Mystart.vi-view.com is classified as potentially unwanted program (PUP) that categorized as browser hijacker. It is used as a free browser search engine that copies Google Style search to provide web, images and videos search. In the first sight, Mystart.vi-view.com looks like a legitimate search engine, but in reality, it is fake and will not provide you with any reliable search results that related to your queries, in the contrary, it spreads spam and collects personal information of the victims.
When infiltrates into the PC, this redirect malware blocks you from browsing the formal web pages while you are trying to surf on your Internet browsers and divert the web browsers to Mystart.vi-view.com no matter you are using Firefox, Chrome or Internet Explorer. You should remove this bogus search system virus as soon as possible once you have noticed its trace. Because the Mystart.vi-view.comredirect will carry on other malicious behaviors gradually as time goes by.
For instance, Mystart.vi-view.com may create many useless shortcuts on desktop or add creepy websites to favorites/bookmarks without your knowledge. The whole PC performance may be declined day after day as this browser hijacker runs in the back ground and takes up a large space of the PC resources, at the same time; it chisels up a back door that may help other computer viruses invade into the compromised PC. In a word, Mystart.vi-view.com must be removed from the infected computer without any hesitation.
The screenshot of Mystart.vi-view.com redirect:
Two methods to get rid of Mystart.vi-view.com browser hijacker - Manual removal guide and Automatic scan
1.End all the running processes of this browser hijacker
Open task manager by pressing Alt+Ctrl+Del keys at the same time. Another way is to click on the Start button and choose Run option, then type taskmgr into and press OK.
Stop all the malicious running processes.
2. Remove malicious add-on and extensions from your web browsers.
Internet Explorer:
(1). Click Start, type: Manage browser add-ons
(2). Hit Enter on your keyboard
(3). Click Manage add-on and disable all the suspicious add-on.
Firefox:
(1). Click the Firefox menu and click Add-on
(2). Click Extensions, select the related browser add-on and click Disable.
Google Chrome:
(1). Click the Customize and Control menu button →Tools→ click Extensions
3. Disable any suspicious startup items that are made by this browser hijacker.
Windows Vista or Windows7: click start menu→type msconfig in the search bar → open System Configuration →Disable all possible startup items generated.
4. Clean cookies
Internet Explorer: Tools → Internet Options →the General tab, Delete the Cookies button can be directly seen in IE6, IE7 is to click the Delete Browsing History button then tick Cookies and click Delete.
Firefox: Tools → Options → Privacy → Remove Individual Cookies → Delete corresponding cookies in the cookies showing box.
Opera: Tools → Preferences → Advanced → Cookies →Delete corresponding cookies in Management Cookies.
5. Show all hidden files and clean all the malicious files about this browser hijakcer
(1).Click the Start button and choose Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, to find Folder Options then double-click on it. (2).In the pop-up dialog box, click the View tab and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).
(3). Clean all the malicious files about this infection as below.
%AllUsersProfile%\{random.exe\ %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\ %AllUsersProfile%\random.exe %AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\random.exe %Temp%\random.exe %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random6. Delete malicious registry entries related to this browser hijakcer.
Open Registry Editor by pressing Window+R keys together.(another way is clicking on the Start button and choosing Run option, then typing into Regedit and pressing Enter. )
Delete all the vicious registries as below:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run\random.exe" HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Explorer\Navigating
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\random HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run \Regedit32 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “CertificateRevocation” = 0 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableTaskMgr” = 1 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\run\random
Method two: get rid of Mystart.vi-view.com with Spyhunter automatic scan
If the manual guide is kinda difficult for you, please feel free to download automatic removal tool SpyHunter to drive the self-invited guest away.
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