Hao1258.com virus - How to remove

Hao1258.com virus is a Chinese search engine which carries a lot of similarities with some of the platforms we have analyzed in the past. For instance, Id.hao123.com could be a product of the same developers. We have noticed that some of the websites, sending the most traffic to Hao1258.com hijacker, are unreliable.

For instance, another Chinese search platform has been determined to support the latter suspicious toolbar: Sogou.com. In addition to this, Internalrequest.org redirect also leads to Hao1258 engine (which also displays a lot of Technical support scams).

This Hao1258.com hijacker mostly targets people from China

Despite being a Chinese browser hijacker, Hao1258.com virus generates some web traffic from users, living in United States or United Kingdom. However, this search platform is mainly active in Chine, Japan and Hong Kong. During the last couple of months, approximately from September to November of 2017, visitation to Hao1258.com infection has increased by 67%. In the global rankings, this domain currently occupies the 427,653 position in the list of top-visited domains.

Hao1258.com virus is also similar to infections like Hao.7654.com browser hijacker. Both of them can be downloaded into your computer without your knowledge or authorization. After this sneaky installation, users will notice that their browsers’ preferences all lead to Hao1258.com search platform. If you are an English-speaking user, this will be an inconvenient change as you might not understand the Chinese language. For this reason, you will be more eager to get rid of this search platform.

Users of Hao1258.com unreliable search platform can select between Google and Baidu to deliver results to search queries. However, we suspect that the delivered results are not going to be without content, sponsored by controllers of Hao1258.com search engine. Therefore, you might be exposed to devious links and advertisements. Some of then could be distributing malware parasites, secretly installing miners of crypto-currencies or placing unwanted tracking cookies into your hard drive (Drive-by mining and ads: The Wild Wild West).

Even though Hao1258.com infection uses secure connection, it is not a 100% safe search platform. One of the reasons, supporting this statement, is that this search platform could be downloaded without users’ knowledge. This devious method is used by many browser hijackers. In fact, there are a lot of rogue Chinese search platforms; for instance, the Uc123.com engine.

Lastly, we should mention that we did not manage to find a clear Privacy Policy or the EULA document. Without these texts, it is difficult to determine the conditions and terms of the usage of Hao1258.com virus. It could be that the search platform will not only collect the non-personally identifiable information, but aim to reach private details, logins and etc (Online tracking).

How should you protect your browser from this Hao1258.com malware parasite?

First of all, please do not download unknown programs from the Internet. It could be that a seemingly-harmless tool is going to make modifications to your browsers. Therefore, you should pay close attention to installation procedures. During Setup Wizards, select advanced/custom modes and refuse to get any additional toolbars or other type of freeware applications.

However, some programs could be installed through the drive-by technique. This means that some tools will be automatically downloaded into your device. This could occur during browsing when users click on random online ads, experience redirection to unknown websites and etc. Considering this, you should stick to visiting domains/ downloading programs that are approved as secure and legitimate.

We should also explain the techniques for malware removal. First of all, you could get rid of a browser hijacker by following the guidelines we have enumerated at the end of this article. However, if this Hao1258.com browser hijacker returns, it would be best to initiate a scan with Spyhunter. This program will detect the source of this malicious activity and will offer appropriate elimination. In addition to getting rid of this specific malware parasite, Spyhunter will clean your operating system from all potential threats.

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How to remove Hao1258.com virus using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Hao1258.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 Hao1258.com virus . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Hao1258.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 Hao1258.com virus from macOS

Delete Hao1258.com virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Hao1258.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 Hao1258.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 Hao1258.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 Hao1258.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 Hao1258.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 Hao1258.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 Hao1258.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 Hao1258.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 Hao1258.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 Hao1258.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 Hao1258.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.