Threat Shortlinks.su

Shortlinks.su

A very problematic Trojan horse infection called Shortlinks.su has recently been reported to our security team. Shortlinks.su makes use of certain transmitters to sneak onto as a great many of web people as potential.

But the sole thing we shall be concentrating in the following write-up is a scam ploy that could be related to this malicious software. That’s why, if your email inbox has been collecting spammed by odd notifications from a self-advertised crook in the up-to-date days/weeks , then you certainly need to look into the information that tracks and take measures to examine your device for a probable contamination in bundles with Shortlinks.su.

British Airways’ Black Friday suggest, which deceitfully declares that the carrier is giving away golden tickets, is a trick. The dishonest British Airways giveaway harbors a web link that directs to a scam web page called shortlinks.su. The shortlinks.su web page will seek to scam guests onto conducting questionnaires that steal private information, and may go to other deception portals that scam confidential monetary data. Therefore, should you have been cheated onto disclosing your financial data via the British Airways hoax, please contact your bank for help.

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Learn how to remove Shortlinks.su from your computer

Step 1. Shortlinks.su Removal from Windows

a) Windows 7/XP

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

b) Windows 8

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

c) Windows 10

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

d) Mac OS X

  1. Open Finder and press Applications. mac-os-apps Threat Shortlinks.su
  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 Threat Shortlinks.su
  4. After you move all the unwanted programs, right-click on the trash icon and select Empty Trash.

Step 2. Delete Shortlinks.su from browsers

a) Remove Shortlinks.su 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 Threat Shortlinks.su
  3. Settings → Choose what to clear. edge-settings Threat Shortlinks.su
  4. Check the boxes of the items you want removed, and press Clear. edge-clear-data Threat Shortlinks.su
  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 Threat Shortlinks.su
  8. Right-click on all Microsoft Edge processes, and choose End task.
(Method 2)
Before you proceed with this method, backup your data.
  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 Threat Shortlinks.su
  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 Threat Shortlinks.su
  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 Threat Shortlinks.su
  6. The issue should be gone now.

b) Remove Shortlinks.su from Internet Explorer

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

c) Restore your homepage on Internet Explorer

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  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 Threat Shortlinks.su
  3. Press Apply.

d) Reset Internet Explorer

  1. Open Internet Explorer and press on the Gear icon. ie-settings Threat Shortlinks.su
  2. Internet Options → Advanced tab. ie-settings-advanced Threat Shortlinks.su
  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 Threat Shortlinks.su
  5. Press Reset.
  6. Click OK to exit the window.
  7. Restart your browser.

e) Remove Shortlinks.su 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 Threat Shortlinks.su
  3. Remove suspicious extensions by clicking the Trash icon next to them. chrome-extensions-delete Threat Shortlinks.su
  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 Threat Shortlinks.su
  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 Threat Shortlinks.su
  5. In Settings, under Search, there is a Manage search engines option. Select that. chrome-search-engines Threat Shortlinks.su
  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 Threat Shortlinks.su
  3. Scroll down and press on Show advanced settings. chrome-settings Threat Shortlinks.su
  4. Find and press the Reset button. chrome-reset Threat Shortlinks.su
  5. In the confirmation window that appears, press Reset.

h) Remove Shortlinks.su 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 Threat Shortlinks.su
  3. Select the Extensions tab, and remove all questionable extensions. mozilla-extensions Threat Shortlinks.su
  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 Threat Shortlinks.su
  3. In General, click Restore to Default below the Home Page field. mozilla-options Threat Shortlinks.su

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 Threat Shortlinks.su
  4. Select the Refresh Firefox option. mozilla-reset Threat Shortlinks.su

k) Remove Shortlinks.su 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 Threat Shortlinks.su
  3. Choose the Extensions tab.
  4. Uninstall all questionable extensions. safari-extensions Threat Shortlinks.su
  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 Threat Shortlinks.su
  3. Choose from what time you want the history deleted, and press Clear History. safari-clear-history Threat Shortlinks.su
  4. Press on Safari at the top of the screen and select Preferences. safari-advanced Threat Shortlinks.su
  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 Threat Shortlinks.su
  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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