Doseofhealthy.com Virus - How to remove

Doseofhealthy.com, hosted by CloudFlare (IP address 104.24.98.99), is an online platform, which earns profit from advertising, according to the information available at doseof healthy.com.2sompete.org. The latter portal provides services of websites analysis and statistics. Besides, doseofhealthy.com, registered on the 19th of November, 2015, is mostly visited by the users from Czech Republic. Another country, which generates the most web traffic to this web page is Belgium. Thus, it is a must for the Internet users from the both countries to read this post carefully. Doseofhealthy.com is related with doseofhealthy.com/search.php, which is a browser hijacker.

 

About the Doseofhealthy.com/search.php Domain

Doseofhealthy.com/search.php is the exact Url, which is forcibly set as the default start page for the users, which PCs have been infected with this application. It is supposed to look as just another search engine, even the one affiliated with Google. Though, it is quite the opposite. As it have been revealed above, Doseofhealthy.com/search.php is an ad-supported domain and the search feature is employed only for covering the deceptive advertising the developers of this rogue application pursue. This deceptive advertising tactics is described by the inclusion of 3rd party sponsored web pages in the search results of Google and the illegitimate injection of 3rd party advertisements in the legitimate websites provided by the latter legitimate search tool.

The deception degree of Doseofhealthy.com/search.php browser hijacker is indicated by the lack of any Privacy Policy, Terms or Conditions of Use, License Agreement documentation on the website available. No legitimate search provider would leave you using its product without providing you with the official documents, as regards the use of their software. This adds to the unauthorized settings Doseofhealthy.com/search.php browser extension performs, when it sets the latter address as your default Url, which is loaded upon the startup of your web browser/browsers. Additionally, desktop shortcuts can be created, which do also signify that Doseofhealthy.com/search.php belongs to the type of applications, referred to as PUPs – potentially unwanted programs.

The relatively high danger level as regards cyber security of using Doseofhealthy.com/search.php PUP ensues from the 3rd party advertising content it displays. The latter content can be rendered in various user-specific advertisements on practically any site he visits, when Doseofhealthy.com/search.php app is running on one computer’s system and, thus, is operating on the browser as an add-on unable to be removed from the settings. It is dangerous in two basic ways. Firstly, your browsing history, IP address (and, thus, geolocation), information about operating system, etc. is leaked to the developers of Doseofhealthy.com/search.php plug-in and their affiliates. Secondly, this module causes redirect issue, rerouting you to unsafe domains, when you click the ads displayed by it or visit the sponsored sites rendered by it in the search results.

The Specific Method Doseofhealthy.com/search.php Browser Hijacker is Distributed and Ways to Remove It

Doseofhealthy.com/search.php hijacker originates from Doseofhealthy.com domain. It is clearly a scam website, owned by the distributors of online scams. Such displayers of online scams as Doseofhealthy.com/search.php application are most of the cases downloaded accidentally. These downloads, which occur by accident and not by design, involve free software, which is spoiled with such PUPs as Doseofhealthy.com/search.php. The unwanted application is hidden in the Advanced settings. Thus, if the user remains in the Default ones, he looses the chance of eliminating the malware before it has reached his computer.

When the dangerous redirects caused by Doseofhealthy.com/search.php browser hijacker is a daily issue, it is clear that the malicious programs is functioning on the computer’s system. In this case, it should be removed with malware removal software such as Spyhunter, since the probability of additional similar malware threats is quite high. Nevertheless, the manual removal guide can be followed to delete the malware. But, in any case, it is recommended to scan your computer system with an automatic security scanner (you can choose from the ones set forth above).

Automatic Malware removal tools

Manual removal of Doseofhealthy.com Virus

How to remove Doseofhealthy.com Virus using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Doseofhealthy.com Virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Doseofhealthy.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 Doseofhealthy.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 Doseofhealthy.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 Doseofhealthy.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 Doseofhealthy.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 Doseofhealthy.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 Doseofhealthy.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 Doseofhealthy.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 Doseofhealthy.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 Doseofhealthy.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 Doseofhealthy.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.