How to Remove “Outdated Browser Detected” Popup Virus

Every time you run the web browser like Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer or Google Chrome, you receive the “Outdated Browser Detected” popup? If so, you should be cautious, because this is a tactic used by hackers who aim to mislead you into installing some potentially unwanted program, for example, adware to your computer. It is hard for most users to get rid of this pop up, for it is displayed by certain kind of virus which has installed on your computer. To make this annoying pop up stop appearing on your computer, you have to remove “Outdated Browser Detected” popup virus from your computer completely.

“Outdated Browser Detected” pop-up virus is used by hackers to deceive computer users that the browser they are using is currently outdated and need to update. “Outdated Browser Detected” pop-up is displayed on your browser while this virus stays on your computer. This pop up mainly shows on Mozilla Firefox browser, but it can appear on other browsers like Internet Explorer and Google Chrome sometimes. This virus often comes bundled with free software downloaded from unsafe sources or attachments of junk emails. Once it enters your computer, it will mess up all your internet default setting such as Homepage, default search provider and DNS, etc. While you browse websites, a popup appears on your browser again and again, saying that “Outdated Browser Detected”, and it recommends you to download an updated browser from a link given in the popup. Certainly, this pop up is a fake message and you should not trust. This virus also allows remote hackers to access your confidential PC information such as credit card number, bank account login information, user id and passwords of social networking websites and more. You have to remove this virus from your computer as soon as possible.

Remove “Outdated Browser Detected” Popup Virus Manually

1. Remove virus related programs from Control Panel.

For Windows XP Users
Click on Start button → Select Control Panel → Click on Add/Remove Programs → Locate any suspicious programs → Click on Remove button.

For Windows 7/Vista Users:
Click on Start button → Select Control Panel → Click on Uninstall a Program / Programs and Features →Locate any unknown program → Click on Uninstall button.

For Windows 8 Users:
Move the mouse pointer to the right side corner → select Search → Search for “control panel” to get Control Panel→ click on Uninstall a Program → Locate any questionable program → click on Uninstall button.

3. Navigate to C:\Windows\System 32. In the folder of System 32, select and delete all Temp folders. Go to the following folders, find and delete any malicious files.

C:/Program Files/common files/Microsoft shared
C:/Program Files/common files/system

4. Click on the Start menu and select Run. Type “regedit” into the box and click OK. This will open the Registry Editor. Then you have to locate the following registry entries and delete them from your computer.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[virus name]\DisplayName [virus name]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\[RANDOM CHARACTERS] %AppData%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[virus name]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[virus name]\DisplayIcon %AppData%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe,0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[virus name]\UninstallString “%AppData%[RANDOM CHARACTERS][RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe” -u

If you have accomplished the manual removal steps, but still find the pop up on your browser, then using an automatic removal tool is needed. You download and install an advanced removal tool to completely remove “Outdated Browser Detected” popup virus. A reliable removal tool can detect all files and registry entries related to the virus and thoroughly delete them from your system.