Remove PUP.Optional.SearchGolTB.A - How to Delete PUP.Optional.SearchGolTB.A?

I scanned my computer with MalwareBytes this morning and it detected a threat named PUP.Optional.HomeTab. A. I decided to delete it and then restarted the PC. However, the antivirus program still reported about the infection. I don’t know how to deal with it. It seems that MalwareBytes cannot remove this virus. Does someone know how to completely remove PUP.Optional.HomeTab?

Learn more about PUP.Optional.HomeTab:

PUP.Optional.HomeTab.A is a potentially unwanted program found by MalwareBytes Anti-Malware, which has been published recently. A potentially unwanted application is a program that contains adware, installs toolbars or has other unclear objectives. It is difficult for many antivirus programs to find out this program. PUP.Optional.HomeTab.A does exhibit plenty of malicious traits, such as rootkit capabilities to hook deep into the operating system, browser hijacking, and in general just interfering with the user experience. It can add some toolbars to the browsers, modifying the default or custom settings of the browser, such as the home page, search settings. Your computer performance may slow down due to this threat. This unfriendly program often targets the computers who have vulnerabilities in the system.
Usually, it gets into your computer when you download freeware from the Internet, open spam email attachments or visit malicious websites or the websites which have been hacked. Once installed on your PC, the PUP may carry out many malicious actions. It not only displays a lot of pop-up ads, but also collects your personal information. It has keyloggers that used to trace your all online activities through a remote server, which is dangerous. In other words, this threat is capable of keeping record of the sites you visited, stealing your sensitive data like passwords, usernames, credit card details and bank account information, capturing your keystrokes and sending the data to cyber criminals. For the sake of your computer security, you have to clear the threat as quickly as you can.

PUP.Optional.HomeTab.A removal guide:

Step 1. Restart your computer in Safe Mode.
Restart your computer and tap F8 constantly before Windows launches. Highlight Safe Mode by with the up and down arrow keys and press Enter.
Step 2. Delete all the files related to the program.
Click Start button, click Folder Options in Control Panel. Under View tab, select Show hidden files and folders and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended), and then click OK. Then search for and delete the files below.
%AllUsersProfile%
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~r
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~dll
Step 3. Clear the registry entries of the program.
To open Windows Registry Editor, click Start, go to Run, type regedit in the box and click OK. Search for the following registry key and delete them.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\random HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\run\ HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Temp
Suggestion:
If you are not a computer expert, it is not suggested that you delete PUP.Optional.HomeTab manually because you may end up damaging your computer severely if you mistakenly delete files or registry key which contains information and settings for all the hardware, operating system software etc during the manual removal. To avoid this situation, download and install a professional removal tool like Mighty Uninstaller to delete the files and registry entries of the unwanted program automatically. After all the leftover files and registry entries of the threat are deleted, you can successfully get rid of the threat.