Like istart123.com virus and Astromenda search virus, Siteken.com can be regarded as a malicious and stubborn browser hijacker. This unwanted program has the capability to attack lots of computers all over the world and cause great chaos. Its main purpose is to promote certain websites and products so as to gather illegal benefits. Your machine could catch Siteken.com malware if you visit unsafe websites, download unverified free programs or open spam email attachments. As long as this pesky program gets into your PC successfully, it changes the system registry settings and drops many useless files to system folders. As a consequence, Siteken.com hijacker runs automatically with the Windows. It then carries out malicious activities on the web browser.
Your browser settings will be changed while default homepage and search engine are changed to Siteken.com without any approval. But you would receive useless or sponsored search results. Meanwhile, you could be redirected to commercial pages when typing correct domain in the address bar. In addition, Siteken.com virus traces your online habits and displays numerous pop-up ads. If you do not remove this malware promptly, you will have to deal with additional troubles. This annoying hijacker could download additional malware to cause further damage or chaos to the system. To help you stop annoying Siteken.com redirects and avoid further troubles, we provide detailed removal guide below. Please take it step by step.
1. It changes default browser settings without letting you know.
2. It replaces your homepage and search providers automatically.
3. It redirects your search results to unwanted commercial websites.
4. It displays countless pop-up ads on your computer screen.
5. It records your internet activities traces for future marketing.
6. It can't be removed successfully by antivirus programs.
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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 Siteken.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 Siteken.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 Siteken.com related extensions and other unknown extensions and "Disable" or "Remove" them.
3. Chrome:
Click "Menu" to open "Tools" and then click "Extensions". Find Siteken.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 Siteken.com files:
%Windows%\System32\Drivers\random.sys
%Desktop%\random.lnk
%AppData%\result.db
Step Five:
Open Registry Editor by pressing Windows+R keys, type in regedit and click “OK” to launch the Windows Registry. Then delete all Siteken.com registry entries and keys.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing “NewTabPageShow” = “1”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
“Start Page”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\supWPM
To completely delete Siteken.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 Siteken.com Removal Tool.
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