Hey, I got this Storage.conduit.com redirect in my Internet Explorer but cannot get rid of it. I am now frustrated with this conduit redirect infection by its pop ups flooding on screen. I went to the Control Panel and open Internet Options, but don’t know how to clear my web browser and am not sure if that will help remove this conduit redirect. Please help me remove this infection.

Description of Storage.conduit.com Hijacker

Storage.conduit.com is classified as a browser hijacker or redirect infection which usually infects web browsers like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Safari, etc. It hijacks your web browser by inserting its own code to change default settings of the browser. Then you will find the homepage and search engine is changed totally. The homepage is replaced with conduit page, but you cannot change the settings back. In this way, conduit infection controls your web browser. Whatever you look up via this search tool, it just gives you wrong and unrelated answer or redirects you to malicious sites when you want to enter your favorite URL to browse. And you will be redirected to malicious sites where there are also other unknown infections intending to access to your computer. If you click on something from those sites, other dangerous infection will get on your computer without your notice. In this way, this Storage.conduit.com redirect will easily introduce more threats to infected computer. If your computer gets more infection, more computer problems will be triggered. Computer performance will suddenly slow down and Internet speed will soon also be slow. You will find it hard to open new tabs or computer gets stuck often even crashes down. Anyway, this conduit redirect just do bad things in system, and to avoid further damages, please remove it timely.

Storage.conduit.com redirect is usually distributed online by cyber criminal to infect targeted computer and steal users’ private information for illegal profits. This conduit redirect will be added into suspicious web sites. When users visit those websites, many pop ups will soon show up. And if you click on those things, it will soon open and activate to install into your computer without any prompt. Or sometimes, it will just drop on your computer once you open those malicious sites. So don’t visit malicious sites about porn, free downloads, gaming or gambling and so on. And also don’t download free application from unlicensed and untruthful resource; it will also bring this hijacker soon. Those free applications also are bundled with this infection, and it will be quickly installed into your system while you’re installing the application you need. You had better select customized installation to prevent this conduit redirect infection from entering your computer. in a word, this infection will get on your computer through many other ways like spam email, shareware and stranger links from unknown person, etc. What you should do is to keep a good online habit to keep this Storage.conduit.com redirect infection from access to your computer and creating more computer problems.

Main Traits of Storage.conduit.com Hijacker

-Can change your homepage or the default search engine to Storage.conduit.com and it totally prevents you from changing them back

-Can always redirect you to other websites

-Can pop up various advertisements and sponsored links randomly to interrupt your online activities

-Can create many junk files which occupy a lot of space in hard drive

-Can download other malicious programs into computer, which make further damage.

-Can collect and send data concerning your search history and other browsing activities.

-Your sensitive information can be tracked and stolen by hacker who can access to your computer with the help of this browser hijacker.

NOTE: If you find any of these symptoms on your computer, that proves your PC is under attack and seriously infected with Storage.conduit.com hijacker. If you are not a computer savvy, Please contact YooSecurity Online PC Experts to remove this browser hijacker virus for you.

The Screenshot of Storage.conduit.com Hijacker

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Manual Removal Guide of Browser Hijacker (For Computer Literate)

There is a removal guide of Storage.conduit.com 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 Storage.conduit.com 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 Storage.conduit.com 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:

Storage.conduit.com hijacker is a harmful redirect infection to the computer. It changes the homepage and search engine totally and prevents online users from changing back, redirects them to its URL or other malicious websites, steals their personal data and displays endless pop-ups on the screen to prevent them from getting online normally and smoothly. Don’t think this redirect infection is not as harmful as those stubborn viruses like Trojan horse, ransomware, worms, since this redirect can also bring those harmful viruses to infect the computer, which will greatly slow down PC and make it run as a snail and further harm to mess up system files and damage system severely.

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

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on May 10, 2015 4:36 am

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