Speed-Find.com virus - How to remove

Speed-Find.com virus is a browser hijacker that can be installed to to Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome without users’ permission. It is categorized as a potentially unwanted program as it makes changes in your browser settings and leads to many unwanted activities on the infected computer. The program comes bundled with various free programs, for example, video players, download managers, PDF creators and so on. Computer users should be more careful during the installation of such applications. Some of the freeware may suggest downloading additional software. You should always refuse getting any tools or making other changes that can cause unknown consequences.

Once inside, the program replaces your homepage and default search provider with Speed-Find.com. Although the website looks just like most search engines, we do not recommend using it. The creators of this hijacker seek to advertise sponsored websites, so it will not provide reliable search results. Additionally, you will be receiving tons of ads which are very annoying and they interfere every time you browse the Internet.

Speed-Find.com virus makers are getting paid for collecting traffic and increasing page ranking of several commercial websites. This is the reason of all confusion made in your system. Speed-Find.com virus can also spy on your browsing habits and collect information about your search queries. Once it finds out about your interests, the program can display targeted ads according to this information.

We recommend removing Speed-Find.com virus from your system. Uninstall it from Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs list. It is also recommended to uninstalling ALL programs installed on the same date as problems have appeared. Some versions of this hijacker install software that blocks browser settings from changing. To identify them, scanning with Spyhunter or other reputable antispyware tool might be useful. Then you can uninstall the extensions and reset settings in your browsers.

How To remove Speed-Find.com virus from Internet Explorer:

1. Click arrow on the right of search box
2. Do following: On IE8-9 choose Manage Search providers, On ie7 click change search defaults
3. Remove Speed-Find.com from the list

How To remove Speed-Find.com virus from Firefox :

1. Enter “about:config” in url bar. This will open settings page
2. Type “Keyword.url” in the search box. Right click it & reset it.
3. Type “browser.search.defaultengine” in the search box. Right click it & reset it.
4. Type “browser.search.selectedengine” in the search box. Right click it & reset it.
5. Search for ‘browser.newtab.url’. Right-click and reset. This will make sure that the search page won’t launch on each new tab.
6. If the settings revert and scan with anti-malware programs are clean: Close Firefox, open file explorer and enter %AppData% in the address bar. enter user.js in search box. If this file exists, rename it and start Firefox again. You will have to repeat the steps above.

How To remove Speed-Find.com virus from Google Chrome:

1. Click 3 horizontal lines icon on browser toolbar.
2. Select Settings.
3. Select Basics ->Manage Search engines.
4. Remove unnecessary search engines from the list.
5. Go back to settings. On Startup choose open blank page ( you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).

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