What is YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH?
I suggest you to remove YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH from your PC as soon as possible!
Tried to remove YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH? Cannot completely delete YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH, because it gets back?
See how to fix YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH step by step using my removal guide.
How YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH got on your computer?
Like many potentially unwanted programs, YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH can be installed on your computer as part of a bundle with another tool you downloaded from the Internet. Since YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH manufacturer pays software developers for distributing YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH within their applications, YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH is often included as part of the installer.
YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH is also often distributed with free games and simple, one-click freeware tools developed specifically with the purpose of getting YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH onto as many computers as possible.
Usually, you have not only one YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH problem, but a bunch of similar WIN32:PUPs.
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How dangerous is YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH?
While YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH is not considered illegal and is not officially classified as malware, it poses a direct threat to your privacy. Since YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH 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. YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH 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"), YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH can be rated as a 3.
You have 2 ways to remove YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH:
1. Remove Automatically.
2. Remove Manually.
Why I recommend you to use an automatic way?
- You know only one virus name: "YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH", 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.
- UnHackMe uses the special features to remove hard in removal viruses. If you remove a virus manually, it can prevent deleting using a self-protecting module. If you even delete the virus, it may recreate himself by a stealthy module.
- UnHackMe is small and compatible with any antivirus.
- UnHackMe is fully free for 30-days!
Here’s how to remove YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH virus automatically:
STEP 1: Install UnHackMe (1 minute)
STEP 2: Scan for malware using UnHackMe (1 minute)
STEP 3: Remove YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH 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 YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH redirect or other unwanted software.
How to remove YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH 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 YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH 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 YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH in their description. Discover the directories where such processes start. Search for random or strange file names.
Remove YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH virus from running processes
STEP 4: Inspect the Windows services. Press Win+R, type in: services.msc and press OK.
Remove YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH virus from Windows services
Disable the services with random names or contains YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH 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 YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH. Disable unknown tasks with random names.
STEP 6: Clear the Windows registry from YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH virus.
Press Win+R, type in: regedit.exe and press OK.
Remove YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH virus from Windows registry
Find and delete all keys/values contains YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH.
STEP 7: Remove YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH from Google Chrome.
STEP 8: Remove YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH from Internet Explorer.
Set Internet Explorer Homepage
STEP 9: Remove YAHOO! POWERED SEARCH 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.
I use UnHackMe for cleaning ads and viruses from my friend's computers, because it is extremely fast and effective.
STEP 1: Download UnHackMe for free
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UnHackMe is compatible with most antivirus software.
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System Requirements: Windows 2000-Windows 8.1/10 32 or 64-bit. UnHackMe uses minimum of computer resources.
STEP 2: Double click on UnHackMe_setup.exe
You will see a confirmation screen with verified publisher: Greatis Software.
Once UnHackMe has installed the first Scan will start automatically
STEP 3: Carefully review the detected threats!
Click Remove button or False Positive.Enjoy!