Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Removing http://www-search.info homepage browser hijack

Recently my IBM Running Windows 7 Pro, all my browsers open up to the following homepage
http://www-search.info/?aih=3 
I didn't set this to be the home page as I would like google.com to be my default homepage and also for new TABS here are my attempts to get this matter resolved: 

1. Went into the settings in Google Chrome and set the Homepage to be Google.com 

However when I closed the browser and open it back up returned to: http://www-search.info/?aih=3 

2. Check all extensions in google chrome and disabled all of them and also set the search engine to google.com. 

However when I closed the browser and open it back up returned to: http://www-search.info/?aih=3 

3. Went under Uninstall Programs made sure there was no apps that matched the www-search.info or any suspecious software that was recently installed (some sites reported having this issue when an application called search module is installed) I looked around but didn't find anything. 

However when I closed the browser and open it back up returned to: http://www-search.info/?aih=3 

4. Opened up Internet Explorer then under the Internet Options Tab went into advance and clicked on "reset" and also checked the box to Remove personal settings also did the same for Google chrome

However when I closed the browser and open it back up returned to: http://www-search.info/?aih=3

SOLUTION:
5. download and Ran a scan using AdwCleaner utility from the below link.
ADWCLEANER DOWNLOAD LINK (This link will open a new web page from where you can 
 ADWCLEANER

THAT DID THE TRCIK! I DID HAVE TO RESTART MY COMPUTER AFTER RUNNING THE SCAN BUT IT SEEMS THAT THIS SMALL ADWCLEANER DOES THE WORK






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