What Is Liketour.org?

Berta Bilbao

Berta is a dedicated malware researcher, dreaming for a more secure cyber space. Her fascination with IT security began a few years ago when a malware locked her out of her own computer.

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Liketour.org is classified by security experts as a browser hijacker which has been spotted just recently in the wild. Liketour.org is being promoted as a search engine compatible with the standard browsers like Mozilla, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Safari.

Reportedly, once installed Liketour.org changes the setting of the current browser and sets the default search engine, homepage and new tab page to liketour.com. The first symptoms that your computer has been infiltrated by the browser hijacker are different pop-up advertisements and browser links. Users should keep in mind that Liketour.org redirects are very persistent, and the presented links may lead to potentially malicious websites. This is why experts recommend the removal of Liketour.org from the compromised machine.

How Does Is Liketour.org Browser Hijacker Affect Your Machine?

Once infiltrated into a machine Liketour.org starts operating as a browser plugin, attached to the browsers the victim is using. It collects information about the user’s online activity and other personally non-identifiable data. Liketour.org may also install additional applications, including new toolbars on the browser, unwanted system tools, etc. In many cases, users report that the performance of the machine affected is considerably slowed down.

A screenshot of the Liketour.org homepage

After the Liketour.org browser hijacker has entered the system, all the activity in your browser is being redirected through DNS changes in the system. Liketour.org browser hijacker also may come with additional questionable software. In some cases, the anti-virus program may not be able to locate and remove it. That may lead to users experiencing:

• much slower Internet connection
• compromised system operations
• freezing or even completely crashing at times

If users notice such computer behavior, they should find and remove the browser hijacker as quick as possible.

How Is Liketour.org Browser Hijacker Being Distributed?

Users can get the Liketour.org browser hijacker through malicious scripts when downloading shareware and freeware online. The hijacker can also come as an attachment to an email, spread out through media files and social networks, or in a package with other malicious software. Therefore, it is highly advisable users to beware what type of sites they visit, what kind of email attachments they open or how they communicate into the social networks.

How to Remove the Liketour.org Browser Hijacker from Your Computer?

The Liketour.org browser hijacker may expose your personal data to risk. It may also track users through the use of their cookies and collect different information. It is strongly recommended for victims to remove it as soon as possible. Here is a guide for its quick removal.

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1. Restore the settings in your browser

1. Remove Liketour.org from your browser

Remove a toolbar from Mozilla FirefoxRemove a toolbar from Google Chrome Remove a toolbar from Internet Explorer Remove a toolbar from Safari

Start Mozilla Firefox Open the menu window

Select the “Add-ons” icon from the menu

Select Liketour.org and click “Remove”

After Liketour.org is removed, restart Mozilla Firefox by closing it from the red “X” in the top right corner and start it again.

Start Google Chrome and Open the drop menu

Move the cursor over “Tools” and then from the extended menu choose “Extensions“

From the opened “Extensions” menu locate Liketour.org and click on the garbage bin icon on the right of it.

After Liketour.org is removed, restart Google Chrome by closing it from the red “X” in the top right corner and start it again.

Start Internet Explorer:

Click “‘Tools’ to open the drop menu and select ‘Manage Add-ons’

In the ‘Manage Add-ons’ window, make sure that in the first window ‘Add-on Types’, the drop menu ‘Show’ is on ‘All add-ons’

Select Liketour.org to remove, and then click ‘Disable’. A pop-up window will appear to inform you that you are about to disable the selected toolbar, and some additional toolbars might be disabled as well. Leave all the boxes checked, and click ‘Disable’.

After Liketour.org has been removed, restart Internet Explorer by closing it from the red ‘X’ in the top right corner and start it again.

Start Safari

Open the drop menu by clicking on the sprocket icon in the top right corner.

From the drop menu select ‘Preferences’
In the new window select ‘Extensions’
Click once on Liketour.org
Click ‘Uninstall’

A pop-up window will appear asking for confirmation to uninstall Liketour.org. Select ‘Uninstall’ again, and the Liketour.org will be removed.

2. Remove Liketour.org automatically with Spy Hunter Malware - Removal Tool.

2. Remove Liketour.org automatically with Spy Hunter Malware – Removal Tool.

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Berta Bilbao

Berta is a dedicated malware researcher, dreaming for a more secure cyber space. Her fascination with IT security began a few years ago when a malware locked her out of her own computer.

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