Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Remove Helpfulhint.net Pop-up

Infected with Helpfulhint.net


Helpfulhint.net is an adware created to help the cyber criminals to make profits. In general, Helpfulhint.net can be installed along with insecure free downloads from the Internet without any permission and notice. Once Helpfulhint.net gets into the compuetr, it can compromise your browser and modify browser setting automatically without your permission. When you open the browser, Helpfulhint.net will pop up on your browser to hijack your homepage and new tab. As soon as you open the browser, Helpfulhint.net will pop up to redirect you to its own domain and block you from accessing online or using IE,Firefox and Chrome.The message on this page states that to finish the survey, you will have chance to get a reward.




However, you should not believe in the message on Helpfulhint.net. To finish the survey, you may have to enter your personal information. In this case, it will track your and steal your personal information for the third party. You may be also asked to pay a certain money to be subscribed so as to gain more chance. Helpfulhint.net is a tricky site. It is suggested to remove Helpfulhint.net from the computer as soon as possible.To look deep into the threats, it is suggested to scan your computer with a anti-spyware like Spyhunter to find the detail problem.

How to remove Helpfulhint.net?


Manually remove Helpfulhint.net


Step 1: Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys together and stop Helpfulhint.net processes in the Windows Task Manager.



Step 2: Disable any suspicious startup items that are made by infections from Helpfulhint.net.



Step 3: Remove the unwanted extension from the browsers.

Internet Explorer

1) Launch the Internet Explorer and click on Tools in menu bar, click on the Manage Add-ons.
2) Click on Toolbars and Extensions, select Disable the suspicious or unwanted extension.


3) Restart the Internet Explorer.

Mozilla Firefox

1) Start the Mozilla Firefox. Click on the Firefox menu then choose Add-ons.
2) Click on the Extensions in the pop-up Add-ons Manager page, select the adware in the list and then click on Remove button.



3) Restart Mozilla Firefox.

Google Chrome

1) Run the Google Chrome. Select the Tools in the Chrome menu then click on Extensions to open it.
2) In the pop-up page, search for the Hijacker in the list and disable it.


3) Restart Google Chrome.

Step 4: Search the registry entries in your Registry Editor and then remove all of them.





Automatically remove Helpfulhint.net


Step 1. Click the icon to download SpyHunter.


Step 2. Follow the instructions to install the SpyHunter.




Step 3. Run SpyHunter to scan your PC.


Step 4. Click on the  Fix Threats  to get all detected items deleted.



Summary 


Helpfulhint.net is a threat to your computer. To protect your computer from further damage, it is better to remove Helpfulhint.net from the computer as soon as possible. To download Spyhunter to remove threats easily and safely now.



(Gary)

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