The default homepage of your browser keeps showing up an unfamiliar website with a domain name Mypageresults.com? You have tried to change the browser settings but your favorite homepage still cannot come back? You are not allowed to surf the Internet because it is interrupting you? You should not ignore Mypageresults.com because it is able to cause many annoying problems in your computer. You want to get rid of Mypageresults.com before the browser crashes, but you do not know how to set about the removal?
Mypageresults.com is a very nettlesome browser hijacker or redirect with the purpose of obstructing computer user’s online activities and increasing its visiting volumes. Generally speaking, it is hiding in some unknown free programs which are diffused in the Internet. Thus, if you do not want to be catched by the troublemaker, you should pay more attention when you are selecting programs. It may also be bundled in those links on some malicious websites such as pornography sites and some forums. Therefore, we need to be careful when surfing the Internet.
Mypageresults.com has the ability to change the homepage of the hijacked browser to it is own domain. There is no doubt that one of the purposes of the hijacker is to promote and improve its own browsing traffics and search rankings. At the same time, it creates many unwanted files, taking up a lot of system space and resources. Computer runs slowly as a snail and the browser needs a long time to load up when you are visiting websites, thus, you have to waste a lot of precious time in waiting. Besides, Mypageresults.com causes many pop-up boxes displaying a variety of commercial advertisements as well as weird messages. Whenever you are online, you are forced to watch these pop-up advertisements that are trying to tempt you to click them via showing attractive contents. You also need to know that it is able to record your search keywords and analyze your search history as well as cookies to acquire your personal information. It can be made use of by the cyber criminals to collect the bank account password you input. If you find that Mypageresults.com is in your computer, the pressing matter of the moment is to remove it as soon as possible. Many people try to use antivirus programs to remove it or try to reinstall the browser, but unfortunately, all efforts will be in vain because the names of files and registry keys associated with it change frequently. Therefore, if all the removal tools do not work, you need to process manual removal.
1. Your computer performs slower and slower.
2. You need to wait for a long time while opening a webpage and your browser runs much slower than before.
3. You are always redirected to some malicious websites.
4. The harmful redirect also causes poor Internet connection and system crash frequently.
5. You will get many advertisement windows when you are using the Internet.
Mypageresults.com is a high-risk browser hijacker which will change the homepage and browser settings, and redirect your web search results to random sites containing lots of illegal advertisements, even Trojan, rootkit or other malware virus. Sometimes the antivirus software cannot identify the computer threat accurately and timely or remove it permanently. Therefore, manual removal is the best choice to uninstall it completely from your computer. Users can follow the manual guide here to have this virus removed instantly.
1. Show Hidden Files
(1). Click on the Start button and then on Control Panel
(2). Click on the Appearance and Personalization link
(3). Click on the Folder Options link
(4). Click on the View tab in the Folder Options window
(5). Choose the Show hidden files, folders, and drives under the Hidden files and folders category
(6). Click OK at the bottom of the Folder Options window.
2. Delete Virus Files
(1). Delete the related registry entries through Registry Edit
Guides to open registry editor: Click “Start” menu, hit “Run”, then type “regedit”, click “OK”
While the Registry Editor is open, search and delete the following registry entries listed below:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Random
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “CertificateRevocation” =Random
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\run\Random.exe
(2). Find out and remove the associated files of Mypageresults.com browser hijacker.
%AllUsersProfile%\random.exe
%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\random.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~random
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Random “.exe”
Mypageresults.com is regarded as a browser hijacker which brings disaster to computer user’s online activities. It does well in exploiting system vulnerabilities to slip into the target computer without asking for your permission. Downloading programs randomly, opening unknown email attachments or clicking on links posted by cyber criminals will make your computer become the target of this redirect. The default browser settings are modified by it, leading to annoying redirections as well as a large number of pop-up advertisements. Mypageresults.com may become a tool for cyber criminals to invade your computer which is equivalent to hand the computer to some strangers. They have the ability to get the information in the computer and monitor your online activities. You cannot erase it from the Control Panel or via the antivirus programs. You should remove it as soon as possible if you want to use your own computer safely.
If you have no idea of how to do that, please contact experts from YooCare Online Tech Support for further help.
Published by on November 11, 2013 9:54 am, last updated on November 11, 2013 9:54 am
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