Monday, March 24, 2014

Tips to Get Rid of/Remove Isearch.zoo.com Brower Hijacker Virus from Internet Explorer/Google Chrome/Mozilla Firefox



Basic Information of Isearch.zoo.com

Isearch.zoo.com is a redirect virus which mainly messes up a variety of web browsers like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Provided that your browser is affected with this kind of vicious computer virus, your homepage and search provider will be changed. This redirect virus not only shows up but also causes redirections. Random tab you open on the affected browser is redirected to unknown websites. It is possible that you meet with a lot of pop-up commercial ads in a unfamiliar domain. You should be careful of these unsolicited pop-ups that might add unwanted programs to your computer. Constantly, those unnecessary programs will take up a great amount of resources.

If the unfortunate thing happens, your PC will lack enough space so that it runs weirdly and slowly. Every time you use a fake search engine to make searches, Isearch.zoo.com displays a load of irrelevant search results that contain sponsored ads. Needlessly to say, it is really annoying and irritating. However, what plagues you is that you are unable to remove Isearch.zoo.com from your Windows system completely. No matter how many times you try, this notorious pest comes back. To remove such malicious redirect virus, you need a manual removal method indeed. If you are anxious to get rid of Isearch.zoo.com, please follow the detailed manual removal guide below.

Clean Up Isearch.zoo.com Browser Hijacker Virus Step by Step 

Step 1: Press Ctrl+ALT+Del keys at the same time to open Task Manager. End the process of Isearch.zoo.com.

[random].exe

Step 2: Remove the files of Isearch.zoo.com. Open Start Menu and then go to Control Panel. Then use the search bar to look for Folder Option. Check Show hidden files and folders and un-check Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) in the View tab of Folder Option window.


C:\program files
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\
%AllUsersProfile%\

Step 3: Delete Isearch.zoo.com registry entries from your PC. Click start button and search for regedit to open Registry Editor.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run""= "%AppData%\.exe"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Start Page" = "http://www.<random>.com/?
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Start Page" = "http://www.<random>.com/?

Step 4: Remove toolbars and extension from your web browser.

For Google Chrome

1. Click the icon that looks like a spanner and navigate to Tools > Extensions to remove all unknown extensions by clicking Bin button.

 


2. Click the icon that looks like a spanner and click Settings > Appearances > Show Home button > click Change button to reset your homepage.

 


For Mozilla Firefox

1. Click Ctrl+Shift+A at the same time to open Add-ons page > Extensions to remove all unknown extensions.

2. Click the Firefox button > Help > Troubleshooting Information > click on Reset Firefox button.
 

For Internet Explorer

1. Click Tools > Manage Add-ons > Toolbars and Extensions to remove all unknown extensions.

 


2. Click Search Providers, delete Isearch.zoo.com from IE.

 


3. Click Tools > Internet Options > General. And create a new homepage on Home page box.

 

Step 5: Reboot your PC.