ORBTR Orbiter SearchProtect removal guide

What is Orbiter?

Orbiter is a potential unwanted application that installs to the system without user's persmission and installs its own search engine to all your browsers:

Search engine istart.webssearches.com example

Orbiter application belongs to SearchProtect malware family and can be detected by different malware scanners also as:

• Adware.SProtect (Gridinsoft Trojan Killer) 
• Win32/Conduit.SearchProtect
• Trojan.Win32.Generic
• PUP.Optional.Conduit
• Win32.Application.SearchProtect

How to figure out that your computer is infected with Orbiter?

Here are some symptoms that indicate that your computer is infected with Orbiter virus:

• your search engine or/and start page was changed without your permissions;
• the following folder is present on your computer: 
• C:\Program Files\ORBTR
• at least one of the following registry items is present on your computer:
• HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Svchost|ORBTR
• HKLM\SOFTWARE\ORBTR
• HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Orbiter
• at least one of the following files is running on your computer:
• orbiter.dll
• Orbt.ext
• the following service is installed on your computer:
• Orbiter
• at least one file with the following MD5 hashes is present on your computer:
• FC6173D5047A28F5338346D666D8DFDE
• 82FC4EAFF4156DDB621FADDC0741011D

How to get rid of Orbiter?

Follow this guide to remove Orbiter from your computer completely.

Step 1.  Try to remove Orbiter using tools of Windows operating system.

Navigate to C:\Program Files\ORBTR folder using Windows Explorer and double-click on the uninstall.exe file as shown below:

Orbiter uninstalling

Now reboot your computer and move to the next step.

Step 2. Remove Orbiter completely using Gridinsoft Trojan Killer tool

Gridinsoft Trojan Killer is a powerful all-in-one tool aimed to kill diffirent kinds of malware. It has no analogues on the quality of malware and browser hijackers removal. Gridinsoft Trojan Killer also has professional support team that can resolve your problem remotely even though Trojan Killer didn't find any threat on your PC.

Please, follow the guide below to remove Orbiter malware from your computer.

• Download Gridinsoft Trojan Killer malware removal solution setup from the download link: Trojan Killer download link

• Close all your programs and browsers
• Install Gridinsoft Trojan Killer and run it by double-clicking on the icon on your desktop 

  

  Trojan Killer icon on the desktop

• Run Standart scan using Scan tab of your Trojan Killer

  

  Scan tab of Trojan Killer

• After the scanning completed mark all items as Move to quarantine and press Apply button to remove all dangerous items from your computer. Reboot your PC if Trojan Killer asks about it:

  

  Scan results

• Now you have to clean all your browsers. Go to Tools tab and press Reset browser settings button:

  

  Tools tab of Trojan Killer

• Mark all your browsers as shown below and press Reset button:

  

  Resetting browser settings

• Reboot your PC and check the result

Now your computer should be cleaned of Orbiter virus. If you still notice any signs of Orbiter, please send your request to the Trojan Killer Support. Specialists from Gridinsoft will help you to remove any kind of threats.

Please, notice that Trojan Killer Support service is able for registred users only.