Help! I have a problem on my browser that I can’t sort out by my own. Usually, I can get my favourite page opened when I run my browser, but yesterday, I found there is a page called Seekmx.com had replaced my homepage, I managed to change it back but failed. I don’t how and when this thing comes to my machine. Now I have no idea, can someone help me out?

Brief Introduction to This Website

Seekmx.com is not a legit web page that can help users to find information from the Internet. However, what it looks like to computer users is just like a search engine as we can barely find more things on it except a search box. This is can be really misleading as most of computer users are not tech savvy on computer area. It is an evil product designed by cyber criminals who want to use this fake search engine to spread more computer viruses and achieve other specific purposes. Being a redirect infection, it can escape from anti-virus programs’ scan as it is not a computer virus. So, under this circumstance, this browser hijacker can sneak into the target computers without being known by computer users.

The Screenshot of This Hijacker

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By escaping from the detection of security tools, this Seekmx.com hijacker can have more chances to infiltrate innocent computers than other kinds of computer viruses. Cyber hackers can forge this page to be a search engine for people to save on their browsers. In addition, those bad guys can also implant this hijacker into other programs which can be commonly downloaded and used by computer users, so when people install the corrupted programs on their computers, this hijacker can invade the machines in the meanwhile. People can also get this infection on their machines if they come to visit other damaged sites which have already been hacked by criminals.

When this Seekmx.com hijacker is activated on the infected computers, browsers like Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome can be messed up by it. That is to say, this hijacker can modify this browser settings arbitrarily. Homepage can be changed to be this hijacker and users will find that they have no way to change it from the browser settings as it can always come back after they have their computers restarted. During the use of the infected computers, users will be troubled by a lot of annoying pop-ups that generated by this hijacker, if people click those links by mistake, they would be under attacked by other kinds of computer infection as those pages can contain more malware.

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 Seekmx.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.

XP task manager

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.

IE tools

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

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Similar video on browser hijacker removal:

Conclusion:

When you see this Seekmx.com on your computer, do not judge it as a normal website. It is a severely dangerous browser hijacker which can cause lots of problems to your machine if you don’t have it removed in time. However, even though it is a bad stuff, your security tool will not help you remove it as it is not a computer virus at all. To avoid more other viruses to come to damage your system, you need to get rid of this hijacker as soon as possible.

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

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on July 25, 2015 5:33 am

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