Remove Findeitor.com Browser Hijacker

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

According to Findeitor.com‘s official website, this program is a legitimate search engine. According to our research team, though, Findeitor.com is a browser hijacker. Disguised as a harmless tool, the infection only has one goal – to trick you into keeping it on board. The more time Findeitor.com spends on your PC system, the more dangerous it becomes. It goes without saying that is exactly what hackers want. No, Findeitor.com was never meant to improve your browsing experience. It was only meant to serve cyber criminals’ malicious purposes. The parasite’s official website is in Spanish which makes it that much harder for non-Spanish PC users to understand how this program actually works. Long story short, it promises to bring to you accurate, fast and safe search results. However, we would probably not be writing this article right now if Findeitor.com was as amazing as it claims to be. Behind this program’s sugary facade lies a dangerous infection which has to be tackled as soon as possible. Hesitating and wasting time will only make your already bad situation worse. Findeitor.com is problematic. It’s intrusive, it’s annoying, it serves as a back door to malware and brings upon you various threats and dangers in no time. Does it sound like a fun experience? It isn’t. The parasite’s manipulations begin immediately after installation. As you would expect out of a hijacker, Findeitor.com hijacks your browsers. You will notice that your default browser homepage and default search engine have been modified. They are both now replaced with Findeitor.com’s highly questionable domain. Are you indignant already? It’s only going downhill from here. As the virus practically forces you to use its search engine every time you surf the Web, Findeitor.com takes control over your Internet experience. Now, apart from the obvious fact you can no longer find what you search for online, you’re constantly one click away from malware. This parasite only generates sponsored web links. We’re getting to the sole reason why browser hijackers get developed in the first place – money. Hackers’ money, to be exact. By using the dubious pay-per-click mechanism and some other equally unfair online monetizing techniques, crooks gain profit. That explains the never-ending pile of questionable web links, various commercials and pop-ups displayed by the hijacker. However, your safety is not a part of the picture. Findeitor.com generates some incredibly unreliable web links which might lead directly to malware. Clicking a single corrupted link presented as a harmless search engine will certainly cause your PC damage. To prevent that, stay away from anything generated by the hijacker. Its goal is to redirect you, not to improve your online experience. As if this wasn’t enough, Findeitor.com also collects personal information thus adding privacy issues to the long list of potential threats.

How did I get infected with?

The most commonly used infiltration technique applied by parasites at the moment is freeware bundling. It allows cyber criminals to fill in your computer system with all kinds of infections imaginable completely behind your back. What’s even worse, hijackers aren’t the only pest that travels the Web bundled. Some much more harmful programs such as Trojan horses and ransomware viruses use the same method. In order to protect your machine (which should always be your number one priority online), be cautious. Instead of rushing the installation, take your time. Check out the programs you’re about to give green light to one by one. That’s the only way to make sure no potential intruder will enter your PC alongside the safe software in the bundle. Don’t overlook the immense danger freeware/shareware bundling poses and pay attention to your device. If you fail to do so, there’s no one to blame but yourself. Other rather popular virus distribution methods include spam email-attachments, spam messages, third-party ads, malicious websites, etc. Keep an eye out for malware every time you browse the Web.

Why is this dangerous?

The hijacker adds a browser extension without any permission from you. Of course, this unwanted extension is compatible with Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. You will also stumble across several unauthorized modifications of your browser settings. Unfortunately, your entire browsing experience is no longer up to you now that the machine is compromised. Findeitor.com bombards you with its irritating parade of useless, unknown, dangerous web links. As mentioned already, this is Findeitor.com’s way of generating web traffic towards some specific (not to mention, unreliable) websites. The virus also collects yours browsing history, search queries, various email addresses, passwords and usernames in order to send them to crooks. Your private life online isn’t private anymore. What’s even worse is the fact hackers might even gain access to some extremely private details such as your bank account information, for example. To prevent financial frauds and, the absolute worst case scenario, identity theft, get rid of the hijacker. If you decide to uninstall Findeitor.com manually, please follow the detailed removal guide you’ll find down below.

How to Remove Findeitor.com virus

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

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

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

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

• Open Google Chrome

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