How To Remove 9o0gle.com Virus (Chrome, Firefox)

Suddenly 9o0gle.com took over your homepage and you cannot remove it.

As you can probably tell, 9o0gle.com is a questionable program. According to its developers, this thing is a legitimate search engine. Well, we wouldn’t be writing this article if 9o0gle.com was harmless, would we? Hackers rarely tell the truth about the malware they develop. Thus, you can’t expect them to be honest about 9o0gle.com either. Unfortunately, this program is a deceiving, tricky browser hijacker. And, just like all hijackers out there, 9o0gle.com brings to you nothing but trouble. Its official website looks rather interesting. If you check it out, you’ll be greeted by colors, web links and ads. This is what 9o0gle.com will bring to your machine after you install it. A simple question then, why install it? Knowing that this thing is malicious, you should definitely prevent installation. If you’ve one of its victims, though, take action ASAP. There’s absolutely no reason to hesitate because you’re stuck with a virus. Even though hijackers don’t seem to be harmful, they are. The 9o0gle.com infection will only become more and more troublesome as time passes. Don’t take any unnecessary chances with it. Trust us when we say, you don’t want to deal with any hijacker. While pretending to be safe and even practical, these programs expose you to malware. Yes, the seemingly fun 9o0gle.com only generates sponsored and unreliable links. Furthermore, it presents them as accurate search results. You see, the hijacker’s developers gain profit through these web links. That’s the one reason 9o0gle.com is currently on your PC system. A sponsored link is never a trustworthy one, though. This infection might be leading you to all kinds of dangerous websites. A single careless click on a corrupted link is very dangerous. You may end up on pages filled with malware and install new parasites. However, you might accidentally install something much more malicious than 9o0gle.com. To prevent further damage, stay away from anything this pest displays. Chances are, it’s unsafe. You’re also helping hackers gain profit just by keeping the hijacker. Unless you want to be hackers’ sponsor, why keep the virus on board? Do the right thing and get rid of the parasite on the spot. To top it all, 9o0gle.com jeopardizes your privacy by collecting personal information. You see, hackers rarely miss such golden opportunities to cause damage. There are many monetizing platforms online where crooks can sell your data. The problem is, your information may easily end up in the wrong hands. As you can clearly see, 9o0gle.com must be deleted.

How did I get infected with?

9o0gle.com’s official website doesn’t have a download option. Most infections don’t. They mainly use stealthy and secretive techniques to get spread on the Web. For example, the hijacker might have been bundled with other programs. Freeware/shareware bundling is probably the most popular infiltration technique at the moment. It’s just as efficient as hackers want it to be. All you need to do in order to compromise your PC is download a bunch of unverified programs. Voila. Next time you install such bundles, check them out beforehand. You might be surprised to find out there is some sneaky infection in the package. Deselect the potential intruder before it somehow manages to sneak in. If you skip installation steps, you never really know what enters the device. That means you have to take your time in the process to prevent virus installation. Also, make sure you opt for the Advanced option in the Setup Wizard. Remember that the Web is infested with infections and hackers are full of ideas. Watch out for malware unless you want to cause yourself a headache later on.

Why is this dangerous?

9o0gle.com replaces both your browser homepage and search engine with its domain. However, this is certainly not a domain you want to deal with. For starters, 9o0gle.com aims at boosting web traffic to some particular pages. They may or may not be safe. You see, clicking a corrupted link will automatically bring malware to you. And you could be absolutely positive some of 9o0gle.com’s links are indeed corrupted. Our advise is to stay away from anything this pest generates. The virus adds a malicious browser extension that takes over all your browsers. Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer are included. In addition, the hijacker might display unreliable software updates and third-party pop-ups. Don’t let its developers fool you. Restrain yourself from clicking any link 9o0gle.com displays and be cautious. The parasite slows down your PC speed as well. Your browsers now crash and freeze on a daily basis so surfing the Web in general becomes problematic. To delete the hijacker manually, please follow our detailed manual removal guide.

How to Remove 9o0gle.com virus

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the 9o0gle.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 9o0gle.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 9o0gle.com from Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Clean 9o0gle.com from Chrome Firefox or Internet Explorer

STEP 3: Permanently Remove 9o0gle.com leftovers from the System

STEP 1 : Uninstall 9o0gle.com 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 9o0gle.com homepage from Chrome, Firefox and IE

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the 9o0gle.com 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 9o0gle.com 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.