What is Hathick.info?

Hathick.info is part of the malware that has penetrated your PC. Typically, this is due to the activities of adware or another potentially unwanted program that makes changes to the settings of all the browsers that are on your PC. Hathick.info is a scam virus, constantly redirecting the user to a third-party site and displaying a pop-up and requesting the sending of notifications. In the case, there is a user to agree to this, then a huge number of advertising banners and a pop-up will appear at any moment during browsing. This advertising content has different forms and content, for example, offers to download updates for flash player or other programs, however, the main thing is that this is a lie.

Hathick.info Pop-Up

How Hathick.info gets on your PC?

Most often Hathick.info chooses the way of bundling with free programs, utilities, and others as a way to penetrate the PC. The main reason that malware infects user computers is user carelessness. Remember that you need to closely monitor the installation process by selecting an advanced installation type. So you can see the complete list of components contained in the installer. Also, do not forget to use antiviruses and other specialized programs that can prevent computer infection with this and other malicious software. If Hathick.info is already on your computer and you want to remove it, then we bring to your attention detailed instructions on how to remove it now.

How to remove Hathick.info from your computer?

To uninstall Hathick.info remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.

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You can try both of these products to remove Hathick.info

Or uninstall Hathick.info manually.

Step 1: Remove Hathick.info from Control Panel

Windows XP:

  1. Click Start.
  2. Control Panel.
  3. Then click Add or Remove Programs.
  4. Find Hathick.info.
  5. Click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.

Windows 7/Windows Vista:

  1. Click Start.
  2. Then Control Panel.
  3. Click Uninstall a Program.
  4. Find Hathick.info and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.

Windows 8/Windows 8.1:

  1. Open the Menu.
  2. Click Search.
  3. After that click Apps.
  4. Then Control Panel.
  5. Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
  6. Find Hathick.info, select it and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).

Windows 10:

  1. Click on the Start button (or press the Windows key) to open the Start menu, click on the Settings at the top.
  2. Click on App & features on the left menu.
  3. On the right side, locate Hathick.info and click it, then click on the Uninstall button.
  4. Click on Uninstall to confirm.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 10

Note: If you can’t find required program, sort programs by date in Control panel and search for last installed programs.

After that remove Hathick.info from your browser.

Step 2: Remove Hathick.info from browsers

Google Chrome:

  1. Open Google Chrome
  2. Push Alt + F.
  3. Click Tools.
  4. Choose Extensions.
  5. Find Hathick.info.
  6. Click the trash can icon to remove it.

Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.

Mozilla Firefox:

  1. Open Firefox.
  2. Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
  3. Choose Hathick.info.
  4. Click Disable or Remove button.

Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.

Internet Explorer:

  1. Open IE.
  2. Push Alt + T.
  3. Click Manage Add-ons.
  4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
  5. Click Disable Hathick.info.
  6. Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
  7. Click Remove button.
  8. If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.

Learn more about removing extensions from IE.

Step 3: Resetting your browser search and homepage settings

Reset browser setting in Google Chrome:
  1. Click the Chrome menu (3 bar button) in the top right corner.
  2. Choose Settings.
  3. Click Show advanced settings.
  4. Go to Reset browser settings section.
  5. Click Reset browser settings.
  6. In the dialog that appears, click Reset.

Learn more about resetting browser settings in Google Chrome.

Reset browser setting in Mozilla Firefox:
  1. Open Mozilla Firefox.
  2. Go to Help.
  3. Go to Troubleshooting information.
  4. Click Reset Firefox… button.

Learn more about resetting browser settings in Mozilla Firefox.

Reset browser setting in Internet Explorer:
  1. Open Internet Explorer.
  2. Click on the cogwheel in the right upper corner.
  3. Click Internet options.
  4. Go to Advanced tab.
  5. Click Reset button.
  6. Put a tick near Delete personal settings checkbox.
  7. Click Reset button.

Learn more about resetting browser settings in Internet Explorer.

Step 4: Remove following files and folders of Hathick.info:

Remove following regitry entries:

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Written by Rami Douafi

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