Is there anyone can tell me how to solve this problem? I have searchatomic.com on my browser for a long time! I just can’t change the homepage to be another one. Every time I change a desired website to be the homepage, after I reopen my browser, that website comes up again! I don’t want it at all! I think it must be a virus, but my anti-virus program shows that my computer works fine. Now I’m really confused. What should I do now?

Brief Introduction to This Website

Searchatomic.com is a website for computer users to visit. People can get redirected to this website when they click on some pop-ups or links. When they first come to this site, they can barely relate it as a computer threat which we can define it as a browser hijacker. The reason why people can hardly notice that is because the interface of it is really deceptive. From the appearance of this website, we can only find few contents on it. Except a search box with several categories under it, nothing else can be found. It can be easily treated as a search website due to the appearance of it is too similar with other famous search engines on the Internet.

The Screenshot of This Hijacker

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Frankly speaking, this searchatomic.com is not a vicious stuff, however, cyber criminals who hack into this page make it be evil. In order to spread this infection to more computer users, cyber hackers can utilize the Internet as the main source. People who come to this website would be asked to set it as the homepage on their computers, once they agree with that, this infection can come. Also, when people download some corrupted programs online which have already been implanted this hijacker by cyber hackers, after the programs are installed, this hijacker can sneak into the target computers at the backdoor.

It is not easy for inexperienced people to recognize that their computers are infected by this searchatomic.com browser hijacker until they find their computers perform weird after a long time. This hijacker can attack all the browsers installed on the affected machines. It can modify the default homepage and search engine to be searchatomic.com and will not let PC users to change. Some other browser settings like DNS can be changes as well. Wrong browser settings can lead the corrupted browsers perform poorly. It may take a long time to open web pages and users will get disturbed by tons on useless pop-ups and ads. In addition, the whole computer system can be messed up. This redirect infection can waste a large percent of the CPU usage, in this case, when people try to open some programs, they can get no responding errors often.

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 searchatomic.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:

Technically speaking, searchatomic.com is not a computer threat at all, but once it is edited by cyber hackers, it becomes to be a browser hijacker that can damage computers severely. People can be attacked by it when they surf the Internet carelessly. This browser hijacker can slow down the performance of the infected machines sharply. If this thing cannot be removed as soon as possible, it could download many other computer threats that can damage the affected machines more which can make the condition of the infected computers worse and worse.

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

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on October 20, 2014 1:16 pm

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