nternet Explorer Default Home page, Search page have been hijacked and redirected .. How to fix this?
(1) Go to Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features and uninstall the any utility related to the hijacked and redirected URL.
Then open your browser and go to tools—->manage addons—-> in tools bars and extensions remove/disable anything related to the hijacked and redirected URL.
(2)Download hitman pro 3.7 and have a full system scan.. http://www.surfright.nl/en
or
use adwcleaner http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/)
or
use junkware-removal-tool http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/junkware-removal-tool/
(3)To revert the search and home page settings back to ie default values, you need to modify the following registry keys.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
“Default_Search_URL”=”http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896”
“Default_Page_URL”=”http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=255141”
“Start Page”=”http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=255141”
“Search Page”=”http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896”
Or simply you can add this to registry after cleaning and it will recover your browser settings and homepage
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cr2vjpske37kj4v/defaulthomeandsearch_2.reg
That’s it.. you are done
