Why do the homepage of IE and Firefox are all changed to Search.SearchGeniusinfo.com without asking me? I have no idea how can this happen. And I finally realize that my computer might be infected by malware as there are also a lot of pop up ads appear on the screen when I am browsing the webs. I am trying to find effective removal tools to get rid of it. Any suggestion?
3. • SEARCH.SEARCHGENIUSINFO.COM is
categorized as PUP or adware program
that fool users into beleiving that this is a
product which can express their opinions
which matter a most. That’s the reason
why people couldn’t guess how this
infection penetrates in their internet
browsers without any manual interference.
4. • But actually this is a trick to enter into the
system of user and after that it totally
changes the settings of the browser
extensions which include Mozilla Firefox,
Google Chrome and Internet Explorer. As
an adware platform, initially it attaches
itself to the web browsers and use up
critical PC resources. After this virus enters
into the system, it starts to display several
pop-ups ads while working.
5. • After that it displays inexorable ads to
interrupt proper functioning of the web
browsers whenever you launch it. It
spreads via numerous ways, so it is quite
tough to discover the particular way of its
invasion. From the customer feedback and
system expert’s analysis, pop-ups from
SEARCH.SEARCHGENIUSINFO.COM
may redirect victims to harmful websites
which have been hacked by the group of
hackers or covers some system viruses in
their scripts.
6. • I may gets downloaded with free
anonymous downloads that you do or may
attack internet browsers using any other
way. Always be careful what you are
installing in your PC because most of the
time it is the user itself who end up
installing these notorious thing while
installing any free code in their system.
Their sponsors inline ads through Google
Search results at the end or at the right
side of the page with purpose to earn
money.
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8. • Step 1: Remove add-ons related to
SEARCH.SEARCHGENIUSINFO.COM.
9. • Internet Explorer:
• 1. Open Internet Explorer, click on the gear
icon and select Manage Add-ons.
• 2. Click on “Toolbars and Extensions”, look
for any add-ons related to the redirect virus
and remove them.
10. • Google Chrome:
• 1. Open Google Chrome, click on the
menu icon (top right corner) and select
“Tools” > Extensions.
• 2. Look for any add-ons related to
SEARCH.SEARCHGENIUSINFO.COM
redirect virus and click the trash icon on
the right to delete them.
11. • Mozilla Firefox:
• 1. Open Mozilla Firefox, click on the menu
icon and select “Add-ons”.
• 2. Select any add-ons related to the
redirect virus and delete them.
12. • Step 2: Remove the files associated with
SEARCH.SEARCHGENIUSINFO.COM
redirect virus from your PC.
13. • 1. Start Control Panel, click on Appearance
and Personalization link.
• 2. Then click on Folder Options.
• 3. Under the View tab, tick “Show hidden
files, folders and drives” and non-tick “Hide
protected operating system files
(Recommended). And then hit OK.
• 4. Then in the local disk C, look for and
delete any files associated with the redirect
virus.
14. • Step 3: Remove any registry entries related
to the redirect virus.
15. • 1. Press Windows + R keys together and
type “regedit” into the Run box, and then hit
OK to open the Registry Editor.
• 2. Click on File and search for the registry
entries relevant to the redirect virus, and
remove them all from your PC.
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16. FOR MORE DETAILS
• GO TO:
• http://blog.mipchelper.com/index.php/guid
es-to-remove-search-searchgeniusinfo-
com-virus/
