Vi-view.com virus - How to remove

Vi-view.com virus is a browser hijacker that interrupts work on Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. The program comes attached to various free software that is available to download from the Internet. If during the installation of some free programs, you are asked to change your homepage and default search provider to Vi-view.com, never agree to do it. The problem is that often the program doesn’t ask for users’ permission and then all the changes are applied automatically.

If you have already noticed mystart.vi-view.com or vi-view.com as your homepage and if your default search provider is set to searches.vi-view.com, your browser has already been hijacked. Although these pages are no different from other search providers, the problem is they promote certain commercial websites. So no matter what search you are going to make, you will be forced to visit sponsored websites. Additionally, the hijacker can add countless ads to your search results and generally hinder your work while browsing.

If you don’t want any modifications to be applied to your browser, pay more attention when installing any freeware from the Internet. Make sure you always choose Advanced or Custom installation and check every single step of it. If you see any attempts to modify your browser settings or suggestions to download additional tools, reject the suspicious or unknown ones. Some examples of the download websites that may try to inject Vi-view.com virus into your computer are CNET, Brothersoft and Softonic.

To remove Vi-view.com, go to Control Panel, Add/Remove programs list and uninstall anything related to this domain from there. Some versions of this hijacker install software that blocks 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 Vi-view.com virus from Internet Explorer (older versions):

1. Click on the arrow on the right of the search box;
2. Do the following: on IE8-9 choose Manage Search providers, on IE7 click Change search defaults;
3. Remove Vi-view.com from the list.

How to remove Vi-view.com virus from IE 11:

1. Click on the Settings icon (top right)->Manage Addons;
2. Select Search Providers;
3. Change the default search engine to Bing or Google;
4. If any of these search providers is not available, follow “Find more search providers” in the bottom of the screen and install Google.

How to remove Vi-view.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 every 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 the search box. If this file exists, rename it and start Firefox again. You will have to repeat the steps above.

How to remove Vi-view.com virus from Google Chrome:

1. Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on the 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).
6. If your New Tab page is hijacked, you will have to scan with anti-malware program or use New Tab Redirect extension from Chrome Store.

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