I have a laptop with Windows XP operating system. These days, I keep getting strange pop-ups when I go online, and I have noticed that my homepage in Firefox browser has been changed to be a page named Discoveranswer.com. I didn’t set it by my own. I tried to change it from the browser settings but failed. I don’t know what to do now as I don’t have too much computer knowledge. Any suggestion?

Brief Introduction to This Page

Discoveranswer.com pretends to be a kind of search engine for people to use. It is an evil product created by cyber criminals who want to achieve bad purposes. This page belongs to a type of browser hijacker. It is a computer threat but not a virus. Under this case, when this page comes to target computers, users cannot get any warning message from their anti-virus programs. It can be easy for this hijacker to attack innocent computer users as it can escape from being detected by security tools. Also, some inexperienced users can treat it as a legit page for them to use. However, if people use this hijacker to find information on the web, they will never get the right things they want.

The Screenshot of This Hijacker

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There can be various ways for cyber hackers to spread this Discoveranswer.com hijacker. Usually, this hijacker can be implanted to other vicious pages that controlled by hackers. When people go to those corrupted websites, they can be redirected to this hijacker and asked to set it as their homepages. Also, this hijacker can be bundled with other programs as an optional program for people to install. Hackers can forge it with a fake description to cheat people. Once people install the infected programs to their machines, this hijacker can sneak into their systems at the same time.

When this Discoveranswer.com hijacker infiltrates target machines, it will take control of all the browsers installed on the infected computers. The default homepages and search engines can be changed to be this hijacker page. Whenever users go online, they will be taken to this fake search engine. Also, this hijacker can generate a lot of irrelevant pop-ups to the infected computers. Those links can contain other kinds of computer malware. If people click those dangerous pages, their systems can be targeted by more viruses. The performance of the infected computers can be slowed down greatly if more and more computer viruses invade.

The properties of Browser Hijacker

-Can not be detected by your anti-virus software, which makes it hard to uninstall from the computer.
-Once you open your browser, you will be redirected to some unknown websites.
-Can slow down the performance of the computer, or even blue screen.
-Can pop up many unwanted advertisements when you are doing something else.
-Can change your settings in your browser and it is not easy to change it back.

If you find any symptoms listed above showing on your computer, then your computer must be suffered with a browser hijacker that causes you keep being redirecting to this Discoveranswer.com. Welcome to contact YooSecurity Online PC Experts for manual removal guide. Also, we will provide a short removal guide below for computer literate.

NOTE: Being afraid to do any wrong operation during the process of removing this browser hijacker? Please contact YooSecurity Online PC Experts, we are here to help you:

Manual Removal Guide of Browser Hijacker (For Computer Literate)

There is a removal guide of Browser Hijacker provided here; however, expertise is required during the process of removal, please make sure you are capable to do it by yourself.

Step 1: Find Ctrl, Alt, and Delete these 3 keys and then press them together to open task manager to end the process related to this hijacker, the name of the process of it is random.

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Step 2: Try to find Folder Options in Control Panel, select the View tab, and then tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK.

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Step 3: Click on Start button at the right lower corner, then click on Control Panel

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Then you will come to the Control Panel windows, click on Add and Remove Programs

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Then try to find the program which relates to this browser hijacker, highlight it and choose Remove, the program’s name is random.

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Step4: Change your homepage in your browser (Take Internet Explorer as an Example)

From the Navigation toolbar in Internet Explorer, click Tools and select Internet Options.

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Then type the URL you want into the Home page box and then click OK

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Conclusion:

Do not take this Discoveranswer.com page as a useful search site. It is not a legitimate page for you to keep on your computer. If you encounter this hijacker on your system, you will notice that your browser will perform in a strange way. When you go online, you will be disturbed by tons of irrelevant pop-ups. Do not click any of them as your system can be attacked by more other viruses. This hijacker can assist cyber hackers collect personal information saved on the infected computers so that they can gain more illegal benefits. If your system is corrupted by this hijacker, please get rid of it as soon as possible.
Suggestion: To follow removal guide that mentioned above, a level of computer knowledge is needed. Still can’t get out of Discoveranswer.com? Contact online experts for help now!

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on October 13, 2016 4:16 am

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