This spidersearch.net replaces my homepage on my Google Chrome, I used to set Google as my homepage but this thing change it. It looks like a legit website that provides the same thing like Google does. But after I used it for several times, I figured out it is not a good stuff at all as what I want to find is the answer for my work, but it gives me tons of advertisements. However, it is impossible for me to set Google to be my homepage again. What should I do?

Brief Introduction to This Website

Spidersearch.net has been reported by many victims that it utilizes a forged name and disguised interface to cheat people. The only purpose of these tricks is to hoax people to convince it is a kind of web page that visitors can use to do online search. From the appearance of it, people users can only find a search box and few quick links to some social websites. From the first sight, no one will disagree that it is an online search engine. However, the fact is totally beyond users’ thoughts, it is classified as a browser hijacker that designed by cyber criminals who want to exploit this infection to achieve their evils goal from innocent computer users.

The Screenshot of This Hijacker

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When people go online, they can be redirected to this spidersearch.net if they come to some corrupted web pages or clink on some unsafe links. When visitors open this hijacker, they would be asked to set this website as their homepages, being cheated by its interface, some users can agree to set it as the homepage. Also, when people download some programs that they really need on their computers, they will not be aware of the programs that downloaded can be implanted this hijacker by cyber criminals. After they install the infected programs on their machines, this redirect infection can sneak into the target computers without users’ consent.

Spidersearch.net hijacker aims on browsers that installed on the infected machines. Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome can be the main targets for this infection to corrupt. It can modify the default homepage and search engine to its domain and will not allow people to change. What’s worse, this hijacker can add many useless and harmful add-ons into the infected browsers. With such things, the infected computer can be attacked by many other malicious threats. If people try to use this hijacker to search something online, they will be given countless pop-ups and advertisements instead of right answers. If people click those links, their computers can be compromised as many viruses and Trojans can come from them. The whole system can be weird if this hijacker stays a long time on it. It can occupy a large percent of the CPU usage which can make the computer run slowly.

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 spidersearch.net. 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:

Spidersearch.net is believed to be a vicious browser hijacker that can damage the whole system constantly if it cannot be removed in a short period of time. Cyber criminals can take advantage of it to spread more viruses and malware to the infected machines. This redirect infection can mess up the whole system by doing malicious activities at the backdoor without user’s notice. It is not recommended for computer users to set this website as homepage on their computers, otherwise, what it can bring the users are not conveniences but troubles.

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

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on October 14, 2014 5:53 am

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