Aug 28, 2013

The FirstSearchBar Virus – How to Remove

FirstSearchBar Virus has hijacked my browser. I got this browser hijack redirect when I installed a music program from Internet. My homepage has been replaced by this website completely and I can not change it back. What is more, there are a lot of new add-on on my browser. How can I get rid of it from my browser? Any help will appreciate.

What is FirstSearchBar Redirect?

FirstSearchBar is a fake search engine which is created by the hijackers. This browser hijack redirect can be spared by the infected free programs, spam E-mail attachment and unknown links, once the victim install or open these infected files, their PCs can be infected in a very quick time. It can target on any browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google Chrome, when the browsers are infected, you can not use them normally, this browser will keep redirecting you to other malicious webpages which contain viruses, Trojans and even the rough program. Your Internet speed can be effected as well. This nasty browser hijack redirect needs to be removed as fast as you can, or you may be the next victims by this virus.

In general, these kinds of the browser hijack redirect will act as a real search engine to cheat the victims. That is the way hijackers collect information from the infected PC. If the victims search something on this website, what they can get are the no-relations results, and the infected machine will suffer a low performance like running slowly, browser can even stop working while the victims are using it. This browser hijack redirect can not be removed by uninstalling in control panel because it can create files in your system disk and registry. Anyway, it can cause a annoying situation on the infected machine, you should get rid of it soon.

The following instructions require certain levels of computer skills. If you’re not sure and are afraid to make any critical mistakes during the process, please live chat with YooCare Expert now.

Impact of infection:

1Your computer will be slower and slower.

2You need to take a long time to open a webpage, your browser is much slower than before.

3It always redirects you to some malicious webpages

4The harmful redirect virus causes poor Internet connection and system frequent crash.

5You will see a lot of website popping up when you visit Internet

Manual Removal Guides:

1. Open the Windows Task Manager

You can press Ctrl + Shift + ESC together or Ctrl + Alt + Delete together.

If it does not work, Click the Start button, click the run option, type taskmgr and press OK. The Windows Task Manager should open.

2. In the Windows Task Manager, find out the process of THE Redirect by name random.exe. Then scroll the list to find required process. Select it with your mouse or keyboard and click on the End Process button. This will end the process.

3. Delete malicious registry entries related to this browser hijacker redirect.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\random

4.Remove malicious files of redirect
C:\WINDOWS\assembly\KYH_64\Desktop.ini

Video Shows You How to Safely Modify Windows Registry Editor:

In summary:

The FirstSearchBar Virus is a malicious website which can damage the infected PC deeply. Your browsers will keep redirecting to other unsafe webpages and lots of websites will pop up. All the information on the infected PC can be the target of the hijackers like history, cookies and favorite. Your security programs can even be disabled by it as well. Never trust this webpage and use it, this is not a helpful website at all, all you need to do is to remove this browser hijack redirect completely from your PC.

Note: If you find it difficult to follow the removal guide above, please contact YooCare PC experts 24/7 online will help you remove this redirect from your computer completely.

Published by & last updated on August 28, 2013 1:39 pm

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