Google Redirect Virus Fix - How to Remove the Search Redirect Virus From Your PC By Katie Martins
The "Google Redirect Virus" is a virus infection that's best recognized for infecting a computer and then redirecting all the search results it has to random websites. This infection is continuously causing huge amounts of damage to various Windows computers as it hijacks your web browser and is then notoriously difficult to remove. Fortunately, you can fix this infection very easily by using the steps in this article to remove it completely from your PC.
Where Does The Google Redirect Virus Come From?
This virus has several possible sources of infection, ranging from having your PC infected with a "rogue antivirus" program, to getting it from a Trojan Horse virus. Unlike other viruses, the Google Redirect infection is actually a very difficult virus to remove because of the way it just changes a few settings & files on your system. Popular antivirus programs normally work by locating applications or files that are continuously running in the "background" of your PC, and then try and remove all the components that power these applications. The search redirect infection is much different, in that it just hides on your PC and changes the files that your browsers need to run.
How to Remove The Redirect Virus
You can remove the redirect virus from your PC by first using a specialized (free) program called "ComboFix". This antivirus tool is extremely simple, and basically works by taking a series of scripted commands you provide, and then working through them. Considering you are able to provide the right commands to make this program fix the correct files on your PC, you can easily use it to remove the various parts of the Google Redirect Virus on your system.
After you've done that, you should then use a 'registry cleaner' to clean out any of the errors that are left inside the 'registry database'. The registry is one of the most important parts of your PC, as it's a central database which stores all the settings & options that Windows requires to run. Everything from your system settings to your most recent emails are kept in the registry, making it one of the most important and frequently read parts of your system. However, the Google redirect virus infects this database with many settings and files that it often uses to call other viruses onto your system. It's vital you clean out any of the damaged parts of the registry by using a 'registry cleaner' to scan through the system and remove the various infections that are inside this part of your system.
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