How Do I Remove Oatmealsmoke.kim For Security of Your PC

Information about Oatmealsmoke.kim

Oatmealsmoke.kim is a malicious browser extension which can be classified as an adware. After Oatmealsmoke.kim gets into your computer, it will change the browser setting and take over the browser. When the browser is opened, you will be redirected to Oatmealsmoke.kim automatically. The pop-up message from Oatmealsmoke.kim states that you have the opportunity to get the reward like IPHONE 6 and IPAD Air by following its steps to finish a survey.

However, the survey from Oatmealsmoke.kim will ask you to enter your personal information, such as phone number, email address, etc. In this case, your personal information will be collected and sent to the hackers to make profits. Moreover, it will ask you to pay money to be subscription, so that you can get the latest news and gain more chance to get the prize.

You should not believe in Oatmealsmoke.kim, or you will lose money for nothing. This adware is mainly designed as an ads-supported platform by the cyber criminals to make profits. It is suggested to remove Oatmealsmoke.kim as soon as possible. It is suggested to scan your computer with a powerful antivirus program like Spyhunter to check out the problem and remove viruses.

Two effective methods to remove Oatmealsmoke.kim permanently from your computer system

1. Remove Oatmealsmoke.kim manually.

2. Remove Oatmealsmoke.kim by using SpyHunter anti-malware.

Detail instruction:

Method one: Manually remove Oatmealsmoke.kim

Step 1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys together and stop related processes in the Windows Task Manager.

Step 2. Remove add-ons:

Internet Explorer

1) Go to ‘Tools’ → ‘Manage Add-ons’;
2) Choose ‘Search Providers’ → choose ‘Bing’ search engine or ‘Google’ search engine and make it default;
3) Select ‘Search Results’ and click ‘Remove’ to remove it;
4) Go to ‘Tools’ → ‘Internet Options’, select ‘General tab’ and click ‘Use default’ button or enter your own website, e.g. Google.com. Click OK to save the changes.

Google Chrome

1) Click on ‘Customize and control’ Google Chrome icon, select ‘Settings’;
2) Choose ‘Basic Options’.
3) Change Google Chrome’s homepage to google.com or any other and click the ‘Manage search engines…’ button;
4) Select ‘Google’ from the list and make it your default search engine;
5) Select ‘Search Results’ from the list remove it by clicking the “X” mark.

Mozilla Firefox

1) Click on the magnifier’s icon and select ‘Manage Search Engines….’;
2) Choose ‘Search Results’ from the list and click ‘Remove’ and OK to save changes;
3) Go to ‘Tools’ → ‘Options’. Reset the startup homepage or change it to google.com under the ‘General tab’;

Step 3. Show all hidden files and clean all the malicious files.

(1).Click the Start button and choose Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, to find Folder Options then double-click on it.
(2).In the pop-up dialog box, click the View tab and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).
(3). Clean all the malicious files about this infection as below.

%AllUsersProfile%\{random.exe\
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\
%AllUsersProfile%\random.exe
%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\random.exe
%Temp%\random.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random
Step 4. Delete related malicious registry entries.

Open Registry Editor by pressing Window+R keys together.(another way is clicking on the Start button and choosing Run option, then typing into Regedit and pressing Enter. )

Delete all the vicious registries as below:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\<random>Software
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\supWPM
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Wpm
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Default_Page_URL" =
"http://www.<random>.com/?type=hp&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>"

Method two: Automatically get rid of Oatmealsmoke.kim with Spyhunter

SpyHunter is a powerful, real-time anti-spyware application that designed to assist the average computer user in protecting their PC from malicious threats like worms, Trojans, rootkits, rogues, dialers, spyware,etc. To keep SpyHunter Anti-malware on your computer is an important way to protect your computer in a good condition. Please find the instruction as follow.

Step one: Click the icon to download SpyHunter removal tool
Step three: After the installation, run SpyHunter and click “Malware Scan” button to have a full or quick scan on your PC.
Step four: Select the detected malicious files after your scanning and click “Remove” button to clean up all viruses.

Note: Manually removal is not an easy job. It is a complex and tough task only suggested to advanced computer users. If you cannot solve the problem with manual guide, you are highly recommended to download Spyhunter antivirus software here to remove Oatmealsmoke.kim and other threats from your system once for all. And Download RegCure Pro to help you clean up unneeded registry entries and optimize your computer.