How to Remove 16Start.com Virus from IE/Firefox/Chrome

How does 16Start.com replace my home page without my consent? I feel tried a lot of various pop-ups triggered by this nasty site, but unluckily, I fail to remove 16Start.com from my browser. I am really frustrated. This 16Start.com must be an undesirable site. How to remove 16Start.com entirely from my Internet Explorer? I need help!

What is 16Start.com Virus?

16Start.com Virus is known as a nasty browser hijacker which immediately changes computer users’ default homepages as soon as it successfully settles down in the targeted computers. After your computer gets infected with this 16Start.com virus, you will surprisedly find that this malicious domain always redirect you to some strange websites that you haven’t even seen before, which will make you unable to access those websites that you want to visit. Due to the bad effects of this 16Start.com virus, some crucial settings of your Internet browser will be automatically modified without asking for your permission. Like other members of the browser hijacker family such as Outfox.TV virus and Trovigo.com virus, this stubborn virus will pack itself tightly onto your Internet browser and make it impossible for you to get your previous homepage back. Even though you reinstall your Internet browser, you will find that nothing has been changed. This 16Start.com virus will add some unwanted websites into your favorites and bookmarks and install some malicious plugins or toolbars into your browser to disturb its normal usage. What’s wore, this browser hijacker is able to take advantage of cookies to track your browsing activities. And then your personal information online may probably be exposed to a unknown third party. To get rid of this 16Start.com virus, the manual removal is the most efficient way. You can take the following removal steps to remove it from your browser.

16Start.com Virus Screenshot:

16Start.com Virus will do much harm to the infected computer:

1) 16Start.com Virus makes changes to the default settings of your web browser unknowingly.
2) 16Start.com Virus modifies your favourite homepage as well as the default search engine.
3) 16Start.com Virus invades your computer along with many other risky viruses and malware.
4) 16Start.com Virus gathers your search quaries and records your private information online.
5) 16Start.com Virus generates a large number of pop-ups when you are surfing the Internet.
6) 16Start.com Virus continues to redirect you to a variety of unfamiliar and pesky websites.
7) 16Start.com Virus makes the system crash frequently and causes the slow network speed.

How to Remove 16Start.com Virus from your PC?

1. Restart your computer and keep pressing F8 Key before Windows launches. Use the arrow keys to select the "Safe Mode with Networking" option, and then hit ENTER Key to continue.

2. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del at the same time to open Windows Task Manager and end  16Start.com process.

3. Go to Computer Control Panel from Start menu and open Folder Options. Click View and then tick “Show hidden files and folders” and uncheck “Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)”. Press OK.

4. Press Winkey+R together then enter “regedit” to start your registry editor. Delete the following registry keys.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system “EnableLUA” = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableRegistryTools” = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableTaskMgr” = 0
 

5. Delete the following and related system files.

%documents and settings %\ all users\ Int.search-results.com
%AllUsersProfile%\ApplicationData\.exe(rnd)
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll

Note:  16Start.com virus is rather stubborn and malicious. It requests certain computer skills when you dealing with it in manual way. Any incident action could lead your machine to a more terrible situation.