Remove Home.login-help.net by SaferBrowser

Berta Bilbao

Berta is a dedicated malware researcher, dreaming for a more secure cyber space. Her fascination with IT security began a few years ago when a malware locked her out of her own computer.

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Login Help is a potentially unwanted program (PUP), in particular, a browser hijacker. When on a computer, it will attach itself to your browser, change its homepage, the new tab page, the search engine and add a toolbar and a browser extension. The hijacker uses home.login-help.net as its domain. You may be shown ads and sponsored search results redirecting to websites with potentially malicious content.

Home.login-help.net – How Did I Get It?

The Login Help browser hijacker is normally spread across the Web via third-party installers. You can get it on your PC without even knowing, that the hijacker hides in freeware installations and bundled packages. In such packages, additional components for installation are not always disclosed, and you can get deceived into installing PUPs like Login Help. Sometimes this can be avoided if you check the Advanced or Custom setting in an installation setup to see what you ar installing.

Another possible way you can get Login Help altering your browser settings is if you manually go to its official site – home.login-help.net. Usually, a related browser extension may be lurking inside suspicious sites you visit or on different ads and pop-ups you may have clicked. All browsers can be affected, especially the most popular ones, like Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Safari.

Home.login-help.net – More Information

Login Help is a browser hijacker. It is developed by SaferBrowser, like many other PUPs they have created, such as EasySportsAccess and My Speed Test XP. After installed on your computer, this hijacker changes the browser’s homepage, the new tab page, and the search engine. It may also install a browser toolbar or an extension. Its official domain to which you can be redirected from the browser modifications is: Home.login-help.net.

After your browsers are hijacked, whenever you do a search, the results will use the Login Help search engine. When you are doing a search or using the new tab page, sponsored and sometimes even misleading results may be shown. You may also see advertisements like pop-ups and banners being displayed. Sites, to which you may be redirected, can make revenue on a pay-per-click basis. The sites may also contain malware. In some cases you may be redirected to a custom Yahoo search:

The Privacy Policy (EULA) of Login Help is stating that various information about you and your system may be collected, such as:

• personally identifyable information
• your name
• your email address
• your country of origin
• your shipping address
• your search activity
• search queries
• IP address
• browser information

Here is a picture showing the full statement:

All the collected information can be shared with third parties, meaning that you automatically accept the Privacy Policy of any third-party affiliates of Login Help and SaferBrowser.

Remove Home.login-help.net Completely

To remove Login Help manually from your system, follow the step-by-step removal instructions given below. In case the manual removal does not get rid of this browser hijacker and its modifications completely, you should search and remove any leftovers with an advanced anti-malware program. Installing such a program will also keep your system safe in the future.

Step 1: Remove/Uninstall Home.login-help.net in Windows

Here is a method in few easy steps to remove that program. No matter if you are using Windows 8, 7, Vista or XP, those steps will get the job done. Dragging the program or its folder to the recycle bin can be a very bad decision. If you do that, bits and pieces of the program get left behind, and that can lead to unstable work of your PC, mistakes with the file type associations and other unpleasant activities. The proper way to get a program off your computer is to Uninstall it. To do that:

Follow the instructions above and you will successfully uninstall Home.login-help.net.

Step 2: Remove Home.login-help.net from your browser

Remove a toolbar from Mozilla FirefoxRemove a toolbar from Google Chrome Remove a toolbar from Internet Explorer Remove a toolbar from Safari

Start Mozilla Firefox Open the menu window

Select the “Add-ons” icon from the menu

Select Home.login-help.net and click “Remove”

After Home.login-help.net is removed, restart Mozilla Firefox by closing it from the red “X” in the top right corner and start it again.

Start Google Chrome and Open the drop menu

Move the cursor over “Tools” and then from the extended menu choose “Extensions“

From the opened “Extensions” menu locate Home.login-help.net and click on the garbage bin icon on the right of it.

After Home.login-help.net is removed, restart Google Chrome by closing it from the red “X” in the top right corner and start it again.

Start Internet Explorer:

Click “‘Tools’ to open the drop menu and select ‘Manage Add-ons’

In the ‘Manage Add-ons’ window, make sure that in the first window ‘Add-on Types’, the drop menu ‘Show’ is on ‘All add-ons’

Select Home.login-help.net to remove, and then click ‘Disable’. A pop-up window will appear to inform you that you are about to disable the selected toolbar, and some additional toolbars might be disabled as well. Leave all the boxes checked, and click ‘Disable’.

After Home.login-help.net has been removed, restart Internet Explorer by closing it from the red ‘X’ in the top right corner and start it again.

Start Safari

Open the drop menu by clicking on the sprocket icon in the top right corner.

From the drop menu select ‘Preferences’
In the new window select ‘Extensions’
Click once on Home.login-help.net
Click ‘Uninstall’

A pop-up window will appear asking for confirmation to uninstall Home.login-help.net. Select ‘Uninstall’ again, and the Home.login-help.net will be removed.

Step 3: Remove Home.login-help.net automatically by downloading an advanced anti-malware program.

1. Remove Home.login-help.net with SpyHunter Anti-Malware Tool

1. Remove Home.login-help.net with SpyHunter Anti-Malware Tool

1. Install SpyHunter to scan for and remove Home.login-help.net.2. Scan with SpyHunter to Detect and Remove Home.login-help.net.

