How to Get Rid of Livesmartsearch.com

Hi, my Firefox is hijacked by some malware Livesmartsearch.com since yesterday my nephew played game on my computer. My computer was just upgraded to Windows 10. So I am not familiar with its settings, but I tried to uninstall Firefox to remove this hijacker, but after I reinstall Firefox, this hijacker comes back. I hope you could help me figure out a way on how to get rid of this browser hijacker completely.

Description of Livesmartsearch.com Hijacker

Livesmartsearch.com is not a safe and useful webpage and search bar but assorted to be browser hijacker. Browser hijacker usually changes the infected browser’s default settings, modifies the homepage and search engine provider, redirects you to other strange and unsafe sites and pops up different kinds of ads and message banner on your web browser. Once this Livesmartsearch.com hijacker gets on your computer, it will first changes the homepage and search tool to take control of your web browser totally. And it always redirects you to malicious sites whenever you enter your favorite URLs. What drives you to be crazy is that this infection always pops up different kinds of ads on webpage. Livesmartsearch.com hijacker can use its cookie to track your online history and according to what you usually browse online to display the specific ads. For example, if you like to do shopping online, it will specifically pop up products ads, discount items and deals to attract you click on it. However, this kind of pop-up sometimes could be infected with virus or malware. Once you click on infected ads, the virus or malware will soon drop on your computer. With coming of this Livesmartsearch.com hijacker, other infection could access your computer via annoying and endless popups. Therefore, when you find those popups, you had better not click on them and you should quickly remove this browser hijacker.

Livesmartsearch.com hijacker is distributed on the Internet by those cyber hackers. And it can access your machine through many ways. Cyber hackers usually put it on those unsafe and malicious sites, and when Internet users visit those sites or click on something suspicious from that site, browser hijacker infection or other threat like malware or virus will soon get installed into your computer. What’s more, on free software download website, cyber hackers also can insert Livesmartsearch.com hijacker or other malware into free software installation package. So when users are downloading the software they need, this browser hijacker will also get installed into system at the same time. If you want to install free program from the Internet, first you need check if the website is safe or not and you’re suggested to use programs from reliable sites. Besides, this Livesmartsearch.com hijacker could stay in spam email. When you check email, please don’t read those junk emails even open its attachments or links, or threats will sneak into your computer. In a word, to protect your computer from being infected with this hijacker, malware or virus, please don’t open or view suspicious things online.

Main Traits of Livesmartsearch.com Hijacker

-Can change your homepage or the default search engine 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 Livesmartsearch.com browser hijacker.

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

The Screenshot of Livesmartsearch.com Hijacker

Manual Removal Guide of Livesmartsearch.com Browser Hijacker (For Computer Literate)

There is a removal guide of Livesmartsearch.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 Livesmartsearch.com hijacker, the name of the process of it is random.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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Conclusion:

Livesmartsearch.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 Livesmartsearch.com 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 Livesmartsearch.com hijacker? Contact online experts for help now!

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on November 2, 2015 9:15 am