Your-home-page.net virus - How to remove

Your-home-page.net virus is a browser hijacker that can be added to your browser after you download some free program from the Internet. It uses smart techniques to infiltrate so that users wouldn’t even notice it until the program settles down in the browser. Once inside, Your-home-page.net replaces your homepage and default search provider. The goal if the program is to promote a bunch of sponsored websites and increase their traffic, but the problem is that it badly interferes into users’ browsing experience too.

It is strongly recommended to remove Your-home-page.net virus, as soon as you notice on your browser. Do not wait until it redirects you to dangerous websites and you get your system infected. Run a full system scan with a reliable anti-malware program, like Spyhunter or StopZilla. We have also developed a tutorial how to remove Your-home-page.net virus manually. You will find it below this article.

About Your-home-page.net virus

Your-home-page.net virus changes your search results and mainly displays sponsored websites, regardless what search query you enter. This is how it pushes users to visit sponsored websites and increase their traffic. It is it doesn’t allow you to find any accurate information, so your browsing becomes completely useless.

What is more, such modifications should never be made before asking your permission. Your-home-page.net virus uses unfair methods to infiltrate, which makes us believe it can cause other issues too. Some browser hijackers install additional applications that may track your browsing habits and involve you into various marketing related projects. This is another reason to stay away from Your-home-page.net.

Distribution Methods of Your-home-page.net virus

If you want to prevent your system from getting such programs to your computer, you have to be more careful installing various free applications, for example, video players, download managers, PDF creators, etc. Follow their installation steps and if you notice any attempts to make changes in your browser settings or install additional programs, refuse that. Remove Your-home-page.net virus from your system, if it was already installed to your system.

Follow the guide provided below or simply download an anti-malware program and let it fix the issue automatically. If the program keeps coming back, you may need to restore your browser settings.

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Manual removal of Your-home-page.net virus

How to remove Your-home-page.net virus using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Your-home-page.net 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 Your-home-page.net virus . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Your-home-page.net 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 Your-home-page.net virus from macOS

Delete Your-home-page.net virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Your-home-page.net 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 Your-home-page.net 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 Your-home-page.net 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 Your-home-page.net 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 Your-home-page.net 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 Your-home-page.net 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 Your-home-page.net 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 Your-home-page.net 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 Your-home-page.net 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 Your-home-page.net 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 Your-home-page.net 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.

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