Step 1: Click here to go to SpyHunter’s download instruction page.
Step 2: Guide yourself by the download instructions provided for each browser.
Step 3: After you have installed SpyHunter, wait for it to automatically update.

Step1: After the update process has finished, click on the ‘Scan Computer Now’ button.

Step2: After SpyHunter has finished scanning your PC for any Home.login-help.net files, click on the ‘Fix Threats’ button to remove them automatically and permanently.

Step3: Once the intrusions on your PC have been removed, it is highly recommended to restart it.

2. Remove Home.login-help.net with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.

2. Remove Home.login-help.net with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

1. Install Malwarebytes Anti-Malware to scan for and remove Home.login-help.net. 2. Scan your PC with MalwareBytes to remove all Home.login-help.net associated files automatically.

Step 1: Download Malwarebytes by clicking here.
Step 2: A pop-up window will appear. Click on the ‘Save File’ button. If it does not, click on the Download button and save it afterwards.


Step 3: After you have downloaded the setup, simply open it.
Step 4: The installer should appear. Click on the ‘Next’ button.

Step 5: Check the ‘I accept the agreement’ check circle if not checked if you accept it and click the ‘Next’ button once again.

Step 6: Review and click on ‘Next’ on the following 4 steps that will appear afterwards and after that click on the ‘Install’ button.

Step 7: After the installation process has completed click on the ‘Finish’ button and check the ‘Launch MalwareBytes AntiMalware’ check box.

Step 1: Launch MalwareBytes if you havent launched it after install.
Step 2: Wait for the software to update and then click on the blue ‘Scan Now’ button. If it doesnt start updating automatically, click on the blue ‘Update Now’ highlighted text.

Step 3: At this point, after clicking the ‘Scan Now’ button, the system should start scanning your PC. It may take a while but be patient – it is worth it.

Step 4: After the scan has been complete and all of the threats have been identified, click on the ‘Remove Selected’ button to detelete them permanently.

Step 5: Once the scan has completed, MalwareBytes will prompt you to restart your computer. It is recommended to save all your data you are working on before restarting.

3. Remove Home.login-help.net with STOPZilla AntiMalware

4. Remove Home.login-help.net with STOPZilla AntiMalware

1. Install STOPZilla Anti Malware to scan for and remove Home.login-help.net. 2. Scan your PC with STOPZilla Anti Malware to remove all Home.login-help.net associated files completely.

Step 1: Download STOPZilla by clicking here.
Step 2: A pop-up window will appear. Click on the ‘Save File’ button. If it does not, click on the Download button and save it afterwards.

Step 3: After you have downloaded the setup, simply open it.
Step 4: The installer should appear. Click on the ‘Next’ button.

Step 5: Check the ‘I accept the agreement’ check circle if not checked if you accept it and click the ‘Next’ button once again.

Step 6: Review and click on the ‘Install’ button.

Step 7: After the installation process has completed click on the ‘Finish’ button.

Step 1: Launch STOPZilla if you havent launched it after install.
Step 2: Wait for the software to automatically scan and then click on the ‘Repair Now’ button. If it does not scan automatically, click on the ‘Scan Now’ button.

Step 3: After the removal of all threats and associated objects, you should Restart your PC.

4. Back up your data to secure it against attacks related to Home.login-help.net in the future

4. Back up your data to secure it against attacks in the future

Security engineers recommend that you back up your files immediately, preferably on an external memory carrier in order to be able to restore them. In order to protect yourself from Home.login-help.net (For Windows Users) please follow these simple steps:

1. For Windows 7 and earlier 1. For Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 1. Enabling the Windows Defense Feature (Previous Versions)

1-Click on Windows Start Menu

2-Type Backup And Restore
3-Open it and click on Set Up Backup

4-A window will appear asking you where to set up backup. You should have a flash drive or an external hard drive. Mark it by clicking on it with your mouse then click on Next.

5-On the next window, the system will ask you what do you want to backup. Choose the ‘Let Me Choose’ option and then click on Next.

6-Click on ‘Save settings and run backup’ on the next window in order to protect your files from possible attacks by Home.login-help.net.

1-Press Windows button + R

2-In the window type ‘filehistory’ and press Enter

3-A File History window will appear. Click on ‘Configure file history settings’

4-The configuration menu for File History will appear. Click on ‘Turn On’. After its on, click on Select Drive in order to select the backup drive. It is recommended to choose an external HDD, SSD or a USB stick whose memory capacity is corresponding to the size of the files you want to backup.

5-Select the drive then click on ‘Ok’ in order to set up file backup and protect yourself from Home.login-help.net.

1- Press Windows button + R keys.

2- A run windows should appear. In it type ‘sysdm.cpl’ and then click on Run.

3- A System Properties windows should appear. In it choose System Protection.

5- Click on Turn on system protection and select the size on the hard disk you want to utilize for system protection.
6- Click on Ok and you should see an indication in Protection settings that the protection from Home.login-help.net is on.

Restoring a file via Windows Defense feature:
1-Right-click on the encrypted file, then choose Properties.

2-Click on the Previous Versions tab and then mark the last version of the file.

3-Click on Apply and Ok and the file encrypted by Home.login-help.net should be restored.

Berta Bilbao

Berta is a dedicated malware researcher, dreaming for a more secure cyber space. Her fascination with IT security began a few years ago when a malware locked her out of her own computer.

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