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Friday, August 7, 2015

Remove surfvox.com Browser Hijacker and Reset Homepage

What is surfvox.com?


Many computer users feel so uncomfortable about surfvox.com which randomly opens up itself automatically out of victims's control. It's so disturbing especially when they are browsing. Ever since this nasty shows up, browsers are riddled with unwanted redirect, loads of adverts, page failures, crashes and incompatibilities.


In some case, some sufferers are usually taken to web sits asking them to install their app or prompt them to update software from their sites. Netizens with a little PC security common sense know it's a trap to get you installing malware instead. And if you see unknown or spam ads constantly, tracking cookies may have been installed on the infected browser, which makes you PC insecure. With harmful cookies, your online activities may be monitored and confidential information could be in danger.

No sympathy to surfvox.com, remove it.

  • change nuisance
Obviously, your favorite search engine and homepage are changed by surfvox.com without your agreement.
  • pop-up ad nuisance
Pop-up ads supported by surfvox.com are displaying, asking you to install Video Player and download Free Java Update. These pop-ups come constantly. Please ignore them and don't do anything as it says.
  • additive troubles
There is an old saying: troubles always come with friends. Extra junkware like adware, browser hijacker and ransomware could surprise you afterwards if surfvox.com keep staying.
  • sluggish computer
Tons of processes related to surfvox.com or strange ones are running in the background, taking up the system resource and making the computer run like a snail crawling.
  • privacy data in danger
You need to take care of your privacy containing search key words, passwords and banking account. They may be in danger because of the tracking cookies.
  • unpleasant browsing experience
Absolutely, the browsing experience sucks. No one can have a good experience with the poor speed and screen-flooded ads.




Paths to Remove surfvox.com Completely



>>> Path B: Manually Remove surfvox.com by Yourself



Path A: Automatically and Safely Remove surfvox.com  (Very Popular)


How will Spyhunter be your computer Safeguard?

Be prudent while downloading software from Internet though it is skilled at fooling.
Display warnings when encountering unknown and insecure links
Won’t release your confidential information (like account username, passwords, email address) to any illicit source.
Scan your email to check if it’s safe before your opening.
Scan and keep your computer up-to-date on a regular basis
Turn on safe browsing mode and enable pop-ups blocker features of your using web browser.
Chang your log-in details in every 60 days to maintain you privacy.



2.  Click Ctrl+J together to get the all the download files if you are using Google. Search for SpyHunter-Installer.exe.  In order to install the removal tool, you need to give your permission by clicking Run.



3. Please follow the pop-up box prompts to accomplish the SpyHunter Installation.

Choose Continue to click to get the Install option


Choose "I accept the EULA and Privacy Policy" and then click INSTALL.


You need to be patient when you are arriving 'downloading file'. It will take a while.


Start New Scan and delete all the detected files.


Friendly Tip: it takes more than 30 minutes to accomplish the scanning. You can go away to have a break for yourself.


Here comes the moment. Clicking ' Fix Threats', you are on the right track to remove surfvox.com and other malware.


Restart computer to take effect.


Path B: Manually Remove surfvox.com by Yourself



1. restart your computer into safe mode

Windows 8
This requires you to be booted into Windows already. Press the Win+R key combination and type 'msconfig' in the run box and hit enter. Switch over to the Boot tab, and click on the Safe Boot check box.
 
Windows 7 Click the Start button, click the arrow next to the Shut Down button , and then click Restart. On the Advanced Boot Options screen, use the arrow keys to highlight the safe mode you want, and then press Enter.

2. remove the infected registry

Press Win+R keys together > input 'regedit' > click 'OK'
 

click HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Software and find the following key registries.

 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Start Page" = "http://surfvox.com/?type=hp&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>" HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Google Chrome\Search "CustomizeSearch" = "http://surfvox.com/web/?type=ds&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>&q={searchTerms}" HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Mozilla Firefox\Search "SearchAssistant" = "http://surfvox.com/web/?type=ds&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>&q={searchTerms}"
3. remove surfvox.com from browsers
Remove surfvox.com from Google Chrome Click Settings>History>Clear browsing data>choose the beginning of time Check "Clear saved Autofill form data" "Clear data from hosted apps" "Deauthorize content licenses" Click "Clear browsing data" and then reset pages



Remove surfvox.com from Firefox Click History> Clear Recent History> click drop down-list and choose Everything> click Clear Now Click Help> Troubleshooting Information> Reset Firefox
4. Restart your computer to check.

Reminder:

After Removing surfvox.com and fixing each of your web browsers, you are strongly recommended to do a scan for your computer system with the professional anti-spyware Spyhunter, which assist you to erase surfvox.com registry traces and also identify the related parasites or possible malware infections on your PC. Get started to download and install Spyhunter NOW.

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