Cannot Get Rid of start.findwide.com, How to Remove start.findwide.com Virus

Whenever I launch Internet Explorer or Google Chrome it brings up an unwanted home page, start.findwide.com, this happened from yesterday when I downloaded a torrent, my attempts to uninstall it have not removed it. I've also found that Webcake appeared on my laptop same day and not sure if that's associated with it, but also seem unable to uninstall it.

What Is start.findwide.com?

Threat's profile
Name of the threat: start.findwide.com
Command or file name: system.exe
Threat type: Adware/Browser hijacker
Affected OS: Windows 9x, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7/8

start.findwide.com is another browser hijacker created by cybercriminals to take over users’ Internet browsers. You may acquire it from many places, such as junks email attachments, pornographic sites and some malicious downloads. start.findwide.com virus can your modify DNS settings and Windows hosts file without any consent. You will find that your home becomes http://start.findwide.com/, the default search provider is changed to the unwanted one as well. Each time you try to visit a certain website or do a search, it will take you to this start.findwide.com, promoting all kinds of products. In addition to hijacking your browsers, start.findwide.com also damages your system in many other respects. It can exploit system vulnerabilities to open system backdoors, download other malware toolbars, viruses onto your computer. Your PC performance will degrade dramatically. The most dangerous thing is that the hijacker has the capability to track users’ browsing habits. It means that victims’ personal information can be stolen by the virus and sent to remote servers. If you don’t want to suffer from financial loss or identity theft, you should rush to get rid of start.findwide.com search engine. Follow the provided manual removal guide below to dispose start.findwide.com right now.

Start.findwide.com Screenshot

 

What are symptoms and possible risks of Start.findwide.com

1. Start.findwide.com can compromise your system and may introduce additional infections like rogue software.
2. Start.findwide.com enters your computer without your consent and disguises itself in root of the system once installed.
3. Start.findwide.com often takes up high resources and strikingly slows down your computer speed.
4. Start.findwide.com can help the cyber criminals to track your computer and steal your personal information.
5. Start.findwide.com may force you to visit some unsafe websites and advertisements which are not trusted.

Start.findwide.com Virus Removal Instructions

Maybe you have tried many ways to delete Start.findwide.com, but they didn’t work. You can completely delete it by manual approach. Here is the guide for you. We suggest you back up windows registry before taking actions. Please be cautious!

step1: Open the task manager and stop the process related to Start.findwide.com:

{random}.exe

Step2: Remove all files   associated with Start.findwide.com:

%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\serial.sys
C:\Users\Vishruth\AppData\Local\Temp\random.xml
C:\windows\system32\drivers\mrxsmb.sys(random)
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\redbook.sys(random

Step3: Delete registry entries associated with Start.findwide.com in the following directories:

 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “WarnOnHTTPSToHTTPRedirect” = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableRegedit” = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableRegistryTools” = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableTaskMgr” = 0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system “ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin” = 0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system “ConsentPromptBehaviorUser” = 0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system “EnableLUA” = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Inspector”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Settings “net” = “2013-6-9_2″
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Settings “UID” = “tovvhgxtud”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ASProtect
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution

 Start.findwide.com Removal Video Guide

http://www.youtube.com/embed/UNXDcQlrdXA

(Note: Sufficient computer skills will be required in dealing with Start.findwide.com files, processes, .dll files and registry entries, otherwise it may lead to mistakes damaging your system, so please be careful during the manual removal operation. If you cannot figure out the files by yourself, just feel free to Contact Tee Support Online Experts for more detailed instructions.)