Monday, April 28, 2014

How to Remove Mysearch.Sweetpacks.com Virus (Removal Guide)



Are you familiar with Mysearch.Sweetpacks.com? It is suggested that you get rid of this website when it appears on your browser. It will do harm to your PC because it is a malicious browser hijacker.

Detailed Description of Mysearch.Sweetpacks.com  

Mysearch.Sweetpacks.com Mysearch.Sweetpacks.com is deemed as a browser hijacker that basically attacks a variety of web browsers like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Fireofx. In general, this virus is able to enter random computers secretly because it is often bundled with some suspicious free programs like media players, PDF creators and video recorders. Sometimes, your computer gets the infected with this virus when you access hacked websites and junk emails.

It is bad news when you encounter this browser hijacker. Once inside, this pesky browser hijacker injects its files and registry entries into your system without your awareness so that it can take over your browser. Then, Mysearch.Sweetpacks.com replaces your current homepage and search engine. No matter how many times you try to reset your browser, this browser hijacker can always show up. In order to interrupt your browsing actions, this redirect virus causes endless redirections to some unfamiliar and unverified websites. The goal of this redirect virus is to collect net traffic for third parties.


In addition, this Mysearch.Sweetpacks.com also installs sweetpacks toolbar and other unwanted browser add-ons to your Windows system. In most cases, a number of browser extensions are not reliable and safe. Some of them can display tons of advertisements to mess up your browsing experience. Once you are redirected to malicious websites by these dubious ads, your computer would be infected with more terrible viruses like Trojan\VBSOD.A and Trojan:Win32/Cribit.A. By that time, your machine will suffer various attacks, which may result in a bad computer performance. Hence, it is highly recommended that you delete this vicious Mysearch.Sweetpacks.com as soon as possible.


How to Get Rid of Mysearch.Sweetpacks.com Permanently?

Antivirus programs have no ability to remove Mysearch.Sweetpacks.com from your computer completely. It is recommended that you follow the manual removal guide below to deal with this nasty browser hijacker virus. But I need to remind you that this manual removal method needs sufficient computer skills. And you should be more attentive and careful during the removal process.

Step 1: Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete at the same time to open Task Manager. Disable the process of Mysearch.Sweetpacks.com .

Step 2: Find out all hidden files of Mysearch.Sweetpacks.com . Go to Control Panel from Start Menu; Type Folder Option in Search Bar; Check Show hidden files and folders and deselect the option of Hide protected operating system files in View tab and then click on OK.
%UserProfile%\[random].exe
%StartMenu%\Programs\random.lnk
%Windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\[random].exe

Step 3: Find out and remove registries of Mysearch.Sweetpacks.com . Click Start button and search for “regedit” to open Registry Editor.


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\[random]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableRegistryTools” = 0

Step 4: Resetting DNS settings

1. Open your Control Panel from Start Menu, and then choose “View network status and task” in “Network and Internet”.

2. Select the option of Network and Sharing Center and click “Change adapter settings”.

3. Select the corresponded network adapter as you are using and right click to open a menu then select “Properties”.

5. Select “Internet Protocol Verrion4(TCP/IPV4), then click Properties button.

6. Choose “Use the following DNS server addresses”. Set “preferred DNS server” to 8.8.8.8.

Step 5: Reboot your computer