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  • Remove the Fanli90.cn Browser Hijacker (Removal Guide)

    The Fanli90.cn Browser Hijacker is a browser hijacker from the Adware/ShortcutHijacker family that changes the home page of your installed browsers to the site fanli90.cn. It does this by modifying the shortcuts for all of your installed browsers, so that if you use them to open the browser, they will automatically open to the fanli90.cn home page.

    Remove the Fanli90.cn Browser Hijacker (Removal Guide)

    • Wed, 18 Jan 2017 09:47:03 EST
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    The Fanli90.cn Browser Hijacker is a browser hijacker from the Adware/ShortcutHijacker family that changes the home page of your installed browsers to the site fanli90.cn. It does this by modifying the shortcuts for all of your installed browsers, so that if you use them to open the browser, they will automatically open to the fanli90.cn home page.
    Unfortunately, rather than installing a program that infects your shortcuts, it installs a special VBScript into the Windows Management Instrumentations (WMI) that performs this task. Since there are no programs installed on the victim's computer, security programs may detect the infected shortcuts, but will not be able to properly remove the WMI script. Therefore, a user will clean the shortcuts and later find that they are reinfected again.
    When Fanli90.cn is installed it will only modify the shortcuts of certain web browsers. The web browsers that this browser hijacker will target are listed below:
    Internet Explorer Chrome Firefox
    360 Chrome Sogou Explorer Opera
    Safari Maxthon QQ Browser
    Baidu Browser TheWorld Browser Liebao
    Tencent Traveler
    When the Fanli90.cn hijacker is installed, it will also install a Chrome extension called Easychrome. This extension will inject advertisements and display popup ads while browsing the web.
    How did the Fanli90.cn browser hijacker get on my computer?

    This program is installed via downloaders found on video and file sharing sites or software crack sites. These sites will offer free videos or downloads, but will in reality install the Fanli90.cn hijacker on your computer. Therefore, it is important that you pay attention to the license agreements and installation screens when installing anything off of the Internet. If an installation screen offers you Custom or Advanced installation options, it is a good idea to select these as they will typically disclose what other 3rd party software will also be installed. Furthermore, If the license agreement or installation screens state that they are going to install a toolbar or other unwanted adware, it is advised that you cancel the install and not use the free software.
    Without a doubt, the Fanli90.cn browser hijacker was purposely created to make it difficult to remove so that you are forced to use their home page. In my opinion, you should remove this program if you discover the symptoms listed above so that your computer and browsers can run properly again. To remove the Fanli90.cn Browser Hijacker and clean the affected shortcuts, please use the removal guide below.

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