Remove Doublestartpage.com Homepage from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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

Doublestartpage.com is a browser hijacker. If you’re greeted by thus this page when you open your browser and try to go online, know that you’re in troubles. The page’s popping up is a clear indication that your system was infected by a malicious tool, which is revealing its presence by starting to force the site upon you. Every time you try to go online, you’ll be redirected to Doublestartpage.com. It will also replace your preferred homepage and search engine. But these are all nuisances, which seem entirely insignificant when compared to the other problems, the hijacker will throw your way. It will flood you with pop-up ads, make unauthorized and unwanted changes throughout your system, present you with a malware threat, and jeopardize your personal and financial information. Do you think it’s worth holding on to such a useless, harmful tool when all it will bring your way is trouble? Don’t allow the hijacker to mess up your system! Do yourself a favor, and get rid of it the first chance you get. Immediately after you see Doublestartpage.com pop up and greet you, find where the malware behind it is lurking, and delete it. It will be for the best, and your future self will thank you for it.

How did I get infected with?

The tool that’s forcing Doublestartpage.com upon you is quite masterful when it comes to finding a way into your system. It may be required to ask for your permission prior to entering, but that this tiny detail doesn’t slow it down one bit. It’s so masterful that you don’t even see it coming. To get you to approve its installation, the tool turns to the usual antics. It uses the old but gold methods of invasion to trick you. More often than not, it hitches a ride with freeware or spam email attachments. However, it can also hide behind corrupted links or sites or pretend to be a bogus system or program update, like Java or Adobe Flash Player. Do you see the pattern? There’s a common denominator that binds all of these means of infiltration. They all rely on your distraction, gullibility, and haste. So, if you wish to keep the hijacker from sneaking into your system, make sure to not rush and to be more cautious. After all, a little extra attention goes a long way, and it can save you a lot of troubles.

Why is this dangerous?

The hijacker is a threat you shouldn’t underestimate. It can and will cause you an abundance of problems. It will start with something seemingly harmless and slowly work its way up from there. You’ll realize there’s a hijacker lurking on your PC when you open your browser one day and find your default search engine and homepage switched to Doublestartpage.com. But that’s the mere tip of the iceberg. Look at this little replacement as a warm up for many, many more reshuffles will inevitably follow. Once the hijacker dupes you into giving your approval for its install, it’s no longer bound to ask for it. That means that it’s free to do anything and everything it so desires, and you’ll just have to deal with it. For example, at the very least, it can change your system settings and prevent you from visiting your favorite websites. At the very worst, it can choose to install more malware. As many as it wishes. How long do you think your computer will be able to hold off the malware attack before it gives in, and you’re greeted with The Blue Screen of Death? If that doesn’t scare you enough to delete the malicious tool behind Doublestartpage.com, then think of the grave security risk it places upon you. The hijacker jeopardizes your personal and financial information as it spies on you from the second it settles on your PC. It keeps track of your browsing activities and catalogs every move you make. When it determines it has collected a sufficient amount of data from you, it proceeds to send it to the unknown third parties that support it. Are you willing to hand your private life to strangers with questionable intentions? Don’t take such a gamble! The hijacker’s not worth it! As soon as you see Doublestartpage.com pop up on your screen, find the malevolent tool behind it, and get rid of it! The sooner, the better!

How to Remove Doublestartpage.com virus

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

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

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Doublestartpage.com leftovers from the System

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

• Open Google Chrome

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