Delete Grandascent.com Redirect Virus from Your Browser

Instruction to Remove Grandascent.com Virus Quickly & Completely

The definition of Grandascent.com browser hijacker

As a browser hijacker, Grandascent.com can be installed to different browsers like Google Chrome, Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox with no permission from PC users. This browser hijacker redirects your browser to Grandascent.com and substitutes Grandascent.com for your default homepage regardless of your original start page. It won’t damage your system, but Grandascent.com is so annoying that keeps affecting your browsing habits. In the usual situation, this application could be installed to computers with free programs from the internet. One of your browsers or maybe all of them are very likely to get infected with this virus as you are downloading some programs like music players, video recording tools etc.

To avoid downloading unwanted and additional programs, you should always choose Custom installation and discreetly follow the instruction for skipping the dialog boxes about adding additional programs. Grandascent.com virus causes many interruptions when you browse online which irritates you very much. If being used for searching, the program will display you hundreds of sponsored web pages. As a matter of fact, because it helps to promote these web pages, it will not only display these web pages in your list of search results, but also redirect you to these web pages when you are searching online.

Please beware of Grandascent.com, it will monitor your browsing activities and collect information of your browsing habits which will be used for inserting annoying ads in your computer. You should remove this virus once it is detected in your computer.

The dangers of Grandascent.com virus:

a.       Grandascent.com virus breaks into your computer without permission.

b.      Grandascent.com virus changes your browser settings.

c.       Grandascent.com virus makes web browsers work poorly.

d.      Grandascent.com virus causes hijacking while you are surfing the Internet.

e.       Grandascent.com virus slows down system operation.

If you keep this infection in your system for a long time, your PC will get more severe damage. You want to remove it right now? What is the most effective way to delete it from the browser? In fact, there are two ways to get rid of such dangerous infection. The first one is manual removal. The second one is automatic removal. Both of them are available.

Solution one: How to remove Grandascent.com virus manually?

Step 1: resetting DNS settings

1.      Open your Control Panel

2.      Choose “View network status and task” in “Network and Internet”

3.      Find Network and Sharing Center and click “Chang adapter settings”

4.      Select the corresponded network adapter as you are using and click “Properties”

5.      Select “Internet Protocol Verrion4(TCP/IPV4)

6.      Choose “Use the following DNS server addresses:”

7.      Set “ preferred DNS server” to 8.8.8.8

Step2: check out all vicious files and delete all of them

%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\

%AllUsersProfile%\

Step3: Delete all registries keys that are related to Grandascent.com

Go to the Start Menu at the bottom left of your screen>click “run”>type “regedit” in the box>select and delete all the following registry values

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes "DefaultScope" = "{33BB0A4E-99AF-4226-BDF6-49120163DE86}"

Step4: Stop all suspicious programs running through Manage Task( delete + alt + ctrl)

Solution two: How to remove Grandascent.com automatically?

As you know, the registry editor is a very important place. So once you delete the wrong files, many other system errors will be triggered. Thus, an automatic way is more efficient and safer. You can download a removal tool here to remove this annoying pest.