Anvilworker Threat Alert

Anvilworker

An application called Anvilworker has recently been reported to our “How to remove” team. According to people who have it, Anvilworker can to direct their web scours to various websites that are complete of intrusive pop-ups, banner adverts and other profitable notifications displaying some third-party items and services.

Together with that, Anvilworker ought to also be connected with some potentially undesirable modifies in the browser (Chrome, Edge, Opera, Firefox, etc.) for example substitute of the home website or setup of a new search engine.

Anvilworker.top

Fortunately, none of these activities can be linked to some criminal actions, system corruption, theft or fraud because Anvilworker.top behind them is not malicious and does not have the harmful capabilities of threats like viruses, ransomware or spyware. By origins, Anvilworker.top is considered a browser redirect virus that comes a classification of ad-supported tool.

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The Anvil Worker virus

Yet, if such software like the Anvil Worker virus or Stonkstime is present in your system, it may cause some annoying interruptions to your regular browsing activity and may affect the way your Chrome, Firefox, Explorer or any other browser you may be using operates. Alongside the Anvil Worker malicious software e.g, you can obtain to sustain usual screen freezing, browser non-responsiveness, surprising crashes and interferences that might generally be a resolution of the hijacker’s never-ending occupation of the system’s resources.

Learn how to remove Anvilworker from your computer

Step 1. Anvilworker Removal from Windows

a) Windows 7/XP

  1. Press on the Start icon. win7-start Anvilworker Threat Alert
  2. Control Panel → Programs and Features. win7-control-panel Anvilworker Threat Alert
  3. Find the program you want to delete and press Uninstall. win7-uninstall-program Anvilworker Threat Alert

b) Windows 8

  1. Right-click on the start icon (lower left corner). win10-start2 Anvilworker Threat Alert
  2. Select Control Panel. win8-start Anvilworker Threat Alert
  3. Click Programs and Features. win8-control-panel Anvilworker Threat Alert
  4. Find and remove all unwanted programs. win8-remove-program Anvilworker Threat Alert

c) Windows 10

  1. Open Start menu and click on the magnifying glass (next to the shut down button). win10-start2 Anvilworker Threat Alert
  2. Type in Control Panel. win10-start Anvilworker Threat Alert
  3. Control Panel → Programs and Features. win10-control-panel Anvilworker Threat Alert
  4. Find and remove all unwanted programs. win10-remove-program Anvilworker Threat Alert

d) Mac OS X

  1. Open Finder and press Applications. mac-os-apps Anvilworker Threat Alert
  2. Check all suspicious programs you want to get rid of.
  3. Drag them to the trash icon in your dock (Alternatively, right-click on the program and press Move to Trash). mac-os-app-delete Anvilworker Threat Alert
  4. After you move all the unwanted programs, right-click on the trash icon and select Empty Trash.

Step 2. Delete Anvilworker from browsers

a) Remove Anvilworker from Microsoft Edge

Reset Microsoft Edge (Method 1)
  1. Open Microsoft Edge.
  2. Press More located at the top right corner of the screen (the three dots). edge-menu Anvilworker Threat Alert
  3. Settings → Choose what to clear. edge-settings Anvilworker Threat Alert
  4. Check the boxes of the items you want removed, and press Clear. edge-clear-data Anvilworker Threat Alert
  5. Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete together.
  6. Choose Task Manager.
  7. In the Processes tab, find the Microsoft Edge process, right click on it, and press Go to details (or More details if Go to details is not available). task-manager Anvilworker Threat Alert
  8. Right-click on all Microsoft Edge processes, and choose End task.
(Method 2)
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  1. Go to C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_xxxxxxxxxx.
  2. Select all the folders, right-click on them and press Delete. edge-folder Anvilworker Threat Alert
  3. Press the start button, and type in Windows PowerShell in the search box.
  4. Right-click on the result, and select Run as administrator. edge-powershell Anvilworker Threat Alert
  5. In Administrator: Windows PowerShell, paste Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml -Verbose} under PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> and tap Enter. edge-powershell-script Anvilworker Threat Alert
  6. The issue should be gone now.

b) Remove Anvilworker from Internet Explorer

  1. Open Internet Explorer and press on the Gear icon. IE-gear Anvilworker Threat Alert
  2. Select Manage add-ons, and then Toolbars and Extensions.
  3. Find and disable all suspicious extensions. IE-add-ons Anvilworker Threat Alert
  4. Close the window.

c) Restore your homepage on Internet Explorer

  1. Open Internet Explorer and press on the Gear icon.
  2. Internet Options → General tab. Delete the homepage URL and type in your preferred one. IE-settings2 Anvilworker Threat Alert
  3. Press Apply.

