How to Get Rid of Kingsdowns.com Pop-up - Removal Guide

Recently, there are some computer users browser webpage was hijacked by Kingsdowns.com without his permission:

Gents,

Could you please help me to find solution to remove the "Kingsdowns.com" pop-up. it seem like malware.

Regards,

In this post, there will be the removal guide for reference.

Information of Kingsdowns.com

Kingsdowns.com is a tricky domain which can get into the computer after your computer gets infected with adware or potentically unwanted program. Once gets into the computer, Kingsdowns.com will change the browser setting and replace your default homepage and new tab. When you open the browser, Kingsdowns.com will pop up automatically on your browser without any consent. The message on Kingsdowns.com state that your Adobe Flash Player is outdated and you need to update to continue.

However, you should not believe in it. If you follow its steps, you will get malware on your computer. You need to remove Kingsdowns.com from your computer completely to avoid further damage. You can follow the guide below to continue. Usually, the malware can get into the computer along with free downloads from the Internet, such as browser update, Java update, Flash Player update, Video Player update, video recording, download-managers or PDF creators.It should be noticed that you should pay more attention to the installation process hen download any programs from the Internet.You can pick out the items that you don't need.It is suggested to keep a powerful antivirus program like Spyhunter to protect your computer from further damage.

Instrcution to remove Kingsdowns.com

Method 1: Manual removal

Step 1: Press CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to open Windows Task Manager and close all the related running processes.

  

Step 2: Remove Kingsdowns.com from control panel.

1) On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel.

 

Windows Vista/7/8: Click Uninstall a Program.

Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.

2) When you find the program Kingsdowns.com, click it, and then do one of the following:

Windows Vista/7/8: Click Uninstall.

Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).

Step 3: Reset your browser setting

Firefox:

In the drop-down list of Firefox, go to Help and click on Troubleshooting Information.

Click on the Reset Firefox button to reset it.

Google Chrome: 

Click on the Chrome menu on the right of toolbar and then select Settings.

Scroll down to the bottom to click Show advanced settings.

Go down to the bottom and click Reset browser settings to reset Google Chrome to its default setting.

IE: 

Click Tools on the up right corner and select Internet Options.

Click on Advanced tab, press Reset button to reset IE to its default settings.

Step 4: Go to the Registry Editor and remove all the infection registry entries listed here:

(Steps: Hit Win+R keys and then type regedit in Run box to search)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing "NewTabPageShow" = "1"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Start Page" = "http://www.<random>.com/?type=hp&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes "DefaultScope" = "{33BB0A4E-99AF-4226-BDF6-49120163DE86}"

Method 2: Automatic Removal with SpyHunter

SpyHunter is a world-famous real-time malware protection and removal tool, which is designed to detect , remove and protect your PC from the latest malware attacks, such as Trojans, worms, rootkits, rogue viruses, browser hijacker, ransomware, adware, key-loggers, and so forth. 

Step 1: Press the following button to download SpyHunter.

Step 2: InstallSpyHunter on your computer.

Step 3:  Scan computer now!

Step 4:  Select all and then Remove to delete all threats.

Note: Manual removal is very difficult. If you don’t have sufficient expertise in dealing with the manual removal, it is suggested to Install Spyhunter to remove viruses safely and quickly.