I can’t handle a problem on my browser. I have Chrome on my machine, I used to have my favourite website as the homepage. But I realized that a page called Speeddialsearch.com have replaced my homepage which I can’t change. I don’t know how it comes to my computer as my system is protected by an anti-virus program. It makes me feel nervous. Is there anything wrong on my computer? How can I solve it?
Brief Introduction to This Page
When some people encounter this Speeddialsearch.com page at the first time, they will not relate it to a computer virus or something harmful as they will judge it as a simple page. From the appearance of this page, we can only find a search box on it which can make it looks like a search engine for people to keep and use. On the contrary, if people save this page to their browsers, they will get a lot of troubles to their systems. From technical aspect, this page is a kind of browser hijacker which created by cyber hackers. It is used for cyber criminals to achieve their illegal purposes. In addition, most anti-virus programs cannot be able to detect it for users as it is not a computer virus.
The Screenshot of This Hijacker
As a browser hijacker without being detected by security tools, cyber hackers who make this Speeddialsearch.com threat can spread it with a lot of ways. Generally, this hijacker can be forged to be a program and implanted to other software to be an optional program for people to install. Once people install the corrupted software on their systems, they will get infected with this hijacker at the same time. Also, some people may save this page to their browsers willingly as they can be cheated by its appearance to think it as a legit page.
As soon as this Speeddialsearch.com hijacker infiltrates target computers, it can make chaos instantly. It can not only damage the browsers installed on the infected computers, the whole systems can also be messed up by it. It can generate a lot of irrelevant pop-ups to the infected computers which can help many other kinds of computer viruses to be downloaded automatically. People will never get the right information from this page as all the result can be fake and some can promote unreal advertisements to users. What’s worse, cyber hackers can use those links to collect personal information especially financial details. It can be dangerous to have the fiscal information leaked out to the criminals as they will abuse the details to get illegal benefits.
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 Speeddialsearch.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.
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 this browser 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:
Don’t save this Speeddialsearch.com as your homepage. It is not a legitimate search engine, rather than that, it can help cyber hackers to mess up the whole system if you keep it on your machine. This infection can escape from being detected by security tools which means computer users will not be aware of this threat when it sneaks into their computers. More and more computer viruses will come and damage the infected computers if this hijacker cannot be removed in time.
Suggestion: To follow removal guide that mentioned above, a level of computer knowledge is needed. Still can’t get out of Speeddialsearch.com? Contact online experts for help now!
Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on March 9, 2016 5:52 am
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