How to Remove Safe Finder From Your PC Completely?

What is Safe Finder?

Safe Finder redirect virus is recognized a browser hijacker for interrupting Internet user's regular activity online by generating web traffic with social engineering tactics on browsers.   The redirect virus was designed to promote its website- Safe Finder which disguises to be a legitimate website that provides search engine similar to that of Yahoo, Google or Bing.   Actually, Safe Finder is not a reputable website£¬on the contrary, it is a website used by cyber crooks to make profit with the pay-per-click technique.  The virus can be propagated onto computer via phishing websites, corrupted advertisements and fake security alerts.   It also spreads its components on the attachments or links in Email.   As long as users click on the recourses containing the activation of Safe Finder virus, the virus will be able to permeate onto target machine easily.  

After the redirect virus finishes its installation, it reproduces its codes and registry files to mess up the system settings.   The symptoms of being infected with this redirect virus are easy to recognize.   The redirect virus will change the default homepage and start-up page to Safe Finder, by secretly modifying the default search provider and DNS configuration as Snap.do redirect virus does.   As a result, the Safe Finder can appear automatically whenever a new tab or link is opened.   With advanced techniques, the browser hijack virus can even stop users from accessing their favorite sites  and take along numerous unexpected advertisements.  

The virus should be terminated as soon as it is found on a computer.   If not removed in time, the virus will download and install its add-ons, toolbars or extensions on browsers to record user's online search history and cookies.   In other words, user's confidential online data will be exposed to cyber crooks who are the developers of the malware.   Users may notice that the performance of the system becomes very slow, this is because the virus occupies the large percent of the CPU.   The worse thing is the hijack virus would make system more vulnerable to third party malware.   With the help of backdoor loophole, remote hackers will be able to access compromised machine and do whatever they want to the infected computer.  

What’s the effective way to remove Safe Finder?

Safe Finder redirect virus should be removed from affected computer for good.   Many computer users try to remove the hijack virus with their installed anti-malware programs.   However, many antivirus programs may fail to detect the redirect virus and remove it.   That's because many security removal tools are not able to detect all viruses, especially those endowed with changeable characteristics.   Equipped with advanced hiding tricks, the Safe Finder virus is able to escape from the detection and auto removal by anti-malware tools.   So, you can eliminate Safe Finder with manual removal.

Note that manual removal is a bit difficult, as Safe Finder virus drops its files using Random names and makes them invisible sometimes.   Advanced skills are required to handle registry editor, program files, dll. files, processes.   Otherwise, any mistake may make your situation worse.  

Manually Remove Safe Finder Step by Step

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 the threat and then right click on the End Process button to totally terminate them.

2. Uninstall associated programs of Safe Finder 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 the browser hijacker 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 the redirect virus.

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.

Conclusion:

Remove the browser hijack virus from affected computer.   The Safe Finder redirect virus will not stop making problems unless users remove it from the infected system.   Many users prefer to remove Safe Finder hijack virus with the help of their installed antivirus programs, but this may not work because some antivirus software are not able to pick up any traces of the threat.   The tricky virus has changeable features which enables it to hide its components deeply in system and avoid the detection and auto removal by antivirus.   The manual removal is helpful in removing the browser hijack virus.  

However, manual removal of Safe Finder virus involves removing kernel system DLL files and registry files, and it requires advanced computer skills.   If you want to avoid making any critical mistakes during the process, please try the automatic removal tool.