Thursday, February 20, 2014

How to Remove SearchGol.com Virus from my start page


This unwanted website SearchGol.com replaces my homepage without my consent. I don’t know how to get my previous homepage back. This malicious domain is very stubborn. Every time I change the homepage setting by opening Internet options, SearchGol.com still recurs when I open my browser. It is out of my control. Can anyone help me get rid of it completely? 


What is SearchGol.com Virus?

SearchGol.com Virus is known as a notorious browse hijacker which constantly generates a large number of dazzling commercial ads and cunningly avoids being removed by antivirus software. Most computer users who encounter this annoying hijacker virus always have no idea how they get this knotty virus. In fact, those suspicious webpages as well as some regular websites which have been targeted by hackers are usually used by cyber criminals to distribute this malicious virus. Once innocent Internet users visit those unsafe webpages, this SearchGol.com virus will automatically gets itself installed onto the targeted system without any permission. After making its incursion into your computer, this SearchGol.com virus will slinkingly make malicious modifications to the default settings of your web browser without giving you any notifications. And then a series of commercial ads and sponsored links will keep showing up on your screen to entice you to purchase the promoted products. However, when you are lured into the shopping traps and open those pop-ups, you will be redirected to multiple unwanted websites. Moreover, SearchGol.com virus can disable some important system functions. Consequently, you may fail to access Task Manager or Registry Editor. And your system speed will be decreased gravely. The most useful way to eliminate this SearchGol.com virus is the manual method, and the following steps shows how to get rid of this virus permanently.

SearchGol.com Virus Screenshot:



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

1) SearchGol.com Virus evades the detection of antivirus programs and hides itself well.
2) SearchGol.com Virus replaces your current homepage and search engine with its own site.
3) SearchGol.com Virus makes you sick and tired of a range of unstoppable pop-up ads.
4) SearchGol.com Virus gives rise to unexpected URL redirects which is out of your control.
5) SearchGol.com Virus causes your computer to run slowerer than usual and often freeze up.
6) SearchGol.com Virus downloads various hazardous viruses and malware from remote servers.
7) SearchGol.com Virus leads to your privacy leaks and sends your financial details to hackers.

How to Remove SearchGol.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 SearchGol.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\Explorer\run\Random.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Installer\Products\SOAU8277512 “(Default)”=”1?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableTaskMgr” = 0

 
5. Delete the following and related system files.

C:\windows\system32\drivers\mrxsmb.sys(random)
C:\Users\user account\Appdata\Roaming
%StartMenu%\Programs\random.lnk

Note: SearchGol.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.

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