Hey there, I’m facing a problem on my computer that I’m not able to handle. A page called MyGridSearch.com can always come out when I try to go online. I don’t use this page for online search so I manage to change it from the browser settings. However, I can’t get it done as it doesn’t allow me to change. What do I do? Could it be a virus or something? Please advise.

Brief Introduction to This Page

MyGridSearch.com is not a good search engine that can help users to find information on the web. Even its appearance looks legit, if people use it to find information on the web, they will find out they can hardly get the right answers, instead, they can be received a lot of pop-ups and advertisements. This page is classified to be a malicious browser hijacker with misleading appearance. Many computer users can fall into its trap by seeing its well-designed look. Once this hijacker sneaks into target computers, it will cause a lot of troubles just like virus does, and it can even corrupt the whole systems by somehow. In one word, people who see this page on their computers must not treat it as a normal page.

The Screenshot of This Hijacker

MyGridSearch.com

As a browser hijacker, most of anti-virus programs cannot detect it for computer users as this MyGridSearch.com hijacker is not a type of computer virus. That’s to say, this hijacker can infiltrate target computers easily in many ways without users’ notice. Generally, cyber hackers can edit this infection to many other pages, so once people go the corrupted pages, they can be redirected to this vicious page instantly and people can be asked to set it to be their homepage, otherwise they cannot close it. In addition, this hijacker can be installed into target machines as hackers can forge it to be an optional program.

Once this MyGridSearch.com redirect infection comes to target machines, the browsers installed on the systems can be corrupted. The default homepage and search engine will be modified to be this page and the browser settings can be changed as well. It is not wise to keep this page as many computer users have complained that their computers have been flooded by too much junk files and pop-ups. Those unwanted stuff can slow down the performance of the infected computer obviously as PC users will take a large time on waiting to open programs and loading web pages. What’s worse, if this hijacker cannot be removed in time, cyber hackers can use it to collect innocent computer users’ financial information saved on the infected computers.

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 MyGridSearch.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:

MyGridSearch.com pretends to be a page that cheats people to judge it as a search engine and save it on their systems. But the fact of this page is not a good thing, rather than that, it is categorized to be a browser hijacker which can bring troubles to the infected machines. It is an evil product created by cyber hackers who want to use it to achieve malicious purposes. If people don’t get rid of this infection in time, the infected systems will be messed up completely with different kinds of viruses.

Suggestion: To follow removal guide that mentioned above, a level of computer knowledge is needed. Still can’t get out of MyGridSearch.com? Contact online experts for help now!

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on November 16, 2015 5:24 am

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