Effective Method to Remove StartPage

What is StartPage?

StartPage is classified as an unwanted adware which can redirect your to startpage .com or ixquick.com. Once it is installed in your PC, it is able to penetrate your system without any notice. And it can put your Internet security at risk and expose you in trouble. It is deemed as a nasty and annoying PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) for its harmfulness.

How does StartPage penetrate your PC?

Most of you are insensible of installation of StartPage. Typically, your PC can get infected with it through free program. That is because PUPs like StartPage are bundled with free program. If you choose automatic installation instead of step-by-step installation, your PC will be invaded by StartPage at the time that you install free program. In addition, you shall be cautious about the mediums of StartPage like spam email, fake hyperlink, malicious websites.

Infected Symptom:

1. Tons of nasty ads display on the webpage through various forms like coupons, pop-ups, banners, in-text ads. Your online activities can be disturbed by endless ads.
2. Redirect to other vicious websites instead of your targeted sites. It can drive you crazy by misleading you to unwanted websites.
3. Browsers being hijacked by StartPage no matter what kind of browser you use, Google, Firefox or Internet Explorer.
4. Slow down your PC and degrade your PC performance.

Do not let StartPage stay in your PC anymore for its harmfulness. Take immediate action to get rid of it before the worst thing happen. Follow the removal instruction to delete it now!

How to Remove StartPage?

There are five  steps to remove StartPage.

Step 1. Show hidden files by changing system folder setting.

Step 2. Find out and delete StartPage related malicious files in hidden folders.

Step 3. Delete StartPage from Control Panel.
Step 4. Remove the plug-ins of StartPage of browsers.
Step 5. Search for and remove registry files generated by StartPage.  

Step 1. Show hidden files by changing system folder setting.

   For Windows xp:

1. Press Win key  + R together on the keyboard → Type "control panel" → OK

2. Click "Folder Options"

3. Select View → Show hidden files, folders, and drives → OK

  For Windows 7:

1. Click Start button → hit Control Panel

2. Choose Appearance and Personalization → folder option

3. Click View  → select Show hidden files, folders, and drives → OK

   For Windows 8:

1. Press Win key  + R together on the keyboard → Type "control panel"→ OK

2. Type "folder" into the search bar → Show hidden files and folders

3. Click View → choose Show hidden files, folders, and drives → OK

 

Step 2. Find out and delete StartPage related malicious files in hidden folders.

Removing StartPage manually requires advanced computer skills. If you are lack of relating skills and experience, you may not find out the hidden files related with StartPage and delete some important files. Moreover, you may ruin your system once you remove some inportant system files from your PC. So you need to concentrate on the process of manual removal. And if you want to remove StartPage safelier and quicklier, just use SpyHunter to remove it.

Step 3. Delete StartPage from Control Panel.

For Windows xp Users:


 1. Hit start button → choose Control Panel.

 2. Enter "Change or Remove Programs" as follow.

 

3. Click StartPage → Remove → Yes → OK.

    For Win 7 & Win 8 Users:

1. Click start button → choose Control Panel.

2. Select "Category" view, click "Uninstall a program"under the Programs.

 3. Click StartPage→ Uninstall → Yes → OK.  

Note: Above steps may not be enough to get rid of all malicious parasites related with StartPage from Control Panel. And your PC is still easy to be damaged by StartPage if you do not clear it away completely. So you need a more powerful tool to help you deal with it. Under this situation, you can rely on SpyHunter to finish this step.

 

Step 4. Remove the plug-ins of StartPage of browsers.

For Internet Explorer Users:

1. Open IE, press "Alt" and "A" at the same time → Tools → Manage add-ons.

 

2. Hit "Toolbars and Extensions", then choose StartPage → Enable.

   

For Google Chrome Users:

1. Start Google, click on the top right corner → More tools → Extensions.

 

2. Find out StartPage and click it → select → Enabled.

For Mozilla Firefox Users:

1. Open Firefox, hit on the top right corner → Add-ons → Extensions.

 

2. Choose StartPage and hit Enable.  

Step 5. Search for and remove registry files generated by StartPage.

1. Open Registry Editor.

a. Press Win key + R together on the keyboard b. Type "regedit" → OK

b. You can see the Registry Editor tag as follow.

 

2. Search for and remove registry files generated by StartPage.

HKEY_LOCAL_Machine\Software\Classes\[StartPage]<br /> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREsupWPM<br /> HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftGoogleChromePage_URL”<br /> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesWpm<br /> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[StartPage]

Annoying adware can invade your PC easily through free-download programs and other ways. In order to protect your PC  from damages of Potentially Unwanted Programs and other unwanted adware, I recommend SpyHunter to you for its powerful function.