Remove Yoursites123.com Hijacker from Chrome/Firefox/IE

Suddenly Yoursites123.com took over your homepage and you cannot remove it.

Yoursites123.com is a browser hijacker. You didn’t really expect it to be a perfectly harmless, perfectly useful and perfectly reliable search engine, did you? Come on, you should know better than to trust hackers when they shamelessly lie to your face and try to infect you with one of their numerous malicious creations. There is nothing perfect about Yoursites123.com so the sooner you manage to get rid of this nuisance of a program, the better. Behind its beautiful facade lies an incredibly resourceful, very dangerous and completely useless cyber infection, which, as you can imagine, is the recipe for disaster. Even though the Yoursites123.com official website seems to be rather legitimate, it is light years away from being safe. How come? Well, to begin with, the search engine provided on this page redirects you to Yahoo and it will continue to aggressively redirect you regardless of what preferences you have. Secondly, if you pay close attention to the Terms of Service, you will find out that the virus MAY provide third-party content and MAY collect private information so it’s needless to tell you that the virus does both. Also, due to its sneaky presence on board, your machine will underperform, your overwhelmed browsers might start occasionally to crash and/or freeze so your overall Internet experience will soon be effectively disrupted. Does that sound like fun? After the Yoursites123.com hijacker stealthily invades your PC system, it immediately replaces both your favorite browser homepage and default search engine with its own questionable domain because hackers are aiming for revenue, not for enhancing your browsing experience. Yes, money is the reason why this parasite was developed in the first place. This parasite has nothing to do with your cyber security so the only thing it will bring upon you is a rich variety of unreliable web links which might turn out to be immensely harmful. The program is ad-supported which makes it dangerous and incredibly unwelcome. Keep in mind that all supposedly accurate search results generated by Yoursites123.com are sponsored and could be leading straight to malware. This way clicking some attractive at first sight link or commercial may cause you irreversible damage and it is simply not a risk worth taking. Even though there’s some slight possibility that you will not accidentally install more infections on your computer, you could still fall victim to a dubious cyber scam and lose money. As already mentioned, Yoursites123.com’s presence also slows down the PC speed significantly and it’s pretty clear that this nasty virus leaves you no other option than to uninstall it. And you better do so quickly.

How did I get infected with?

Okay, could you possibly recall the exact moment when Yoursites123.com asked for your permission and you agreed to install it? No? That is because hijackers don’t deviate from the classic secretive virus pattern and usually travel the Web in silence. The most popular distribution method (and the most efficient one as well) at the moment is freeware bundling so our advice for you is to avoid unverified websites and their questionable bundles unless you’re willing to install a variety of parasites alongside the programs you actually wanted to download. Also, never rush the installation process and make sure you’re aware of what lands on your machine. Keep in mind that hackers could easily attach Trojans and even vicious ransomware parasites to the bundle so Yoursites123.com is a relatively small threat compared to those two. To prevent virus infiltration, opt for the Advanced or Custom option in the Setup Wizard and always take your time to check the Terms and Conditions beforehand. It’s entirely up to you whether your machine will remain virus-free or it will end up infested with parasites so don’t underestimate any potential danger and take care of your safety. Your future self will be quite grateful for that.

Why is this dangerous?

Hijackers aren’t the most virulent thing you could stumble across while surfing the Web BUT, having said that, Yoursites123.com will soon convince you exactly how malicious and dangerous it is. This pest works through a highly irritating browser extension which, of course, is compatible with Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. There is no escaping the parasite’s manipulations once the machine gets infected so get ready to be seeing a pile of potentially corrupted web links on every single page you click open. Yoursites123.com doesn’t discriminate between safe, fake and malicious links and, just to make the mess even greater, it might also generate some equally unreliable pop-up ads, discounts and coupons which have to be avoided as well. Remember, as long as the PC has this nasty hijacker on board, it is not trustworthy. To top it all, Yoursites123.com monitors your entire browsing-related activity and sends your private data straight to crooks. They usually sell the data collected to questionable third parties but no matter which monetizing platform hackers choose, as you see, your privacy is seriously jeopardized and this might easily cause you immense damage. To put an end to this mess and to regain control (and trust) in your machine, please follow the detailed removal guide that you will find down below.

How to Remove Yoursites123.com virus

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Yoursites123.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 Yoursites123.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 Yoursites123.com from Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Clean Yoursites123.com from Chrome Firefox or Internet Explorer

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Yoursites123.com leftovers from the System

STEP 1 : Uninstall Yoursites123.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 Yoursites123.com homepage from Chrome, Firefox and IE

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Yoursites123.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
• Double check your browser shortcuts, because the virus may add an argument to start by itself in the target field.

How to Permanently Remove Yoursites123.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.