Hijacked by Safebrowsing.biz? - Instructions to Remove Safebrowsing.biz

My computer has been infected by Safebrowsing.biz but I have no idea how to remove it. I used to clear the cookies and history records when the web browser ran slowly due to some phishing websites. However, I cannot get rid of the redirect virus in the same way this time. Does anyone know how to remove Safebrowsing.biz and recover the affected web browser? I need your help!

Information about Safebrowsing.biz

Safebrowsing.biz is a browser hijacker which appears as a legitimate search engine website to let people do a search with it or display many advertisements. Its design and outfit look professional and quite normal as other legitimate webpage. But don’t be fooled and cheated by its look. If you click on its infected links, unpleasant things may happen. However, the search results may be a little different from Google’s. Some of them are advertisement websites which utilize the website to display advertising. As a result, you may fail to find the expected helpful information directly. If you click on some unknown websites in the search results, many other computer infections may be downloaded. Your computer is put at great risk. For instance, some browser settings and system settings are changed and the computer security levels become lower. It is dangerous because your personal information, such as payment card details, may be stolen by some viruses when you buy something online or carry out other actions. Of course, it can also steal your personal files in your computer. Some people may get into worse condition, for instance, the virus encrypt some personal files and you can never decrypt them easily. Some of the victims may be trapped in the browser hijacker.

Commonly, your computer gets infected with this redirect virus when you view some malicious websites. Often it goes like this: a window pops up within the webpage, suggesting you to make this website as your default homepage. But once you click infected links when curiously, the virus or malicious codes will automatically download into system forcibly. However, some people may click “Yes” without any consideration. Once you allows Safebrowsing.biz to be your homepage, it will hijack your browser. Some other malicious redirect virus can hijack your browser as long as you visit malicious website. So, don’t take it for granted that websites are safe to visit. Before visiting a website, please make sure that it’s completely safe. You can follow the instructions to remove the hijacker manually. Don’t leave the virus stay in the PC for such a long time for it has the ability to completely disrupt the whole system. Don’t ever neglect this threat and let it stay in your computer for a long time, for it can cause greater trouble than you can imagine.

How To Manually Remove Safebrowsing.biz Virus in Several Steps

Note: You should perform the manual removal only when you have certain levels of computer knowledge and skills, because you have to deal with processes, files and registry entries related to the redirect virus during the removal process, which may potentially cause some damage to your computer system. The difficulty for you should be searching for and deleting the virus associated files, since the virus often names its files randomly and would changes the file paths irregularly. Inexperienced users should not try manual way. The manual method may damage system files and registry settings if carelessly. If you don’t have sufficient knowledge, it’s strongly suggested to use automatic remover tool.

1. Disable running processes on Windows Task Manager.
1) Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys to activate Windows Task Manager.
2) From Processes tab, find out the associated processes of Safebrowsing.biz and then right click on the End Process button to totally terminate them.

2. Uninstall associated programs of Safebrowsing.biz from the computer.
1) Click on Start button, click Control Panel.
2) Click Program, click on Uninstall a Program.
3) From Programs and Features, locate the associated programs of Safebrowsing.biz from the applications list, locate the associated programs and then click Uninstall button to remove them.
4) Confirm the uninstall request then follow the wizard to complete the removal.

3. Modify browser settings to stay away from the cyber attacks triggered by Safebrowsing.biz.
1) Enable the browser.
2) Revert browser settings and fully remove the associated Internet temp files.

For Internet Explorer
Click Tools-> Go to Internet Options-> Click Advanced tab-> Click on Reset button

For Mozilla Firefox
Click Firefox-> locate Help option-> Go to Troubleshooting Information-> Click Reset Firefox button

For Google Chrome
Click the wrench icon-> Click Settings-> Click Show Advanced Settings link-> Click Reset Browser Settings

3) Reset the browser homepage manually.

For Internet Explorer
Click General from the Internet Options -> type a secure and new web address -> confirm the modification

For Mozilla Firefox
Click Options from the Firefox menu-> Click General tab-> type a secure and new web address -> confirm the changes.

For Google Chrome
Go to Advance section in the Settings-> Click Show Home Button-> Click the displayed Change link-> type a secure and new web address

4) Restart the browser to confirm the modification.

Safebrowsing.biz redirect virus is a harmful computer virus that can mess up your browsers. Sometimes, only relying on antivirus programs doesn’t work. You need to be careful when downloading programs from the internet. This can only lead to bigger problems. The manual removal instructions apply to those who have rich experience in virus removal. But before you start to do the removal work, please back up the system to save the critical files. The instructions above are for the common infection situation. There are many variables of Safebrowsing.biz virus. More seriously, it may start its variation gradually. Like what is listed above, it is a catastrophe for the computer. The related files may have been modified. If you do have enough computer experience, you may not start the removal task yourself.