How to Remove Pro-search.me Redirect Virus?

1. How to Remove Pro-search.me Redirect Virus? https://youtu.be/ED3_r_vmp04

2. Details of Pro-search.me • Pro-search.me is classified as a browser hijacker, which is used by hackers to generate website traffic and it can interfere with Internet user s regular activity online. It is very tricky and usually disguises as a legitimate website that provides the service of search engine such as Yahoo, Google or Bing. Actually, this is a baleful web page which is created by criminals in order to benefit from every click made by victims. Generally, this redirect virus spreads by means of hacked websites, freeware, sharing files, and pop-up ads. User’ s clicking on these infected online resources will lead to a malicious installation of Pro-search.me onto the computer with the help of the activation contained in those infected resources. To prevent this problems, users may consider not to click any link tagged Pro-search.me .

3. Upon its installation, this Pro-search.me will replicate its codes and registry files so as to mess up default system settings. As a result, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browsers will be massed up by serious troubles. Then you will see in-text, pop-ups, banners and coupon ads on your screen out of nowhere when you surfing the Internet. As a result, this unwanted website can open automatically whenever users start the browsers or open a new tab. With a view to protect itself from be easily removed from the affected computer, this virus will forbid PC users to visit legitimate sites even display a lot of pop up advertisements to stop users from normal use.

4. It is capable of changing your browser and Internet settings and deleting essential files randomly. If this infection keep staying on the affected computer, it will not stop messing up the system via installing additional items as its related add-ons, toolbars or extensions on Google Chrome, Firefox or IE. This is dangerous because usersimportant data, such as bank account details, phone numbers, ID numbers and other logins and passwords, may be revealed to third parties for illegal purposes. Those people whose computers gets infected by this browser hijacker may find that they can t find much helpful information when they do a search and their CPU usages are often consumed very high, sometimes even 100%. It is a great threat to your computer and privacy. By using the backdoor process, cyber criminals could easily get into the infected PC to steal information without any warning

5. The Most Efficient Way to Remove Pro-search.me • Pro-search.me redirect is known to all online users as an aggressive browser hijacker which is highly recommended to remove from the computer for good. Most users tend to utilize installed security functional tool to deal with it. However, these ways cannot remove this process completely since cyber criminals have invaded the system to change the files like Host and DNS. The changeable feature of this infection will help it escape from detection of security removal tool by changing its files name all along. Besides, it can collect your search queries and then accordingly send ads, coupons and suspicious links to entice you to visit it in order to steal your valuable information for illegal benefits. Under this circumstance, it is recommended to take quick action to get rid of this virus as soon as possible.

6. Before manually remove this threat, users need to know that the manual removal method will be harder than automatic removal method. You may fail to find it anywhere on your PC with naked eyes if those files are set to invisible. If you make any mistakes during the removal process, you may bring unexpected damage to your system.

7. How to Remove Pro-search.me Redirect Virus? (Removal Guide)

8. Remove unwanted homepage and search engine from Chrome. • Click Chrome menu located in the top right corner and then select Settings. • In the opened window, click Set pages. • Delete the unwanted homepage link http://Pro-search.me/. You can type another preferable web address as your new startup page and click OK button. • Return to the Settings window, click Change link. • Remove the annoying homepage link http://Pro-search.me/ and click OK button. • Continue to return to the Settings window. If your default search engine is changed to Pro-search.me, click the drop down menu to select your desired search engine. Then click Manage search engines button.

9. In the Search Engine window, delete unwanted search engine by clicking X icon. • Remove Pro-search.me homepage from Firefox • Click Tools menu and select Options. • In the Options window, remove the suspicious homepage link http://Pro-search.me/. • If your default search engine has changed to Pro-search.me, click Search tab on the left bar. Then click the drop-down icon to select a preferable default search engine such as Google. • Scroll down your cursor. In the Search Engine box, find out unwanted search engine and click Remove button to eliminate it.

10. Remove Pro-search.me from Internet Explorer • Open IE, click the gear icon at the upper right corner and choose Internet options. • In the opened window, delete the unwanted homepage URL and then you can type a desired web address or choose Use new tab as your new page. After that, click Apply > OK button. • If your default search engine has changed to Pro-search.me, follow the guide below to change your search engine and delete unwanted one.

11. Click the gear icon at the top right corner and select Manage add-ons. • In the Manage add-ons window, click Search Providers on the left bar, look for unwanted search engine and click Remove button to delete it. • Considering the browser hijacker Pro-search.me may have installed its extensions and add-ons to your web browsers. So you should navigate to get rid of any suspicious plug-ins from your Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer.

12. Remove suspicious extensions from Chrome • Click Chrome menu and select More tools > Extensions. • In the Extensions window, remove any suspicious extensions by clicking trash bin icon. • Remove malicious add-ons from Firefox • Click Tools menu and select Add-ons. • In the opened window, delete suspicious add-ons by clicking Remove button.

13. Remove malicious plug-ins from IE • Click the gear icon at the upper right corner and select Manage Add-ons. • In the Manage add-ons window, search for any unfamiliar plug-ins and click Disable button to remove them. • Well, this is not the last step to manually get rid of Pro-search.me. The typical characteristic a browser hijacker will do is to modify your browser shortcuts. Thus, it can permanently set itself as your default homepage. Please follow the guide to fix your browser shortcuts.

14. Google Chrome • Right-click on your Chrome shortcuts on the Desktop and then select Properties. • Delete the malicious components behind .exe”. After that, click Apply > OK button.

15. Mozilla Firefox • Right-click on your Chrome shortcuts on the Desktop and then select Properties. • Delete the harmful link http://Pro-search.me/ behind .exe and then click Apply > OK button. • Internet Explorer • Right-click on your IE shortcuts on the Desktop and select Properties. • In the Target field, delete everything behind .exe and then click Apply > OK button

16. Conclusion • Pro-search.me is a rather malignant redirect virus that is able to infect most of the common used Internet browsers. It can get installed automatically on your affected computer without consent or approval. It is hard to remove because common system security tools will not pick this redirect as a VIRUS threat because of its website interface. This browser hijack redirect could protect itself by hiding its process on the system files and registry so that generic PC users have no way to remove this browser hijack redirect. Hence, the manual removal method will be safer.

17. Nevertheless, manual removal needs to edit vital system DLL files and registry files, so sufficient computer skills is demanded to guarantee every manual removal steps are accurate. When encounter Pro-search.me or other similar browser hijackers, we recommend you to download and install a professional malware removal tool to scan the PC and remove all detected threats so as to protect your PC from potential harm.