Home.Speedbit.com virus - How to remove

Home.Speedbit.com virus is a browser hijacker that can be installed to random computers without users’ knowledge. It is distributed together with free downloads, for example, video players, PDF creators and so on. It will be also installed together with Youtube Accelerator, which is a PUP on itlsef (it uses deceiptive tactics for promotions). Once inside, it changes your default search engine and homepage to Home.Speedbit.com and also adds SPEEDbit Toolbar to your browser. The application affects Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.

The aim of Home.Speedbit.com virus is to advertise some websites and increase their traffic. It includes them to your search results and also causes redirections. Users will find it not only annoying but also dangerous, as the program can reroute you to compromised websites. As a result, you can get your computer seriously infected.

Additionally, Home.Speedbit.com virus tries to collect information about your browsing habits. It can be very useful in future to display targeted advertisements on your computer. As you see, the program can have long-term effects on your computer. Security experts categorize Home.Speedbit.com virus as a potentially unwanted program and highly advise to remove it.

First, you will have to remove Home.Speedbit.com from Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs list. It is recommended to uninstalling ALL programs installed on the same date as problems have appeared. Some versions of this virus installs software that block 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 Home.Speedbit.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 the Home.Speedbit.com from the list

How To remove Home.Speedbit.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 Home.Speedbit.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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