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    How to remove the youareanidiot.cc trojan from my browser?

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    • joaozin003
      joaozin003 last edited by leocg

      Hello. I opened youareanidiot.cc for fun, and toggled popups to see what happens. And my browser got forkbombed. And it's stuck as that. Is there a way to remove the tab or at least remove all tabs without having to open the browser?

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      • burnout426
        burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

        You could delete the "Sessions" folder in your profile folder. That would get rid of all tabs and windows.

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        • Terrible69
          Terrible69 @burnout426 last edited by

          @burnout426 so how do I do that

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          • joaozin003
            joaozin003 @Terrible69 last edited by

            @terrible69 well, by going to explorer and deleting it

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            • burnout426
              burnout426 Volunteer @Terrible69 last edited by

              @terrible69 Assuming regular Opera and Windows, in Windows Explorer (File Explorer) (with extensions and hidden items set under view -> show), browse to "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable", right-click on the "Sessions" folder, and choose "delete".

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              • hamburgergamer
                hamburgergamer @burnout426 last edited by

                @burnout426 thank you for this, i didn't think there was this specific topic on opera forums

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                • OllyB
                  OllyB @joaozin003 last edited by

                  @joaozin003 said in How to remove the youareanidiot.cc trojan from my browser?:

                  Hello. I opened youareanidiot.cc for fun, and toggled popups to see what happens. And my browser got forkbombed. And it's stuck as that. Is there a way to remove the tab or at least remove all tabs without having to open the browser?

                  Use ad aware cleaner. It can find and eliminate such browser malware better than antivirus

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                  • lylawa
                    lylawa Banned last edited by

                    Consider removing the "Sessions" folder within your profile directory. This action will eliminate all tabs and windows associated with it.

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                    • youareanidiotkilledme
                      youareanidiotkilledme last edited by

                      i used CCleaner and it forces all apps you want to close if they are trying to refuse. i ended up after doing that going to control panel which can be done by typing it in the bottom left of your screen. after this is done i recommend going to programs and under neeth it should say uninstall a program after this is been clicked find opera and delete it then if you want you could try reinstalling it to see if the virus has been deleted off of your browser 🙂 and btw i dont knowif that works but atleast try

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                      • BIGWILLYWONKA
                        BIGWILLYWONKA last edited by

                        This is weird, but I also got forkbombed and im using MacOs. can someone help

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                        • ArthurtheTechie22
                          ArthurtheTechie22 last edited by

                          Use task manager if you do not want to use anti adware. it worked for me just fine

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