Is your browser homepage changed to http://websearch.youwillfind.info/?r=2013/04/26 without your permission? My homepage is hijacked by this virus. Each time when I type a web site in the address bar, it redirects me to another website. Also I set Google as my homepage usually, now it turns to be http://Websearch.youwillfind.info. Is there any way I can get rid of this hijacker permanently and get Google back?
Websearch.youwillfind.info Redirect is as similar as the previous browser hijacker virus called Websearch.helpmefindyour.info which is a deceptive website pretending to be a legitimate search engine. But in reality, it is a fake search engine and will not provide you any reliable search results related to your queries. This threat blocks you from browsing the web pages while you are trying to surf on your Internet browser. And it can hijacker all the browsers you have installed such as attack Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer and can function in most versions of Windows, including Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Websearch.youwillfind.info redirect is an annoying issue and it poses a huge risk for the infected PC. The purpose of this virus is to get you to use its spam search engine and click on the advertisement so that criminal can use the artificial traffic to boost affiliate payments. If your computer is infected with a redirect virus, you will definitely have a hard time to browse online. When you are surfing the Internet, things occurred like Google search result is redirected you to another site, and this virus will then redirect the requests of your web page to some fake web sites and show you with some fake errors on your computer such as ‘ Your PC Performance is Poor! ‘ If you believe in it and accept this warning, you may get Rogue program installed and your PC will be destroyed as a result. In a word, this virus degrades overall web browser stability and performance and you have to remove it as quickly as you can.
Maybe lots of PC users will try to scan their computers once they detect Websearch.youwillfind.info redirect on their computers, but after spending several hours scanning the computer, finally they get nothing related to the virus. According to this situation, every computer user should understand a fact that Antivirus tools are not omnipotent. Sometimes they can’t detect or catch viruses timely. That’s because the antivirus is produced by human being, it also takes time to make its function well to handle with a new virus. Furthermore, this type of browser hijacker is tricky, it can block any legitimate security programs already installed on the system which may lead to its removal, hiding itself in the root of the infected system. Therefore, if you want to remove Websearch.youwillfind.info completely, you need to delete all the infected files, processes, as well as registry entries which are related to this nasty virus so that to ensure the security of your computer.
Considering this malware can’t be fixed by any security tools, uses can use the manual guide below to fix this issue without any risk.
1. Clear all the cookies of your affected browsers.
Since 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. Remove all add-ons and extensions
Google Chrome: Wrench Icon > Tools > Extensions
Mozilla Firefox: Tools > Add-ons (Ctrl+Shift+A)
Internet Explorer: Tools > Manage Add-ons
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 manually.
%AppData%\Local\[random].exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[RANDOM]”
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =
Websearch.youwillfind.info redirect can alter the search page of your browsers such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome and redirect the user to its own page. When you simply click a link on the search engine result pages, it will not take you to the web page you are trying to locate immediately. In fact, Bing, Google and Yahoo will process you to a specific link on their sites in an attempt to create a record of your searches and other related details. In a word, this threat is part of a scam that involves forcing computers users to visit this website against their will. You must get rid of Websearch.youwillfind.info as soon as possible.
If you have no idea how to do about that, please contact experts from YooCare Online Tech Support for further help.
Published by on April 26, 2013 9:13 am, last updated on May 2, 2013 1:58 am
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