Remove Funnysearching.com Redirect Virus

Posted by Jessica Allen
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Nov 28, 2016
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Funnysearching.com was committed to capture the innocent users by taking over their browser completely. Once the computer has been compromised by this malware, the browser settings will be modified unexpectedly. Then, users may soon find that their default browser homepage has been replaced by an unfamiliar one. In this case, once PC users want to launch the infected browser and search something as usual, the Funnysearching.com redirect virus will start its working on the infected PC, which redirects PC users to visit other malicious sites randomly. Then they cannot access some common websites that they usually visited before because the sites are blocked by the browser hijacker.

Most of the time, the redirect virus redirects users to certain websites which contain lots of attracting or misleading advertisements. If users are taken in by the browser hijacker, cyber criminals can make use of it to make illegal profits. As most ads sites provided by the redirect virus are always so tempting that you may click those banners or headline and then fall victim to the trap. Please note that the information provided by the browser hijacker may be bogus and users should be alert and don’t be taken in by the tempting ads, or they may suffer from money losses or other damages.

Furthermore, Funnysearching.com should be fully removed from the system once it appears on the system security scan results. Some users may consider it is not a big problem to use the new search engine and just don’t take any action to get rid of it. However, things are not as simple as they think. The infected machine will suffer an extremely dangerous situation since redirect virus could mess up the system files step by step. The browser hijacker may lower the security settings of the system as well as the browsers, allowing more and more other cyber threats to break into the compromised machines without scruples. The system performance will be downgraded greatly by the activities triggered by these types of malware and enormous amount of system processes’ resources can be covertly consumed. What’s worse, it is able to spy on your Internet activities and browser history to steal your confidential information for illegal benefits, such as credit card numbers, bank information, user names, passwords, identity information, IP address and email address, etc. So, it is considered to eliminate Funnysearching.com immediately.

How to Remove Funnysearching.com Completely

Step 1: Terminate the related processes immediately
1) Right click on the task bar and select Task Manager or press the Ctrl+Alt+Del or Ctrl+Shift+Esc composite keys to open Task Manage.
2) In the Windows Task Manager window, click on the Processes tab, find out all the related processes of Funnysearching.com and disable them.
3) Exit the Task Manager window.

Step 2: Remove Funnysearching.com related program from the Control Panel
1) Click on the Start button and click Control Panel in the menu.
2) Click on the Uninstall a program link below the Programs.
3) In the showing programs list, search for the unwanted program that is associated with the redirect virus and highlight it then click on the Uninstall.

4) Next, follow the prompt to complete the uninstallation.
5) Once finished, refresh the list and find out if the browser hijacker has been successfully removed.

Step 3: Clean Funnysearching.com from the browsers
Internet Explorer
1) Start the Internet Explorer, click on Tools in the menu bar then choose the Internet Options in the drop-down list.
2) Click on the Advanced tab in the showing window, then click the Reset button.
3) Restart the Internet Explorer.

Mozilla Firefox
1) Open the Mozilla Firefox, click on the Firefox menu. Locate the Help then click on the Troubleshooting Information.
2) In the showing Troubleshooting Information page, click on the Reset Firefox button and confirm the reset request.

Google Chrome
1) Launch the Google Chrome and click on the Settings in the list.
2) In the Settings label page, click on Show advanced settings.
3) Click on Reset browser settings button.

Conclusion

It is quite hard for most PC users to detect the Funnysearching.com redirect infection by their own. They are not aware of the danger of the browser hijacker until things become pretty worse. Evil cyber criminals make use of this browser hijacker to affect users’ PCs and make money with pay-per-link techniques. Thus, users should pay close attention to their computer performance and run system scan regularly for sake of preventing more damages caused by hidden viruses. Usually, the browser redirect virus comes bundled with third-party applications, especially freeware and shareware, and gets installed in the target machines when users unwittingly obtain them from unsecure sources on the Internet. 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. If the manual removal way doesn’t work or you find it too difficult to follow, just download and install a powerful malware removal tool to solve the issue easily. 

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