Completely Remove PUM.Homepage - Guide to Get Rid of PUM.Homepage Effectively

PUM.Homepage is considered as a harmful browser hijacker which may compromise the browser`s settings once installed into target computer. PUM.Homepage may take over homepage on Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer and then set itself as the start page firmly. Default search engines on the target system also have been modified. Although it looks like a legitimate domain, search results provided by PUM.Homepage have been found to redirect computer users to harmful websites containing malicious codes.

After being attacked, you have to go through a lot of troubles caused by PUM.Homepage:

Slow computer happens. The PC takes a much longer time to run a program or download a webpage.
Extra unwelcome programs happen. Your PC can be hit by additional malware like adware and Trojan since it is already compromised.
Unknown pop-ups happen. You may also be interrupted by unstoppable popups generated by PUM.Homepage, most of them are spam.
Data loss happens. Some of your confidential information like personal account log in details and banking details can be exposed or stolen.

PUM.Homepage causes a lot of inconveniences and also poses a privacy risk, PUM.Homepage should be removed from the target PC as soon as possible to stop more damages. Follow the step by step guide as below to remove PUM.Homepageand all other PC threats introduced by it from your system now.

Guide to eliminate PUM.Homepage permanently

Method one: Automatically get rid of PUM.Homepage

Method two: Manually Remove PUM.Homepage

Method one: Automatically get rid of PUM.Homepage

To remove PUM.Homepage from your PCs, it is recommended to Download and install SpyHunter to detect and remove PUM.Homepage. 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 PUM.Homepage and all other threats detected by SpyHunter.

 

Method two: Manually Remove PUM.Homepage

Step one: Stop PUM.Homepage running processes in the Task Manager.

Step two: disable any suspicious startup items that are made by PUM.Homepage.

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 PUM.Homepage 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 PUM.Homepage) 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 PUM.Homepage

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 PUM.Homepage

 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 PUM.Homepage 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 PUM.Homepage for you easily and quickly. Furthermore, you use Spyhunter to clean up unwanted files and optimize the computer.