Sunday, July 14, 2013

WebBrowserSearch.com Virus: Removal Guide

Recently, there are more and more PC viruses are created and widely spread around the cyber world. Once they get inside, your PC will become weaker and weaker, and then, it will break down in a short time. WebBrowserSearch.com is one of such viruses. So, you need to pay attention to this unreliable website.

More Information about WebBrowserSearch.com Virus
WebBrowserSearch.com is identified as a browser hijacker virus that is used by cyber hackers to unfairly enhance the online traffic of certain websites. If you are unfortunately infected by it, you will meet with a series of troublesome things. To begin with, through modifying browser and DNS settings, WebBrowserSearch.com is able to take control of your web browser, no matter you are using IE, Firefox or Chrome. Then, it changes your homepage and default search provider to http:// WebBrowserSearch.com. Secondly, WebBrowserSearch.com is an inferior search engine, so when you use it to do online searches, it will display wrong results to you, as well as redirect you to irrelevant websites. Thirdly, there will be numerous pop-up advertisements appearing on your screen, which are annoying and reliable. In most cases, these pop-ups connect to phishing websites and aim to swindle your money. What’s more, to further damage your system and realize its malicious purposes, WebBrowserSearch.com will install various malware on the sly. Owing to WebBrowserSearch.com and those malware, the infected PC will run as slow as a snail and work abnormally. All in all, before it causes greater damage, we strongly recommend you removing WebBrowserSearch.com virus as quickly as possible.


WebBrowserSearch.com Screenshot

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

How to Remove WebBrowserSearch.com Virus Completely

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 WebBrowserSearch.com Virus Removal Tool.
This software can delete all infected files and help you fix all registry & system errors.



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