Saturday, April 13, 2013

How to Get rid of ISoft Online Search Browser Malware



ISoft Online Search is a hazardous computer redirect virus participating in a large-scale search engine hijack. It affects the most famous web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and others. From the primary impression, you may think the virus has nothing different from the legit web pages because it has a decent interface and also contains ample contents. However, the fact is far from what it appears to be. Now let me tell you some severe issues about the search page.
First of all, this vermin infiltrates random computers breezily without any alarm by shunning the Windows firewall & security shield when people do some unsafe activities via the internet, such as installing some free software downloaded from insecure pages. Normally the sort of phenomenon is triggered by a rootkit which is a really intricate cyber threat. Secondly, every time when you visit your favorite domains, the ISoft Online Search and more related URLs pop up because it may replace your default homepage or reroute you from SERPs (search engine results pages) substituting the actual link you intent to navigate-that’s where the greatest problem is. Even though you make efforts to get back the homepage or even reinstall your browser, only to find all the attempts turn to be in vain. And what’s worse, if you use ISoft Online Search to search for something, all your search queries are controlled by ISoft Online Search rather than your original search provider. Last but not the least, the virus designers are striving to convert such odd traffic into something tangible, such as money. To sum up, it’s of high importance to uninstall ISoft Online Search nuisance as well as its associated malware campaign quickly and completely to protect the security of infected machines and users’ properties.


Screenshot of ISoft Online Search

 

Computer May Act Weird after Infection

1). Browser default settings may have been changed, your normal visit will be redirected.
2). You can’t seem to get right search results, those provided websites are malicious.
3). Computer performance slows down, some other viruses can sneak in.
4). Unwanted advertisements or fake warnings may appear on your screen.
5). Some applications got installed on your computer, you may never heard of them.

Step by Step Removal Guide for ISoft Online Search

Step 1: Reset your browser and default homepage. (Take IE as example)

Open your IE, click on Tools, choose Internet Options. Switch to Advanced tab, click Reset. You can also set your favorite homepage in the General tab.

Step 2: Press Ctrl+Alt+Del key to open Task Manager. Switch to Processes tab, search for related items about ISoft Online Search, click on End Process.

Step 3: Open your Registry Editor, search and delete following entries.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\[random]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random].exe”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PhishingFilter “Enabled” = “0?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “ProxyOverride” = “”

Learn to Remove Browser Malware by Watching this Video

 

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