d) Reset Internet Explorer

  1. Open Internet Explorer and press on the Gear icon. ie-settings Anvilworker Threat Alert
  2. Internet Options → Advanced tab. ie-settings-advanced Anvilworker Threat Alert
  3. At the bottom, you will see a Reset button. Press that.
  4. In the window that appears, check the box that says Delete personal settings. IE-reset Anvilworker Threat Alert
  5. Press Reset.
  6. Click OK to exit the window.
  7. Restart your browser.

e) Remove Anvilworker from Google Chrome

  1. Open Google Chrome and press the menu icon on the right, next to the URL field.
  2. Choose More tools and Extensions. chrome-menu-extensions Anvilworker Threat Alert
  3. Remove suspicious extensions by clicking the Trash icon next to them. chrome-extensions-delete Anvilworker Threat Alert
  4. If you are not certain about an extension, you can disable it by unchecking the box that says Enabled. If you later decide to keep it, simply check the box again.
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f) Restore your homepage on Google Chrome

  1. Open Google Chrome and press the menu icon on the right, next to the URL field.
  2. Choose Settings. chrome-menu Anvilworker Threat Alert
  3. In the window that appears, under On startup, there will be a Set pages option. Press on that.
  4. Remove the set website, and type in the one you prefer to be your homepage. Press OK. chrome-startup-page Anvilworker Threat Alert
  5. In Settings, under Search, there is a Manage search engines option. Select that. chrome-search-engines Anvilworker Threat Alert
  6. Remove all search engines except the one you want to use. Click Done.

g) Reset Google Chrome

  1. Open Google Chrome and press the menu icon on the right, next to the URL field.
  2. Choose Settings. chrome-menu Anvilworker Threat Alert
  3. Scroll down and press on Show advanced settings. chrome-settings Anvilworker Threat Alert
  4. Find and press the Reset button. chrome-reset Anvilworker Threat Alert
  5. In the confirmation window that appears, press Reset.

h) Remove Anvilworker from Mozilla Firefox

  1. Open Mozilla Firefox and access the menu by clicking on the three bars on the right of the screen.
  2. Select Add-ons. mozilla-menu Anvilworker Threat Alert
  3. Select the Extensions tab, and remove all questionable extensions. mozilla-extensions Anvilworker Threat Alert
  4. If you are not certain about an extension, you can disable it by clicking Disable. If you later decide to keep it, simply press Enable.

i) Restore your homepage on Mozilla Firefox

  1. Open Mozilla Firefox and access the menu by clicking on the three bars on the right side of the screen.
  2. Select Options. mozilla-menu Anvilworker Threat Alert
  3. In General, click Restore to Default below the Home Page field. mozilla-options Anvilworker Threat Alert

j) Reset Mozilla Firefox

  1. Open Mozilla Firefox and access the menu by clicking on the three bars on the right of the screen.
  2. Press the question mark at the bottom of the menu.
  3. Select Troubleshooting Information. mozilla-troubleshooting Anvilworker Threat Alert
  4. Select the Refresh Firefox option. mozilla-reset Anvilworker Threat Alert

k) Remove Anvilworker from Safari (for Mac)

  1. Open Safari.
  2. Select Preferences (can be accesses by pressing on Safari at the top of your screen). safari-menu Anvilworker Threat Alert
  3. Choose the Extensions tab.
  4. Uninstall all questionable extensions. safari-extensions Anvilworker Threat Alert
  5. If you are not certain about an extension, you can disable it by unchecking the box that says Enabled. If you later decide to keep it, simply check the box again.

l) Reset Safari

If you are using the Yosemite, El Capitan or the Sierra versions, the option to reset Safari with one click is not available. Thus you will have to clear the history and empty the caches in separate steps.
  1. Open Safari.
  2. Select Clear History (can be accesses by pressing on Safari at the top of your screen). safari-clear-history Anvilworker Threat Alert
  3. Choose from what time you want the history deleted, and press Clear History. safari-clear-history Anvilworker Threat Alert
  4. Press on Safari at the top of the screen and select Preferences. safari-advanced Anvilworker Threat Alert
  5. Select the Advanced tab and check the box next to Show Develop menu in menu bar.
  6. Select Develop (from the menu bar at the top of the screen). safari-develop-menu Anvilworker Threat Alert
  7. Press Empty Caches.
If for some reason you are unable to remove the extensions or reset your browsers, it may be a good idea to obtain anti-spyware software and have it deal with the problem.

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