Do you always get redirected to Siteken.com? If so, I’m sorry to tell you that your browsers have been attacked by a browser redirect virus. Once Siteken.com is on your browsers, you cannot remove it easily. In general, Siteken.com is bundled with free software. So it can be downloaded onto your computer together with those free programs without your notification. As long as Siteken.com comes inside, it modifies some default settings of your browsers including your home page and default search engine. By doing so, Siteken.com virus is able to pop up tons of ads on your browsers and keep redirecting you to its domain websites all the time. Though Siteken.com looks quite harmless, it is indeed as malicious as Astromenda.com virus and Groovorio.com virus. As a matter of fact, this redirect virus is used by cyber criminals to collect money via illegal methods. More specifically, Siteken.com will bring you to its promoted sites, by which it can drive the internet traffic to its own websites and make profit for its owners. Besides that, Siteken.com may record your internet activities and send the information to a remote server which is controlled by hackers. As a consequence, you will suffer from other loss. Thus, if you see Siteken.com on your browsers, you should get rid of it without hesitation.
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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