Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Remove Golsearch.com virus From Your Computer

Do you notice the Golsearch.com virus appears on your computer with no reason? Do you know how to remove it out? Follow this post and you will find the answer.

What is Golsearch.com Exactly?

Golsearch.com is a fake search engine which can be classified as browser hijacker virus aim to screw your browser including your IE, Firefox, and Google chrome. Be careful, if it breaks into your computer and alerts your system settings, your computer can be controlled by cybercriminal easily. First, you will see that your default homepage and search engine can be changed to this Golsearch.com. Don’t be fool by its appearance and try to search something with this searching engine for which the result you get from this search engine are always full of unrelated things, like advertisements. Also, this Golsearch.com can also be bundled on your system file and affect the performance of your computer. For example, you will generally find that the speed of your computer is run slower and slower. One more thing, Golsearch.com can also collect your significant information in your computer for malicious purpose.

How Golsearch.com Sneaks into your computer?

Generally speaking, Golsearch.com is always implanted on some kinds of hacked websites. If only you visit and install some applications from the hacked websites, this thing will sneaks into your computer. Anyway, Golsearch.com can also be installed into your computer via some malware program in your computer like a rogue program or other spyware. If you want keep it away, you’d better be careful when you online.


Spyhunter is a popular and useful antivirus program designed for cleaning up computer threats and infections. Meanwhile, it is also a trust-worthy guard for your computer. Check out how to remove infections with Spyhunter:
1. Download Spyhunter into your computer by clicking this icon; 
2. After you finished installation, you need to run a full scan with it;
3. Select all threats on the list and choose to remove.

Manual Removal Step by Step:

Before performing the manual removal of Golsearch.com, reboot your computer and before Windows interface loads, press F8 key constantly. Choose "Safe Mode with Networking” option, and then press Enter key. System will load files and then get to the desktop in needed option.

1. Launch the Task Manager by pressing keys Ctrl+Alt+Del or Ctrl+Shift+Esc at the same time, search for Golsearch.com processes and right-click to end them.

2. Open Control Panel in Start menu and search for Folder Options. When you’re in Folder Options window, please click on its View tab, check Show hidden files and folders and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then press OK.

3. Tap Windows+R keys together to pop up the Run box, type in regedit and hit OK to open Registry Editor; then find out the following Golsearch.com registry entries and delete:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “CertificateRevocation” = ‘1’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments “SaveZoneInformation” = ‘0’


4. Get rid of the listed files created by Golsearch.com:
%AllUsersProfile%
%AllUsersProfile%\Programs\{random letters}\
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~r
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~dll

Note: I don't think that you have any extra time to waste and leave it alone in your computer. It will definitely mess up your computer badly, and now it is time to take measure to remove this thing from your computer as soon as possible. Now, download Spyhunter and get it remove from your computer.



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