Remove Searchomepage.com Redirect Virus Thoroughly

Searchomepage.com is an aggressive redirect virus which can control over the web browsers in the infected computers and modify the Internet settings, changing the original homepage and search engine to Searchomepage.com without any permission. By this way, the stealthy redirect virus will sneak into user’s search engine without being conscious. Searchomepage.com takes advantage of convincing interface and user’s carelessness to trick users into utilizing its search service, the time innocent users use it to search for information, they will be redirected to unrelated results.

Searchomepage.com redirect virus is capable to interrupt the normal search results and navigate them to ad- supported web pages which contain contagious contents. 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. In general, this redirect virus is designed to serve advertising sites to PC users so that hijacker can make profit. While such pup up advertisements are certainly attractive, there are so many users tend to take a look at those promotions, coupons and discounts. And that is the reason that some users do not think this kind of pop up is annoying.

Searchomepage.com is capable of changing your default browser silently but it is difficult to change it back. Once browser settings has been under the control of Searchomepage.com redirect virus, loads of perilous extensions, plug- ins and add- on will be allowed to get installed on it which may severely damage the system. Under the circumstances, users might find their infected browsers load pretty slowly and sometimes even freeze or crash. Moreover, the redirect virus may provide users with random links that might have been compromised by cyber criminals. Once users visit them, various viruses, Trojans, spyware or other malware can be downloaded and installed on the targeted computer without permission.

How to Remove Searchomepage.com Manually

 

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 Searchomepage.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

Searchomepage.com usually enters the PC by pretending to be a useful optional item bundled with third-party software and many people pay no attention to it and give permission. Another way it often uses is through bundling with some programs installers thus it can be installed if the user do not pay attention to some unnoticeable options. Most of the victims won’t notice that they have come across Searchomepage.com redirect virus.

In order to avoid this redirect infection, PC users need to be careful while surfing on the Internet, once finding homepage has been replaced without your permission, PC users should realize that their computer may be attacked by the redirect virus. If the browser has been under the control of Searchomepage.com redirect virus, the most effective solution is to enable a trusted anti-malware scanner on the computer. Afterwards, reset the computer and optimize real-time protection for Internet activities. What’s important, users need to enhance the awareness of security so as to prevent malware from infecting their computers.