Thursday, May 8, 2014

Remove Searchy.easylifeapp.com Virus and Stop Redirection



Searchy.easylifeapp.com comes back after you removed it from your PC? It is very annoying, isn’t it? Today, this post will show you how to get rid of Searchy.easylifeapp.com and reset browser settings.

What is Searchy.easylifeapp.com?

The searchy.easylifeapp.com is similar to other browser browser hijackers like Soraxi.com. This browser hijacker will interrupt your browsing actions. In general, this searchy.easylifeapp.com can penetrate into your machine unknowingly by many means which include suspicious software packages, junk email attachments, unreliable links, game files downloaded from insecure websites, etc. When this searchy.easylifeapp.com virus seizes the opportunity to get inside your computer, it will pretend to be a regular website claiming to provide you with massive online resources such as news, music, images, videos and the like. This nettlesome searchy.easylifeapp.com will forcibly take the place of your homepage as well as your original search provider without permission.

And then your desktop will be filled up with a large number of pop-up ads and sponsored links, which will distract you seriously and make you so annoyed. And this searchy.easylifeapp.com will tempt you to click on the pop-up messages with dazzling product images and attractive prices. However, once you click on those pop-ups, you will be redirected to a variety of suspicious websites which may contain other kinds of risky computer threats like Trojans, adware and ransomware. So we strongly recommend you to remove this searchy.easylifeapp.com at once to keep your computer clean and safe.

Tips to Get Rid of Searchy.easylifeapp.com Virus


Step 1: Restart the computer, keep pressing F8 till the option appears, and then use arrow keys to select Safe Mode with Networking.

Step 2: End related processes of Searchy.easylifeapp.com. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete together to run Task Manager.


Step 3: Click Start menu, then Control Panel, and click Programs. Select suspicious programs and right click Uninstall.

Step 4: Open Start Menu and then go to Control Panel. 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.

Step 5: Remove dropped registry files of Searchy.easylifeapp.com. Hit Win+R to activate Run, and then type “regedit” and press OK. Find unfamiliar keys and click Delete.

Step 6: 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.
Step7: Reset browsers to the original status

After disabling all suspicious programs on your browser, you also need to reset the browser to the original state, which can make sure that this virus never comes back. Before beginning, you will lose your bookmarks and other personal information when you restore your browser.

Reset the settings of Internet Explorer

1. Open the IE, click the wrench icon and select Internet Options.
2. Move to Advance tab, click the Reset button.

3. Tick the Delete personal settings check-box and click Reset button.
4. In General tab, you can add a new URL on Home page box and set it as your default homepage.
 

Reset the settings of Google Chrome

1. Open the Chrome, click the three stripes icon and select Settings.
2. Scroll down to the end of the configuration page, search for Show advanced settings.

3. Look at Reset browser settings button and click it.
4. Reset browser settings via clicking the reset button.

5. Scroll down the page again and look for Open a specific page or set of pages, click on their Set Pages. Another window will show up. Here you will seethe bunch of URLs under “Set pages”. Delete all them and then enter only one which you want to use as your home page.
 

Reset the settings of Mozilla Firefox

1. Open Firefox, and click the Firefox button.
2. Select Help and click Troubleshooting Information.

3. Click the Reset Firefox button.