Remove MyWeb.House Redirect Virus Thoroughly

Posted by Alice Bonnie
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Nov 29, 2016
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MyWeb.House is a nasty redirect infection which attacks PC users’ browsers, once being infected, it will modify settings on the targeted browser to change its homepage to MyWeb.House redirect site. By doing this, the redirect virus can interfere with users’ browsing habits. MyWeb.House redirect virus is in the disguise of Google Chrome so it tricks lots of users successfully, causing the users browse the web with it unobtrusively and redirect them to unknown search results.

The redirect virus can redirect users to some specific advertisements sites and sponsored links. Not just happening in the targeted browser, this redirect infection will also create many dangerous popping up pages in the infected computer, especially when they try to run some third-party program, so that the PC users may click those unsafe links accidentally. Generally, a majority of ad websites are utilized to promote various products to make profits. Some users are interested in merchandise sale promotions, discounts and coupons, for the reason that they think it can save some money by using such coupons or discounts. As a result, they click on the ads and go to visit the shopping sites or let the pop-up ads show on the web pages.

Because of that MyWeb.House has extracted satisfaction from the success of advertising bombardment, there are more chances for unwanted programs break into the computer. This redirect virus may download and install all kinds of unknown toolbars, which look legitimate but actually harmful, onto users’ browsers without any consent. Moreover, the MyWeb.House will provide random web links to ignorant users, which are likely to be corrupted by cyber criminals. Moreover, it may display some ads or sponsored links that can redirect users to websites with malicious codes. Under such circumstance, the victims of the infected computer will get more and more troubles including information revealing, data loss, and attacks from other malware and viruses. You should take a quick action to get rid of the browser hijacker from your PC.

How to Remove This MyWeb.House Redirect

Step one: set the default homepage back
For Internet Explorer:
1. Click on Browser Tools
2. Select Manage Add-Ons on the tools window
3. Click Search Provider
4. Here you can see many kinds of search engine option as Bing and Google, select your favorite one to be a default homepage.
5. Choose Search Results and click on Remove icon to eliminate it
6. Click Tools, select Internet Options and then the General tab. Here you can option a website you like and save it.
c. Select the unwanted address and click ‘Remove’ to remove it;
For Google Chrome:
1. Open Customize and control
2. Click on Settings
3. Select on Basic Options icon
4. Here you can reset your homepage (e.g.Google.com)
5. Once you choose a default homepage, click on Manage Search Engines and then click Google to be your default search engine.
6. Remove it from the browser by clicking MyWeb.House and then the X’ mark
For Mozilla Firefox:
1. Click Manage Search Engine
2. Select Search Results and then click Remove option, click OK
3. Open Tools, under the General tab, set Google.com as default homepage
Step two: locate related files of the redirect virus and remove them from the computer
%AllUsersProfile%
%AllUsersProfile%\Programs\{random letters}\
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~r
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~dll
Step three: Remove Cookies on all Browsers
Internet Explorer:
a. Click options on the browser and then choose Internet Options
b. Open General tab, click Delete Browsing History to remove all related cookies
c. Select cookies and click Delete
Firefox:
a. Click option
b. Select Privacy and then click on Remove Individual Cookies icon
c. Delete relevant cookies list on the box
Google Chrome:
a. Click option
b. Open Under the Bonnet tab
c. Select Privacy and then click Clear browsing data
d. Delete all cookies
Step four: Remove Malicious Registry
a. Open Registry Editor on the start menu
b. Type in Regedit and click OK
c. Remove all the following registry entries
HKEY
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “CertificateRevocation” = ‘1’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments “SaveZoneInformation” = ‘0’

Conclusion

MyWeb.House redirect virus has the ability to intrude onto the system through the way of coming bundled with some unprotected software, commercial related websites created by cyber hackers, links in browser hijackers, spam email attachments, junk emails and ads pops- up. It is a very cunning redirect virus that has the ability to escape the scanning of security software through changing its name and position and terminating executable programs. However, most users do not deem this redirect virus as a big threat and just leave it alone on their computers, which lead to some unnecessary damage and losses.

To avoid MyWeb.House redirect virus, users need to be aware of the common browser settings and options which can be easily modified by the malware, such as appearance of undesirable ads pops- up, browser homepage being changed to a commercial related one or deterioration of browser performance, it is suggested to check the status of browser immediately. If their computers get infected with MyWeb.House redirect virus, they should run the installed antivirus or anti-malware programs to scan and remove the suspicious files. Then restore the browser settings as well as the system’s settings. When they download something from the Internet, run the antivirus program to scan it before opening it in case some malware come along with the free downloads. 

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