Steps to Remove search-quick.com Redirect Virus

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Steps to Remove search-quick.com Redirect Virus

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Is search-quick.com changing your default homepage without asking for any permission? Actually, this is a browser redirect that aims at controlling your start page. It will forcibly modify the browser settings by itself. It belongs to malicious sites that can not do good to PC users but make redirection on browser search instead. Such site shows a lot of commercial pop ups related to ad-supported sites to make money from users. Also, it spies on your browser activities and steal and send useful information to remote hacker. –

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Title: Steps to Remove search-quick.com Redirect Virus


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How to Remove SEARCH-QUICK.COM
  • http//blog.mipchelper.com/index.php/steps-to-remo
    ve-search-quick-com-redirect-virus/

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  • Learn More about search-quick.com

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  • This SEARCH-QUICK.COM domain pop-up can be seen
    on your browsers. Do not think it as a real
    system security alert for the description on it,
    the error code 0x80040201 looks standard but it
    doesnt make a sense.

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  • If you do as it says, you will be demanded to buy
    some removal services or programs. Since the
    system alert is not real, you will surely suffer
    financial loss for non-existed threats. The
    adware can be brought by freeware bundling.

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  • If you install some freeware and pay less
    attention during the installing processes, the
    adware may comes and modify your browsers and
    registry settings. Then the pop-up ads come to
    your browsers as a new tab, or even replace your
    browsers default homepage.

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  • However you should not believe a word from this
    page, all the information are bogus. The main
    purpose of this page is to make users believe
    that there are horrible threats in their
    computer, and promote some removal tools or
    services by the fake support line.

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  • Users who call the number will be told that they
    need to pay for removing the threats, or even
    they will be redirected to some phishing sites,
    and get financial loss due to the leaking out of
    their banking information.

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  • How to Remove SEARCH-QUICK.COM

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  • Step 1 Stop the process from Task Manager.
  • Ctrl Shift Esc to open Task Manager gt
    Processes gt find SEARCH-QUICK.COM and select End
    process.

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  • Step 2 Remove suspicious programs from Control
    Panel.
  • From Windows 7
  • Start gt Control Panel gt Uninstall Programs gt
    select SEARCH-QUICK.COM and remove it.
  • From Windows 8
  • on Start screen gt right-click the app tile gt tap
    or click Uninstall.

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  • Step 3 Remove suspicious extensions from
    browsers.

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  • From Internet Explorer
  • 1. Go to Tools and select Manage add-ons.
  • 2. Disable the items which are related to the
    program.
  • 3. Reset Internet Explorer

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  • From Mozilla Firefox
  • 1. Go to Firefoxs Tools, and then select Add-ons
  • 2. Navigate to Add-ons panel, and remove those
    extensions which are associated with
    SEARCH-QUICK.COM

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  • Google Chrome
  • 1. Click the Menu icon of Chrome and select
    Settings.
  • 2. Click Extensions on the left panel and remove
    the extensions related to SEARCH-QUICK.COM.
  • 3. Reset Google Chrome

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  • Note If you are not confident to remove this
    threat completely with our manual guide or worry
    there are other threats in your PC, you can take
    consideration to install SpyHunter here to help
    you can scan and protect your PC from this
    browser hijacker and other hidden threats.

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FOR MORE DETAILS
  • GO TO
  • http//blog.mipchelper.com/index.php/steps-to-remo
    ve-search-quick-com-redirect-virus/
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