How to remove MonaRonaDona ?

March 6th, 2008
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What is MonaRonaDona?

MonaRonaDona is a browser hijacker made by the same people, who are responsible for the rogue anti-spyware Unigray. There is only one reason for MonaRonaDona's existence - the promotion of Unigray. To reach it's goal, MonaRonaDona will redirect the browser to unigray.com and will also appear in Unigray's system scan reports, thus creating the illusion that Unigray is the only anti-viral application capable of destroying the user's problem.

MonaRonaDona is a threat and should therefore be removed upon detection.

MonaRonaDona is Threat

arrow MonaRonaDona is a parasitic Browser Hijacker
arrow MonaRonaDona may show numerous annoying advertisements
arrow MonaRonaDona logs your internet browsing history
arrow MonaRonaDona will replace (hijack) your browser homepage
arrow MonaRonaDona may spread additional spyware
arrow MonaRonaDona violates your privacy and compromises your security
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Manual MonaRonaDona removal


Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove MonaRonaDona, such activity can permanently damage your system if any mistakes are made in the process, as advanced spyware parasites are able to automatically repair themselves if not completely removed. Thus, manual spyware removal is recommended for experienced users only, such as IT specialists or highly qualified system administrators. For other users, we recommend using automatic spyware removal applications found on 2-viruses.com.

Remove these MonaRonaDona Registry files:
Remove these MonaRonaDona files:
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MonaRonaDona is classified as a Browser Hijacker, which means its parasitic damage payload consists of hijacking your browser homepage, error page, or search page with its own, mostly a commercial site of its creators, forcing you to accumulate force hits to a particular website to make it more popular or by using pay-per-click sites to earn money.

The easiest way for a Browser Hijacker such as MonaRonaDona to infect your computer is to exploit certain ActiveX controls and other security holes in your Internet Explorer browser. By browsing insecure websites on the internet, users may encounter various pop-ups, which secretly install Browser Hijackers like MonaRonaDona on your computer once clicked upon.

As soon as MonaRonaDona completes its operations, the overall browser stability and performance severely degrade, making it nearly impossible to surf the web normally.


How to tell if your PC has been infected by a Browser Hijacker such as MonaRonaDona?

Slow internet connection: Browser Helper Objects are constantly using your internet connection to send your private information to remote servers, as well as receive ads and pop-ups from third party servers, which causes much slower internet connection speed and overall connection instability.
Numerous undesirable and annoying pop-ups: A typical Browser Hijacker keeps track of your internet browsing habits, sending your browsing history data to remote servers, owned by third party companies that use this information to advertise their products via numerous pop-ups, toolbars, hijacked homepages and spam letters. All these undesirable advertising methods are used on the victims of Browser Hijackers.

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