Holasearch.com Redirect Virus Removal

Does your homepage keep being rerouted to http://www.holasearch.com/ while searching online? Cannot get rid of Holasearch.com with your antivirus software? No worries, this post will show you how to remove Holasearch.com completely. Read more.

What is Holasearch.com exactly?

Recently, some computer users get stuck with Holasearch.com (http://www.holasearch.com/) which takes control of their browsers. Recognized as a redirect virus, Holasearch.com is usually delivered by downloading some applications from unreliable sites or opening some attachments in Facebook, Twitter or Email. Once the virus invades your PC without your permission or knowledge, it will start to replace your default homepage to its malicious domain: http://www.holasearch.com/. No matter how many times you tried, it is useless to reset back while changing built-in options on browser. Every time you need to open a new site, Holasearch.com will pop up instead. In reality, Holasearch.com redirect virus will not only do harm on your browser but also system resource.

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To be more specific, it would open parts of system resource so that to build up a backdoor for remote hackers. In this case, cyber criminals would be easy to get your personal data while tracing your search history and habit. Moreover, Hola Search is bundled with many additional threats which may contain Trojan, vicious add-on, keylogger or other malware. It is noticeable that the longer you keep Holasearch.com in your PC, the worse results it will make. For the sake of protecting your PC as well as privacy, you should erase Holasearch.com redirect from your PC immediately once it is found.

Malicious Holasearch.com in PC!

1) Holasearch.com redirect virus is a parasitic Browser Hijacker
2) Holasearch.com redirect virus may show numerous annoying advertisements
3) Holasearch.com redirect virus logs your internet browsing history
4) Holasearch.com redirect virus will replace (hijack) your browser homepage
5) Holasearch.com redirect virus may spread additional spyware
6) Holasearch.com redirect virus violates your privacy and compromises your security

Guide to remove Holasearch.com manually and completely

Obviously, trying antivirus software has very low chance to get rid of Holasearch.com. This threat protects itself by using the latest advanced technology to escape various antivirus detection and removal so even you have downloaded a bunch of antivirus software but with no good result. Manual removal will be your nice choice.

Show hiden files of Holasearch.com
1. Open Folder Options: clicking the Start button> Control Panel> Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Folder Options.   After that clicking the View tab.
2. Under Advanced settings, click Show hidden files and folders, uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK.

Completely remove Holasearch.com
1. Launch the Task Manager by pressing keys “CTRL + Shift + ESC”, search for Holasearch.com processes and right-click to end them.

2. Get rid of the following files created by Holasearch.com:
C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_64\Desktop.ini
C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_32\Desktop.ini
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ping.exe

3. Open Registry Editor (in Windows XP, go to Start Menu, run, type in “Regedit” and press OK; in Windows 7 & Windows Vista, go to Start menu, Search, type in “Regedit”), find out the following Holasearch.com registry entries and delete:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\random
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\run\random
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Installer\Products\5ATIUYW62OUOMNBX256 “(Default)”=”1?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\“UninstallString” = “‘%AppData%\[RANDOM]\[RANDOM].exe” -u
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\“ShortcutPath” = “‘C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\5ATIUYW62OUOMNBX256.exe” -u’”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce “5ATIUYW62OUOMNBX256” = “‘C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\RANDOM.exe’

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Step 1. Click the Download icon below to install SpyHunter on your PC.


Step 2. After the installation, run SpyHunter and click “Malware Scan” button to have a full or quick scan on your computer.


Step 3. Choose Select all>Remove to get rid of all the detected threats on your PC.

Learn to repair search engine

* Google Chrome
Open your Google Chrome->Wrench Icon > Settings > Manage Search Engines->Remove any unnecessary Search Engines from the list and make a certain search engine you prefer as your default search engine.
* Mozilla Firefox
Open your Mozilla Firefox->Tools > Search Icon (Magnify Glass, Arrow) > Manage Search Engines->Remove any unnecessary Search Engines from the list and make a certain search engine you prefer as your default search engine.
* Internet Explorer
Open your Internet Explorer->Tools > Manage Add-ons > Search Providers->Remove any unnecessary Search Engines from the list and make a certain search engine you prefer as your default search engine.

Please be aware that you need to be very prudent during the whole removal process, because any inaccurate operation may result in data loss or even system crash. If you are confused how to do the above steps, you just need click here to download SpyHunter to automatically fix the virus for you.