This document provides steps to remove the mysearchmarket.com redirect virus from a computer. It describes mysearchmarket.com as adware that replaces the browser homepage and search engine, often bundled with rogue programs. It recommends running an anti-spyware scan before installing programs. The steps include resetting the browser to remove mysearchmarket.com, checking for added browser arguments, and deleting any mysearchmarket.com folders. Following these steps will help remove the unwanted redirection and pop-ups caused by this malicious program.
3. • mysearchmarket.com pop-up can be
deemed as an adware. Besides, it will
replace the existing homepage and search
engine. How does this malicious program
come into your computer?
4. • You will be unable to get rid of
mysearchmarket.com because the affected
browser will abnormally redirect you to
mysearchmarket.com. Don’t use the fake
search engine to search information. In
fact, this kind of adware is often bundled
with some rogue programs and certain free
software.
5. • What you will get from
mysearchmarket.com could be
advertisements and irrelevant search
results. Hence, it is necessary to run scan
with anti-spyware before you add programs
to a computer. Aside from that, this
browser hijacker can trigger pop-ups on
your computer.
6. • As soon as mysearchmarket.com
penetrates into your PC, it will replace the
existing browser start-up page. Some of
pop-ups could be created by hackers to
distribute malicious software like KidStart
Saving Prompt and Money Viking to
computers.
7. • Every single time you open a website, you
will encounter mysearchmarket.com pop-
up window. In a word,
mysearchmarket.com is a potential threat.
Please remove it without hesitation. You
will see some suspicious warnings when
you visit this unwanted web page.
9. • 1. Remove mysearchmarket.com from your
browser:
10. • Internet Explorer:
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• Go to Tools -> Internet options ->
Advanced Tab and click the Reset button
(make sure to select the Delete Personal
Settings checkbox).
•
11. • *please note that in order to save your
favorites, you need to export them before
resetting the browser as you will lose all
personal settings.
•
• After Internet Explorer completes the
operation, click close button and then re-
start it in order for the changes to take
effect.
12. • Google Chrome:
•
• Go to the following path (you can copy-
paste it) and delete the entire folder
“Chrome” with all the folders and files that
are in it.
13. • For Windows XP: %USERPROFILE
%Local SettingsApplication DataGoogle
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• For Windows Vista/Windows 7/8:
%USERPROFILE
%AppDataLocalGoogle
•
• Alternatively, you can navigate to these
folders by following these steps:
14. • For Windows XP:
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• 1. Click on “Start” in the lower left part of
the screen.
•
• 2. Choose “Run“.
15. • 3. Type %USERPROFILE%Local
SettingsApplication DataGoogle and hit
Enter.
16. • For Windows Vista/7/8:
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• 1. Click on the Windows logo in the lower
left part of the screen.
•
• 2. Type %USERPROFILE
%AppDataLocalGoogle and hit Enter.
•
17. • Mozilla Firefox:
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• 1. At the top of the Firefox window (upper-
right corner), click the Firefox Menu button,
go over to the Help sub-menu and select
Troubleshooting Information.
18. • 2. Click the Reset / Refresh Firefox button
in the upper-right corner of the
Troubleshooting Information page.
•
• 3. To continue, click Reset / Refresh
Firefox in the confirmation window that
opens.
19. • 4. Firefox will close and be reset. When it’s
done, a window will list the information that
was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will
reopen.
•
• 3. Check for arguments added by
mysearchmarket.com in any Browser
shortcuts or links to webpages:
20. • mysearchmarket.com might also hijack
your web browser shortcuts to force-load its
home page. This causes the
mysearchmarket.com`s web page to open
up when you launch a hijacked shortcut.
21. • The argument that mysearchmarket.com
uses to hijack shortcuts looks like or is
similar to the one below:
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• mysearchmarket.com
22. • You can remove it manually by editing the
shortcut`s target line.
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• 4. Delete any folders related to
mysearchmarket.com by checking the
following locations:
23. • Look for a folder named
mysearchmarket.com in:
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• %ProgramFiles%
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• %AppData%
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• %ProgramData%
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• %LocalAppData%
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