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Suddenly hao123.com took over your homepage and you cannot remove it.
In order to remove hao123.com browser hijacker scam, you need to uninstall it from your add/remove programs. Hao123 is developed by Baidu. This is an advertising application that integrates itself as a browser extension. Baidu is a well known Chinese portal that is often referred as the Chinese “Google”. The toolbar Hao123 is actually developed by Conduit Ltd. Hao123.com hijacker is not a computer infection, you should remove it from your computer because of serious security risks.
The parasite is installed without user’s consent, and it will change your home page to hao123.com. The problem is that Hao123 displays numerous annoying advertisements regardless if you want them or not. It is advasable not to use this search engine as the presented advertisements are not regulated. They may trick you to install additional adware or even malware. The parasite installer is promoted via several advertising platforms that is why you can get easily infected with hao123 easily by some fake updates.
How to Remove hao123.com virus (Manual Removal Guide)
If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the hao123.com 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.
The hao123.com adware is specifically designed to make money. It generates web traffic, collects sales leads for other dubious sites, and will display advertisements and sponsored links within your web browser.
STEP 1: Uninstall hao123.com from Add\Remove Programs
STEP 2: Remove hao123.com pop-up ads from Chrome
STEP 3: Remove hao123.com addon from Firefox
STEP 4: Remove hao123.com homepage from Internet Explorer
STEP 5: Permanently Remove hao123.com leftovers from the System
STEP 1 : Uninstall hao123.com from your computer
Simultaneously press the Windows Logo Button and then “R” to open the Run Command
Type “Appwiz.cpl”
Locate any hao123.com software and click on uninstall/change. In general you should remove all unknown programs.
STEP 2 : Remove hao123.com pop-up ads from Chrome
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- Open Google Chrome
- In the Main Menu (1), select Tools (2)—> Extensions (3)
- Remove any hao123.com Apps by clicking on the little recycle bin
- Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind
STEP 3 : Remove hao123.com Adware from Firefox
- Open Mozilla Firefox
- Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
- Disable the hao123.com Extension
- Go to Help (1)
- Then Troubleshoot information (2)
- Click on Reset Firefox (3)
STEP 4 : Remove hao123.com from IE
- Open Internet Explorer
- On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon (1)
- Click on Internet options (2)
- Select the Advanced tab (3) and click on Reset (4).
- Close IE
Reset your hosts file to its default.
How to Permanently Remove hao123.com Virus (automatic) Removal Guide
Nevertheless, manual removal is successful, We recommend to use any professional anti-malware scanner to identify and remove all hao123.com malware leftovers.