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3/31/2015

How to Get Rid of Safefinder.com - Removal Guide for Safefinder.com

IE 11 hijacked by safefinder.com. Each time I try to click on to IE it automatically goes to "safefinder.com" & I get loads of unwanted pop ups how do I get rid of this if I cannot remove IE & reinstall it? I am using windows 8.1 -IE 11. 

Information of Safefinder.com


Safefinder.com is a malicious site that can be classified as a browser hijacker. This kind of browser hijacker is created to help the malware developer to gain profits by generating web traffics and distributing malware. Once Safefinder.com begins to affect your computer, you may find that your browser homepage and new tab was replaced by Safefinder.com domain automatically. As soon as you start the browser or open a new tab, Safefinder.com will appear on your barowser immediately without any consent.

The message from Safefinder.com constantly asks you to download and install the Safe Finder application. However, this is an ad-supported and potentially unwanted programs.The application from this site can be dangerous malware to compromise your computer. You should not follow the steps. It is suggested to remove this nasty pest as soon as possible. In this post, there will be the useful guide to get rid of Safefinder.com. Pleased refer to the below instruction. 

Guide to remove Safefinder.com 


Method 1: Manual removal


Step 1: Stop related running processes in Windows Task Manager first.

Press CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC or Press the Start button->click on the Run option->Type in taskmgr and press OK.

 

Step 2: Remove any infection related program from Control Panel.

Windows 8

1. Press Win+R.
2. Type in control panel and click OK.
3. Select Uninstall a program.
4. Remove the related programs.

Windows Vista and Windows 7

1. Open the Start menu.
2. Click Control Panel and click Uninstall a program.
3. Remove the related programs.


Windows XP

1. Open the Start menu.
2. Click Control Panel and then click Add or Remove Programs.
3. Uninstall related programs.




Step 3: Remove Safefinder.com extension or add-ons from your browsers.

Internet Explorer

Open the desktop, and then tap or click the Internet Explorer icon on the taskbar.
Tap or click the Tools button Tools button, and then tap or click Manage add-ons.
Under Show, tap or click All add-ons, and then select the add-on you want to delete.
If the add-on can be deleted, you'll see the Remove option. Tap or click Remove and then tap or click Close.


Google Chrome

Click the Chrome menu Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
Click Tools.
Select Extensions.
Click the trash can icon Remove an extension from Chrome by the extension you'd like to completely remove.
A confirmation dialog appears, click Remove.



Mozilla Firefox

Click the menu button  New Fx Menu and choose Add-ons. The Add-ons Manager tab will open.
In the Add-ons Manager tab, select the Extensions or Appearance panel.
Select the add-on you wish to disable.
Click its Disable button.




Step 4: Show all hidden files and clean all the malicious files.

(1).Click the Start button and choose Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, to find Folder Options then double-click on it.
(2).In the pop-up dialog box, click the View tab and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).

 

Step 5: Go to the Registry Editor, remove all Safefinder.com registry entries listed here:



HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\MpCmdRun.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\MpUXSrv.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\MSASCui.exe


Method  2:  Remove with SpyHunter



Step 1: Click the following button to download SpyHunter.

 

Step 2: Save it into your computer and click on the Run choice to install it step by step.

Step 3: Scan the computer and delete all threats.

Note: Manual removal refers to key parts of computer system. If you don’t have sufficient expertise in dealing with the manual removal. Install Spyhunter can be your better choice.

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