Remove Explorednow.com from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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

Explorednow.com is a browser hijacker. It’s an immensely harmful tool, which you should remove from your system as soon as possible. To be clear, the Explorednow.com page is just the ‘face’ of the actual threat lurking on your PC. It’s the red flag you should look out for, and once you spot it, you should take action immediately. Its appearance indicates that a malicious tool managed to slither into your computer and is just now revealing its existence by continuously forcing this website upon you. So, as soon as you come face to face with Explorednow.com, locate where the malware is lurking on your PC, and delete it. The sooner that happens, the better. Hijackers are highly intrusive and damaging. They wreak havoc and continuously bury you in problems if you let them. So, don’t let them but remove them as soon as the opportunity presents itself. First, they replace your preferred homepage and search engine with Explorednow.com. So, every time you try to online you’re redirected to the page. Yes, you did not ask for that, you did not approve it and, yet, there it is! That is so because that’s how a hijacker operates. Once it tricks you into approving it in, it no longer has to ask for your permission on anything else. It can implement all the changes it feels like, and you’ll just have to accept and deal with them. And, you can be sure that this initial intrusion is just the beginning. You’ll be faced with much, much worse, courtesy of the hijacker behind Explorednow.com. The best course of action you can take is to remove the malware that snuck into your system the first chance you get!

How did I get infected with?

The tool using Explorednow.com as a front cannot enter your PC without asking for, and receiving, your permission to do so. That means that, seeing as how you’re dealing with it now, you must have given it the green light. But don’t be too hard on yourself. Tools such as the one behind the Explorednow.com page are immensely resourceful. They’re quite skilled in the arts of deception. Through slyness and subtlety, they dupe you into approving them into your system. And, not just that. They also keep you oblivious to the fact that you permitted their installation. So, until they decide otherwise, you’re clueless to their presence. Hijackers usually sneak in undetected by hitching a ride with freeware, corrupted links or sites, or spam email attachments. They can also pose as a bogus system or program update, like Adobe Flash Player or Java. If you wish to prevent such hazardous infections from slithering into your PC, remember to be more careful! After all, a little extra attention goes a long way. Don’t give into carelessness, gullibility, and haste. They lead to nothing positive, only to grievances and troubles.

Why is this dangerous?

Explorednow.com is a hazardous domain, whose popping up only results in grievances and annoyances. Not to mention, that there’s even a slight possibility that it may lead to, ultimately, being greeted with The Blue Screen of Death. Yes, the chance of that happening is relatively slim, but that doesn’t mean it’s non-existent. Are you prepared to risk it? Here’s a hint: don’t! Instead of gambling with your private life and exposing your system to an abundance of severe hazards, take the best course of action available. It being – find where the hijacker is hiding on your computer, and delete it immediately! Otherwise, you’ll run the risk of malicious strangers with questionable agendas getting their hands on your personal and financial information. Oh, yes. That derives from the fact that as soon as the malware, plaguing your browsing by incessantly forcing the Explorednow.com page upon you, spies on you. It keeps track of your browsing activities and catalogs every move you make online. When it deems it has gathered a sufficient amount of data from you, it sends it to the third parties that published it. Unknown individuals with access to your private life. How does that sound? Doesn’t it raise an alarm? If not, you need to figure out your priorities. And, if your answer was positive, good! Now, locate and remove the malevolent tool making a mess throughout your system. It’s the best thing you can do, and you can be sure it will earn you the gratitude of your future self.

How to Remove Explorednow.com virus

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

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

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

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

• Open Google Chrome

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