How to Remove Hellosearch.fr Redirect

Can’t Remove Hellosearch.fr hijacker virus? This page includes detailed Hellosearch.fr Removal instructions!

Hellosearch.fr is a french search engine. It promises to improve your online experience and make your life easier online. As you could imagine, things aren’t as they seem in the world of cyber viruses. Despite its big pledges, Hellosearch.fr is nothing but a pesky browser hijacker. Instead of providing accurate search results, this program provides quick access to malware. Keep in mind that no infection is to be underestimated. If you allow the hijacker to spend enough time on board, things will get ugly. This program’s developers rely heavily on the fact you’d ignore the virus and keep it on your PC. That is the very last thing you should do. The sooner you get rid of Hellosearch.fr, the better. Immediately after it invades your machine, the hijacker starts making changes. We’re talking unauthorized, very dangerous modifications in your default browser settings. Eventually, Hellosearch.fr hijacks all your favorite browsers. This irritating pest alters both your search engine and homepage. Both get replaced with Hellosearch.fr which means you’re stuck with the hijacker. Every single time you attempt to surf the Internet, you will be greeted by the virus. And that is one terrible greeting. The hijacker also installs a browser add-on thus making the mess even greater. You see, your entire online activity is no longer up to you. Your browsers fall victims to the parasite’s shenanigans and end up injected with random links. No, the so-called “accurate” search results this program generates aren’t safe. Hellosearch.fr only brings sponsored web links to you. Those might have nothing to do with your search queries as hijackers don’t aim at being beneficial for you. This particular infection isn’t trying to help you out. It is trying to help hackers gain dubious revenue online. All hackers need is to boost web traffic to some pages. Now that you have a hijacker on your device, you’re constantly bombarded by sponsored links. In addition, you might come across some seemingly harmless pop-up ads. Remember, you’re stuck with a hijacker. Not a single pop-up it displays could be possibly considered harmless. The commercials this program generates are just as unreliable as the search results. In other words, you have to restrain yourself from clicking the various links Hellosearch.fr brings to you. This malicious intruder is light years away from being trustworthy so do not let hackers cause you further harm.

How did I get infected with?

The parasite was most likely bundled with other programs. In fact, this is the most common virus infiltration technique. Of course, all types of infections apply it so keep an eye out for malware next time you install bundles. Tip number one – avoid illegitimate websites and unverified bundles. Those are usually harmful. Tip number two is to always check out every program you’re about to download beforehand. Unless you’re in charge of the installation process, it might be hackers. Opting for the Custom/Advanced option in the Setup Wizard would let you spot a potential ”bonus” program. Instead of skipping steps, take your time. It goes without saying that having to remove malware is indeed more problematic than prevention is. You simply can’t afford to rush the installation as a seemingly safe bundle may be infested with infections. Deselect what you don’t trust and save yourself the headache. Tip number three – check out the Terms and Conditions. Same piece of advice goes for the EULA (End User License Agreement). Make sure you pay close attention to what you give green light to. Be cautious and it will pay off in the long run.

Why is this dangerous?

To begin with, Hellosearch.fr lands on board without your consent. It then proceeds to make modifications behind your back. As mentioned already, this program messes with your browser settings. By altering them, Hellosearch.fr covers your PC screen with tailored web links. Its one goal is to generate web traffic so don’t be gullible to think the search results are reliable. Restrain yourself from clicking in order to prevent further damage. The hijacker redirects you to some unknown websites which may turn out to be filled with parasites. You could download more infections in the blink of an eye if you believe these links. Stay away from the product deals and offers too. There is absolutely no reason to be tolerating this pest of a program. Hellosearch.fr also slows down your PC speed and causes your browsers to crash and/or freeze. To top it all, this parasite steals your private details such as IP addresses, browsing history, usernames and passwords. Some immensely sensitive information gets sent straight into the greedy hands of crooks. To delete the hijacker manually, please follow our detailed removal guide down below.

How to Remove Hellosearch.fr virus

The Hellosearch.fr infection is specifically designed to make money to its creators one way or another. The specialists from various antivirus companies like Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Norton, Avast, ESET, etc. advise that there is no harmless virus.

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Hellosearch.fr infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. Please, consider to print this guide or have another computer at your disposal. You will NOT need any USB sticks or CDs.

WARNING! Stopping the wrong file or deleting the wrong registry key may damage your system irreversibly.
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STEP 1: Track down Hellosearch.fr related processes in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Hellosearch.fr startup location

STEP 3: Delete Hellosearch.fr traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Hellosearch.fr related processes in the computer memory

• Open your Task Manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys simultaneously
• Carefully review all processes and stop the suspicious ones.

• Write down the file location for later reference.

Step 2: Locate Hellosearch.fr startup location

Reveal Hidden Files

• Open any folder
• Click on “Organize” button
  
• Choose “Folder and Search Options”
• Select the “View” tab
• Select “Show hidden files and folders” option
• Uncheck “Hide protected operating system files”
• Click “Apply” and “OK” button

Clean Hellosearch.fr virus from the windows registry

• Once the operating system loads press simultaneously the Windows Logo Button and the R key.

• A dialog box should open. Type “Regedit”

• WARNING! be very careful when editing the Microsoft Windows Registry as this may render the system broken.

Depending on your OS (x86 or x64) navigate to:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

• and delete the display Name: [RANDOM]

• Then open your explorer and navigate to: %appdata% folder and delete the malicious executable.

Clean your HOSTS file to avoid unwanted browser redirection

Navigate to %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/host

If you are hacked, there will be foreign IPs addresses connected to you at the bottom. Take a look below:

STEP 3 : Clean Hellosearch.fr traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Hellosearch.fr by clicking on the little recycle bin
• Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

• Open Mozilla Firefox

• Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
• Disable the unwanted Extension
• Go to Help
• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

• Open Internet Explorer

• On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
• Click on Internet options
• go to Toolbars and Extensions and disable the unknown extensions
• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset

• Restart Internet Explorer

Step 4: Undo the damage done by Hellosearch.fr

This particular Virus may alter your DNS settings.

Attention! this can break your internet connection. Before you change your DNS settings to use Google Public DNS for Hellosearch.fr, be sure to write down the current server addresses on a piece of paper.

To fix the damage done by the virus you need to do the following.

• Click the Windows Start button to open the Start Menu, type control panel in the search box and select Control Panel in the results displayed above.
• go to Network and Internet
• then Network and Sharing Center
• then Change Adapter Settings
• Right-click on your active internet connection and click properties. Under the Networking tab, find Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). Left click on it and then click on properties. Both options should be automatic! By default it should be set to “Obtain an IP address automatically” and the second one to “Obtain DNS server address automatically!” If they are not just change them, however if you are part of a domain network you should contact your Domain Administrator to set these settings, otherwise the internet connection will break!!!

You must clean all your browser shortcuts as well. To do that you need to

• Right click on the shortcut of your favorite browser and then select properties.

• in the target field remove Hellosearch.fr argument and then apply the changes.
• Repeat that with the shortcuts of your other browsers.
• Check your scheduled tasks to make sure the virus will not download itself again.

How to Permanently Remove Hellosearch.fr Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

Please, have in mind that once you are infected with a single virus, it compromises your whole system or network and let all doors wide open for many other infections. To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify possible registry leftovers or temporary files.