Remove Hicosmea Completely

Infected with Hicosmea

Hicosmea has become a nasty computer infection which attack many user's computer:

I uninstalled the coupon.com program from the add&remove in control panel before posting this and malewarebytes removed the hicosmea (that is what it said any way) this seems to come back though? I will be more diligent in watching for a response, thanks.

Hicosmea is a kind of adware or potentially unwanted programs on your computer. Hicosmea infection is created and developed by the malware development to generate money by gaining web traffics and promoting unwanted programs. In general, Hicosmea can be installed along with insecure free downloads from the Internet without any permission and notice, such as browser update, Java update, Flash Player update, Video Player update, video recording, download-managers or PDF creators. This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software. Bundles additional adware offers during download and installation using the OutBrowse installer. And it is made to be distributed through a pay-per-install bundle.Once gets into the computer, Hicosmea will change the computer and browser setting and begin to pop up on your computer.  

Hicosmea will take over your browser and always pop up without permission. Hicosmea will bring you many banners and ads on the websites which links you to other sites that contains infections. Hicosmea tries to convince you to download the application. However, you should not believe in it and be caution not to click on the browser to quickly to download the unwanted apps for mistake. It is suggested to remove Hicosmea 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 Hicosmea?

Manually remove Hicosmea

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

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

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 Hicosmea

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 

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



(Gary)