How Do You Get Rid of Bardiscover.com?

Bardiscover.com is categorized as a dangerous browser hijacker that created by cyber criminals for commercial purposes. By this means, the tricky redirect virus will completely take control of the user’s default search service. Having a disguising interface, the Bardiscover.com redirect virus cheats many innocent computer users to trust it’s a good search service and use it unconsciously for browsing activities.

When doing a search using the unsolicited search engine, users may be provided with many ads and sponsored links, since Bardiscover.com can control what would be shown in the search results. 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. It comes bundled with additional parasites to mess up your computer terribly, which is to generate traffic and obtain profits from per-click-paid techniques through clicking on this site or other malicious websites. As a consequence, most users are not aware of the potential dangers of this redirect and keep viewing the advertising sites.

As Bardiscover.com has a complete, in-depth understanding of user’s preferences. It will bring in a lot of system troubles after users are lack of awareness. This redirect virus may download and install unknown toolbars which look legitimate but actually harmful onto users’ browsers without any consent. Thus, the infected browser will face a slow performance or even unexpected crash frequently. What is bad, Bardiscover.com redirect virus will provide dangerous links once the infected computer is connected to the Internet. What’s more, some unwanted programs are capable of using cookies to track user’s online history and collect personal information to the third party, such as email address, password and geographic location, without user’s knowledge.

How to Remove This Bardiscover.com Redirect

1. Stop the running unwanted processes via Windows Task Manager

1) Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys at the same time to open the Task Manager.
2) In the default Processes tab, search for the related processes of Bardiscover.com then select them, click on the End Process button to disable them all.

2. Remove the related programs of Bardiscover.com from the computer

1) Click on the Start icon to open the menu then click on Control Panel.
2) Find out the Programs headline in the pop-up window, then click on the Uninstall a Program link under it.
3) In the Programs and Features, search for the related programs of Bardiscover.com from the list, select them then click on the Uninstall on the top column to remove them one by one.
4) Confirm the uninstall request then follow the wizard to complete the removal.

3. Reset the browser and restore the browser

1) Start the browser.
2) Reset the browser settings to clean the traces left by Bardiscover.com.

Internet Explorer
Click on Tools-> click on Internet Options-> click on Advanced tab-> click on Reset button.

Mozilla Firefox
Click on Firefox button-> locate Help-> click on Troubleshooting Information-> click on the Reset Firefox button.

Google Chrome
Click on wrench icon-> click on Settings-> click on Show Advanced Settings link-> click on Reset Browser Settings button.

3) Reset the browser homepage manually.

Internet Explorer
Click on General tab in the Internet Options dialog-> type a new address in the homepage box-> save the changes.

Mozilla Firefox
Click on Options from the Firefox menu-> click on General tab-> input a correct URL in the homepage section-> save the modification.

Google Chrome
Find out the Advance section in the Settings-> select the Show Home Button-> click on the displayed Change link-> set a new address as the homepage then save the reset.

4) Reboot the browser once finished.

Conclusion

Generally, Bardiscover.com redirect virus breaks into the targeted computers by coming bundled with a junk email attachment, pretending itself to be a legitimate file (such as audio file, image file, or txt file) and cheating users into click on the attachment. This unwanted application can be also bundled with free downloads from the Internet and automatically installed on the PC silently without letting users know. Majority PC users are short of security consciousness, when they find that their homepage is replaced or there are a lot of pup ups on the screen, that they do is just letting it stay there and do nothing and then miss the removal time.

To avoid being infected with nasty redirect virus, users should be more careful when browsing online and take immediate actions once finding the default homepage has been replaced by any unknown webpage, or unfamiliar add-ons suddenly in the browser. Under such condition, they are strongly recommended to delete such virus from their computer instantly with a practical anti-malware application or antivirus software. Build the best guard on their computers. It is necessary to scan every downloaded program and file before you run it, otherwise tricky cyber malware may get the chance to invade the PC and do harm to the system.