How to Get Rid of Start.search.us.com Virus

Is Start.search.us.com a virus?

Start.search.us.com is classified to be a malicious browser hijacker infection. That’s because it is able to alter the browser settings on the target PC and cause the victims hijacking. Generally speaking, this virus can infect your PC via many different ways. But the most common ways are through spam attachment emails, suspicious websites, and bundled freeware download. Once your PC is infected by Start.search.us.com, your default settings will be modified on the background. By then, your browser, such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, or IE will be redirected to Start.search.us.com frequently. And the homepage on the browser cannot escape from the suffering as well. Furthermore, Start.search.us.com will generate lots of ads and induce you to click on the links that contain malicious codes. Besides, your machine will slow down because this virus will force you to download more unwanted programs onto your system to consume your system resources. Thus, Start.search.us.com is so hazardous that you are strongly recommended to get rid of it immediately.

How to Remove Start.search.us.com virus manually?

If you want to manually get rid of Start.search.us.com Hijacker virus, you can go through the listed removal steps CAREFULLY.

1. Go to Control Panel and uninstall bad toolbars that result in Start.search.us.com Hijacker redirect problem

2. After that, for IE users, you need to go to "Manage Add-ons" to uninstall bad add-ons if there is any.

For Chrome users, you need to open "Settings" and delete Start.search.us.com Hijacker from your start page and search engine

For Firefox users, you can go to "Add-ons" and remove its malicious toolbars and revert your default start page and new tab page.

3. There are many things to do if you want to manually get rid of Start.search.us.com Hijacker virus. Open Registry Editor and delete those malicious entries:

HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Settings\{.exe}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Temp

4. Search those malicious files on your hard disk and completely delete all of its components.

%AppData%Local[random].exe

%Documents and Settings%\Application Data\[random].dll

C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\*.exe

Be known that Start.search.us.com Hijacker is very cunning and can change its file locations anytime. So please CAREFULLY edit your registry and delete its files.

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