How To Remove Quickstart.ninja Browser Hijacker

The appearance of the Quickstart.ninja website is bad news. There is no way to put it milder; you have a nasty adware infection on your machine. Don’t waste time! Act now! You must remove this threat as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will wreck your computer. Quickstart.ninja is bogus search engine. This homepage has taken over your computer when an adware application infiltrated your machine. The malicious program will randomply display browser pop-ups leading you to the site Quickstart.ninja.com and no matter how hard you try to remove it – it will just keep comming back. If that has been happening to you recently, then it is obvious that the adware has abducted your PC. The infection has already gained control over your browsers and has modified its settings so that the pop-up shows up every time you open your browser or a new tab. This will be really annoying and you will not be able to stop it by yourself via conventional means.

 

What is more, the Quickstart.ninja Pop-Up Virus hijacker will not only set itself as your default homepage and search engine, but it will also display tons of pop-up and other ads on the websites you enter. The Quickstart.ninja utility has only one true goal – to generate revenue for its owners. To do so, it employs a pay-per-click marketing system. There is nothing bad in the system itself. In fact, it is used by all big search engines. However, the Quickstart.ninja adware exploits it on a level that can be categorized as an intrusion into your personal space. The adware won’t expose you to some random advertisements. No, it will select ads for you. Ads that you will be attracted to. You must be wondering how is this even possible?! Well, it is quite simple, actually. The Quickstart.ninja utility can monitor your online activities. Thus, for example, if you enter “shoes” into some search engine, the malicious tool will bombard you with tons of ads for similar items.

 

The thing is, the adverts it is exposing you to are not safe. The Quickstart.ninja adware is not filtering its clients. Meaning, anyone willing to pay can use its services to promote. Oftentimes, the utility displays ads that are a part of massive scam campaigns. These ads will expose you to a variety of threats and for this reason we strongly recommend that your avoid clicking them. Unfortunately, you will not be able to get rid of Quickstart.ninja Pop-Up Virus by switching your default web browser because the infection is compatible with all the most popular ones. You will have to delete it if you want to regain control over your browser and to stop seeing potentially dangerous ads. It happened before, it will happen again. For example, if you click on a deceptive ad, you will be redirected to a fake web store. Whatever you buy there, will not be what you have expected. That is in case you receive anything at all. Don’t believe anything you see on your screen while the Quickstart.ninja adware remains active on your machine. This furtive app blocks all advertisements from its competitors. You will see only what the adware allows you to see. Don’t put up with this. Track this parasite down and delete it on the spot.

 

How To Remove Quickstart.ninja Browser Hijacker

 

Step One. End malicious process related with Quickstart.ninja.com.

1. Open Windows Task Manager by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Esc keys together:

2. Find out the process related with Quickstart.ninja.com and click End Process:

 

Note – In case you cannot identify which process is dangerous, you can skip this step and directly execute the Step 2)

 

Step Two. Remove unwanted plug-in related with Quickstart.ninja.com from Chrome, Firefox, IE and Microsoft Edge browser.

On Chrome

•  Click the Chrome menu button on the browser toolbar.

•  Click Tools.

•  Select Extensions.

•  Click the trash can icon to delete Quickstart.ninja.com extension.

•  Make sure to remove all extensions you do not know or need.

•  A confirmation dialog appears, click Remove.

 

On Firefox

•  Click the menu button  and choose Add-ons. The Add-ons Manager tab will open.

•  In the Add-ons Manager tab, select the Extensions panel.

•  Make sure to remove all extensions you do not know or need.

•  Click Disable or Remove button of Quickstart.ninja.com.

•  Click Restart now if it pops up.

 

On Internet Explorer

•  Open the IE, click the Tools button  , and then click Manage add-ons.

•  Click Toolbars and Extensions on left side of the window., and then select Quickstart.ninja.com

•  Make sure to remove all BHO’s you do not know or need.

•  If the add-on can be deleted, you’ll see the Remove option. Click Remove and then click Close. Otherwise click Disable button.

 

On Microsoft Edge

(Microsoft Edge browser still does not have extensions settings. Now we only need to reset search engine and homepage to keep web browser hijacker away from the browser)

1. Reset your default search engine to remove search engine hijacker virus.

•       Select More (…) on the address bar, then Settings

•       – Click View advanced settings

•       Click <Add new> under “Search in the address bar with”, then input the search engine you like

•       Now select the search engine you like and click Add as default

2. Reset your homepage page on Microsoft Edge to remove homepage redirect virus.

•       Select More (…) on the address bar, then Settings

•       Under Open with, select A specific page or pages

•       select Custom to enter the URL of page you want to set as homepage

Step Three. Uninstall all Potentially Unwanted Programs related with Quickstart.ninja.com

1. Open Control Panel window.

Win 10 user – Right-click on the Windows Start button and choose “Control Panel” from the pop-up menu.

Win 8 user – Open the Settings Charm Bar by pressing Windows key + I key on your keyboard at the same time, then click on the Control Panel option

Win 7 / Vista / XP user – Click on the Start button to open your Start Menu, then Click Control Panel

 

2. In Control Panel, click on Uninstall a program under the Programs category

3. In the Programs and Features window, click Installed On to display the latest programs, scroll through the list to seek and uninstall Quickstart.ninja.com and other unwanted and unfamiliar programs that look suspicious.

Step Four. Find and delete all harmful registry files generated by Quickstart.ninja.com

1. Call out the Run window by pressing Windows + R keys together, and then type regedit and hit Enter key :

2. Find out and remove all harmful registry files related with Quickstart.ninja.com virus listed below:

(You may not be able to find out all files listed below as the virus keeps changing its files with name and path.)

HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\DisallowRun

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\Muvic_RASAPI32

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\Muvic_RASMANCS

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain “Default_Page_URL”

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[adware name]