Monday, January 4, 2016

How to Remove Www.mysites123.com Browser Hijacker Permanently?

Hi, My browser has www.mysites123.com (http://www.mysites123.com/?type=hp&ts=1451148834&z=74f08936900ae85c664792ag9z5w4g1gcz9b1bdcbz&from=amt&uid=hitachixhts547550a9e384_j2160051f14r3cf14r3cx) added to Google Chrome Secure Preferences under "startup_urls". I tried running Chrome Clean-up tool and chrome reset but no luck. Can anyone please give your suggestions to remove it from chrome?

What is Www.mysites123.com?


Www.mysites123.com
, also known as mysites123.com, is a troublesome browser hijacker that can take place your browser default home page with www.mysites123.com and your search engine with Yahoo Search. For the one that hates suspected homepage and yahoo search engine, mysites123.com is a trouble that should be removed as soon as possible.



Commonly, mysites123.com can not only change your browser settings but also add unwanted or even malicious contents (such as unwanted mysites123 browser extension/new tab and malicious cookies) to your computer. It can also keep track of your online activity and read and change all your data on the website that you visit. Besides, there will be a lot of random ads, banners, underlined keywords in the infected browsers. Once you start your browsing, you will always be interrupted by these ads.

Therefore, you should not keep this browser hijacker in your computer. You should remove it as soon as possible in case it brings you more troubles.

How to Remove Www.mysites123.com?


Here is a guide that helps remove this troublesome mysites123.com browser hijacker and clear away all the related contents. If you encounter any difficulty or if you want to get rid of it automatically and effectively, you are recommended to use the recommended removal tool.



Method 1: Watch Relevant Removal Video for Help




(If you cannot get rid of Www.mysites123.com by the removal video, you can download useful anti-malware software to remove it.)

Method 2: Manually Erase Www.mysites123.com from IE/FF/Chrome


Step 1: End suspicious process in Windows Task Manager.

Right click the blank Windows Taskbar and select Start Task Manager to open. If your IE is infected and stuck in Www.mysites123.com, you should end the main iexplorer.exe. FF and Chrome are respectively corresponding to firefox.exe and chrome.exe.





Step 2: Remove Www.mysites123.com from control panel.


Windows 8 & Windows 8.1

  1. Slide the mouse cursor to the bottom right corner of your screen.
  2. Click Settings on the Charm bar and go to Control Panel.
  3. Select Uninstall a program and remove unwanted program.
Windows Vista & Windows 7

  1. Open the Start menu and click Control Panel.
  2. Go to Uninstall a program and remove wanted program.
Windows XP

  1. Open the Start menu and navigate to Control Panel.
  2. Select Add or remove programs and uninstall unwanted program.

Step 3: Remove browser hijacker from your browser and restore changes.

Internet Explorer

1. Open Internet Explorer, then click on the gear icon (Tools for Windows XP users) at the top (far right), then select Manage add-ons.



2. From the Toolbars and Extensions tab, select suspicious toolbar and right click on the item and the click Disable.



3. On Search Providers, remove unwanted search provider from the list and enable the one you want.



4. Click the General tab and move to the Home Page. Overwrite/remove the Home Page URL and click OK.



5. Open Internet Explorer, then click on the gear icon (Tools for Windows XP users) at the top (far right), then select Internet Option > advanced > reset



Mozilla Firefox

1. Click on the button at the top right corner to open Menu > Add-ons > Extensions



2. Find suspicious related add-ons and delete them.




3. Simultaneously tap Alt+T keys and select Options. Click the General tab and move to the Home Page. Overwrite/remove the Home Page URL and click OK.



4. Open Firefox, press Alt + H, and select Troubleshooting Information > reset



Google Chrome.

1. Click on the Customize icon(wrench or 3 bar icon) next to the address bar and navigate to Tools > Extensions.



2. Find suspicious related add-ons and delete them



3. Move to Search and click Manage search engines…Click X on the URL of the search tool you want to remove. Click Done.



4. Select settings > advanced settings > reset


Step 4: Erase Www.mysites123.com from local disk.

Show hidden folder: start menu >> type 'folder options' and hit enter >> 'View' >> show hidden folder


Delete suspicious files from the folders below.

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

Step 5: Delete corrupted registry entries.

Press Win & R on your keyboard. Type 'regedit' and hit enter.


Click Edit > Find...


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NlaSvc\Parameters\Internet\EnableActiveProbing: 1 to 0 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Start Page" = " HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Default_Page_URL" = "http://www..com/?type=hp&ts=&from=tugs&uid=" HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Start Page" = "http://www..com/?type=hp&ts=&from=tugs&uid=" HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes "DefaultScope" = "{33BB0A4E-99AF-4226-BDF6-49120163DE86}"


Step 6: Delete startup items from your system.

Press Win & R on your Keyboard to open Run. And input "msconfig" and click OK.


Navigate to Startup and delete suspicious items.

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Method 3: Automatically Get Rid of Www.mysites123.com with SpyHunter


If you want to quickly and easily get rid of this adware and restore all your changes, you can click the icon below to get SpyHunter – An adaptive spyware detection and removal tool that delivers ongoing protection against the latest malware, trojans, rootkits and malicious software.

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After finishing all these steps, you may have already get rid of this nasty adware/PUP. Good luck to you.

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