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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Stop/Remove Findgala Homepage Virus (findgala.com) that Redirects without Stop!

What Is Like to Get Findgala Redirect Problem?


Spyhunter has helped many PC users remove findgala redirect virus, and we have surprised to find out that it is not always the same case to be attacked by findgala.com:
  • Some have their browsers to be redirected when they click on a webpage;
  • Some are redirected by findagale.com when they are searching and they are suffered from annoying audi in the background when they are not re-directed;
  • Some are told that the website can't be opened/displayed each time they open their browsers.
It is obviously that findgala.com search engine virus keeps mutating all the time. But how? 

Such redirect virus manages to do random changes to the target machine, which leads to vulnerability/backdoor on the system. Vicious commands are received constantly via the vulnerability/backdoor so that new characteristics keeps being added to findgala.com search engine virus.


Why Am I Getting Redirected to Findgala.com?



By being ceaselessly taken to findgala.com page, stolen information by tracking cookies or its encrypt codes is sent to the remote server. The spammer behind findgala.com would resell stolen information to other spammers to get easy money. And because of that, you will see more virus start to get into your system. If you don’t want your information being stolen or taken advantage, you’d better hurry up to get rid of findgala even when it is not causing big troubles and staying silently on your computer.


2 Amazing Suggestions for Removing Findgala Homepage



Suggestion A: Remove Findgala Homepage Manually

1. Disable any suspicious startup items.

For Windows XP:

Click Start menu -> click Run -> type: msconfig in the search bar -> open System Configuration Utility -> Disable all possible startup items including those of findgala.com.

2. Show hidden files 

a) open Control Panel from Start menu and search for Folder Options;
b) under View tab to tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK;
c) click on the “Start” menu and then click on the “Search programs and files” box, Search for and delete these files created by findgala.com:
  • C:\Program Files\Findgala
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\Application Data\[random]
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\[you can clear all the files and folders inside]
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\Local Settings\Temp\[you can clear all the files there]
3. Delete all registry values related to findgala.com in your local hard disk C.
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Findgala
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Findgala
  • HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{  }  URL   http://findgala.com/?&uid=231&q={searchTerms}

4. Remove add-ons:

Internet Explorer:
1) Go to Tools -> ‘Manage Add-ons’;
2) Choose ‘Search Providers’ -> choose ‘Bing’ search engine or ‘Google’ search engine and make it default;
3) Select ‘Search Results’ and click ‘Remove’ to remove it;
4) Go to ‘Tools’ -> ‘Internet Options’; select ‘General tab’ and click website, e.g. Google.com. Click OK to save changes.

Google Chrome
1) Click on ‘Customize and control’ Google Chrome icon, select ‘Settings’;
2) Choose ‘Basic Options’;
3) Change Google Chrome’s homepage to google.com or any other and click the ‘Manage Search Engines…’ button;
4) Select ‘Google’ from the list and make it your default search engine;
5) Select ‘Search Result’ from the list to remove it by clicking the ‘X’ mark.    

Mozilla Firefox
1) Click on the magnifier’s icon and select ‘Manage Search Engine…’;
2) Choose ‘Search Results’ from the list and click ‘Remove’ and OK to save changes;
3) Go to ‘Tools’ -> “Options”. Reset the startup homepage or change it to google.com under ‘General tab;  

5. Disable proxy
  1. Click on Tools on the menu bar
  2. select Internet options
  3. go to Connections tab
  4. select LAN settings at the bottom of the dialog
  5. under the Proxy sever, untick 'use a proxy server for your LAN (These settings will not apply to dial-up or VPN connections).'
  6. Click OK 

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Suggestion B: Remove Findgala Homepage automatically (with SpyHunter)


Step A. Download removal tool SpyHunter

1) Click here or the icon below to download SpyHunter automatically.



2) Follow the instructions to install SpyHunter
  spyhunter run

spyhunter setup

spyhunter setup

Step B. Run SpyHunter to block Findgala Homepage

Run SpyHunter and click "Malware Scan" button to scan your computer, after detect this unwanted program, clean up relevant files and entries completely.

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Step C. Restart your computer to take effect.

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