Removal Pinterest.aot.im (AOT.IM)—Step by Step Instruction

http://Pinterest.aot.im redirect makes me crazy! Every time I launch my web browser like Google Chrome, I just find my browser homepage is replaced by this weird browser hijacker page. All my browser settings are casually changed, and I am afraid to do browsing tasks with this browser redirect in my computer. How can I avoid this web site? I don’t want to see it again!

Description about pinterest.aot.im (AOT.IM)

Pinterest.aot.im (AOT.IM) belongs to the browser hijacker family which may do a great harm to the infected PC.  If you notice that Pinterest.aot.im have invaded into your computer, you should take action immediately to remove this virus before it cause more damages to your PC.

One screenshot of pinterest.aot.im

Just as the above screenshot of Pinterest.aot.im, Pinterest.aot.im will pretend to be a formal and useful website to allure people to install it on the computer. After entering into the PC, Pinterest.aot.im shows its harmful characteristics. It may mainly blocks your normal access to the favorite sits like Facebook, google, yahoo etc. and replace your homepage to http://Pinterest.aot.im. The search results displayed on this website are always fake and inveracious. Meanwhile,many unknown links mix in the search results. Once click them, the webpage will be navigated to malicious sites that contain a mass of advertisements and fake free software downloading. What’s worse, Pinterest.aot.im may create many malicious files which will cause the program malfunction, and affect and modify compromised computers' important system files, for instance Windows registry entries for its own benefits. In addition, cyber criminal may easily control the infected PC as Pinterest.aot.im virus has eroded the system security and chiseled up a backdoor on the computer. In conclusion, you should never leave Pinterest.aot.im stay in your PC any longer, take action to remove it as soon as possible before you PC performance is declined enormously by this virus. 

Effective methods to get rid of Pinterest.aot.im:

Method one: Manually remove Pinterest.aot.im
Method two: Automatically remove Pinterest.aot.im easily with SpyHunter

Detail instruction (please perform all the steps in correct order)

Method one: Manually remove Pinterest.aot.im

Step 1: stop all the malicious processes about Pinterest.aot.im Guide: Open task manager by pressing Alt+Ctrl+Del keys at the same time. Another way is to click on the Start button and choose Run option, then type taskmgr into and press OK.
 
 
Terminate all the processes related to Pinterest.aot.im

Step2: uninstall Pinterest.aot.im from your computer, click the Start button, then select Control Panel, and click on Add or Remove programs.

Step 3: show hidden files and folders and delete all the following files.
Guide: click the Start button and choose Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, to find Folder Options then double-click on it. In the pop-up dialog box, click the View tab and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).
 
Delete all the following files belong to Pinterest.aot.im

%AppData%\.exe
%CommonAppData%\.exe
C:\Windows\Temp\.exe
%temp%\.exe
C:\Program Files\

Step 4: open Registry Editor to delete all the vicious registries as below Guide: 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\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Default_Search_URL" = "http://www..com/web/?type=ds&ts=&from=tugs&uid=&q={searchTerms}"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Search Page" = "http://www..com/web/?type=ds&ts=&from=tugs&uid=&q={searchTerms}"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Start Page" = "http://www..com/?type=hp&ts=&from=tugs&uid="
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search "CustomizeSearch" = "http://www..com/web/?type=ds&ts=&from=tugs&uid=&q={searchTerms}"

If the manual removal is kinda difficult for you and you have spent too much time in manually removing without any progress, stop and choose the automatic removal solution.

Method two: Automatically remove Pinterest.aot.imeasily 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. It is important to note that SpyHunter removal tool works well and should run alongside existing security programs without any conflicts.

Step one: Click the Download icon to install SpyHunter in your PC.
 

Step two: After the installation, run SpyHunter and click “Malware Scan” button to have a full or quick scan on your PC.

Step three: Choose Select all>Remove to get rid of all the threats on your PC.

Video on how to remove Pinterest.aot.im:

Note: manual removal is an effectively method to get rid of Pinterest.aot.im, as to completely remove Pinterest.aot.im, all its related files, process, and registries needs to be removed. If you haven’t sufficient expertise in manually dealing with program files, processes, .dll files and registry entries, you are recommended to download Spyhunter to automatically remove Pinterest.aot.im from your PC quickly and effectively.