend you to use an automatic way?
- You know only one virus name: "SCRIPTIP-INF", but usually you have infected by a bunch of viruses.
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Here’s how to remove SCRIPTIP-INF virus automatically:
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So it was much easier to fix such problem automatically, wasn't it?
That is why I strongly advise you to use UnHackMe for remove SCRIPTIP-INF redirect or other unwanted software.
How to remove SCRIPTIP-INF 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 SCRIPTIP-INF 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 SCRIPTIP-INF in their description. Discover the directories where such processes start. Search for random or strange file names.
STEP 4: Inspect the Windows services. Press Win+R, type in: services.msc and press OK.
Disable the services with random names or contains SCRIPTIP-INF 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 SCRIPTIP-INF. Disable unknown tasks with random names.
STEP 6: Clear the Windows registry from SCRIPTIP-INF virus.
Press Win+R, type in: regedit.exe and press OK.
Find and delete all keys/values contains SCRIPTIP-INF.
STEP 7: Remove SCRIPTIP-INF from Google Chrome.
STEP 8: Remove SCRIPTIP-INF from Internet Explorer.
STEP 9: Remove SCRIPTIP-INF from Mozilla Firefox.
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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