Removing mystartsearch

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kiwi1691

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#165584 14-Feb-2015 11:11

Some how I have done something that has casued something called mystartsearch to open automatically as the homepage of any internet browser, whether it be chrome, or mozilla or IE.

I have tried to reset the homepages, even following the instructions from mystartsearch.

Do you guys know how to fix this?

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#1237818 14-Feb-2015 11:16

Have you tried running MalwareBytes at all? Pretty sure that was enough to clean it out.

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#1237820 14-Feb-2015 11:20

Uninstall from Control Panel, change start page on your browser back to what was before and then run Malwarebytes as above.

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#1237823 14-Feb-2015 11:22

the above posts remove the software, but they dont remove the browser redirect

as per the last thread on this:

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=50&topicid=160386&page_no=1#1208469

kiwi1691

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#1238821 14-Feb-2015 11:47

Jase2985: the above posts remove the software, but they dont remove the browser redirect

as per the last thread on this:

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=50&topicid=160386&page_no=1#1208469

Thanks for that

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#1238832 14-Feb-2015 12:29

Adwcleaner is also very good at removing this crapware

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#1238840 14-Feb-2015 12:43

Dont forget to remove the extension in crome and adwcleaner removes most of this bloatware

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#1238886 14-Feb-2015 14:04

I had a similar one today taken ages getting rid of. iastartsearch. Hadnt taken notice and downloaded from cnet and ended up with this. In control panel removed storm watch and silent install etc that it installed but it would not uninstall iastartsearch. I removed folders from program files that stayed behind. I would change browser back to my homepage but each time restart it was back to iastartsearch. malwarebytes, windows defender and adaware would not remove it. Have done a system restore and so far so good. Just concerned if there might be a root kit there. running windows 8.1

so you may need to do a system restore for mystart as well

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#1238893 14-Feb-2015 14:27

I battled this one twice, the first time i swear i got completely rid of it and then a couple of weeks later its back with a vengeance, no matter what i did it kept regenerating somehow, I ended up re-installing windows and starting fresh, mind you I was planning a clean re-install before this occurred so kill two birds with the proverbial single stone

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#1238927 14-Feb-2015 15:19

there is no need to do a system restore.

you have just missed removing the browser redirect from the web browser shortcut.

you cant just change your home page

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#1240848 17-Feb-2015 13:56

Having one simiolar not too long ago.

Start Bar, All Programs, Right click Internet Explorer, Properties, then remove the gunk at the end of iexplore.exe.