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12/20/2015

Solution to HomePage Helper Removal - Completely Get Rid of HomePage Helper

Know more about HomePage Helper


HomePage Helper is a free application which claims to enhance users' browsing experience. However, HomePage Helper is never a useful program as it says. Users does enjoy the bigger web pages with the help of HomePage Helper, but at the same time, they have to receive massive ads by HomePage Helper which are about unwanted commercial deals and coupons, fake video or Flash Player update and some dubious online services.

These annoying ads by HomePage Helper are always on the contents which have seriously block users' view. Beyond that, random words on the webpage have been highlighted by HomePage Helper with blue underscores, once the mouse rolls over them, ads by HomePage Helper pops up immediately. Many people want to get rid of HomePage Helper completely, but most of them end with failure. Authors equipped HomePage Helper with advanced rootkit technology which may help its harmful codes bypass most firewall and antispyware in the PC.

HomePage Helper is also so pesky that is able to constantly change the name and path of its key files on the compromised PC. Moreover, HomePage Helper keeps adding new features and updating its codes, files and locations which results to the difficulty to find out all its related files. As a result, if you don't have expert skills and experience to identify all the files of HomePage Helper, it is recommended that you install SpyHunter which can detect all harmful elements and tracking cookies related to HomePage Helper and then remove them together with other malicious programs found on your computer completely.


Guide to eliminate HomePage Helper permanently


Method one: Automatically get rid of HomePage Helper

Method two: Manually Remove HomePage Helper



Method one: Automatically get rid of HomePage Helper


To remove HomePage Helper from your PCs, it is recommended to Download and install SpyHunter to detect and remove HomePage Helper. SpyHunter is a program that searches for and deletes Adware, Toolbars, and browser Hijackers from your computer. By using SpyHunter you can easily remove many of these types of programs for a better user experience on your computer and while browsing the web.

 Step 1. Download SpyHunter by clicking the following download link:

Step 2. Double-click on the downloaded file. If asked to allow program to make changes to this computer, click “Yes” button.


Step 3. In this step, please accept the Licence Agreement and click “Next >” button.


Step 4. After the definition database is downloaded, system scan will automatically start.


Step 5. Remove HomePage Helper and all other threats detected by SpyHunter.

 

Method two: Manually Remove HomePage Helper


Step one: Stop HomePage Helper running processes in the Task Manager.



Step two: disable any suspicious startup items that are made by HomePage Helper.

Click Start menu ; click Run; type: msconfig in the Run box; click Ok to open the System Configuration Utility; Disable all possible startup items generated.


Step three: remove HomePage Helper from browsers

For Google Chrome

 1. In the displayed URL field, type in chrome://extensions


2. Take a look at the provided extensions and take care of those which you find unnecessary (those related to HomePage Helper) by deleting it. If you do not know whether one or another must be deleted once and for all, disable some of them temporarily.

3. Then, restart Chrome.


4. Optionally, you may type in chrome://settings in URL bar, move to Advanced settings, navigate to the bottom and choose Reset browser settings.

Step four: show hidden files and folders and delete harmful files of HomePage Helper

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


Delete all the following files:

%AllUsersProfile%\{random.exe\
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\
%AllUsersProfile%\random.exe
%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\random.exe
%Temp%\random.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random

Step five: open Registry Editor to delete all the registries added by HomePage Helper

 Guide: open Registry Editor by pressing Window+R keys together.(another way is clicking on the Start button and choosing Run option, then typing into Regedit and pressing Enter.)


Delete all the vicious registries as below:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ BrowserSafeguard \ShortcutPath “%AppData%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe” -u
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “.exe”
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\random
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\run\random
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “CertificateRevocation” = ’0






 Note: Manually removal HomePage Helper is a complex and tough task only suggested to advanced computer users. If you have not sufficient expertise on doing that, you may face risk of damaging the computer. In this circumstance, you are recommended to using Spyhunter Anti-malware to remove HomePage Helper for you easily and quickly. Furthermore, you use Spyhunter to clean up unwanted files and optimize the computer.


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