This document provides instructions for removing the SNJSEARCH.COM browser hijacker from a computer. It describes SNJSEARCH.COM as an unreliable website that redirects users to malicious sites and changes browser settings without permission. It then lists steps to reset the homepage and search settings for Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome to remove SNJSEARCH.COM and restore the browsers. It also provides instructions for cleaning shortcuts that may have been hijacked.
1. Best Ways to Get Rid of
SNJSEARCH.COM
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2. • SNJSEARCH.COM is an unreliable and
irksome website. It is used by the hackers
to redirects the user to the malicious
websites or its domain site after getting
installed into the PC. it also redirect the
user to the malicious site. It is very tricky
hijacker that claims to offer prizes but in
real sense it is used for gathering
information and tricks the user to generate
revenue.
3. • Its domain site is full of ads and malicious
links related to products of its sponsors. It
also changes the default homepage with its
domain site. It gets installed into the PC by
clicking malicious links, downloading
freeware programs and tracks user online
activities. After getting into the Pc it also
makes way for the other dangerous
malware to enter and damage the entire
PC. It also disable the security programs
installed into the user PC.
4. • Since browser hijacker can effortlessly
amend your browsers settings using
diverse forms of tricky methods say by
installing malicious add-ons, browser
helper objects, WinsockLSP’s etc. It can
entirely occupy the targeted internet
browsers.
5. • SNJSEARCH.COM publicizes that it is
sponsored by legitimate search engines
such as Google, Yahoo or Bing but the fact
is just different. It is designed by the cyber
criminals to serve commercials and
malicious links. Its search engine will
constantly shows nettlesome and
unnecessary search results. It is skilled of
gathering your web browsers activity and
send it to far-off server sponsoring related
and unwanted ads.
6. • This malware is intentionally created to
endorse unsafe content and replace the
actual attribute of your search engine with
vicious element. The default search engine
of the web browsers will be altered
immediately with the notorious one which
is truly tough to change. No doubt that
SNJSEARCH.COM is a perilous program
to manage and it should be removed from
computer system as quickly as possible for
its safety.
8. • Depending on the web browsers you have
installed and use, please follow instructions
for each browser below. Also note, if you
followed Step 1 above, Reason Core
Security should have removed and reset
your browser's home and search engines if
they were infected by Trovi. This step
needs to be performed only if your issues
have not been solved by the previous
steps.
9. • Reset Internet Explorer homepage and
search
• 1. Open Internet Explore.
• 2. Click “Tools”, “Internet Options”,Open
“Internet Options” panel.
• 3. Click “General” tab.
10. • 4. Delete the homepage link and set a
new homepage link,or click "Use blank".
• 5. Click “Settings” button in the “Search”
area,open “Manage Add-ons” panel.
• 6. Choose the search url and click
"Remove",then close “Manage Add-ons”
panel.
• 7. Click “Apply” or “OK” on “Internet
Opens” panel to save the changes.
• 8. Close and restart Internet Explorer.
11. • Reset Firefox homepage and search
• 1. Open Firefox.
• 2. Click "Open Menu" on the right-top and
click “Options” open “Options” panel.
• 3. Click “General” tab.
12. • 4. Delete the homepage link and set a
new homepage link. Or click "Restore to
Default".
• 5. Click "OK".
• 6. Choose “Manage Search Engines” in
the search list.
• 7. Choose the url or "Trovi" and click
"Remove",then click “OK”.
• 8. Close and restart Firefox.
13. • Reset Chrome homepage and search
• 1. Open Chrome.
• 2. Click “Customize and control Google
Chrome” in the right-top of the page and
click "Setting".
• 3. Click “Set pages” link of "On startup"
->delete the homepage link and click “OK”.
14. • 4. Delete the homepage link and set a
new homepage link. Or click "Restore to
Default".
• 5. Click "OK".
• 6. Click "Change" link of "Appearance"
and delete the homepage link for Trovi and
click "OK".
• 7. Click “Manage search engines” and
delete the url, then click “OK”.
• 8. Close and restart Chrome.
16. • The infected Trovi PUP may have hijacked
your web browser's shortcuts, so in this
step we will need to manually clean them
by removing any links within the startup
argument. Please note, this step is optional
as well because it should have been
cleaned up in step 1.
• 1. Search for your browser shortcut
(Desktop, Taskbar or Start Menu Shortcut),
then right click on it and select Properties.
17. • To view the Properties menu for the
browser shortcuts pinned to your Taskbar,
right-click on the browser shortcut from the
Taskbar, then right-click again on the
browser icon as see in the below image.
Alternatively, you can just Unpin the
browser shortcut from your task bar, then
you can add it back after you have
removed the additional url argument from
the original browser shortcut.
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