Please help me! I think my new computer has been hijacked. My default search engine is Google, but if I type things on search bar, the search engine appears to be the Resultforquery.com, and also there are plenty of pop-up ads while I’m using the Chrome browser. My friend told me that it should be fine if I reset the browser settings, but I tired and found that it didn’t work. Computer is new and I don’t want it to be infected other malware, so I hope you could help get me out this issue.

Description of Resultforquery.com Hijacker

Resultforquery.com is assorted to be a browser hijacker not a reliable homepage or search engine provider on any browsers like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Firefox.  When your browser gets this browser hijacker, the browser’s homepage and search engine will change to be this Resultforquery.com if you’re search things on your infected browser. When you browse webpage, you will find many pop-ups from the webpages you browse. Even though you close it by clicking on X, another new pop-up will come up. Those pop-up will take up more and more Internet speed and slow down computer performance. You will find it is slower to open new tabs or the browser gets stuck when you open many tabs at the same time. Resultforquery.com hijacker will also redirect you to another strange when you enter the URL you want to browse. On those websites where it redirects you, there might be many pop-up ads, fake message banner or links. If you click on those stuff things, you may get some infections like Trojan horse, virus, adware or malware without your notice, as some pop-up can be added into virus, malware and malicious extension by cyber criminals. So if you cannot remove this Resultforquery.com hijacker soon, you will find other infections on your computer.

Resultforquery.com hijacker must be kicked off completely as soon as possible from your computer if you find it. This browser hijacker will be not only a threat to computer security but also a risk to your personal privacy. This hijacker tracks what you’ve done online and records your personal info that you use online, for example, when you shop online, it will record your online bank or credit card information that you fill in payment form. And then this redirect will send those info to remote hackers. At that time, your money will be at a high risk of being pilfered by those cyber criminals. Besides, if some virus brought by this Resultforquery.com hijacker has ability to hijack your computer, this kind of virus will also help remote hacker access your crucial data stored on computer, which will be a danger. To avoid this Resultforquery.com hijacker getting on your computer, you should be careful of your online activities. Don’t visit websites you think suspicious or download free software installation package from unreliable sites or open spam email attachment.

Main Traits of Resultforquery.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 Resultforquery.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 Resultforquery.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 Resultforquery.com Hijacker

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

There is a removal guide of Resultforquery.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 Resultforquery.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 Resultforquery.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:

Resultforquery.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 Resultforquery.com redirect infection is not as harmful as those stubborn viruses like Trojan horse, ransomware, worms, since this Resultforquery.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 Resultforquery.com hijacker? Contact online experts for help now!

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on October 19, 2015 4:26 am

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