Remove Do-search.com, Get Rid of Redirect Virus Thoroughly

Do-search.com browser virus mainly attacks inexperienced PC users with a view to redirect their browser page and replaced with something unrelated. While the innocent computer is infected by this browser redirect, the browser settings of the affected computer will be silently changed by asking for any agreement. With all the modifications of browser settings, the default homepage would be replaced by Do-search.com without users noticed. When users start to run their infected browsers or do a search, the threat may force them to visit certain specified websites and use it as their search engine. As a result, you are not able to access its favorite web pages and you are forced to visit the websites that you don’t want.

Under normal circumstance, Do-search.com browser hijack will redirect PC users to visit advertising sites while going online, and then PC users will see many unsafe links and advertisement pages. To put it bluntly, the redirect virus is designed by cyber hackers to make profits by cheating computer users. As most of the ads webpages offered by the redirect virus are always so tempting for generic PC users, they may click the unsafe links, and the victims would fall for the trap set up by cyber criminals. It is important to know that all information provided by Do-search.com is not trustworthy, and users should use extreme caution when being shown something that sounds tempting so as to avoid being deceived and encountering unnecessary losses.

Do-search.com should be deleted from the computer immediately once found. Most users consider the hijacker is just a harmless domain, so they take it for granted that as long as they don’t click on those ads links or poop-ups of Do-search.com they won’t meet any trouble. That is not true. As the redirect virus makes some modifications on the system settings, things may become out of control. Some changes can weaken the system’ defenses and thus additional malware would grasp the opportunity to break into the infected computer easily. If so, the system will be in the trouble of loads of perilous malware and system resources will be consumed without user’s permission. If this redirect virus can not be removed completely, it will be in a very complicated status which makes PC users annoyed. Thus, users should delete the redirect virus as soon as possible before everything goes wrong.

How to Remove Do-search.com redirect virus From Your PC?

1. Remove the browser hijacker from the infected computer.
Click on the Start button and select Control Panel. Click on Uninstall a program under the Programs category.
Find out and locate the programs related to the browser hijacker. Click on the Uninstall button to remove them all.
2. Launch the infected browser and remove the add-ons or extensions related to the browser hijacker.
Internet Explorer:
Open IE, click on Tools and then select Manage Add-ons. When it opens a window, click on Toolbars and Extensions. Find out the extensions related to the browser hijacker and select them. Then, right-click them and click on the Disable option. Restart IE to finish the procedure.
Google Chrome:
Launch Google Chrome. Click on the Three-bar icon on top-right of the browser, select tools and then Extensions from the list. After that, click Extensions on the left side of the window. Locate the extension related to the browser hijacker, select it and click on the trash icon. Restart the browser to complete the procedure.
Mozilla Firefox:
Start Firefox and click on the tool menu from the top menu. Click on the Add-ons tab to open the configuration window. Then, click Extensions on the left side of this window. Now find out the extensions of the redirect virus and remove them from the browser. Restart the browser to complete the process.
3. Show hidden files and folders.
Go to Control panel again and click on Appearance and Personalization. Then double click on Folder Options. Hit the View tab, tick “Show hidden files, folders and drives” and deselect “Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)”. Click on the OK button to apply the changes.
4. Delete the malicious files of Do-search.com from the local disk.
The files listed below are reference only because the virus may has the ability to changes the names and locations of its files.
%Program Files%\ random
%AppData%\Protector-[rnd].exe
%AppData%\Inspector-[rnd].exe
%AppData%\vsdsrv32.exe
5. Open Registry Editor and delete the registry entries of the browser hijacker..
Press Windows+ R keys simultaneously to open the Run window. Then type “regedit” in the run box and press Enter key to open Registry Editor.
After that, find out and delete all the registry entries of the redirect virus. The below registry entries are also for reference only.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[random].exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\browser hijacker name
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System ‘DisableRegistryTools’ = 0
6. Restart the infected computer to apply all changes.

Conclusion

Do-search.com redirect virus is very stubborn that cannot be detected by all computer users. Most users’ computers are infected mainly because that they don’t do a good job of the precautionary and thus create opportunities for the redirect virus to invade their computers. The weakness of computer users can be easily utilized by cyber hackers to make benefits. Thus, users should pay close attention to their computer performance and run security program to scan system regularly for sake of preventing more damages caused by hidden viruses. As the redirect virus often comes bundled with free third-party applications on the Internet, users should be more cautious when they download and install free programs because some freeware may be malware or embedded in suspicious applications and harm the computer systems once installed. Moreover, it is suggested to pay attention to system functioning as well as system security services which are typically used to protect the system from any cyber attacks. Get it and run it to protect your computer right now!