Effective Guide To Delete MyStarting123.com

MyStarting123.com was first spotted on March 30, 2017, is an unreliable website, works as a browser hijacker and generates affiliate marketing revenue for its developers. Currently, it is being hosted on 88.85.84.122 from Noord-holland, Amsterdam. Beware! This site may appear as a real and secured portal that is supposedly created for enhancing your search experience and providing access to a wide range of famous websites. Internet users who want to customize their search page and browser's appearance might install extension/add-on associated with MyStarting123.com into their PC manually. But it can also infiltrate Windows system by performing stealth installation at the time when you install free apps/games such as Media player, Flash player, Java package, PDF converter etc from untrustworthy sites. Evidently, we have seen popular freeware come bundled up with browser hijackers and adware program. However, PC security professionals claim that this domain is a hijacker threat, which causes browser lag, not respond or even sometime it crash. It is so because this infection continuously initiates unwanted redirections when the infected computer users try to search for something over the Internet. Although, many system users call MyStarting123.com threat as a dangerous virus, but technically speaking, it is not a kind of hazardous virus since it doesn't act like one.

 

 

First of all, user might notice that they are rerouted to MyStarting123.com domain whenever they enter a search query into the web address bar. What's more, you might end up on aforementioned site after trying to use famous search engines like Google or Bing. It will display various pop-ups on your computer screen which aimed to promote the installation of questionable programs in order to get benefited illegally. Therefore, you should remove the hijacker immediately by using a credible anti-spyware scanner. Following successful infiltration, it reroutes your browser to suspicious domains where you see random commercial ads and promotional contents as well. The browser hijacker substitute the default start page and search system with MyStarting123.com. Please note that the hijacker might also set malicious links in your Newtab page. Hence, whenever your computer gets connected to the Internet, your browser gets redirected to sponsored portals. These portals may display scams and try to extort money from you. You may also be suggested to download and install sponsored software or games which surely boost up bank balance of the con artists behind MyStarting123.com. Unfortunately, it is supported to Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and others as well. So that, if you are careless, it is possible that your system will get infected with the browser hijacker and other malware literally.

 

 

How does MyStarting123.com infect your PC?

 

MyStarting123.com is capable of infecting your PC with some safe freeware or spam email, suspicious sites. When you receive spam email, the attachment often contains the auto startup for browser hijackers; in the event when you open suspicious sites and click some buttons, you take chance to bring in browser hijacker; most of time when you download the freeware of unknown identities, you will get a package of malware, including the browser hijackers. It is able to install itself without consent.

 

What is the damage caused by MyStarting123.com?

 

As mentioned above, MyStarting123.com can weaken all the functions on your browsers so that it is able to bring in more malware on your PC. Later, your computer is definitely crashed. It is a circle that when it misled you to more malicious sites and freeware, you got more malware. And it can not only damage your PC, but also monitor your behavior. When it gets your privacy information, including your accounts, passwords, your ID number, your phone number, and even your signature, it can steal your money.

 

Effective Guide To Delete MyStarting123.com

 

Step 1. End MyStarting123.com related running processes in Windows Task Manager.

– Press “Ctrl + Shift+ Esc” keys together to open processes tab in Windows Task Manager:

– Click on suspicious or unknown process related with MyStarting123.com and click End Process:

Step 2. Uninstall MyStarting123.com and unknown programs from Control Panel.

– Press “Win + R ” keys together to open Run box:

– Type control panel in Run box and click OK button:

– In Control Panel, click Uninstall a program under Programs:

– Right click on MyStarting123.com and related unknown program, then click Uninstall:

Step 3. Remove malicious registry files related with MyStarting123.com.

– Press “Win + R ” keys together to open Run box:

– Type regedit to open Registry and remove the following registry files generated by MyStarting123.com:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREsupWPM

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesWpm

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain “Default_Page_URL”

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msseces.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\<random>.exe

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[virus name]

Step 4. Delete nasty extensions / add-on related with MyStarting123.com.

Chrome User:

1.      Click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.

2.      Click Tools.

3.      Select Extensions.

4.      Click the trash can icon by the extensions you’d like to completely remove.

5.      A confirmation dialog appears, click Remove.

IE User:

1.      Open the desktop, and then tap or click the Internet Explorer icon on the taskbar.

2.      Tap or click the Tools button, and then tap or click Manage add-ons.

3.      Under Show, tap or click All add-ons, and then remove all add-ons you do not know or need.

4.      If the add-on can be deleted, you’ll see the Remove option. Tap or click Remove and then tap or click Close. Otherwise click Disable button.

Firefox User:

1.      Click the menu button firefox menu and choose Add-ons. The Add-ons Manager tab will open.

2.      In the Add-ons Manager tab, select the Extensions or Appearance panel.

3.      Remove all extensions you do not know or need.

4.      Click its Disable or Remove button. Remove button is preferred if available.

5.      Click Restart now if it pops up.

Microsoft Edge User:

(Edge currently does not provide extension, so we only need to reset homepage and search engine to remove hijacker installed by MyStarting123.com)

Reset Edge Homepage:

     Click More (…) on the address bar, then click Settings;

     Under Open with, select A specific page or pages. Then you can select a recommended website from drop-down list, or type in your favorite website with Custom option in the list.

 

Reset Edge Default Search Engine:

     Click More (…) on the address bar, then click Settings >> Click View advanced settings;

     Click <Add new> under “Search in the address bar with”, type in your favorite search engine;

     Choose the search engine you prefer and click Add as default;

 

 

 

 

MyStarting123.com is yet another dubious search engine that can appear in your Internet browser without your permission. If you have noticed that your default homepage was set to this web portal without your consent, then it is a clear sign that your browser has been hijacked. This browser hijacker threat spreads bundled with some cost-free applications. So, if you have installed various freeware apps from untrustworthy websites, then chances are high that a kind of hijacker infection was bundled with one of them.