6789.com - How to remove

6789.com appears as a homepage when you open a web browser? Well, that means your computer is infected with this malware and you should take care of that. It is classified as a browser hijacker, so once inside of your system it will make some unwanted changes.

If you have recently discovered that 6789.com is operating on your system but don’t know what to do – you have come to the right place. In this article we will provide you with detailed instructions how to remove 6789.com either manually or automatically so you will be able to select which method fits you the best.

In case you have no previous experience in removing infections like this, we suggest to do it automatically – it’s much easier and less time consuming. All you have to do is to download reliable anti-malware application, such as Spyhunter, install it on your computer and then run a full scan of all files stored on your hard drive. Either one of these programs should detect and remove the virus immediately. It will also protect your computer from similar infections in the future so it’s worth to keep it installed.

If you prefer to perform this removal manually – scroll down below this article and take a look at our step-by-step 6789.com manual removal guide. We have developed it to assist you through this complicated process of virus removal. Just do your best to complete all steps correctly and you should be able to eliminate 6789.com manually by your own.

If you have some questions regarding removal or virus itself, feel free to ask them in the comments section below and we will do our best to answer them all. To learn more about specific features of 6789.com please continue reading this article.

About 6789.com browser hijacker

6789.com operates as browser add-on that can be added to all most popular web browsers out there, including Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge or even Safari. That means Apple users can get infected as well.

Once inside of your system 6789.com will change some settings on your web browsers, such as your homepage or default search engine. From now on www.6789.com will appear every time you open a web browser.

As you can easily notice, it’s a search engine, but all information is submitted in hieroglyphs so if you are not familiar with Chinese, you will have a hard time understanding what it means. And that makes it useless – you can’t use any functions of your homepage. That’s total waste of your important time.

6789.com also features some attributes of adware infection. Once installed on a computer it will flood those web browsers with ads in all kinds of forms, such as pop-up, pop-under, in-text, banner or contextual advertisements. New tab or even window with ads on it can be opened at any time as well.

Usually advertisements displayed by 6789.com appear on e-commerce websites, such as eBay or Amazon. You will be offered to purchase some particular goods at very appealing price rate. Do not fall for that trick – most of the time those offers are fake. They are just trying to win your attention and make you click on one of those ads this way. And we suggest not to do that.

If it happens so that you click on the ad displayed by 6789.com you will be immediately redirected to other websites that might be owned by various cyber criminals, such as hackers or scammers. This way your computer can get infected with other viruses or if you attempt to purchase something there you can even get scammed and lose your hard earned money.

Distribution Methods of 6789.com browser hijacker

It might enter your system when you download and install some free software from the Internet because it is traveling bundled with it. So every time you download and install freeware from unreliable website, there is a chance that 6789.com will be added to your web browsers. That’s why you need to pay close attention to the installation process of freeware and keep your computer secured with trustworthy anti-malware software all the time to avoid this happening.

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Manual removal of 6789.com virus

How to remove 6789.com using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like 6789.com 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 6789.com . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make 6789.com 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 6789.com from macOS

Delete 6789.com from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the 6789.com 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 6789.com 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 6789.com, 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 6789.com 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 6789.com 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 6789.com, 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 6789.com 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 6789.com, 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 6789.com from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall 6789.com 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 6789.com, 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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