Remove Excellentsearch.org Redirect Virus Effectively

I think my computer has been infected by a redirect virus. Every time I search something, and I click on one of the search results, I am always linked to a website that I don¡¯t intend to visit. For example, when I click on a search result which should link to an eBay page, it shows me the website Excellentsearch.org or other unknown websites. That really annoys me. I have run a full system scan with my antivirus program but it cannot detect anything. How can I remove it effectively?


Thoroughly seemingly legitimate, Excellentsearch.org is actually a website related to redirect virus which is able to hijack your currently-used browsers like IE, Chrome and Firefox to its own website or others. This redirect virus usually makes use of BHOs (browser helper objects) and other channels to penetrate into your computer and then modifies your browser settings without any consent. Once your browsers are infected, it will means that some information about your online activities may be furtively collected by this redirect virus, for examples, how frequent you visit a website, how long you stay on a webpage, what you search, and even what you type in a banking-related website. After that, these data will be transmitted to the remote hackers via a specific service. It is really dangerous that this redirect virus stays on the infected computer for a long time.

By constantly redirecting browsers to Excellentsearch.org, the redirect virus can increase the website traffic and allow the hackers to make a great profit. The hackers utilize this redirect virus to hijack browsers, collect search terms and boost traffic of their own website or other affiliated websites. Some search results offered by the search engine may have nothing to do with your search terms, and they will link to some websites which show you a lot of needless ads and other misleading messages. In addition, this redirect virus can install a malicious toolbar on the browsers and it is hard to remove it through conventional uninstall method. This redirect virus has no built-in uninstaller and it can deeply hide in the infected computer in order to evade detection and removal by antivirus programs. It is no doubt that Excellentsearch.org redirect virus will do anything good in the infected computer, and you should remove it as soon as possible.

To manually remove the redirect virus, you should acquire sufficient computer knowledge and skills. If you are not clearly how to perform the manual removal, please do not try it in case of any system damage.

Payloads of the Redirect Virus


1 It hijacks your browsers to unknown websites which are full of various misleading ads.

2 It runs in the background of the system and consumes lots of system resources, making your computer run extremely slowly.

3 It may drop other types of threats like virus, Trojan and spyware onto your computer to do more harmful actions.

4 It would help the hackers to record your online activities and steal sensitive personal information and data.

5 It can modify your default DNS settings and block your access to the websites that you want to visit.

6 It changes the default browser homepage and search engine without any consent.


Does An Antivirus Program Help to Remove the Redirect Virus?


Generally, users will run their antivirus programs to perform a system scan when they suspect that Excellentsearch.org redirect virus is on their computers; however, they would find no threats after spending lots of time to do the scanning. From this, users should realize that antivirus programs are not all-powerful. In some cases, they cannot detect and delete every kind of virus from the infected computer. The fact is that the number of viruses always increases rapidly and most antivirus programs don¡¯t have the information of the newly-created viruses in their data base. Moreover, this redirect virus is so canny that it will disable the security tools installed on the computer, so that it can evade detection and removal by the security tools. Thus, sometimes it seems not workable to use an antivirus program to remove the redirect virus from your computer ¨C in this case, you have to manually delete the malicious files and registry entries related to the redirect virus from your computer. 


Guide to Manually Remove Excellentsearch.org


Excellentsearch.org redirect virus is a nasty threat that is able to attack browsers including Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Two of the most obvious symptoms of being infected by this redirect virus are that the default homepage is modified and browsers are always redirected to Excellentsearch.org and some undesired websites. With this redirect virus inside, your computer will probably be attacked by other types of threats like adware, Trojan and spyware. In a word, this redirect virus slows down PC speed, disables important programs, blocks access to specific websites, and messes up browsers settings, and should be removed from the infected computer promptly.

1. Disable running processes on Windows Task Manager.
1) Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys to activate Windows Task Manager.
2) From Processes tab, find out the associated processes of the threat and then right click on the End Process button to totally terminate them.
2. Uninstall associated programs of Excellentsearch.org from the computer.
1)Click on Start button, click Control Panel.
2) Click Program, click on Uninstall a Program.
3) From Programs and Features, locate the associated programs of the browser hijacker from the applications list, locate the associated programs and then click Uninstall button to remove them.
4) Confirm the uninstall request then follow the wizard to complete the removal.
3. Modify browser settings to stay away from the cyber attacks triggered by the redirect virus.
1) Enable the browser.
2) Revert browser settings and fully remove the associated Internet temp files.
For Internet Explorer
Click Tools-> Go to Internet Options-> Click Advanced tab-> Click on Reset button
For Mozilla Firefox
Click Firefox-> locate Help option-> Go to Troubleshooting Information-> Click Reset Firefox button
For Google Chrome
Click the wrench icon-> Click Settings-> Click Show Advanced Settings link-> Click Reset Browser Settings
3) Reset the browser homepage manually.
For Internet Explorer
Click General from the Internet Options -> type a secure and new web address -> confirm the modification
For Mozilla Firefox
Click Options from the Firefox menu-> Click General tab-> type a secure and new web address -> confirm the changes.
For Google Chrome
Go to Advance section in the Settings-> Click Show Home Button-> Click the displayed Change link-> type a secure and new web address
4) Restart the browser to confirm the modification.

Important Note:
In case that you are not experienced in computer and afraid of making mistakes during the manual removal, you can search for and use an advanced removal tool which can help you remove the threat completely.

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