What is Your-home-page.net Virus?
Your-home-page.net Virus has been deemed to be a browser hijacker. This means that it will take over your browser and change your default home page and search engine. The purpose of this intruder is to promote certain website. If you do spot Your-home-page.net Virus on your computer, then we recommend removing it immediately. This program is deemed to be highly intrusive. What is more, it is also a potential risk for your system’s security. If you do not want to have problems with your system or risk your data getting stolen, you should get rid of Your-home-page.net Virus immediately.
How Does Your-home-page.net Virus Infiltrate PCs?
Browser hijackers are known to use bundling to enter PCs. This means that they are attached to freeware. Free applications most often have additional software attached to their installers. If you do not want to get these additional programs on your computer, we recommend being vigilant during the installation process. Do not simply click the Next button until it is done. Otherwise, you will get unwanted applications on your PC. Keep in mind that malicious software can also use this tactic to enter PCs. So it is very important to download software only from reliable sources.
What Does Your-home-page.net Virus Do?
Quite simply it takes over your browser. It will change your homepage to Your-home-page.net and also swap your default search engine. As you can see it will be pretty evident if this intruder has managed to enter your PC. Also keep in mind that the browser hijacker can affect Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome. This way it forces users to use the search engine that it provides. The problem is that this search engine is not to be trusted. It will show a lot of sponsored links. And there is no telling whether they will lead to reliable websites or not. After all, browser hijacking is not the most legitimate of method of advertising websites. So it is best to assume that any websites promoted by Your-home-page.net Virus are unsafe. Some of them may attempt phishing scams, i.e. try to convince you to disclose your personal and/or financial data. In return you may be offered participation in some raffle or some prize. Other websites may outright try to transfer infections onto your computer. Then you can have all sorts of troubles. Your computer may not function properly, and your sensitive information may be targeted. So the best thing to do is to remove the intruder at once.
How to Remove Your-home-page.net Virus?
Removing Your-home-page.net Virus may not be that easy of a task, especially for everyday users. Typically browser hijackers are nothing more than browser extensions. You can uninstall them like all other programs. You just have to locate the program in the list of applications that you can access via Control Panel. Look for any unfamiliar programs, and uninstall them. If you fail with this task, we recommend using a reliable antimalware program to remove all browser hijackers, as well as malware. This means that your system will be intruder-free. And as long as you have security software, it will remain that way.
Spy Hunter scanner will only detect the threat. If you want the threat to be automatically removed, you need to purchase the full version of the anti-malware tool.Find Out More About SpyHunter Anti-Malware Tool / How to Uninstall SpyHunter
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