Remove Pesquisa.ninja Homepage from Chrome/Firefox/IE

Suddenly Pesquisa.ninja took over your homepage and you cannot remove it.

Pesquisa.ninja is a browser hijacker. To make it clear from the start, the website is just the face of the actual threat lurking on your computer. Your real problem is with what’s hiding behind the page. There’s a malevolent tool using Pesquisa.ninja as a front. The malware tricked you into installing it without even realizing it, and is now revealing its presence by forcing the website upon you incessantly. The meddlesome redirects begin shortly after the tool settles on your PC. One day, you’ll find your default homepage and search engine replaced with Pesquisa.ninja. Now, you may not remember approving You better get used to that feeling of dismay and confusion as you’ll experience it quite often. It will be your new best friend. Why? Well, a steady stream of unrequested, most likely, harmful and/or annoying, reshuffles is one of the ‘perks’ of having a hijacker on your PC. There’s an entire set of ‘perks’ you’ll have to get used to experiencing on a daily basis. The list includes a bombardment of pop-up ads, slower computer performance, frequent system crashes, a malware threat, and a security risk. Think long and hard before you decide whether you want to expose yourself to these never-ending grievances. Do yourself a favor, and as soon as Pesquisa.ninja, make the effort to locate the malware lurking behind it and delete it! You’ll save yourself a ton of headaches and issues, and your future self will be quite grateful for it.

How did I get infected with?

Pesquisa.ninja may seem like the plague of your entire browsing experience, but the site is just part of the problem. The bigger issue you need to address is hiding behind it. The malware that snuck into your system, and is now wreaking havoc and causing you grief. But how did it manage to slither in without catching your attention? Well, that’s pretty straightforward. Since hijacker are bound to ask for your approval before installation, they’ve come up with an entire set of methods to do so covertly. They pray on your distraction, naivety, and haste and use every trick in the book to get you to permit them in, without you even realizing it. Their usual means of infiltration include pretending to be a bogus update or hiding behind spam email attachments, freeware, corrupted sites, or links. If you wish to successfully keep your computer free from such malevolent tools, like the one behind Pesquisa.ninja, don’t give into carelessness and don’t rush. A little extra caution today can save you a ton of troubles tomorrow.

Why is this dangerous?

Every single time you open your browser and try to surf the web, you’ll see Pesquisa.ninja. Yes, that will get pretty annoying pretty fast, but vexation will be one of the lesser issues you’ll be forced to endure, courtesy of the hijacker. You’ll also have to put up with a full-on bombardment of pop-up ads as the malware will flood you with advertisements continuously. Once the waterfall starts flowing, it can only be stopped with the deletion of the hijacker altogether. Otherwise, brace yourself for a whirlwind of unpleasantries. Due to the ads appearing so frequently, your system will start to crash more often, and your computer’s performance will slow down to a crawl. Furthermore, as the pop-ups are immensely unreliable, they’ll present you a severe malware risk. They’re bundled with all kinds of malevolent tools, which you agree to install on your PC by clicking on them. So, whatever you do, do NOT press a single pop-up! But as grave as the threat of getting stuck with more unwanted malware is, it seems like a walk in the park, compared to the security issue you’ll be faced with because of the hijacker. Once it settles on your computer, the malware behind Pesquisa.ninja starts spying on you. It keeps track of every move you make online and catalogs it. When it deems it has gathered a sufficient amount of data from you, it proceeds to send it to the people that support it. That means strangers with unclear agendas will have access to your personal and financial details. Does that sound like a situation with a happy ending for you? Hardly. Do what’s best for you and your PC, and delete the hijacker hiding behind Pesquisa.ninja, immediately!

How to Remove Pesquisa.ninja virus

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Pesquisa.ninja 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 Pesquisa.ninja 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 Pesquisa.ninja from Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Clean Pesquisa.ninja from Chrome Firefox or Internet Explorer

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Pesquisa.ninja leftovers from the System

STEP 1 : Uninstall Pesquisa.ninja from your computer

Simultaneously press the Windows Logo Button and then “R” to open the Run Command Window

 

Type “regedit”

 

navigate to HKCU\software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

Modify the string with a value data and set it to google.com for example.

STEP 2 : Remove Pesquisa.ninja homepage from Chrome, Firefox and IE

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Pesquisa.ninja 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

How to Permanently Remove Pesquisa.ninja Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

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.