Www-searching.com was designed to steal users’ private information and use it for making money. By changing modifies DNS settings, your browser keeps redirecting you to Www-searching.com against your will no matter you are using Firefox, Chrome or Internet Explorer. With the help of a rootkit, the virus will build a gateway for malicious software and files to infiltrate your system. The function of this virus is to take control of your computer. Therefore, you are at the mercy of whatever malware decides to visit your computer and use that control taken by the redirect virus to extract any information it is designed to get. Now, not only does the cyber-criminal has access to all of your saved files, but also has access to any usernames and passwords that you provide during the time the redirect virus is active. Then it will corrupt some critical system files and registry entries to avoid being detected and removed by users. Other signs of Www-searching.com may include limited memory, low-speed, and long boot up time. These indicate that it's time for a redirect virus removal.
Considering this malware can’t be fixed by any security tools, uses can use the manual guide below to fix this issue without any risk.
1. Clear all the cookies of your affected browsers.
Since tricky hijacker virus has the ability to use cookies for tracing and tracking the internet activity of users, it is suggested users to delete all the cookies before a complete removal.
Google Chrome:
Click on the “Tools” menu and select “Options”.
Click the “Under the Bonnet” tab, locate the “Privacy” section and click the “Clear browsing data” button.
Select “Delete cookies and other site data” to delete all cookies from the list.
Internet Explorer:
Open Internet explorer window
Click the “Tools” button
Point to “safety” and then click “delete browsing history”
Tick the “cookies” box, then click “delete”
Mozilla Firefox:
Click on Tools, then Options, select Privacy
Click “Remove individual cookies”
In the Cookies panel, click on “Show Cookies”
To remove a single cookie click on the entry in the list and click on the “Remove Cookie button”
To remove all cookies click on the “Remove All Cookies button”
2. Remove all add-ons and extensions
Google Chrome: Wrench Icon > Tools > Extensions
Mozilla Firefox: Tools > Add-ons (Ctrl+Shift+A)
Internet Explorer: Tools > Manage Add-ons
3. Open Control Panel from Start menu; then find Folder Options and under View tab, tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) then click OK.
4. Delet the following files because they contain the virus instructions.
%AppData%Local[random].exe
C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\*.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\*.*
5. Press Windows+ R keys to open the Run window and then type in regedit to open Registry Editor.
6. Access to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER directory of your system registry and delete the following entries associated with the virus.
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\random
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\run\random
7. Restart your computer to complete the removal.
The Most Effective Way to Get Rid of Www-searching.com
Effectively and permanently removing the redirect viruses requires a professional removal tool. You can use SpyHunter. It serves to remove redirect viruses, additional applications, fake antivirus or anti-malware programs and ransomware. It is a more reliable option and it can help to make your computer work faster as well. It can also restore registry files infected by the redirect virus to the previous working session.
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