Thursday, January 15, 2015

Remove Www-searching.com Redirect Virus Thoroughly



Www-searching.com redirect virus is a new browser hijacker that is designed to attack and occupy Internet browsers, forcibly modifying the browser original settings, replacing user’s favorite homepage with Www-searching.com. After that, the cunning redirect virus will control the default search service of the browser. The appearance of Www-searching.com is quite similar to the Google Chrome search service but it will result in unwanted redirection when users want to search something.

The redirect virus can redirect users to some specific advertisements sites and sponsored links. Apart from hijacking the browser, the virus also displays plenty of nonstop pop-up ads in user’s computer, especially when they launch some third-party programs like a media player, so that the users would unknowingly click on them and go for a visit. In most cases, these ads websites are meant to promote various goods. Many innocent users are attracted by commodity sales promotion, activity coupons, discounts on goods, bargains, etc. So some users accept various advertising sites or receiving pop-up ads.

Since the virus can modify user’s browser and introduce plenty of unwanted plug-ins, which appears to be useful extensions, into the browser. At the same time, the browser will work slowly, get stuck and sometimes crash. Moreover, it will provide random web links to ignorant users, which are likely to be corrupted by cyber criminals. When users are visiting those websites, their preferences are recorded by the redirect virus. When the victims browse these malicious sites, a bunch of viruses or malware will get installed into the computer and ruin the compromised system without user’s awareness. You ought to remove Www-searching.com from your computer as soon as possible.


How to Delete Www-searching.com Virus Effectively

Step one: set the default homepage back

For Internet Explorer:
Click on Browser Tools
Select Manage Add-Ons on the tools window
Click Search Provider
Here you can see many kinds of search engine option as Bing and Google, select your favorite one to be a default homepage.
Choose Search Results and click on Remove icon to eliminate it
Click Tools, select Internet Options and then the General tab. Here you can option a website you like and save it.
c. Select ‘Search Results’ and click ‘Remove’ to remove it;

For Google Chrome:
Open Customize and control
Click on Settings
Select on Basic Options icon
Here you can reset your homepage (e.g.Google.com
Once you choose a default homepage, click on Manage Search Engines and then click Google to be your default search engine.
Remove it from the browser by clicking Search Result and then the X’ mark

For Mozilla Firefox:
Click Manage Search Engine
Select Search Results and then click Remove option, click OK
Open Tools, under the General tab, set Google.com as default homepage

Step two: locate related files of the redirect virus and remove them from the computer
%AllUsersProfile%
%AllUsersProfile%\Programs\{random letters}\
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~r
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~dll

Step three: Remove Cookies on all Browsers
Internet Explorer:
Click options on the browser and then choose Internet Options
Open General tab, click Delete Browsing History to remove all related cookies
Select cookies and click Delete

Mozilla Firefox:
Click option
Select Privacy and then click on Remove Individual Cookies icon
Delete relevant cookies list on the box

Google Chrome:
Click option
Open Under the Bonnet tab
Select Privacy and then click Clear browsing data
Delete all cookies

Step four: Remove Malicious Registry
Open Registry Editor on the start menu
Type in Regedit and click OK
Remove all the following registry entries
HKEY
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “CertificateRevocation” = ‘1’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments “SaveZoneInformation” = ‘0’


Conclusion

Www-searching.com usually invades into the system by hiding in some software update packages, with the cover of as an optional item and coaxing the innocent users to permit its installation request. Sometimes, it is also bundled with free downloads such as music album files or movies, then automatically gets installed into user’s system and started its evil plan. Most users are not aware that being infected with redirect virus is very dangerous and they ignore it, missing the best chance to save the computer system in time. Get rid of Www-searching.com redirect virus from your computer to avoid further damage.



To protect your PC from being infected with cunning redirect virus, you must pay attention to the way you surf online and be alert when you find the default homepage has been replaced by any unfamiliar webpage, or newly add-ons suddenly in the browser. The effective way for prevention is to get rid of the unwanted plug-ins in the browser. Then, restore the settings and build more self-protections in the system. In addition, scan every downloaded program before installing it to avoid malware or virus mixing in it. 

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