I got a redirect virus called Websearch.searchbomb.info, it makes itself your default page on all browsers and screws up your computer. Now it changes my homepage and default search engine and doesn’t allow me to change it back. That is really annoying and frustrating. Is there any way to remove this hijacker?
Websearch.searchbomb.info is categorized as a browser hijacker that changes your default search engine and start page to its page and makes some other modifications to take over your browser without your permission. It can affect Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome and notably decrease your browser performance. After being infected, it shows various unwanted symptoms on your computer such as redirecting your browser to Websearch.searchbomb.info and other pages constantly, displaying crazy and annoying pop-up windows, adding unwanted wanted toolbars to interrupt your browsing activities. This page promotes itself as a reputable search engine that even includes a standard privacy policy and a terms of use notice, but if you take a closer look, you will find it dangerous because it says “We may collect certain information about your web usage and websites you have visited, which may be shared with third parties and used for advertising” on privacy policy. That means this hijacker can track user’s web browsing habits, record addresses of visited sites and send collected data to a remote server.
Similarly to other members from WebSearch family, it also comes from unsafe freeware, shareware or advertising-supported programs such as various browser add-ons or toolbars. When you download and install these programs, it will give some pre-checked confirmation boxes saying that your homepage and search provider will be changed or some addition programs installed, if you didn’t notice and you will get Websearch.searchbomb.info hijacker installed. No matter how does the virus access your computer, bear in mind this hijacker is a highly dangerous virus created for commercial, advertising or marketing purposes only. It has no benefit for your computer but bring harm to it. Remove it as quickly as you can.
It belongs to browser hijacker virus which can totally mess up your browser setting.
It changes your default DNS configuration and blocks you accessing your favorite sites.
It may install some malware in your computer to make bad influence without your consent.
It degenerates your computer performance gradually.
Websearch.searchbomb.info hijacks your browser to redirect your web search results and changes the homepage and browser settings. To completely uninstall it from an infected system, manual removal is the first choice because sometimes antivirus software cannot pick up the exact computer threat timely or remove it permanently. Users can follow the manual guide here to have this virus removed instantly.
1. Clear all the cookies of your affected browsers.
Since this tricky hijacker virus has the ability to use cookies for tracing and tracking the internet activity of users, it is suggested users to delete all the cookies before a complete removal.
Google Chrome:
Click on the “Tools” menu and select “Options”.
Click the “Under the Bonnet” tab, locate the “Privacy” section and click the “Clear browsing data” button.
Select “Delete cookies and other site data” to delete all cookies from the list.
Internet Explorer:
Open Internet explorer window
Click the “Tools” button
Point to “safety” and then click “delete browsing history”
Tick the “cookies” box, then click “delete”
Mozilla Firefox:
Click on Tools, then Options, select Privacy
Click “Remove individual cookies”
In the Cookies panel, click on “Show Cookies”
To remove a single cookie click on the entry in the list and click on the “Remove Cookie button”
To remove all cookies click on the “Remove All Cookies button”
2. End the malicious process from Task Manager.
Once Websearch.searchbomb.info redirect is installed, computer user may notice that CPU usage randomly jumps to 100 percent, slowing down the computer. If your system’s CPU spike is constant, users should check from Task Manager and see if there is a suspicious process occupying the system resources and then end it immediately.
(The name of the virus process can be random.)
Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc at the same time and it will open up task manager directly. Then change to “Processes” tab.
3. Show hidden files and folders.
Open Folder Options by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Folder Options.
Click the View tab.
Under Advanced settings, click Show hidden files and folders, uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK.
4. Remove all the malicious files related to Websearch.searchbomb.info hijacker manually.
%AppData%Local[random].exe
C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\*.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet Settings “ProxyEnable” = “1″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[RANDOM].exe”
Websearch.searchbomb.info is an irritating browser hijacker that is designed to improve traffic of specific websites and promote them by making these redirections. If you try to search something from Google, Bing or other search page as your preferred, you will be redirected to Websearch.searchbomb.info page first. Whenever you go to the Internet, you will be bombarded with hundreds of pop-up advertisements. This website can take over browser using deceptive methods, though it seems to be a useful page, in fact it doesn’t work like mot of the search pages. Below the search box, you will see different ads that may ask you to install an add-on or finish survey by filling with all your personal information. If you did that, then you will bring other viruses inside the computer or expose your privacy to a stranger. This website is a low-quality search engine that displays more advertisements than legitimate results. A complete removal is needed to safe your computer.
Note: If you are not a computer expert and have no idea how to perform the removal, please contact experts from YooCare Online Tech Support for further help.
Published by & last updated on December 4, 2013 7:45 pm
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