Guide to Remove Startpage-home.com Thoroughly

Startpage-home.com is totally a browser hijack redirect that attacks PC users’ computers to take over the infected browser by modifying Internet settings. It makes modifications on the Internet settings and usually redirects users to websites containing certain services or products, altering the default homepage to its own site without permission. This Startpage-home.com redirect virus is quite dangerous which PC users need to pay attention to it.

Most computer users don’t know where the redirect virus came from, for the threat is able to spread via various ways. It is not uncommon to get system prompt while downloading or installing a newly software. In most cases, computer users have not attached deserved importance to it and and blindly give their permission to let them into the system. Freeware and shareware without credentials are frequently utilized as carrier for spyware or malware. If the freeware that is bundled with the redirect virus is downloaded and installed on the PC, the settings of browsers and the system may be modified.

In addition, Startpage-home.com also installs several unnecessary plug-ins/extensions in the browsers, pretending that those extensions can provide users with many convenient services. But the fact is that, those unsolicited add-ons are installed on the browsers mainly for the purpose of collecting users’ confidential information such as browsing history, search terms, usernames, and passwords, etc. Under the purpose of misleading victims to visit ad-supported sites, this infection installs some shortcuts without permission as well as unsafe URL which connect to commercial sites. Then, users may be shown some misleading information and bamboozled into buying some fake products or non-existent services.

Moreover, other threats such as Trojan horse will take advantage of the system vulnerabilities made by the redirect virus to infiltrate into the compromised computer. Hackers will also take the chance to visit the infected computers and steal the users’ confidential information such as IP address, usernames, passwords, email address and more. If cyber criminals utilize the confidential to perform illegal activities, users may suffer from huge money losses or face Identity Theft and other troubles. To avoid further damage to the system, it is consider eliminating Startpage-home.com from the computer as fast as you can. In order to make it hard to be elminated by the antivirus program, the browser hijacker spreads its files and registry to many random folders following the similar name of common system ones.

How to Remove Startpage-home.com Completely

Step 1: 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 2: Locate related files of Startpage-home.com and remove them from the computer
%AllUsersProfile%
%AllUsersProfile%\Programs\{random letters}\
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~r
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~dll

Step 3: 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

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