Hi, there. Do you know how to remove a browser hijacker from a infected computer completely? You just got a pop-up when you were browsing the Internet? It was called Www-searching.com? You were keeping redirected to its domain when you open a new tab or when you start your computer begin to go online? You also got lots of ads from the websites. You couldn’t remove from your system? What should you do? Ask for help right now!
Www-searching.com is a malicious virus which is sorted to be the family of browser hijacker infection family. This browser hijacker has the ability to enter your system without your knowledge and permission. Usually, this browser virus is attached itself to unwanted emails, suspicious links, unsafe website, SPAM email attachments. So you should pay more attention to your online actions. You should not visit suspicious web sites like porn sites. Do not download program which you are not familiar with from the Internet. Once you get this browser infection on your computer, you need to remove it right now in case it damages your system with a large extend.
Once Www-searching.com installs on your computer, it may generate lots of trouble for you. Firstly, as soon as this virus gets into your computer, it may take control of your online activities and then change your default home page and browser settings to itself. So when you open your computer and begin to go online or start a new tab, you will be redirected to its domain. Otherwise, this hijacker may display several annoying popup ads as well as sponsored links within the web browser. Then your computer will definitely get slower and slower while you are working on it. Furthermore, this browser is designed to endorse questionable content and change the legitimate component of your search engine with harmful attribute. The preset search engine of the internet browsers will be altered instantaneously with this browser hijacker which is actually complex to amend. The research result you get from this website is not the thing you want. When you click on the link of the result, you may be redirected to the wrong websites contaminated with viruses like Trojan, spyware, malware, adware etc. Additionally, this virus can’t be detected and removed by antivirus tool. Only manual removal can take clean this virus from your infected computer. Hence, when you get Www-searching.com pop-up, you should remove it immediately without any hesitation.
1. It can be added to Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome browsers without your notification.
2. You are rerouted to some unknown sponsored websites that you have never seen before when you surfing online.
3. You can get a bunch of popup ads show on the webpage which you are browsing.
4. It can be installed on your computer slightly.
5. This browser hijacker can introduce various infections and unwanted programs onto your system,
6. It can investigate your browsing behavior and gather your input information online.
7. It is also responsible for collecting computer user’s private information like IP address and online traces for unethical using of online marketing.
Note: If one of symptoms mentioned above is found in your computer, then you must know that your computer is being attacked by the browser hijacker. Since the browser hijacker is so dangerous, once your computer is infected, you should take actions to delete the hijacker. If you are not a computer expert, in case you lose your important data or damage your system, please welcome to contact Yoocare/Yoosecurity Online Expert for help now!
Www-searching.com hijacks your default browser to redirect your web search results and modifies your default homepage and browser settings. Manual removal is the most effective way to completely uninstall it from an infected computer’s operating system, for the season that this hijacker is so cunning and dangerous, antivirus programs cannot get rid of it permanently. Here are the manual guides for users to remove the annoying hijacker.
1. Clean Add-ons and Extensions
* Internet Explorer:
(1). Click Tools in the Menu bar and then click Internet Options
(2). Click Programs tab, click Manage add-ons and disable the dubious add-ons
* Firefox:
(1). Click Tools in the Menu bar and then click Add-ons
(2). Click Extensions, select the related browser add-ons and click Disable
* Google Chrome:
(1). Click Customize and control Google Chrome button → Tools → Extensions
(2). Disable the extensions of this virus
2. End Relevant Processes
(1). Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc together to pop up Windows Task Manager, click Processes tab
*For Win 8 Users:
Click More details when you see the Task Manager box
And then click Details tab
(2). Find out and end this hijacker’s processes
3. Show Hidden Files
(1). Click on Start button and then on Control Panel
(2). Click on Appearance and Personalization
(3). Click on 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
(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
Click View tab in the Folder Options window, choose Show hidden files, folders, and drives under the Hidden files and folders category
4. Delete Relevant Registry Entries and Files
(1). Delete the registry entries related to this browser hijacker through Registry Editor Press Win+R to bring up the Run window, type “regedit” and click “OK”
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 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “CertificateRevocation” =Random
(2). Find out and remove the associated files
%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”
Conclusion
Www-searching.com is pesky and risky browser hijacker. This virus mostly comes through freeware downloads from infected web pages. Once installed, you can see that an unknown toolbar will automatically get installed without your permission. Your system and its installed application will get disturbed very badly due to excessive advertisement. This virus may also affect your browsing habits and then record your confidential data like your credit card information, bank account, log in password, etc.. Then it will transfer it to remote hackers who may misuse your information. Therefore, in order to protect your personal security and computer system, it is highly recommended to get rid of this browser hijacker as soon as you can.
Suggestion: The above manual removal is quite dangerous and complicated, which needs sufficient professional skills. Therefore, only computer users with rich computer knowledge are recommended to implement the process because any errors including deleting important system files and registry entries will crash your computer system. If you have no idea of how to process the manual removal, please contact experts from YooCare Online Tech Support for further assistance.
Published by on January 6, 2015 3:55 am, last updated on January 6, 2015 3:55 am
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