Remove Home.chromatic.rocks from Chrome/Firefox/IE

Suddenly Home.chromatic.rocks took over your homepage and you cannot remove it.

Home.chromatic.rocks is nothing but a nasty browser hijacker with a fancy name. The only thing this pest has in store for you is a rich assortment of issues so if you expected it to be beneficial, you’re in for a surprise. Unfortunately, not a pleasant one. Browsers are (rightfully) considered among the relatively easy to remove parasites and compared to Trojans or ransomware infections, they truly are a lot less virulent. Having said that, if you make the mistake to leave Home.chromatic.rocks unattended on your PC system, you will very soon regret this poor decision. Hijackers rely mainly on their harmless appearance so, as it usually happens in the cyber world, the safer a program looks, the more dangerous it is in reality. This one is no exception. According to its official website, Home.chromatic.rocks provides “the latest and most recent headlines and hot news articles from your favorite websites”. Obviously, none of this is true. What this hijacker provides is quick access to malware so if you don’t insist on keeping a dangerous yet absolutely worthless PC infection on board, you will immediately get rid of the intruder. Being ad-supported, Home.chromatic.rocks displays sponsored links so its developers could generate revenue. How exactly do hackers’ money and your cyber security correspond to each other? That’s right, they don’t. Therefore, you can be more than certain that some of the search results generated by the parasite are unreliable and incredibly dangerous. Don’t be fooled to believe the hijacker aims for improving your Internet experience when it’s pretty clear it chases after completely different goals. Delete the parasite and make sure you do it fast because such malicious programs tend to get out of control quickly.

How did I get infected with?

The Home.chromatic.rocks official website doesn’t provide a download option which should be the first of many red flags concerning this parasite. Why would infections waste energy trying to convince you to install them when they could simply apply some sneaky technique and infiltrate the PC behind your back? Bundled freeware/shareware, for example, is not only a convenient way for you to download software. It’s also a stealthy distribution method for all types of parasites imaginable. Are you willing to jeopardize your very own cyber security? If not, make sure that every time you install such program packages, you opt for the custom or advanced option beforehand. This way you’ll be able to spot a potential intruder and  deny it access on time instead of having to uninstall the virus after it already sneaked in. It goes without saying that caution always pays off. Also, you should read the Terms and Conditions you accept because they might include some term and/or condition that you will highly disagree with in the nearest future. Avoiding all kinds of  spam messages, spam email-attachments and third-party web links is another good idea, unless for some reason you’re actively trying to compromise your computer. One single moment of negligence is all that hackers need in order to get your device infested with malware.

Why is this dangerous?

As we mentioned above, no PC virus, despite its harmless facade, could possibly be safe. Hijackers in general and Home.chromatic.rocks in particular don’t deviate from the rules. First and foremost, this virus slithers its way in the machine without your permission relying on stealth and deceit. After it manages to land on your once virus-free PC, this program immediately takes down all your browsers so it could involve them in its upcoming trickery. Having in mind that the virus is perfectly compatible with Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, it shouldn’t come as shocking news that its manipulations from this moment on will be hard to avoid. The virus then replaces your default search engine and default homepage with its domain so every time you attempt to use your browsers, you will inevitably stumble across a whole bunch of issues. All search results generated by Home.chromatic.rocks, are sponsored and the only reason why you’re seeing them is because hackers want you to see them. This has absolutely nothing to do with your browsing experience and has a lot to do with money. Crooks are willing to display all sorts of web links disguised as “accurate” search results, including corrupted ones which lead directly to malware. Also, if you go through this program’s Terms of Use, you will learn that Home.chromatic.rocks MAY steal personal information and it MAY share it with third parties later on. In translation that means the hijacker WILL definitely collect about as much data as it possibly could and hackers will not hesitate to sell it in order to gain profit. Hijacker are known for tracking your browsing history and they also collect passwords, usernames, email addresses, etc. In addition, due to the parasite’s sly presence on your machine, the PC itself will be slowed down significantly, your browsers may start to randomly crash and/or freeze and even the Internet connection might experience some difficulties. Long story short, you will be better off once you get rid of this pest. It has nothing but troubles to offer you so the sooner you remove it, the better. If you decide to delete the Home.chromatic.rocks infection manually, please follow the detailed instructions down below.

How to Remove Home.chromatic.rocks virus

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Home.chromatic.rocks 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 Home.chromatic.rocks 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 Home.chromatic.rocks from Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Clean Home.chromatic.rocks from Chrome Firefox or Internet Explorer

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Home.chromatic.rocks leftovers from the System

STEP 1 : Uninstall Home.chromatic.rocks 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 Home.chromatic.rocks homepage from Chrome, Firefox and IE

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Home.chromatic.rocks 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 Home.chromatic.rocks 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.