Thursday, May 22, 2014

How to Delete Max-start.com Browser Hijacker Virus Successfully

Hijacked by Max-start.com? 
Max-start.com is a nasty browser hijacker which can be installed in your computer together with free softwares which you can download from internet. So you won’t notice anything until you find that your computer start to act weirdly. Therefore, it’s so important for you to be more careful when you install a new program. You should always stay closer to every installation step and deselect the options for additional unknown programs. 

After Max-start.com gets inside your computer, it infects all the browsers and changes the default browser settings maliciously. Your original homepage and search engine will be replaced by Max-start.com. When you open your browsers, you will be redirected to Max-start.com automatically. Even though it looks like normal search website, you are not suggested to use it as your search engine. If you search something, you will notice that your search results include many irrelevant sponsored links which are supported by Max-start.com. Moreover, Max-start.com can record your online information like cookies and searching key words for future marketing in order to make more illegal money. Besides, Max-start.com also allows countless pop-up ads display on your computer which can interrupt your internet activities terribly. As long as Max-start.com stays in your computer, you can’t have normal browsing experience. Thus, you are strongly advised that you should remove Max-start.com from your computer immediately.
Max-start.com Screenshot
Dangers of Having Max-start.com 
1. It infects all browsers and modifies the settings automatically.
2. It replaces your homepage and redirects you to other pages.
3. It jumps out unexpectedly and asks you to download some updates.
4. It displays various annoying pop-up ads on your computer screen.
5. It can't be removed by antivirus and can stays in your computer safely.
6. It records your online traces for achieving its illegal purposes. 
Remove Max-start.com Completely
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 consequence.
METHOD 1. Manual Removal
Step One:
Click "Start" to open "Control Panel", then click "Uninstall a program". Then uninstall Max-start.com programs and other unknown programs.
Step Two: 
Remove Add-ons from browsers (IE, Firefox, Chrome).
1. Internet Explorer:
Click "Tools" and then click "Manage add-ons". Find Max-start.com related extensions and other unknown add-ons in "Toolbars and Extensions" and "Disabled" them.
2. Firefox:
Click "Firefox(Tools)" and then click "Add-ons". Find Max-start.com related extensions and other unknown extensions and "Disable" or "Remove" them.
3. Chrome:
Click "Menu" to open "Tools" and then click "Extensions". Find Max-start.com related extensions and other unknown extensions and "Disable" them.
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 Max-start.com files: 
C:\Program Files
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random.dll
Step Five:
Open Registry Editor by pressing Windows+R keys, type in regedit and click “OK” to launch the Windows Registry. Then delete all Max-start.com registry entries and keys.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\random 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\random
 
METHOD 2. Automatic Removal 
To completely delete Max-start.com, you need to 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.Besides,any tiny mistake during the manual removal process may lead to severe consequences. Therefore,to ensure a complete and safe virus removal, it’s recommended that you get rid of virus with Automatic Max-start.com Removal Tool.                                                                                   


    

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