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Thursday, February 12, 2015

How to Remove homepage-web.com and homepage-web.com/?s=acer&m=tab Completely

Homepage-web.com or homepage-web.com/?s=acer&m=tab is a pesky PC bug that belongs to the browser hijacker family. Once getting inside the system, Homepage-web.com or homepage-web.com/?s=acer&m=tab modifies users' Internet browser settings by assigning the homepage and default search engine fields to Homepage-web.com or homepage-web.com/?s=acer&m=tab. You may also see some strange add-on/extension/Plugin on your web browsers, which come back every time you boot up the system.

In the following days, unexpected problems come out one after another. Firstly, Homepage-web.com or homepage-web.com/?s=acer&m=tab will redirect you to some dubious web pages during your online activities. In the meantime, unwanted ads pop up to block your views all the time no matter you are surfing the web or doing other tasks on the PC.

Your start-up menu are also changed, undoubtedly, they are modified by Homepage-web.com or homepage-web.com/?s=acer&m=tab in the background. You may also get some malicious links on your search results, which clicking them may lead to the installation of malicious files and software.

Guide to eliminate Homepage-web.com and homepage-web.com/?s=acer&m=tab permanently


Method one: Automatically get rid of  Homepage-web.com and homepage-web.com/?s=acer&m=tab 

Method two: Manually Remove Homepage-web.com and homepage-web.com/?s=acer&m=tab


Method one: Automatically get rid of Homepage-web.com and homepage-web.com/?s=acer&m=tab


To remove Homepage-web.com and homepage-web.com/?s=acer&m=tab from your PCs, it is recommended to Download and install SpyHunter to detect and remove Homepage-web.com and homepage-web.com/?s=acer&m=tab. SpyHunter is a program that searches for and deletes Adware, Toolbars, and browser Hijackers from your computer. By using SpyHunter you can easily remove many of these types of programs for a better user experience on your computer and while browsing the web.

 Step 1. Download SpyHunter by clicking the following download link:

Step 2. Double-click on the downloaded file. If asked to allow program to make changes to this computer, click “Yes” button.


Step 3. In this step, please accept the Licence Agreement and click “Next >” button.


Step 4. After the definition database is downloaded, system scan will automatically start.


Step 5. Remove Homepage-web.com and homepage-web.com/?s=acer&m=tab and all other threats detected by SpyHunter.

 

Method two: Manually Remove Homepage-web.com and homepage-web.com/?s=acer&m=tab


Step one: Stop Homepage-web.com and homepage-web.com/?s=acer&m=tab running processes in the Task Manager.



Step two: disable any suspicious startup items that are made by Homepage-web.com and homepage-web.com/?s=acer&m=tab.

Click Start menu ; click Run; type: msconfig in the Run box; click Ok to open the System Configuration Utility; Disable all possible startup items generated.


Step three: remove Homepage-web.com and homepage-web.com/?s=acer&m=tab from browsers

For Google Chrome

 1. In the displayed URL field, type in chrome://extensions


2. Take a look at the provided extensions and take care of those which you find unnecessary (those related to Homepage-web.com and homepage-web.com/?s=acer&m=tab) by deleting it. If you do not know whether one or another must be deleted once and for all, disable some of them temporarily.

3. Then, restart Chrome.


4. Optionally, you may type in chrome://settings in URL bar, move to Advanced settings, navigate to the bottom and choose Reset browser settings.

Step four: show hidden files and folders and delete harmful files of Homepage-web.com and homepage-web.com/?s=acer&m=tab

Guide: click the Start button and choose Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, to find Folder Options then double-click on it. In the pop-up dialog box, click the View tab and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).


Delete all the following files:

%AllUsersProfile%\{random.exe\
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\
%AllUsersProfile%\random.exe
%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\random.exe
%Temp%\random.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random

Step five: open Registry Editor to delete all the registries added by Homepage-web.com and homepage-web.com/?s=acer&m=tab

 Guide: open Registry Editor by pressing Window+R keys together.(another way is clicking on the Start button and choosing Run option, then typing into Regedit and pressing Enter.)


Delete all the vicious registries as below:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ BrowserSafeguard \ShortcutPath “%AppData%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe” -u
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “.exe”
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\random
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\run\random
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “CertificateRevocation” = ’0




 Note: Manually removal Homepage-web.com and homepage-web.com/?s=acer&m=tab is a complex and tough task only suggested to advanced computer users. If you have not sufficient expertise on doing that, you may face risk of damaging the computer. In this circumstance, you are recommended to using Spyhunter Anti-malware to remove Homepage-web.com and homepage-web.com/?s=acer&m=tab for you easily and quickly. Furthermore, you use Spyhunter to clean up unwanted files and optimize the computer.


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