He has encountered the primosearch.com issue.
He noticed the primosearch.com issue a week ago. His chrome browser keeps redirecting him to ads due to something called primosearch. When he tries to get on internet through Google Chrome, primosearch.com just keeps to replace the default homepage. One of the current issue is that the computer is much slower. He has done everything he could think of to remove it but nothing worked, including removing the infected browser and then reinstalling it. He could really use some help to reverse the browser back to the original one.
What is primosearch.com?
primosearch.com is a website that appears on users' browsers as a browser hijacker. As soon as it gets on computers, it starts to modify the browser default settings like search provider and homepage, which makes sure it can display its websites randomly and frequently. There is no doubt that the following most popular browsers are its favorite targets: Google Chrome, Opera, Bing, Firefox, Yahoo, Internet Explorer and others. The aim of creating primosearch.com is to gain traffic for the products and service it prompts. And the designer makes profit from the traffic. As a victim, you need to be prudent. Don't download anything from it. Because adult website like primosearch.com is usually planted with trojan, ransomware and adware which can be triggered and installed on the computer automatically with your behavior on your website. Also, don't believe any words from its website:
1. What is primosearch.com?
primosearch.com is an advertising network technology tracking domain. Advertisers distribute their ads across a broad network of search partners and content sites. Before traffic is delivered to advertisers, primosearch.com is used as a network referral ID to identify and qualify traffic sent by traffic partners.
2. Why am I seeing primosearch.com on my computer?
Because the advertising network is comprised of thousands of traffic partners, you may have been included within a partner.s advertisement distribution network. If you have received any advertisements that contain the url primosearch.com, it is important to understand that this property and the advertisements you.ve seen have no association with the traffic partner that is displaying ads to you. primosearch.com is not the source of the advertisements.
primosearch.com triggers these invasions:
- the Hard Hit by primosearch.com
- The Possible Loss
- Redirect Invasion
- Pop-up Ad Invasion
You can remove primosearch.com Safely and Completely.
You can remove primosearch.com Safely and Completely.
Approach 1: Remove primosearch.com Manually from Your Computer
Note: in case ads by primosearch.com or redirects from primosearch.com block the computer screen or the PC performs badly, you are suggested to get into safe mode with networking before you try to remove primosearch.com.
Get Into Safe Mode with Networking Processes:
for Windows XP/Vista/ 7
Restart your computer >> As your computer restarts but before Windows launches, tap “F8″ key constantly >> Use the arrow keys to highlight the “Safe Mode with Networking” option and then press ENTER >> If you don’t get the Safe Mode with Networking option, please restart the computer again and keep tapping "F8" key immediately.
for Windows 8
Pls press Alt+Ctrl+Delete keys together
You will see a blue screen with a power icon at the bottom right corner
Pls hold Shift key on the keyboard and click on power button and select “Restart”
Then you will get 3 options
Pls select “Troubleshoot” with arrow keys
You will then get into another screen with another 3 options
Then select “Advanced options” -> Pls select “Startup Settings”
See a “Restart” button at the bottom right of the screen?
Pls hit F5 to get into “Safe Mode with Networking”
Before the removal: you need to go to end the running processes related to primosearch.com in the task manager: click Ctrl+Alt+Del together to get the task manager; search for the suspicious or unfamiliar processes to end.
( Notice: It's strongly recommended for those who are lazy guys or want to make the primosearch.com removal simple and easy, please download and install the professional removal tool to fix the primosearch.com issue automatically and effectively.)
1. remove primosearch.com from the control panel
- Click Start and then choose Control Panel.
- Click Programs> Uninstall a program or Program and Features(for Windows 7,8, Vista)
- search for the unwanted or unknown programs; right click it and then choose Uninstall.
2.1 Remove primosearch.com add-ons from Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer then go to Tools menu (press “F10″ key once to active menu bar) and then click on Internet Option a configuration page will be opened
- Click on Programs tab then click on Manage Add-ons, now you’ll get a window which have listed all the installed add-ons.
- Now disable the primosearch.com add-on, also disable all the unknown / unwanted add-ons from this list.
2.2 Reset Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer. Click on Tools menu (Press “F10” key once to active the menu bar), click on Internet Option. A internet option window will open.
- For IE9, IE10 users may click on Gear icon . Then click on tools.
- Click on Advanced tab then click on RESET button.
