Startpage-home.com virus - How to remove

Startpage-home.com is a domain, providing a platform for searching and automatically adjusting itself according to visitors’ location (page can run in various languages). Strictly minimized content is seen after entering this site: a blank page with a completely ordinary search-box. It is compatible with browsers like: Google Chrome, Opera, Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer. Startpage-home.com is another product of SweetLabs, Inc. and is regarded to cause more harm than good.

About Startpage-home.com virus

Let’s begin by identifying the true nature of Startpage-home.com: it is one of the browser hijackers. If you have read our other articles, you might be aware of how common this type of potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) are and what they are notorious to do.

After triumphantly placing its flag on your computer surface as a sign of occupation, Startpage-home.com virus will assign the main roles of your browsers to its domain. Home pages, newly opened tabs, default search engines will all have one name: Startpage-home.com. This is a widely-utilized method to generate more visits for specific domains. Actually, Startpage-home.com virus will increase web traffic for not only itself: its partners won’t be left without a mouthful of publicity.

Redirections, advertisements and alterations made to produced results are used to fix up higher rankings for the sponsors of Startpage-home.com virus. All of these examples will misplace users to domains, powered by third-party sources. Why? This question is easy to answer: to spread malware and install additional browser extensions, add-ons without proper authorization from users.
To make you fear Startpage-home.com browser hijacker even more, we are going to explain another dubious trait of this virus. Monitoring of your personal information can be set in motion. The theft of personally-identifiable information can lead to financial losses or even identity crisis.

Distribution Methods of Startpage-home.com virus

Malicious codes are injected into your computer because of the stealthily installed Startpage-home.com browser hijacker. It uses a completely legal way to spread around. However, even if it is regarded as a valid technique, hackers might still design some perks for themselves. Bundling is the method utilized. “Buy 1 get 3” does not seem like a bad deal for shopaholics. Nevertheless, bundled software is not regarded to always carry safe content. A free program, offered in file-sharing domains, might not be labeled as having additions. That is why users might believe to be downloading and installing only one program while actually, 3 or 4 are installed without the user’s knowledge. To avoid this scenario, pick advanced/custom modes of setups. It provides a chance to review all of the additional content before proceeding with the installation process.

Spyhunter, Hitman have a marvelous reputation when it comes to eliminating PUPs and viruses. With just a couple of clicks, users can become free of any infections and proceed to browse the Internet in peace. If user has successfully eliminated PUPs before and does not want to download an anti-malware tool, he/she can follow our guide for manual removal of Startpage-home.com virus.

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How to remove Startpage-home.com virus using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Startpage-home.com virus install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to Startpage-home.com virus . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Startpage-home.com virus easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

How to remove Startpage-home.com virus from macOS

Delete Startpage-home.com virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Startpage-home.com virus app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

TopHow To remove Startpage-home.com virus from Google Chrome:

• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select More Tools→Extensions
  
• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
  
• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select Settings
  
• Select Manage Search engines
  
• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list
  
• Go back to settings. On Startup choose Open blank page (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).
• If your homepage was changed, click on Chrome menu on the top right corner, select Settings. Select Open a specific page or set of pages and click on Set pages.
  
• Delete malicious search websites at a new Startup pages window by clicking “X” next to them.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Startpage-home.com virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on a Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on theReset browser settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How To remove Startpage-home.com virus from Firefox:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (Or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Startpage-home.com virus related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on the Firefox menu in the top right corner, select Options → General. Enter a preferable URL to the homepage field and click Restore to Default.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Startpage-home.com virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• ChooseTroubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on theReset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program to identify malicious entries.

How to remove Startpage-home.com virus from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.

• Click on the three-dot menu on the browser toolbar and Select Settings

• Select Privacy and Services and scroll down. Press on Address bar.

• Choose Manage search engines.

• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list: open the three-dot menu and choose Remove.

• Go back to Settings. Open On start-up.
• Delete malicious search websites at Open specific page or pages by opening the three-dot menu and clicking Delete.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Startpage-home.com virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings

• Click on Edge's menu button and select Settings. Click on the Reset Settings button on the left.
• Press the Restore settings to their default values option.

• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove Startpage-home.com virus from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Startpage-home.com virus and other suspicious extensions.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences and choose General tab. Enter preferable URL to the homepage field.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings(older versions) If you are still experiencing any issues related to Startpage-home.com virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari…
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

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