Hi, there. I don’t know why I get this virus. I feel pretty weird. I just found it when I start to browser something online. I start my Mozilla Firefox. Just with a sudden, I am directed to Search.searchmwio.com immediately. Why does it do that on my computer? My younger sister downloaded somethings online by clicked on the pop-up while she was searching for a video last night. Would that be a problem? Anyway, what should I do? I found the information on this webpage on Google. On Google, it said that this webpage is a browser hijacker. Really? Another symptom is that I keep getting ads and pop-ups while I am browsing. How can I make my computer back normal? Please advise!
Search.searchmwio.com will change your browser settings and other important system setting on your computer once it gets into your system. In most cases, this virus may get into the aimed computer through the third application on the Internet. To be specific, you may get this infection at the time when you downloaded some free files or application online, such as porn videos, fake PDF files, affected apps, and fake antivirus downloaded. Otherwise, some automatic pop-ups and ads pop on your screen in a sec. You may click on any of them without any concern on the safety of your computer. In addition, this virus may be associated with the spam emails and its attachments. Once you read them and download its files, you may give the chance for the virus. It is obvious that you may not be cautious enough while you are browsing the Internet.
Search.searchmwio.com is classified as a browser hijacker virus which may do lots of harmful thing on your system. Once it is on your web browser, this browser hijacker will control your web browser by change the homepage and search tool, then you have to use its homepage and search engine. Is this web a good application? Of cause, no, it is not! When you us this fake webpage to search whatever you want, you will find that it cannot offer the correct search result but just redirects you to strange sites. Besides, this vicious virus will throw different kinds of ads and message banners to interrupt your online tasks. Meanwhile, it traces and records your important data like email password, bank account details and password and so on and send that information to hackers. In this situation, your privacy will be leaked out in public even you may suffer from financial loss or unimaginable troubles. What are you waiting for now? Please take action immediately! Once you see any of the above mentioned symptoms showing on your computer, it is strongly recommended that you should take step by step manual removal guide to eliminate the hijacker from your compromised computer as soon as possible.
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!
Search.searchmwio.com Hijacker 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
From the above analysis, it is known to all now, Search.searchmwio.com was developed to promote various sponsored websites, improve their traffic and make money from affiliate marketing. It is a harmful redirect infection to the computer. It changes the homepage and search engine totally and prevents you from changing back. This virus gets into your computer without your approval and notice. It used to get into your computer through freeware downloaded, peer to peer file shares. Once it comes to target systems, it will make chaos to the whole computer system. With this malicious virus on your system, you will find that your computer runs more and more slowly than before. To turn your computer back to normal, run smoothly, Search.searchmwio.com must be removed in the first time when you detect it on your system.
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 & last updated on February 9, 2016 2:44 am
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