Remove www-search.net Virus (Manual Removal Tips)

www-search.net is a browser hijack that attacks windows operating system and targets all popular web browsers like IE, Firefox and Chrome, etc. commonly, www-search.net redirect virus is distributed via spam emails, corrupt websites or freeware installation packages. Once it gets inside your system, it will mess up your computer. Since it has ability to alter your browser and register settings, it can take over your web browser and makes the virus to activate itself on the system. Because of the malicious modification, all your search result will be rerouted to suspicious websites that contain potential threats like worms, Trojans, ransomware and other viruses. Moreover, your screen will be full of pop-up advertisements that aim to swindle your money or allure you to visit certain websites. www-search.net makes money by increasing page ranking of several websites and from affiliate links. It also displays different ads on the infected system expecting users to click on them and make some more redirections. Each time your system is posing risk to get infected as you are not aware about the infections you can get by visiting unknown pages. Besides, the infected machine will run as slow as a snail and perform very poorly, because this redirect virus installs lots of malware on the sly which take up a big part of system resources. So, it is recommended to remove www-search.net as quickly as possible.

Dangers of www-search.net infection

1. It modifies registry entries, browser settings without your permission.
2. Every time you try to open you web search engine, you are redirected to www-search.net.
3. Your homepage is replaced, you web search results are redirected.
4. This virus may install other sorts of spyware/adware/malware.
5. This virus violates your privacy and compromises your security.
6. Various antivirus programs can’t remove www-search.net.

Effective Way to Remove www-search.net

Manual Removal:

Step 1 Stop www-search.net running processes in Windows Task Manager first. ( 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 2 Open Control Panel in Start menu and search for Folder Options. When you’re in Folder Options window, please click on its View tab, tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then press OK.

 

Step 3 Go to the Registry Editor and remove all www-search.net registry entries listed here: (Steps: Hit Win+R keys and then type "regedit" in Run box to search)

 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\

Step 4 All www-search.net associated files listed below need to be removed:

%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\[random]
%AppData%\Local\[random]
%AllUsersProfile%\{random.exe\

Automatic Removal:

Step 1 Download SpyHunter here.

Step 2 Double click SpyHunter-Installer.exe to install SpyHunter and finish the installation step by step.

Step 3 After the installation is complete, open SpyHunter and click Scan Computer Now! to start scan your computer.

Step 4 When the scan is completed, you can see that www-search.net and other threats are successfully detected. Then click Fix Threats button to clean your computer.

Warm Reminded:
If you're not familiar with the manual removal, it is suggested that you back up Windows registry first before carrying out the approach, or better get help from SpyHunter. Thus, your problems can be solved efficiently and completely.