Fidonav.com virus - How to remove

Fidonav.com is supposed to make your web browsing easier. This website set as a homepage on a web browser should provide easier navigation and useful links right where they need to be. Unfortunately, this description is far from reality and we can’t really relate to it.

The website itself operates on a base of a browser add-on. So it’s not just a regular homepage – it will stick to your web browsers and won’t let you get rid of it the easy way. Luckily, we are here to help you – the main reason of this post is to inform you why we consider this add-on to be malicious or unwanted, to say the least, and then introduce you to available solutions to this problem.

Alongside that, we will provide you with the most relevant information about this infection and some useful tips on how to increase overall security level of your computer, so you could avoid similar malware in the future.

Why Fidonav.com add-on is Malicious

There are tons of various malicious applications targeted to your browsers, aiming to take advantage of them and limit your freedom of choice. Some of them, such as Newtab Viruses only tries to steal a new tab on your web browser, while others, like this one, are aiming to overtake all possible aspects of the browser.

Fidonav.com is a browser hijacker and nothing more:

What is it	Browser hijacker Adware
Distribution of the hijacker	Freeware bundle offers Intentional downloads Misleading ads online
Suspicious features	Search queries are recorded Ads on the home page Obscure developers
Remove Fidonav.com	Disable the add-on Scan the device with anti-malware tools (Spyhunter)

 

So you already know that if this add-on gets added to your Internet browser, www.fidonav.com will be set as a homepage, default search engine, and new tab page. You won’t be able to make a step on the Internet without visiting this website. And it’s really a waste of time, even though this tool should allow you to browse the Internet faster.

Regarding the report by SimilarWeb, the traffic of this website is growing month by month and that means this virus is spread successfully. It averages almost 13 million visits every month and that is a pretty big number, considering that this website is worthless. It is mostly spread in South America and Asia, as it can be seen on the map below.

Unwanted Features of Fidonav.com Website

What actually you can expect from this website? First of all, there is a search box linking to original Google Search. If you use this search, your query will be submitted directly to Google and the returned results should be just fine. However, you should keep in mind that Fidonav virus can record those queries and then sell collected information, so think twice before exposing your personal information or something you wouldn’t want other parties to know about you.

And that’s about it speaking of useful traits of this website. Below the search box, you will notice a bunch of links to various websites. Some of them are useful and reliable, while others should be avoided. Also, on that same search page, you will notice a lot of advertisements and strange icons. It is not really useful and vice versa – you will waste your time due to this layout. Most of the users prefer clean and minimalistic starting page that wouldn’t distract them and fidonav.com can’t be described as one.

Another red flag about this tool – no ownership is disclosed in their privacy policy or terms and conditions. That means you have no clue who you are dealing with. If something goes terribly wrong due to this virus, no one will take responsibility.

How to Erase Fidonav.com Efficiently

Usually, browser add-ons can be simply disabled and that’s about it. However, when we are speaking about browser hijackers, things are a bit different since they don’t want you to remove them and will prevent it at any price. So to get rid of virus like this, you should get yourself anti-malware program, such as Spyhunter. Scan your computer with either of those programs and the virus will be detected and removed automatically.

To learn more about removing Fidonav.com virus from your computer, take a look at our step-by-step Fidonav.com manual removal guide below this post.

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How to remove Fidonav.com virus using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Fidonav.com virus install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to Fidonav.com virus . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Fidonav.com virus easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

How to remove Fidonav.com virus from macOS

Delete Fidonav.com virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Fidonav.com virus app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

TopHow To remove Fidonav.com virus from Google Chrome:

• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select More Tools→Extensions
  
• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
  
• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select Settings
  
• Select Manage Search engines
  
• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list
  
• Go back to settings. On Startup choose Open blank page (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).
• If your homepage was changed, click on Chrome menu on the top right corner, select Settings. Select Open a specific page or set of pages and click on Set pages.
  
• Delete malicious search websites at a new Startup pages window by clicking “X” next to them.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Fidonav.com virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on a Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on theReset browser settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How To remove Fidonav.com virus from Firefox:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (Or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Fidonav.com virus related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on the Firefox menu in the top right corner, select Options → General. Enter a preferable URL to the homepage field and click Restore to Default.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Fidonav.com virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• ChooseTroubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on theReset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program to identify malicious entries.

How to remove Fidonav.com virus from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.

• Click on the three-dot menu on the browser toolbar and Select Settings

• Select Privacy and Services and scroll down. Press on Address bar.

• Choose Manage search engines.

• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list: open the three-dot menu and choose Remove.

• Go back to Settings. Open On start-up.
• Delete malicious search websites at Open specific page or pages by opening the three-dot menu and clicking Delete.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Fidonav.com virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings

• Click on Edge's menu button and select Settings. Click on the Reset Settings button on the left.
• Press the Restore settings to their default values option.

• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove Fidonav.com virus from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Fidonav.com virus and other suspicious extensions.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences and choose General tab. Enter preferable URL to the homepage field.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings(older versions) If you are still experiencing any issues related to Fidonav.com virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari…
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

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