Removing "Hacked by Moozilla" from Internet Explorer

Details how to remove it manually apart from using antivirus.

1. Boot to safe mode (Press F8 when computer restarts)

2. Take out the USB storage devices if any plugged in. Any flash or thumb drives.

3. Go to control panel, folder options, under view, tick the box "Click Show hidden files and folders."
Uncheck the box Hide extensions for known file types.

Uncheck the box Hide Protected Operating system files (Recommended).

4. Click Start and click Run Type C:\ and hit enter.

5. Look out for the files named autorun.inf and ISSDLL.dll.vbs. Select them one by one and hit shift+delete keys together.

Navigate to the windows folder under C:\drive and look for the same files and sgift+delete them.


6. In the same way, follow the steps for all the drives listed under MY Computer.

7. Click Start and click Run. Type regedit and click OK. This will open the registry editor.

8. Back up the registry before making any changes to it as it may cause dangerous implications to the machine.

9. Navigate to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\ and delete Start Page on the right hand side.


Navigate to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\ and delete Window Title on the right hand side.

Navigate to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and delete MS32DLL on the right hand side.

10. Restart computer, and open IE again, to see if the "hacked by moozilla" is still there. Done!