Hey, there. I got a virus page continuing display on my computer screen. It just likes an automatic touch page. It can jump from one page to another page automatically. I can’t close all of the opening windows as I close one of them another window may pop up immediately. I can’t do anything normal on my computer now. It is so pesky. This virus is called I-search.us.com. How do I remove this trouble out off my computer? Please help!
I-search.us.com, a vicious virus, is a potentially unwanted program. This infection belongs to the malicious browser family. This hijacker usually pretends to be a good program which can help you search something easily. Actually, this program is a virus which may infect your browser so badly. Once this virus gets into your computer, it has the ability to change your default homepage and browser settings like, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox Mozilla and etc. It will replace your default page to its domain. This is why you may get redirected to some unknown websites no matter you start the browser beginning to surf or open a new tab. If you want to keep your computer away from these kinds of troubles, you’d better remove this virus from your computer as soon as possible.
Do you know what I-search.us.com will do on your system once it is installed on your computer? You don’t have any clue on how this virus gets into your computer? This browser hijacker can sneak into your computer through spam emails attachments, suspicious links and freeware downloads and so on. This malicious browser hijacker asserts to be powered by famous search engines like Google or Bing. However, you may find that you will never get search results you wanted as they will be associated with recognized and sponsored links. If you click on the link, you may get other virus into your system. These infections may damage your whole system more severely. Otherwise, this virus may record your data and transfer it to remote hackers who may misuse your information to earn illegal money. This information may include your IP address, email address, credit card passwords, bank account information and online trading information and so on. The most obvious symptom of this virus is that you may be redirected to visit some unwanted websites again and again. You can’t stop it from redirecting you. This virus is considered as a potential great threat to your computer system and your privacy. I-search.us.com should be removed as soon as you detect it on your computer in order to protect your computer from ruining badly.
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!
I-search.us.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
To sum up, I-search.us.com redirect is a tricky and malicious virus which may change your default homepage and browser setting automatically once it accessed your computer. This virus may damage your security system. So that other infections like Trojan and keyloggers can get into your system more easily. These infections can be used to steal sensitive data like passwords, credit card, bank account information etc. It may distribute lots of ads and pop-up to chock up your computer CPU. Hence, your computer may get stuck so frequently. Therefore, if you want to take your computer out of a risky situation, you are highly recommended to eliminate this hijacker as early 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 April 2, 2015 1:36 pm, last updated on April 2, 2015 1:36 pm
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