(Solved!) How to clean "TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL" virus? Here is your "TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL" Manual Removal Guide

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Full Path:%LOCAL APPDATA%\EVERYDAYLOOKUPTOOLTAB\TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL

What is TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL?

TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL is a pretty popular virus.
You can get it on your computer while downloading it bundled with some free software.
Sadly, most free downloads do not disclose that other programs will be installed, so you are more likely to get TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL on your PC without your own knowledge.
 

After being downloaded, TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL hijacks your browser and changes search settings.
TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL also causes an appearance of popup ads and browser redirecting.

TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL is very annoying and hard to get rid of.


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You have 2 ways to remove TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL:

You have 2 ways

Remove it automatically1. Remove Automatically.
Remove it manually2. Remove Manually.

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How to remove TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL 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.

http://TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL

You can see TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL 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.

check installed programs to uninstall

STEP 3: Open Task Manager and close all processes, related to TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL in their description. Discover the directories where such processes start. Search for random or strange file names.

Remove TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL virus from running processes

Remove TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL virus from running processes

STEP 4: Inspect the Windows services. Press Win+R, type in: services.msc and press OK.

Remove TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL virus from Windows services

Remove TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL virus from Windows services

Disable the services with random names or contains TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL 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.
Remove TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL from scheduled task list.

Delete any task related to TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL. Disable unknown tasks with random names.

STEP 6: Clear the Windows registry from TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL virus.
Press Win+R, type in: regedit.exe and press OK.

Remove TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL virus from Windows registry

Remove TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL virus from Windows registry

Find and delete all keys/values contains TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL.

STEP 7: Remove TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL from Google Chrome.
Remove TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL Virus from Chrome Extensions

STEP 8: Remove TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL from Internet Explorer.

Set Internet Explorer Homepage

Set Internet Explorer Homepage

STEP 9: Remove TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL from Mozilla Firefox.

Change Firefox Home Page

Change Firefox Home Page

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.

Autostart registry keys:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\UFH\ARP\3: ‘S-1-5-21-259361288-3341279269-3490585568-1001\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\UNINSTALL EVERYDAYLOOKUPTOOLTAB UNINSTALL INTERNET EXPLORER RUNDLL32.EXE “%LOCAL APPDATA%\EVERYDAYLOOKUPTOOLTAB\TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL” U UNINSTALL:EVERYDAYLOOKUP’
HKCU\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\UNINSTALL\EVERYDAYLOOKUPTOOLTAB UNINSTALL INTERNET EXPLORER\UNINSTALLSTRING: “RUNDLL32.EXE “%LOCAL APPDATA%\EVERYDAYLOOKUPTOOLTAB\TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL” U UNINSTALL:EVERYDAYLOOKUP”
Related Files:
%LOCAL APPDATA%\AIMERSOFT\ASHELPER\TIPSLIST.XML
%LOCAL APPDATA%\DOWNLOADED INSTALLERS\{055C7DA5-A1F5-41FB-932C-82474ED3487A}\SETUP.MSI
%LOCAL APPDATA%\EVERYDAYLOOKUPTOOLTAB\TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL
%LOCAL APPDATA%\KEEPVID\KEEPVID PRO\TRYUSEPRINCIPLE\TRYUSEPRINCIPLE.XML
%LOCAL APPDATA%\SLIMWARE UTILITIES INC\DRIVERUPDATE\IGNORES.DAT

File Information TOOLTABEXTENSION.DLL:

Virustotal = 28/65
MD5 = BC960383D1656E444BB0037A74BD5185
File Size: 266864
OriginalFilename: TooltabExtension.dll
FileDescription: Mindspark Tooltab Platform
InternalName: TooltabExtension.dll
CompanyName: Mindspark
FileVersion: 3.0.0.16263
LegalCopyright: c 2016 Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc.


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