How to Get Rid of SEARCHATOMIC.COM Virus

Do you know about SEARCHATOMIC.COM? Actually it is a browser hijacker that changes browser settings on its own initiatives and distribute malware to Windows operating systems. From this, this browser hijacker can bring a lot of trouble to computer users. For this reason, you are supposed to protect your computer from this malicious program. You should be careful of this malicious program if you want to protect computers well. You need to be careful of any files and resources when you surf online. Once inside, this browser hijacker can also slow down system performance and security.

 

This is because this browser hijacker can make use of some freeware, shareware and torrent files to get into PCs. You may wonder how to defense against SEARCHATOMIC.COM. In fact, this browser hijacker enters computers in different ways. As mentioned above, the arrival of browser hijacker will make you lose the existing homepage and default search engine. But it comes bundled with suspicious freeware and shareware most of the time. No matter when you log into the network, you are redirected to SEARCHATOMIC.COM. Hence, it is suggested that you scan the free resources on the network before installation. At first sight, you may think it is a web search engine. If you carelessly pick up this browser hijacker, you can follow the steps below to eliminate it.

 

How to Get Rid of SEARCHATOMIC.COM Virus

 

Tip 1. Reset your invaded browsers one by one

Internet Explorer:

a) Click Start, click Run, in the opened window type "inetcpl.cpl".
b) Click "Advanced" tab, then click Reset.

Chrome:

Click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar and select Settings:
a) Scroll down to the bottom of chrome://settings/ page and click Show advanced settings
b) Scroll down to the bottom once again and click Reset Settings

Mozilla FireFox:

Click on the orange Firefox icon->> choose Help ->>choose Troubleshooting information
a) Click on Reset Firefox. Choose Reset Firefox again to make sure that you want to reset the browser to its initial state.
b) Click Finish button when you get the Import Complete window.

If you fail to reset the browser directly, you may need to deal with adware related startup and entries.

Tip 2. Disable suspicious startup created by the adware

Click Start menu ; click Run; type "msconfig" in the Run box; click Ok to open the System Configuration Utility; Disable all possible startup items generated.

Tip 3. Delete redirect page from Registry Editor

a) Click Start menu and type regedit in Search Programs and files box, and then hit Enter to get Registry Editor Window

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explore\Main

 

 

b) Check your start page and reset it to google.com or the one you would like.

 

(If you are not skilled in fixing manually, relax, you are highly advised to get the best hijacker removal tool - SpyHunter for help. This powerful tool specializing in detecting and removing various computer threats will help you out very quickly.)