How to Get Rid of Doko-search.com completely-Manual Removal Guide

“Hi All, I have somehow acquired 'Doko-search.com' in my Google Chrome web browser. It keeps returning making itself my default browser even though I have deleted it from my Google Settings many times and from my Control Panel . It seems to be lurking somewhere. It's unwanted and, I believe, malware. It doesn't get picked up by AVG antivirus. Does AVG or anyone have something I can download to remove it permanently?”

Have your browser encounter 'Doko-search.com'? You don’t want it as your search engine but it keep coming back? Is it lurking somewhere? How can I remove it efficiently? You can read the rest of the post to get more details about 'Doko-search.com' and welcome to follow the removal guide to get rid of it.

What Is 'Doko-search.com'? Is It A Malware?

 

Recently many computer users complaint that the Doko-search.com hijacker come into their computer without their knowledge and it keep making itself as the default search engine no matter your are using Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome. No matter how many times you have tried to delete it from your web browser or from control panel, but it will appear again and again to drive you crazy.

Is Doko-search.com Dangerous?

Usually, Doko-search.com can get inside your computer via free or fake software downloads, visiting malicious websites or playing online games. You should always pay attention to the optional installation of the free software. Once infected, it is not only can change your default home page or search but also can degrade your overall computer performance. What’s more, it takes advantage of the system vulnerability to make it invite more malware come to compromise your machine. It is not safe to live with it.

Step-by-step Guide to manually Delete Doko-search.com

Step 1- Remove add-ons:

Internet Explorer
1) Go to 'Tools' → 'Manage Add-ons';
2) Choose 'Search Providers' → choose 'Bing' search engine or 'Google' search engine and make it default;
3) Select 'Search Results' and click 'Remove' to remove it;
4)  Go to 'Tools' → 'Internet Options', select 'General tab' and click 'Use default' button or enter your own website, e.g. Google.com. Click OK to save the changes.

Google Chrome
1) Click on 'Customize and control' Google Chrome icon, select 'Settings';
2) Choose 'Basic Options'.
3) Change Google Chrome's homepage to google.com or any other and click the 'Manage search engines...' button;
4) Select 'Google' from the list and make it your default search engine;
5) Select 'Search Results' from the list remove it by clicking the "X" mark.

Mozilla Firefox
1) Click on the magnifier's icon and select 'Manage Search Engines....';
2) Choose 'Search Results' from the list and click 'Remove' and OK to save changes;
3) Go to 'Tools' → 'Options'. Reset the startup homepage or change it to google.com under the 'General tab';

Step 2- Open Windows Task Manager and close all running processes.
( 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 3- Remove these associated Files on your hard drive such as:

%program files%\ Random Virus
%documents and settings %\ all users\application data\Random Virus virus
%app data%\ Random\
%windows%\system32\ drivers\Random Virus .sys

Step 4- Open the Registry Editor and delete the following entries:
(Steps: Hit Win+R keys and then type regedit in Run box and click on OK)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[RANDOM]”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[RANDOM].exe”

Step 5-Restart your computer normally to check the effectiveness.

If the manual guide is kinda difficult for you, please feel free to download automatic removal tool SpyHunter to drive the self-invited guest away.