Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Holasearch.com/Hola Search Toolbar Virus: Removal Guide

Homepage is hijacked by www.holasearch.com? Can't eliminate www.holasearch.com from your web browsers? Can't stop continuous pop-up advertisements? In this post, you will see a detailed Holasearch.com virus removal guide. Please keep reading.


What Is Holasearch.com/Hola Search Toolbar Virus 
Holasearch.com is not a safe website but a creepy browser hijacker virus that usually appears with the Hola Search Toolbar. To deceive innocent users, Holasearch.com pretends to be a search engine, and it claims to provide the best search results. However, when you do online searches with Holasearch.com or its toolbar, it will reroute you to unwanted websites and display fake search results to you. Besides, according to your search queries, Holasearch.com can analyze your browsing interest and send spam emails to you. When you carelessly open those e-mails, other malware will get the chance to attack your system. Therefore, due to Holasearch.com, your workstation will become weaker and weaker. In addition, to increase its online traffic, Holasearch.com takes over your web browser and use its own domain to replace your homepage and default search provider. Before eliminating Holasearch.com and its components, can’t you restore the original settings. Moreover, Holasearch.com also produces tons of advertisements that keep popping up on your screen. So many pop-up ads not only can block system running, but also can bring other infections into your PC. Therefore, you should not click on and trust them. Last but not the least, Holasearch.com is a typical redirect virus and hackers usually make use of it to do more disgusting things, such as spying on your surfing activities, stealing your confidential information and so on, which may lead to more severe consequences.
In conclusion, to protect your computer and your benefit, we strongly recommend you getting rid of Holasearch.com as soon as possible.

Screenshot of Holasearch.com Virus 



Disadvantages of Holasearch.com Virus
1. Holasearch.com virus attacks system without any permission.
2. Holasearch.com virus has a bad online reputation and rating.
3. Holasearch.com virus hijacks, redirects and modifies your web browsers.
4. Holasearch.com virus installs other sorts of spyware/adware/malware on the sly.
5. Holasearch.com virus violates your privacy and compromises your security.

How to Remove Holasearch.com Virus

Solution 1 Manual Removal
Before the removal, please first back up your system! You should be extremely careful when deleting any file,because any mistake may lead to system crashes and other severe consequences.

Step One:
Reboot the computer and before Windows interface loads, hit F8 key repeatedly. Choose “Safe Mode with Networking” option, and then press Enter key. System will load files and then get to the desktop in needed option.



Step Two:
Open Windows Task Manager and end virus processes. There are three ways to launch the Task Manager
① Press keys Ctrl+Alt+Del.
② Press keys Ctrl+Shift+Esc.
③ Press the Start button→click on the Run option→Type in taskmgr→press OK.



Step Three:
Click “Start” button and open the “Control Panel”, then double-click “Folder Options”. When the Folder Options window shows up, please click on the “View” tab, tick “Show hidden files and folders” and unmark “Hide protected operating system files(Recommended)” and then press OK.



Step Four:
Open Start menu and click on the “Search programs and files” box. Then delete Holasearch.com virus files:

%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\mazuki.dll
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Downloader\qmgr0.dat
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Downloader\qmgr1.dat
%WINDOWS%\system\BCBSMP35.BPL
%WINDOWS%\system32\sstray.exe

Step Five:
Open Registry Editor by pressing Windows+R keys, type in regedit and click “OK” to launch the Windows Registry. Then delete all Holasearch.com virus registry entries and keys.



%AppData%\[random thing]
%AllUsersProfile%\Programs\{random thing}\
%CommonStartMenu%\Programs\Users\””
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Regedit
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableRegedit” = “”.exe.dll
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Settings\{.exe}
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\DisallowRun=””


Solution 2 Automatic Removal

Please know that the manual removal above may not be able to remove virus completely, because the creators of virus are always updating the virus version. To ensure a complete virus removal, it’s recommended that you get rid of virus with Automatic Holasearch.com Virus Removal Tool.
This software can delete all infected files and help you fix all registry & system errors.

EASY & EFFECTIVE 

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