How to Remove Istartpageing.com Thoroughly? (Redirect Virus Removal Guide)

Posted by Miranda D.
5
Nov 27, 2015
278 Views

Istartpageing.com is classified as a aggressive redirect virus, which can come into users’ computers stealthily and replace the default homepage automatically by making some modifications on the original browser settings. By this means, the the tricky redirect virus will completely take control of the user’s default search service. This redirect virus has a seemingly legitimate interface which misleads most users into thinking that it is a useful website providing the search function as Google does, and some users really use the unsafe search engine to do a search, and as a result, they are constantly redirected to some suspicious websites.

The redirect virus can redirect users to some specific advertisements sites and sponsored links. In addition to that, the threat may also deliver constant pop-ads to the computer screen directly, especially when users are running certain third-party applications such as a media player, so that users may click on them unconsciously. Undoubtedly, pup up items introduced by this virus are closely related to product sale which can benefit their suppliers so much. The Istartpageing.com redirect virus interferes with user’s browsing activities by displaying lots of discounts, coupons, bargains and so on. So most of the users click on the ads and access the advertising sites or receive the pop-up ads.

The Istartpageing.com redirect will shut down the secure service on the computer, other threats on the Internet will be able to attack the infected computer. Once browser settings has been under the control of Istartpageing.com redirect virus, loads of perilous extensions, plug- ins and add- on will be allowed to get installed on it which may severely damage the system. Under the circumstances, users might find their infected browsers load pretty slowly and sometimes even freeze or crash. Besides, the redirect virus may add lots of malicious website URLs to users’ Favorite folder and Bookmark list. Once users visit them, various viruses, Trojans, spyware or other malware can be downloaded and installed on the targeted computer without permission.

How to Remove Istartpageing.com Effectively

1. Stop running processes related to this redirect virus.
a: When the Windows Task manager appears, switch to Processes tab.
b: Find out and select the processes related to the virus by name random.exe, and click on the “End process” button.
Remove the redirect virus from Internet Explorer:
a: Start IE, go to Tools and select Internet Options.
b: Find General section, remove Istartpageing.com address as a home page.
c: Then go to Search section, find Settings button and choose Manage Add-ons
d: Erase the redirect and after the action, close Manage Add-ons

2. Remove the redirect virus from Mozilla Firefox.
a: Open Mozilla Firefox browser, click on tools and go to Options.
b: Switch to General tab, remove Istartpageing.com address as a startup site.
c: Then, go to: Firefox -> Add-ons -> Add-ons Manager -> Remove.
d: In the Search list, select Manage Search Engines and erase this redirect and choose OK

3. Remove the redirect virus from Google Chrome.
a: Open Google Chrome and navigate to Settings tab and Set pages.
b: Erase Istartpageing.com which was seta as the startup site and choose OK
c: Find Manage search engines and here, erase this redirect.
d: Press on OK, and restart Google Chrome.

4. Delete all registry files created by this redirect virus.
a. While the Registry Editor is opened, search for the registry key “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ Istartpageing.com.” Right-click this registry key and select “Delete.”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[RANDOM].exe”
b. Navigate to directory %PROGRAM_FILES%\ Istartpageing.com \ and delete the infected files manually.
%AppData%Local[random].exe
C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\*.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\*.*

Conclusion

By making use of the untrue update of adobe player, Istartpageing.com browser virus is capable to get installed onto the target computer so quiet. This kind of the redirect viruses can be bundled with free programs on the malicious sites, and then automatically installed into PC users’ computers stealthy. The reason why a redirect item can cause huge problems to computers lies in the loss of attention that net user should have paid to the browser hijackers.

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. Once finding the signs of the infection, users have to take the immediate action to remove it from their computers. Then restore the browser settings manually to repair the browsers. You are highly recommended to download a professional toolkit to remove the virus completely. 

Comments
avatar
Please sign in to add comment.