How to Remove Hi.ru Hijack from Chrome/ IE/ Firefox Completely

See how annoying hi.ru is

Victim: After installing some software, the URL "http://hi.ru/?10" keeps opening in a new tab every time I launch Firefox. It also took over my homepage in Chrome and IE, but it was easy to fix those. For some reason though, it keeps ignoring the homepage I changed it to in my Firefox settings. It just keeps bringing up this stupid Russian Web site.

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Hi.ru is regarded as a nasty browser hijacker by many computer users for it often enters into the targeted PC via third party programs and takes over control users' browser without consent. Typically, it is capable of corrupting all popular web browsers, such as Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Once getting into your PC, you may find that your browser default homepage and search engine are changed to hi.ru automatically.

Furthermore, unwanted pop-ups and sponsored links are displayed here and there in the browser pages to disturb your normal browsing actions. As time goes by, more PC issues like slow speed, unstable internet connection, browser redirects, etc. may frequently occur. In short, if you really don't like keeping hi.ru in your system, follow the removal guide here to get rid of hi.ru completely.

Step-by-step instructions on removing hi.ru

STEP 1: Remove Hi.ru from Web Browsers
STEP 2: Remove Hi.ru Leftover with SpyHunter
STEP 3: Optimize Your PC by Using RegCure Pro

STEP 1: Remove Hi.ru from Web Browsers

Internet Explorer:
1) Click on the gear icon > "Manage Add-ons".
2) Unknown entries, locate and delete them.
3) You can change the home page, click the gear icon and choose "Internet Options".
4) Remove Hi.ru and enter your preferred domain name.
5) To change the default search engine, click on the gear icon, select "Manage Add-ons" > search engine
6) Place your favorite search engine.

Mozilla Firefox:
1) Click on the icon menu (top right) and select "Add-ons" > "Extensions".
2) Here select unknown Add-ons and select the trash can icon to delete these entries.
3) You can change the home page, click on "Firefox", select "Settings".
4) Remove Hi.ru and enter your favorite site.
5) You can change the default search engine by clicking on the menu icon and the question mark icon.
6) Here, you click on the "Fix" and click on "Restart Firefox".

Google Chrome:
1) Click on the icon menu (top right) and select "Tools" > "Extensions".
2) Select suspicious extensions and select the trash icon to delete these entries.
3) You can change the home page, click the "Settings" tab, go to "Search" and then click on "Manage search engines…".
4) Here, remove Hi.ru by clicking on the "X", enter your preferred site, and then click "Make Default".

4. Restart your computer to take effect.

STEP 2: Remove Hi.ru Leftover with SpyHunter

SpyHunter is a powerful, real-time anti-spyware application designed to assist the average computer user to detect, remove, and protect their PCs from the latest malware attacks.

1. Free download SpyHunter by clicking on the below button.

2. Click the "Run" button to enter the setup program and follow the installation steps until setup is complete.

3. When the installation is complete, click the "Finish" button to exit the installation.

4. If SpyHunter does not automatically start, click the icon on your desktop or Start menu to open it.

     

5. Allow the program to scan by clicking the "Scan Computer Now!" button. If you would like to have a quick scan on your PC, please check the "Quick Scan" box; otherwise, uncheck it.

6. The first scan will take some time, please be patient while waiting for the scanning result.

7. After the scan is done, you can see that all threats are successfully detected. Check the "Select All" box and then click the "Remove" button to fix all threats in your PC.

STEP 3: Optimize Your PC by Using RegCure Pro

RegCure Pro is an advanced optimizer which is able to solve your computer system problems, remove your privacy items produced by online searches, delete junk files, uninstall malware and fix performance problems.

1. Free download RegCure Pro by clicking the below button.

2. Click the "Yes" button to enter in installation process and then follow the instruction to install the program step by step.

3. When the program is successfully installed, double click on its desktop shortcut to open it. On the Overview tab, check all the scan settings and then click on the "Click to Start Scan" button to run a system scan on your computer.

4. The first system scan will take some time, please be patient. The screenshot of the system scan progress is shown below.

5. When the system scan is done, click on "Fix All" button to completely remove all the performance problems in your computer.

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Good Luck and be safe online.

Note: The free version of SpyHunter/RegCure Pro is only for malware detection. If it detects malware on your PC, you will need to purchase the removal tool to remove the malicious threats.