- Now you will get a new popup for confirmation, tick mark on Delete personal setting then click on RESET button on that.
- Now your Internet Explorer has been Restored to default settings.
- Now you will appear a popup stated “complete all the tasks”. After completion click on close button.
- Open Internet Explorer then go to Tools menu (Press “F10” key once to active the menu bar) and then click on Internet Option a configuration page will be opened, then click on General tab. Now look into under HOME PAGE Edit Box you got primosearch.com, replace it to www.google.com, then click on apply and close.
- Start Google Chrome, click on options icon (Located in very top right side of the browser), then click on Tools then, click on Extensions.
- You will get a configuration page which have listed all the installed extensions, remove primosearch.com extension. Also remove all the unknown / unwanted extensions from there. To remove them, click on remove (recycle bin) icon (as shown on screenshot)
2.4: Reset Google Chrome – Restore to default setting.
- Open Google Chrome, click on menu icon and then click on settings
- Scroll down and click on “Show advanced settings…”option, after click on that you’ll appear some more options in bottom of the page. Now scroll down more and click on “Reset Browser setting” option.
- Now, Close all Google Chrome browser’s window and reopen it again.
- Start Google Chrome, click on options icon (Located in very top right side of the browser), click on Settings. You will get a configuration page.
- Under configuration page find a option named as “Open a specific page or set of pages” click on its Set Pages. Another window will come up. Here you will appear the bunch of URL’s under “Set pages”. Delete all them and then enter only one which you want to use as your home page.
2.5 Remove primosearch.com add-ons from Mozilla Firefox
Open Firefox and then go the Tools menu (Press “F10” key once to active Menu bar) click on Add-ons, you’ll get a page click on extensions from the left side pane. now look on right side pane you’ll get all the installed add-ons listed on there. Disable or Remove primosearch.com add-on, also disable all the unknown / unwanted add-ons from there.
2.6 Reset Mozilla Firefox
- Open Firefox and then go the Help menu (Press “F10” key once to active Menu bar)
- Go to Help menu then click on “Troubleshooting information
- You will get a page “Troubleshooting information” page, here you will get “Reset Firefox” option in the right side of the page.
- Click on Reset Firefox option and then follow their instructions to reset firefox.
- Mozilla Firefox should be Restored.
Remove primosearch.com from Mozilla Hompeage
- Open Mozilla Firefox, Click on Tools menu (If tools menu doesn’t appear then press “F10″ key once to active the menu bar) then go to Options, after that a configuration page will be opened, then click on General tab and then look on the very first section named as Startup. Under start-up you will see a HOME PAGE Edit Box, under this edit box you will see primosearch.com, please replace it with www.google.com, then click on apply and close.
- Restart Firefox Browser
3. To Remove primosearch.com from Startup
- Press “window key + R” (Flag sign key + R) you will get Run box then type “MSCONFIG into the run box then click on OK. You’ll get a msconfig window.
- In the msconfig window click on Startup tab, here you’ll get all the startup entries, so look on the list and then do Un-check the entries which is contains primosearch.com. Also Un-check all the others entries which you found unwanted. then click on OK to apply all the changes
Approach 2: Remove primosearch.com easily and automatically with the removal tool.
(This approach is offered in case you don't know how to remove primosearch.com manually.)
- There are 2 selections offered: click Save or Run to install the program. We recommend you to save it on the desktop if you choose Save for the reason that you can immediately start the free scan by using the desktop icon.
- After downloading, double click the downloaded file and follow the prompts to install the removal tool.
2. In order to install the removal tool, you need to give your permission by clicking Run.
Choose Continue to click to get the Install option
"I accept the EULA and Privacy Policy" needs to be chosen and then click INSTALL.
Show some patience. It will take a while to finish downloading the files.
Don't lose your opportunity to remove primosearch.com. Click Start New Scan/ Scan Computer to take action!
The scan process may cost more than half an hour. You don't have to stare at the scanning screen. You can walk away to have a rest or do something else as you pleased.
You must have waited for a long time for this option 'Fix Threats', you are free to click it to remove primosearch.com.
Best Tip Ever
As you can see and feel, primosearch.com plays many kinds of roles on your PC: ad-injector, malware-dropper, trouble maker, etc. There is no good reason to keep it, right? Time to remove it and fix your computer. You are free to download and install the powerful removal tool to help you out.
( Kris )
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