Malware Removal Tips for Computer Users: Hijacked by livesmartsearch.com?

What is livesmartsearch.com

livesmartsearch.com is classified as a browser hijacker because it keep redirecting users' browsing. Generally, it sneaks into your computer during the installing processes of some freeware and shareware. Besides the bundling way, the hijacker can be also brought by viruses like Trojan horse. No matter how did the browser hijacker come, it will brings some inconveniences as soon as it comes to your browsers.

First, it will modify your default homepage and DNS, so every time you open your browser you will be redirected to livesmartsearch.com. This search engine offers no helpful search results, but spams instead. Ads and sponsored links are added to the search results, too. What's more, the redirects will usually cause unwanted programs downloaded. Before long, your computer may experience great disaster like slow behavior in a system or crashing down, because your computer has piled up with system junk files.

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How to remove livesmartsearch.com hijacker effectively

Here we will introduce you two ways to remove livesmartsearch.com:

Guide 1. Manually remove livesmartsearch.com

Step 1: Stop related running processes in Windows Task Manager first.
( Methods to open Task Manager: Press CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC or Press the Start button->click on the Run option->Type in taskmgr and press OK.)

Step 2: Remove livesmartsearch.com extension or add-ons from your browsers.

Internet Explorer

1) Start Internet Explorer and choose "Tools" >"Manage add-ons".

2) Choose “Toolbars and Extensions”, then find and remove related programs.

3) Restart browser to complete the whole process.

Mozilla Firefox

1) Start Firefox and choose "Tools" > "Add-ons"> "Extensions".

2) Search for related items and remove them.

3) Restart Firefox to complete the process.

Google Chrome

1) Open Google Chrome and click on “Wrench” or “bar” icon in top right corner.

2) Choose “Settings” > “Extensions”, then find and delete add-ons.

3) Restart the browser to complete the whole process.

Step 3: Open Control Panel in Start menu and search for Folder Options. When you’re in Folder Options window, please click on its View tab, tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then press OK.

All the infection associated files listed below need to be removed:

%CommonAppData%\<random>.exe
C:\Windows\Temp\<random>.exe
%temp%\<random>.exe
C:\Program Files\<random>

Step 4: Go to the Registry Editor and remove all the infection registry entries listed here:

(Steps: Hit Win+R keys and then type regedit in Run box to search)

Delete them all:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Start Page" = "http://www.<random>.com/?type=hp&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search "CustomizeSearch" = "http://www.<random>.com/web/?type=ds&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>&q={searchTerms}"