What is INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME?
I suggest you to remove INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME from your PC as soon as possible!
Tried to remove INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME? Cannot completely delete INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME, because it gets back?
See how to fix INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME step by step using my removal guide.
How INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME got on your computer?
Like many potentially unwanted programs, INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME can be installed on your computer as part of a bundle with another tool you downloaded from the Internet. Since INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME manufacturer pays software developers for distributing INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME within their applications, INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME is often included as part of the installer.
INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME is also often distributed with free games and simple, one-click freeware tools developed specifically with the purpose of getting INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME onto as many computers as possible.
Usually, you have not only one INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME problem, but a bunch of similar WIN32:PUPs.
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How dangerous is INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME?
While INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME is not considered illegal and is not officially classified as malware, it poses a direct threat to your privacy. Since INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME runs alongside your Web browser, it can collect and transmit information such your search queries, Web forms and passwords, names and messages, track Web sites that you visit, and do much more on your computer without you even knowing. INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME was reported to cause significant slowdowns in browser performance, making Web page load times much longer compared to a clean system.
On a scale of 1 to 5 (with 1 being "mostly harmless", 3 being "invasive" and 5 being "dangerous"), INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME can be rated as a 3.
You have 2 ways to remove INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME:
1. Remove Automatically.
2. Remove Manually.
Why I recommend you to use an automatic way?
- You know only one virus name: "INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME", but usually you have infected by a bunch of viruses.
The UnHackMe program detects this threat and all others. - UnHackMe is quite fast! You need only 5 minutes to check your PC.
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- UnHackMe is small and compatible with any antivirus.
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Here’s how to remove INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME virus automatically:
STEP 1: Install UnHackMe (1 minute)
STEP 2: Scan for malware using UnHackMe (1 minute)
STEP 3: Remove INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME virus (3 minutes)
So it was much easier to fix such problem automatically, wasn't it?
That is why I strongly advise you to use UnHackMe for remove INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME redirect or other unwanted software.
How to remove INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME manually:
STEP 1: Check all shortcuts of your browsers on your desktop, taskbar and in the Start menu. Right click on your shortcut and change it's properties.
You can see INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME at the end of shortcut target (command line). Remove it and save changes.
In addition, check this command line for fake browser's trick.
For example, if a shortcut points to Google Chrome, it must have the path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe.
Fake browser may be: …\Appdata\Roaming\HPReyos\ReyosStarter3.exe.
Also the file name may be: “chromium.exe” instead of chrome.exe.
STEP 2: Investigate the list of installed programs and uninstall all unknown recently installed programs.
STEP 3: Open Task Manager and close all processes, related to INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME in their description. Discover the directories where such processes start. Search for random or strange file names.
Remove INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME virus from running processes
STEP 4: Inspect the Windows services. Press Win+R, type in: services.msc and press OK.
Remove INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME virus from Windows services
Disable the services with random names or contains INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME in it's name or description.
STEP 5: After that press Win+R, type in: taskschd.msc and press OK to open Windows Task Scheduler.
Delete any task related to INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME. Disable unknown tasks with random names.
STEP 6: Clear the Windows registry from INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME virus.
Press Win+R, type in: regedit.exe and press OK.
Remove INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME virus from Windows registry
Find and delete all keys/values contains INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME.
STEP 7: Remove INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME from Google Chrome.
STEP 8: Remove INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME from Internet Explorer.
Set Internet Explorer Homepage
STEP 9: Remove INITIALPAGE123.COM CHROME from Mozilla Firefox.
Change Firefox Home Page
STEP 10: And at the end, clear your basket, temporal files, browser's cache.
But if you miss any of these steps and only one part of virus remains – it will come back again immediately or after reboot.
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