Aug 26, 2016

Search.mysofttoday.com Browser Hijacker Removal Guide

Hi there. I need help of removing Search.mysofttoday.com browser hijacker. Though it acts as a normal website, I know it isn’t. It hijacks my Google Chrome and changes many things on it. I can’t change it back. I tried to reset my browser, but it didn’t work. Now my computer runs very slow. It takes more time to react when I am about to run an application. When I type, it delays. How can I get rid of it to fix my computer? Is there a way to remove it manually? Please guide me. I don’t know what I should do. Thank you.

Brief Information of Search.mysofttoday.com Browser Hijacker

Search.mysofttoday.com is identified as a browser hijacker that alters your default browser settings without your permission. From its appearance, you may think it is only a search engine like Google and Yahoo. When you open this website, you will see pictures about the Olympic Games which keep pace with the times. In fact, it is totally different from them. It will not help you access the information you want or perfect your browsing experience. Instead, it will mess up your online activities. You will be redirected to many unknown websites when searching the Internet. Numberless ads appear on your computer which is very annoying. Many unknown programs will be added to your browser and desktop. Therefore, your computer runs very slow. You hardly can use it to work. We suggest you delete Search.mysofttoday.com browser hijacker out of your system to fix the problem.

How Search.mysofttoday.com Browser Hijacker Work?

Once Search.mysofttoday.com browser hijacker is installed on your computer, it performs many malicious activities to fulfill its tasks. The browser hijacker program is created for marketing purpose. You may find that your homepage is replaced by Search.mysofttoday.com or other suspicious domains. Many add-ons, extensions and plug-ins appear on your browser toolbar. Unknown websites are added to your favorite. To promote its products and ads, it redirects you to its sponsored websites and delivers you endless ads. When you use this website to search for information, it pretends to loading search results and lists many links there for you. However, the results are not the ones you want. Actually, it hijacks the useful information and injects sponsored links and ads into the search results. Once you click on any one of the results, you will be redirected to unknown website that has nothing to do with what you want. It makes ads pop up all the time when you connect your computer to network. You just can’t block them. At the same time, Search.mysofttoday.com browser hijacker can spy on your browsing activities in order to collect your sensitive data. The websites you like to visit, search terms you use, user names and passwords you use on the browser and other similar information will be collected and sent to the remote developers later. Its developers will use the information to make their ads and other products more attractive. In the future, more adware will be released to infect your computer. The worst thing is that we don’t know if they will use your sensitive information to do illegal things. Hence, get rid of Search.mysofttoday.com browser hijacker is the best choice right now.

Ways that Browser Hijacker Access Your Computer

No.1: illegal movies or music. You may note that lots of illegal movies and music demand a certain media player. The website provides link to download the software, but you need to be careful. The malware like this browser hijacker is embedded in the downloaded software on behalf.
No.2: pop-up ads. The cyber criminals usually design the browser hijacker programs very well and make them pop up in an attractive form. We have to tell you that unexpected clicks on suspicious links or pop-up ads may install this nasty browser hijacker on your computer.
No.3: malicious Trojan programs. Most of the Trojans are spreading via malicious software nowadays. Users who access these malicious programs in conjunction with Trojan virus will severally got infected with this browser hijacker.
No.4: ad-supported programs. Many people would like to download free software from the Internet. You should know that browser hijacker program usually is bundled with free software and shareware. It will be installed along with this kind of software as a plug-in. Cancel the plug-in installation to avoid unwanted programs.

Processing manual removal is supposed to have a certain level of computer literacy. If you are not sure how to start and are afraid of making any critical mistakes damaging the computer system, please live chat with YooCare Expert now.

Removal Guide

1. Clean Add-ons and Extensions

* Internet Explorer:

(1). Click Tools in the Menu bar and then click Internet Options

Tools in IE

(2). Click Programs tab, click Manage add-ons and disable the suspicious add-ons

Manage-browser-add-ons22

* Firefox:

(1). Click Tools in the Menu bar and then click Add-ons

Tools-in-Firefox

(2). Click Extensions, select the related browser add-ons and click Disable

* Google Chrome:

(1). Click Customize and control Google Chrome button → Tools → Extensions

Customize-and-control-Google-Chrome-button

(2). Disable the extensions of Search.mysofttoday.com

2. End Relevant Processes

(1). Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc together to pop up Windows Task Manager, click Processes tab

Task-Manager

*For Win 8 Users:

Click More details when you see the Task Manager box

Win-8-Task-Manager

And then click Details tab

Details-Tab-in-Win-8-Task-Manager

(2). Find out and end Search.mysofttoday.com’s processes

3. Show Hidden Files

(1). Click on Start button and then on Control Panel

(2). Click on Appearance and Personalization

Appearance-and-Personalization

(3). Click on Folder Options

Folder-Options

(4). Click on the View tab in the Folder Options window

(5). Choose Show hidden files, folders, and drives under the Hidden files and folders category

Show-Hidden-Files-Folders-and-Drives

(6). Click OK at the bottom of the Folder Options window

*For Win 8 Users:

Press Win+E together to open Computer window, click View and then click Options

View-in-Computer-Window

Click View tab in the Folder Options window, choose Show hidden files, folders, and drives under the Hidden files and folders category

View-Tab-in-Folder-Options-Window

4. Delete Relevant Registry Entries and Files

(1). Delete the registry entries related to Search.mysofttoday.com through Registry Editor

Press Win+R to bring up the Run window, type “regedit” and click “OK”

Regedit

While the Registry Editor is open, search and delete its registry entries

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ‘Random’

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Random

(2). Find out and remove the associated files

%AllUsersProfile%\random.exe

%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\random.exe

%Temp%\random.exe

Video Shows You How to Safely Modify Windows Registry Editor:

Conclusion

In a word, Search.mysofttoday.com browser hijacker does nothing good for your browser or computer. As you know, search results supported by this domain are useless and nasty. We don’t know if the search results are safe or not. It is necessary to note that cyber criminals would like to insert links of viruses download to the results. Also, websites about ads are not well protected. They always become the hackers’ targets. The criminals would hack the unknown websites and hides virus programs there. If you visit those websites and click on malicious links, viruses can attack your computer immediately. Not all the ads pop up on your computer are safe. Some of them pretend to be a computer with good reputation and trick you into clicking on them. In fact, they are inviting you visit compromised website and download virus. Additionally, it will be a disaster if they access your bank card detail. Therefore, stop it before it can. You have to remove Search.mysofttoday.com browser hijacker completely.

Published by & last updated on August 26, 2016 9:18 am

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