My homepage is redirected to Quicknetsearch.com automatically every time
I start the browser and I can't get my Google back. I have tried resetting
Google as my homepage but failed. This really annoys me. My computer system is
Win7 64 bits and IE browser is my frequent used browser. How can I resolve this
problem? Anyone advice will be appreciated.
Information of Quicknetsearch.com
Quicknetsearch.com is a website with invisible
infection and backdoor programs, which can hijack and attack computer systems
with adware or Trojan virus. It has an appearance similar to other legitimate
websites so that computer users won't suspect its safety and believe it is a
helpful site. However, in fact it's only a scam that cheats users to click the
links on the website and download its useless and malicious program. There is a
weird phenomenon that you would find various advertisements popping up under the
search box. When you type a keyword into the search box and press Enter, you
will receive a lot of advertisements and sponsored links in the search results.
And after this infection, you will find it hard to access the websites you want
to visit, for the redirect virus will keep redirect your browsers to its own
page or other unknown websites. Besides, this redirect virus will constantly pop
up sorts of advertisements on your browsers, urging you to download some unknown
files, toolbars, or security software. If you unwarily click on the ads, the
unnecessary programs or malware can be installed on your PC.
Quicknetsearch.com hijacker changes your default search engine, corrupts
your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox and even affects your
system and programs. More seriously, it slows down the computer performance and
attach undesirable plug-in, add-on, toolbar onto the browser without asking
user's permission firstly. You may fail to open the frequently-used sites, such
as Yahoo mail and Twitter, because your browser has been messed up by the
redirect virus. Furthermore, it can take over the local DNS and prevent it from
any modification with the purpose of control the browser even if you have re-
installed it hundreds of times. As you can see, the threat can compromise your
web browser and change your default search engine and homepage, remove it from
your computer the sooner the better.
To protect your computer, you should get rid of Quicknetsearch.com
redirect virus without any hesitation. Please refer to the removal guide given
below if you don't know how to perform the removal of this threat.
Effects of Being Infected by the Redirect Virus
1. Quicknetsearch.com redirect can not only get on browsers without
permissions, but reset default structures of affected browsers without letting
you change them back.
2. There are lots of advertisements popping up on the browsers, which
badly affects your surfing experience.
3. The annoying pop-ups and suspicious links may bring more and more
other malware on your PC.
4. The browser performance is drastically slowed down since many ads
are downloaded and displayed on the web pages.
5. Users' online info like usernames, passwords and other confidential
data can be stolen by cyber criminals.
How to Manually Remove Quicknetsearch.com?
In virtue of containing malicious code created by cyber criminals,
Quicknetsearch.com can effectively prevent itself from removing by celebrated
antivirus programs. In general, the manual removal task needs the user to have
much computer experience. To make it easier, Basic manual removal steps have
been given in the following to help one get rid of Quicknetsearch.com browser
hijacker (Be cautious when dealing with different system files and entries):
1. Disable running processes on Windows Task Manager.1) Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys to activate Windows Task Manager.
2) From Processes tab, find out the associated processes of the threat and then right click on the End Process button to totally terminate them.
2. Uninstall associated programs of Quicknetsearch.com from the computer.
1)Click on Start button, click Control Panel.
2) Click Program, click on Uninstall a Program.
3) From Programs and Features, locate the associated programs of the browser hijacker from the applications list, locate the associated programs and then click Uninstall button to remove them.
4) Confirm the uninstall request then follow the wizard to complete the removal.
3. Modify browser settings to stay away from the cyber attacks triggered by the redirect virus.
1) Enable the browser.
2) Revert browser settings and fully remove the associated Internet temp files.
For Internet Explorer
Click Tools-> Go to Internet Options-> Click Advanced tab-> Click on Reset button
For Mozilla Firefox
Click Firefox-> locate Help option-> Go to Troubleshooting Information-> Click Reset Firefox button
For Google Chrome
Click the wrench icon-> Click Settings-> Click Show Advanced Settings link-> Click Reset Browser Settings
3) Reset the browser homepage manually.
For Internet Explorer
Click General from the Internet Options -> type a secure and new web address -> confirm the modification
For Mozilla Firefox
Click Options from the Firefox menu-> Click General tab-> type a secure and new web address -> confirm the changes.
For Google Chrome
Go to Advance section in the Settings-> Click Show Home Button-> Click the displayed Change link-> type a secure and new web address
4) Restart the browser to confirm the modification.
Conclusion
Quicknetsearch.com is a potential unwanted/dangerous program that
related to adware and browser hijacker. Once this redirect virus slips into your
computer, it would add some unknown add-ons onto your web browsers and modify
the browser settings without any permission, making the browsers work
improperly. It can be loaded automatically every time you start the web browser,
which annoys you a lot. It is difficult to get rid of the page, even if you
reinstall the browser or reset the browser setting. The web browser can spy on
your online activities so you will get many pop-up advertisements related to
what you have searched for before. To get rid of such annoyance, you can follow
the guide provided above or simply use a powerful malware removal tool.
Note: If you think manual is too complicated and may cause system
instable or other problems. If you still don't clearly know how to manually
remove the threat after reading the guide above, please download and use an
automatic removal tool instead.