Do you know browser redirect which changes browser settings and force people to use its domain as homepage? Search.fr-recherche.com redirect is one of the nasty browser that difficult to be deleted by tools. Are you looking for a way to get rid of it completely? This post would help you remove it completely.
Search.fr-recherche.com Redirect has recently been rated as nasty browser redirect that has produced annoying popup windows and is continuously sending unnecessary advertisement links to people who are using the infected computer. It is a kind of malicious website that can use the browser as the intermediary tool to break into target computer and bring about unwanted PC infection. Once it finishes the intrusion, there will be more adware and spyware on your computer after this hijacker. People will feel confuse about how this good-looking website will slow down computer performance and forcibly point you to unwanted websites. We know the confusion of victims.
It is simple to explain why your computer acts wired after using it as the homepage of the victim browser that it is not a normal website like we use online every day, it is a browser redirect. The browser hijackers can change the browser default settings like changing original homepage and search engine and search results. It can disable network connection through Internet settings. Webpage hacking sometimes makes service access slower and slower than ever. This attack is used to modify the network access through network data package, malicious links, including Trojan viruses and other PC viruses. If you keep this browser redirect in your computer, it would aggravate the infection and breaks PC component. The best way is to get rid of it manually.
The search engine such as Google or Yahoo will be redirected to its domain and your homepage will be modified to unknown resources. Your computer is responding slowly in every process and the responding process makes you feel like it stuck. You will be annoyed about the budges of pop-ups and adware that accompany with it. You have to wait for more time than usual while opening a new webpage on the infected browser because it takes more time to load process. You are always being redirected to some unsafe links or malicious websites.
Browser redirect might allow cyber-criminals to break into the infected computer without noticed and disables executable program and cause system crash. It changes important computer settings to allow remote control from cyber criminals. It will modify your registry settings and important key value to make it difficult to be removed. It accesses your data, your tabs and browsing activity on all websites and is able to cause system crash and disable your executable programs. Meanwhile, it drops some other threats including malware, adware parasites and spyware into your computer.
Manual removal is a complicated and risky process, so please back up all important data before making any changes on your computer. Here are some instructions to handle with the Trojan horse manually, and be cautious when going through the following steps.
1 Clear all the cookies of the affected browsers.
* Google Chrome: Click on the Tools menu → select Options → Click “Under the bonnet” tab → locate “Privacy” section → browsing data” button → “Delete cookies and other site data” to delete all cookies from the list.
* Internet Explorer: Click “Tools” → Click “safety” → “delete browsing history” → Tick “cookies” box and click delete
* Firefox:: Click “Tools” → Click “Options” → Click “Privacy” → Click “remove individual cookies”
2 Remove all the add-ons and extensions.
* Google Chrome:
(1). Click the Customize and Control menu button →Tools→ click Extensions
(2). Select the related Extension and click Disable.
* Internet Explorer:
(1). Click Settings → Click Manage Add-ons
(2). Click Programs tab → Click Manage Add-ons → Disable all the suspicious add-ons.
* Firefox:
(1). Click the Firefox menu and click Add-ons
(2). Click Extensions, select the related browser add-ons and click Disable.
3. Show Hidden Files
(1). Press Win+R to get run option
(2). Type in Control Panel and hit enter to get Control Panel
(3). Click on Appearance and Personalization link
(3). Click on Folder Options link
(4). Click on View tab in Folder Options window
(5). Tick Show hidden files, folders, and drives under Hidden files and folders tab
(6). Click Apply to effect, then click OK at the bottom of the Folder Options window.
4 stop virus processes in the Windows Task Manager.
(1). Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys together to get Windows Task Manager
(2). Click More details
5. Remove all the malicious files registry entries through Registry Edit.
*Search.fr-recherche.com Redirect 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). Using Registry Editor to delete all the related registry entries.
*Guides to open Registry Editor:
Press Win+R key together then Registry Editor will pop up.
(2). Find out and remove the associated files of Search.fr-recherche.com.
Your computer’s performance is even worse than before because of Search.fr-recherche.com Redirect infection in yoru computer. Loading too much process in the system would lead to serious system crash. Your path to desired websites or necessary domains were intercepted, browser histories were collected by unknown party and webpage was hacked; all these results are mainly due to the browser redirect on your PC. The browser redirect is mainly use to promote the product you may not be very interested with. In order to achieve its goals, it can modify the Internet Explorer settings, kidnap victim browser, reduce security alerts and pop up other pop-up window to occupy the entire screen which you have to click on the link to close it. If you close a pop-up window by clicking the link it provides, it will produce more windows. Plus we don’t know if the links were safe. Considering that Search.fr-recherche.com is seriously affect your daily life, you need to delete it quickly before more damages happen
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If you still find it hard to follow the removal guide above, please contact YooCare: PC experts 24/7 online will offer you the most effective tech support to remove infection completely.
Published by on April 9, 2014 4:57 am, last updated on April 9, 2014 4:57 am
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