Yiqilai pimps itself as a search-assisting toolbar, an e-Girl Scout helping you to cross the web’s street. Only imagine that the whole time Girl Scout Yiqilai helps you cross the street, it keeps jabbering about buying cookies, those peanut butter ones it saw you buying yesterday, c’mon, buy, buy, buy.

That’s what Yiqilai may do — while it’s acting like Mom Theresa and helping you browse the web, Yiqilai may track your web surfing, and display Yiqilai ads tailored to your activity. Yiqilai may also come bundled with badware.

Let me show you how to get rid of Yiqilai, before Yiqilai throws you and your PC under the bus.

Do You Have Yiqilai?

When you’re infected with badware — whether it’s Yiqilai, spyware, adware, a Trojan, or a virus — there are a few key symptoms. Have you noticed…

• Slow computer performance: It just takes one parasite like Yiqilai to slow your computer dramatically. If your PC takes longer than usual to reboot, or if your Internet connection is unusually slow, you may be infected with Yiqilai.
• New desktop shortcuts or switched homepage: Badware like Yiqilai may change your Internet settings to redirect your homepage to another site. Badware can even add desktop shortcuts to your PC.
• Annoying popups: Badware can bombard your computer with popup ads, even when you’re not online. Through these popups, you may be tricked into downloading more spyware.

How to Remove Yiqilai Manually

Before we get started, you should backup your system and your registry, so it’ll be easy to restore your computer if anything goes wrong.

To remove Yiqilai manually, you need to delete Yiqilai files. Not sure how to delete Yiqilai files? Click here, and I’ll show you. Otherwise, go ahead and…

Block Yiqilai sites:

Delete Yiqilai DLLs:

Remove Yiqilai registry values:

Get rid of Yiqilai files:

Note: In any Yiqilai files I mention above, “%UserProfile%” is a variable referring to your current user’s profile folder. If you’re using Windows NT/2000/XP, by default this is “C:\Documents and Settings\[CURRENT USER]” (e.g., “C:\Documents and Settings\JoeSmith”). If you have any questions about manual Yiqilai removal, go ahead and leave a comment.

How Do You Remove Yiqilai Files?

Need help figuring out how to delete Yiqilai files? While there’s some risk involved, and you should only manually remove Yiqilai files if you’re comfortable editing your system, you’ll find it’s fairly easy to delete Yiqilai files in Windows.

How to delete Yiqilai files in Windows XP and Vista:

1. Click your Windows Start menu, and then click “Search.”
2. A speech bubble will pop up asking you, “What do you want to search for?” Click “All files and folders.”
3. Type a Yiqilai file in the search box, and select “Local Hard Drives.”
4. Click “Search.” Once the file is found, delete it.

How to stop Yiqilai processes:

1. Click the Start menu, select Run.
2. Type taskmgr.exe into the the Run command box, and click “OK.” You can also launch the Task Manager by pressing keys CTRL + Shift + ESC.
3. Click Processes tab, and find Yiqilai processes.
4. Once you’ve found the Yiqilai processes, right-click them and select “End Process” to kill Yiqilai.

How to remove Yiqilai registry keys:

Because your registry is such a key piece of your Windows system, you should always backup your registry before you edit it. Editing your registry can be intimidating if you’re not a computer expert, and when you change or a delete a critical registry key or value, there’s a chance you may need to reinstall your entire system. Make sure your backup your registry before editing it.

1. Select your Windows menu “Start,” and click “Run.” An “Open” field will appear. Type “regedit” and click “OK” to open up your Registry Editor.
2. Registry Editor will open as a window with two panes. The left side Registry Editor’s window lets you select various registry keys, and the right side displays the registry values of the registry key you select.
3. To find a registry key, such as any Yiqilai registry keys, select “Edit,” then select “Find,” and in the search bar type any of Yiqilai’s registry keys.
4. As soon as Yiqilai registry key appears, you can delete the Yiqilai registry key by right-clicking it and selecting “Modify,” then clicking “Delete.”

How to delete Yiqilai DLL files:

1. First locate Yiqilai DLL files you want to delete. Open your Windows Start menu, then click “Run.” Type “cmd” in Run, and click “OK.”
2. To change your current directory, type “cd” in the command box, press your “Space” key, and enter the full directory where the Yiqilai DLL file is located. If you’re not sure if the Yiqilai DLL file is located in a particular directory, enter “dir” in the command box to display a directory’s contents. To go one directory back, enter “cd ..” in the command box and press “Enter.”
3. When you’ve located the Yiqilai DLL file you want to remove, type “regsvr32 /u SampleDLLName.dll” (e.g., “regsvr32 /u jl27script.dll”) and press your “Enter” key.

That’s it. If you want to restore any Yiqilai DLL file you removed, type “regsvr32 DLLJustDeleted.dll” (e.g., “regsvr32 jl27script.dll”) into your command box, and press your “Enter” key.

Did Yiqilai change your homepage?

1. Click Windows Start menu > Control Panel > Internet Options.
2. Under Home Page, select the General > Use Default.
3. Type in the URL you want as your home page (e.g., “http://www.homepage.com”).
4. Select Apply > OK.
5. You’ll want to open a fresh web page and make sure that your new default home page pops up.

Yiqilai Removal Tip

Is your computer acting funny after deleting any Yiqilai files? I recommend using a program like File Recover from PC Tools. File Recover saves deleted files that otherwise can’t be recovered by Windows operating sytem.

Want to save time finding Yiqilai files? Download Spyware Doctor, let it find the Yiqilai files for you, and then manually delete Yiqilai files.

How Did You Get Yiqilai?

Wondering how Yiqilai ended up on your PC? If you’re infected with Yiqilai or other badware, perhaps you were using…

• Freeware or shareware: Did you download and install shareware or freeware? These low-cost or free software applications may come bundled with spyware, adware, or programs like Yiqilai. Sometimes adware is attached to the free software to “pay” developers for the cost of creating the software, and more often spyware is secretly attached to free software to harm your computer and steal your personal and financial information.
• Peer-to-peer software: Do you use a peer-to-peer (P2P) program or other application with a shared network? When you use these applications, you put your system at risk for unknowingly downloading an infected file, including applications like Yiqilai.
• Questionable websites: Did you visit a website that’s of questionable nature? When you visit malicious sites that are fishy and phishy, badware may be automatically downloaded and installed onto your computer, sometimes including applications like Yiqilai. I recommend you use Firefox web browser, if you don’t already.

Understanding Yiqilai

If you’re infected with Yiqilai, you should know what you’re fighting. I’ll explain some definitions related to Yiqilai.

Yiqilai May Be a Browser Hijacker

Browser hijackers can change your web browser settings. Browser hijackers may change your home page to or redirect your searches through a pay-per-click site to make money, and browser hijackers may also monitor your web activities. Often, resetting your web browser to its default settings will not remove or stop the browser hijacker from working.