Remove Quickstart.ninja Redirect Virus

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Quickstart.ninja may seem like a harmless program. In reality, though, this search engine is immensely unreliable. Classified as a browser hijacker, the virus completely demolishes your entire online experience. The parasite is sneaky, deceptive and very dangerous. That means the sooner you manage to uninstall it for good, the less damage Quickstart.ninja could cause you. Don’t take any chances with this parasites. Hijackers aren’t threats to be taken lightly. As the virus can’t harm you directly, it uses lies and tricks. In other words, the hijacker attempts to fool you. This is also the exact reason why Quickstart.ninja pretends to be a legitimate search engine. Not many hackers tell the truth about the malware they develop. Hence, what you can and you should expect out of Quickstart.ninja, is mischief. The parasite takes over all your browsers and modifies them. As a result, you’re no longer in control of your very own browsing activities. Hackers are. Their malicious program makes numerous (unauthorized) modifications. Both your default search engine and browser homepage get altered. Quickstart.ninja replaces them with its domain. Its highly questionable, unsafe domain. It goes without saying that all web links generated by the virus are sponsored. You see, the scheme is actually quite simple. Once crooks modify your browser settings, they start boosting web traffic. Eventually, they gain profit through the pay-per-click mechanism. The problem is that you’re the one who ends up in trouble. By keeping the hijacker on board, you allow its developers to make money at your expense. Are you really going to let cyber criminals harass you? As mentioned, the hijacker forces its domain on you constantly. You now have to deal with sponsored web links disguised as accurate search results. In addition, the virus redirects you to random, unknown websites. It also causes your overwhelmed browsers to freeze/crash. Your Internet connection might become unstable too. Keep in mind that hijackers also pose a threat to your privacy. The infection successfully monitors all your browsing-related data. That includes IP addresses, browsing history, usernames/passwords. It might include much more sensitive details, though. For instance, your bank account information. Take measures ASAP and get rid of the parasite.

How did I get infected with?

Even though this program makes huge promises, you probably didn’t download it. No. Infections prefer to travel the Web using stealthy tactics. Number one method at the moment is freeware bundles. As you could imagine, they allow all sorts of parasites imaginable to get spread online. Such a silent technique is the perfect way for Trojans and ransomware be distributed too. Hence, some of the most aggressive types of viruses often get bundled with safe programs. Unless you check out the bundle carefully, you might download parasites. We strongly recommended that you opt for the Custom/Advanced option in the Setup Wizard. Stay away from the Basic option as it doesn’t provide any information on what you install. The same piece of advice goes for the EULA or Terms and Conditions. Always take your time to be aware what programs you give green light to. There might be a whole bunch of infections hidden among the programs you originally wanted. You must deselect such a bonus before it’s too late. Don’t underestimate any cyber infection and keep an eye out for intruders. Also, avoid spam emails/messages or suspicious-looking torrents/program updates. It is your responsibility to prevent virus infiltration. Do not let crooks mess with your computer.

Why is this dangerous?

At the least, you now have to waste your time dealing with useless web links. The hijacker stubbornly generates sponsored and extremely unreliable search results. It might also display fake pop-up ads and other commercials. In this scenario, note that the ads are dangerous as well. They might be leading you to some specific pages infested with malware. To prevent further damage, don’t trust anything brought to you by the hijacker. The Quickstart.ninja infection modifies all your preferred browsers. Yes, it takes over Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer. This program makes it impossible for you to even browse the Web, let alone find what you want. To top it all, the parasite steals your sensitive data and sends it to hackers. Cyber criminals are among the people who should never get access to your information. Therefore, take action right away. Please follow the comprehensive manual removal guide you’ll find down below. Delete the hijacker for good before it’s too late.

How to Remove Quickstart.ninja virus

The Quickstart.ninja infection is specifically designed to make money to its creators one way or another. The specialists from various antivirus companies like Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Norton, Avast, ESET, etc. advise that there is no harmless virus.

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Quickstart.ninja 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.

WARNING! Stopping the wrong file or deleting the wrong registry key may damage your system irreversibly.
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STEP 1: Track down Quickstart.ninja related processes in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Quickstart.ninja startup location

STEP 3: Delete Quickstart.ninja traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Quickstart.ninja related processes in the computer memory

• Open your Task Manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys simultaneously
• Carefully review all processes and stop the suspicious ones.

• Write down the file location for later reference.

Step 2: Locate Quickstart.ninja startup location

Reveal Hidden Files

• Open any folder
• Click on “Organize” button
  
• Choose “Folder and Search Options”
• Select the “View” tab
• Select “Show hidden files and folders” option
• Uncheck “Hide protected operating system files”
• Click “Apply” and “OK” button

Clean Quickstart.ninja virus from the windows registry

• Once the operating system loads press simultaneously the Windows Logo Button and the R key.

• A dialog box should open. Type “Regedit”

• WARNING! be very careful when editing the Microsoft Windows Registry as this may render the system broken.

Depending on your OS (x86 or x64) navigate to:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

• and delete the display Name: [RANDOM]

• Then open your explorer and navigate to: %appdata% folder and delete the malicious executable.

Clean your HOSTS file to avoid unwanted browser redirection

Navigate to %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/host

If you are hacked, there will be foreign IPs addresses connected to you at the bottom. Take a look below:

STEP 3 : Clean Quickstart.ninja traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

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

Step 4: Undo the damage done by Quickstart.ninja

This particular Virus may alter your DNS settings.

Attention! this can break your internet connection. Before you change your DNS settings to use Google Public DNS for Quickstart.ninja, be sure to write down the current server addresses on a piece of paper.

To fix the damage done by the virus you need to do the following.

• Click the Windows Start button to open the Start Menu, type control panel in the search box and select Control Panel in the results displayed above.
• go to Network and Internet
• then Network and Sharing Center
• then Change Adapter Settings
• Right-click on your active internet connection and click properties. Under the Networking tab, find Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). Left click on it and then click on properties. Both options should be automatic! By default it should be set to “Obtain an IP address automatically” and the second one to “Obtain DNS server address automatically!” If they are not just change them, however if you are part of a domain network you should contact your Domain Administrator to set these settings, otherwise the internet connection will break!!!

You must clean all your browser shortcuts as well. To do that you need to

• Right click on the shortcut of your favorite browser and then select properties.

• in the target field remove Quickstart.ninja argument and then apply the changes.
• Repeat that with the shortcuts of your other browsers.
• Check your scheduled tasks to make sure the virus will not download itself again.

How to Permanently Remove Quickstart.ninja Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

Please, have in mind that once you are infected with a single virus, it compromises your whole system or network and let all doors wide open for many other infections. 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.