What is HDS-Total?

HDS-Total is a malicious program that comes as a browser extension and can hijack popular browsers. HDS-Total is not a virus, but it refers to number of potentially unwanted programs. HDS-Total distributes advertising online stores and displays advertising banners and coupons. HDS-Total promotes false sentences to people spending money on nothing. The interface HDS-Total is very nice, but for the beautiful exterior is a danger. HDS-Total can cause irreparable damage to your computer and bring along other unwanted programs. HDS-Total distributes its files all over your computer and creates entries in the registry. So remove it the conventional way will not work. If you find it on your PC, then immediately remove it right now.

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How HDS-Total gets on your PC?

Malicious software penetrate to computer bundled with free programs. Malicious software comes on a computer without consent of the user and can cause irreparable damage to your computer. Most often, the user can prevent the penetration of such programs on their own. For this, it is necessary to follow closely the installation process and not to rush. Read the user agreement, do not agree to install suspicious software. Choose advanced or full installation type. Read reviews about the programs. You can also use special programs that will help you protect your PC. If you have found malware, use our instructions to remove it.

How to remove HDS-Total from your computer?

To uninstall HDS-Total remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.

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Or uninstall HDS-Total manually.

Removing from Control Panel

Windows XP:

  1. Click Start.
  2. Control Panel.
  3. Then click Add or Remove Programs.
  4. Find HDS-Total.
  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 HDS-Total 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 HDS-Total, select it and click Uninstall.

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

After that remove HDS-Total from your browser.

Google Chrome:

  1. Open Google Chrome
  2. Push Alt + F.
  3. Click Tools.
  4. Choose Extensions.
  5. Find HDS-Total.
  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 HDS-Total.
  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 HDS-Total.
  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.

Remove following registry entries:


No information

Then remove following files:


HDS-Total.dll

And following folders


C:Program FilesHDS-Total

Written by Rami Douafi

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