Sunday, April 20, 2014

Remove Sweet-Page.com Virus from IE/Chrome/Firefox

It is really unfortunate that your IE is taken over by Sweet-Page.com. Do you want to remove it from your PC? Don't worry, this post will provide you with some removal tips to help you.

Sweet-Page.com Virus Information

Sweet-Page.com virus is a pesky redirect virus which keeps redirecting your browser homepage and tabs. Regardless of what kind of browsers you use, you are harassed by this browser hijacker. In addition to modifying your homepage, this notorious bug replaces your search engine. Every time you utilize it to search videos, news and sites, you get lots of unrelated search results. By causing redirections, this browser hijacker can collect network traffic and get revenue. That is why this browser hijacker takes over your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. For the sake of making much money, hackers command this Sweet-Page.com to examine your browser histories and cookies. Normally, they furtively sell the collected profitable information to third parties for commercial purposes. As soon as your email login details fall into the hands of scoundrelly spammers, you will receive numerous junk emails repeatedly. Not last but not least, similar to Linkeyproject.com, this redirect virus can drop some horrible viruses to your PC stealthily through dubious pop-up ads. By that time, your computer will be vulnerable and weird. For protecting your PC from being attacked, you’d better get rid of Sweet-Page.com as soon as possible. 



Sweet-Page.com Virus Detailed Manual Removal Guide

You should remove Sweet-Page.com virus from your computer as it is a potential risk. The manual removal method will guide you step by step to remove Sweet-Page.com virus.

Step 1: Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete at the same time to open Task Manager. Disable the process of Sweet-Page.com virus.


Step 2: Uninstall Sweet-Page.com virus and suspicious programs from your computer. Open Start Menu and go to Control Panel.


Step 3: 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 uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) in the View tab of Folder Option window.

%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\
%AppData%Local[random].exe
%AllUsersProfile%\

Step 4: Click Start button and search for “regedit” to open Registry Editor. Remove Sweet-Page.com virus registry entries.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\[random]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random].exe”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PhishingFilter “Enabled” = “0?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “ProxyOverride” = “”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “ProxyServer” = “http=127.0.0.1:33921?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “ProxyEnable” = “1?

Step 5: Reboot your computer