How to manually remove Findingresult.com (Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge)

What is Findingresult.com

If you keep receiving the Findingresult.com when you open the browser, it could mean your PC is infected with a malware from the browser hijacker family. Once installed, it will make a changes to the Chrome, Firefox, IE and MS Edge’s settings. So, every time, when you will start the internet browser, it will began to open Findingresult.com annoying homepage instead of your startpage. Moreover, this malware may block an option to restore your homepage.

The Findingresult.com hijacker usually affects only the Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Edge. However, possible situations, when any other web-browsers will be affected too. The browser hijacker will perform a scan of the computer for internet browser shortcuts and modify them without your permission. When it infects the browser shortcuts, it will add the argument like ‘http://findingresult.com’ into Target property. So, each time you run the browser, you will see the Findingresult.com annoying .

Besides the fact that Findingresult.com hijacker infection replaces your start page, this unwanted page can set yourself as your search engine. But, obviously, it does not give you a good search results, as they will consist of a lot of advertisements, links to harmful and misleading sites and only the remaining part – it’s search results for your query from the major search engines. Of course, the very fact that you encounter with the inability to properly search the Internet, is an unpleasant moment. Moreover, the Findingresult.com hijacker infection may collect information about you, and in the future to transfer it to third parties. What creates the risk of theft of your personal data.

The Findingresult.com hijacker infection is not a virus, but the virus behaves similarly. As a rootkit hides in the system, changes browser settings, and blocks them from changing. Also this browser browser hijacker can install additional web-browser addons, extensions and modules that will open ads and popups. And finally, the Findingresult.com browser hijacker can collect a wide variety of personal information such as what web pages you are opening, what you are looking for the Internet and so on. This information, in the future, may be transferred to third parties. Therefore it is very important to as quickly as possible to clean your system, remove Findingresult.com new tab, as well as other malicious and ad-supported software, which could penetrate the system along with it.

How to Findingresult.com hijacker get installed onto system

The Findingresult.com hijacker actively distributed with freeware, as a part of the installer of these programs. Therefore, it is very important, when installing an unknown software even downloaded from known or big hosting web-site, read the Terms of use and the Software license, as well as to choose the Manual, Advanced or Custom installation mode. In this mode, you can disable the installation of unneeded modules and programs and protect your computer from such infections as the Findingresult.com. Unfortunately, most users when installing unknown programs, simply click the Next button, and do not read any information that the free programs displays them during its installation. This leads to the fact that the web-browser’s settings are changed and internet browser’s home page, newtab page and search provider by default set to Findingresult.com.

How to manually remove Findingresult.com

This guide will help you remove Findingresult.com new tab. These Findingresult.com removal steps work for the Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, as well as every version of Windows operating system. Some of the steps may require you to close the web-browser or reboot your computer. So, bookmark or print it for later reference.

1. Uninstall Findingresult.com associated software by using Windows Control Panel
2. Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove Findingresult.com new tab
3. Remove Findingresult.com homepage from Chrome
4. Get rid of Findingresult.com startpage from Firefox
5. Uninstall Findingresult.com startpage from Internet Explorer

Uninstall Findingresult.com associated software by using Windows Control Panel

We recommend that you start the PC cleaning process by checking the list of installed programs and uninstall all unknown or suspicious applications. This is a very important step, as mentioned above, very often the malicious software such as adware and browser hijackers may be bundled with free software. Uninstall the unwanted software may remove the unwanted advertising links or internet browser redirect to unknown or unwanted web pages.

It will open the Windows Control Panel as shown below.

Click “Uninstall a program” It will show a list of all programs. Scroll through the all list, and remove any suspicious and unknown programs. To quickly find the latest installed software, we recommend sort aplications by date in the Control panel.

Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove Findingresult.com

Now you need to clean up the web-browser shortcuts. Check that the shortcut referring to the right exe-file of the browser, and not on any unknown file. Right click to a desktop shortcut for your internet browser. Choose the “Properties” option.

It will open the Properties window. Select the “Shortcut” tab here, after that, look at the “Target” field. The infection can replace it. If you are seeing something like “…exe http://findingresult.com” then you need to remove “http…” and leave only, depending on the browser you are using:

• Google Chrome: chrome.exe
• Opera: opera.exe
• Firefox: firefox.exe

Look at the example on the screen below. Once is done, press the “OK” button to save the changes. Please repeat this step for web-browser shortcuts which redirects to an annoying sites. When you have completed, go to next step.

Remove Findingresult.com homepage from Chrome

Open the Google Chrome menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It opens the drop-down menu. Click to Settings option. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the “Show advanced settings” link. Now scroll down until the Reset settings section is visible, as shown below and click on the Reset settings button. Confirm your action, click on the Reset button.

Get rid of Findingresult.com startpage from Firefox

If the Mozilla Firefox settings such as homepage, new tab page and search engine by default have been changed by the browser hijacker infection, then reseting it to the default state can help.

Run the Firefox and press button to display the Tools menu. It shows the drop-down menu on the right-part of the browser. Click on the Help button (). In the Help menu, select the “Troubleshooting Information” option. Another way to open the “Troubleshooting Information” screen – type about:support in the web-browser adress bar and press Enter. It will open the “Troubleshooting Information” page. In the upper-right corner of this screen, press the “Refresh Firefox” button. It will open the confirmation dialog box. Click on the “Refresh Firefox” button. The Firefox will start a task to fix your problems that caused by the Findingresult.com infection. Once, it’s done, press the “Finish” button

Uninstall Findingresult.com startpage from Internet Explorer

Run Microsoft Internet Explorer, press ). Click “Internet Options” as shown below. In the “Internet Options” screen select the Advanced tab. Next press Reset button. The Internet Explorer will open the Reset Internet Explorer settings prompt. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box and press Reset button. You will now need to restart your PC for the changes to take effect. It will remove Findingresult.com browser hijacker infection, disable malicious and ad-supported browser’s extensions and restore the Internet Explorer’s home page to default state.

How to remove Findingresult.com with Antimalware

Remove Findingresult.com infection manually is difficult and often infection is not completely removed. Therefore, we recommend you to use the MalwareBytes Anti-malware Free that are completely clean your personal computer. Moreover, the free software will help you to remove adware and toolbars that your personal computer may be infected too.

1. Download MalwareBytes Anti-malware (MBAM) from the link below.
   

   Malwarebytes Anti-malware
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   Update: April 15, 2020
   
2. Close all programs and windows on your computer. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that named mbam-setup.
3. Click Next and follow the prompts.
4. Once installation is complete, click on the “Scan Now” button to start scanning your computer for Findingresult.com infection. This procedure can take some time, so please be patient.
5. When the scan is finished, make sure all entries have “checkmark” and click “Remove Selected”. Once disinfection is completed, you may be prompted to Restart.

Block Findingresult.com and other similar malicious sites

To increase your security and protect your PC system against new annoying advertising links and malicious sites, you need to use an application that blocks access to dangerous advertising links and pages. Moreover, the software can block the open of intrusive advertising, which also leads to faster loading of pages and reduce the consumption of web traffic.

Download AdGuard program using the following link.

After the download is complete, run the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as shown below.

Follow the prompts. After installation is complete, you will see a window as shown in the figure below.

You can click “Skip” to close the installation program and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” button to see an quick tutorial that will help you get to know AdGuard better.
In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you start your personal computer, AdGuard will run automatically and block pop-up ads, web-pages such Findingresult.com, as well as other malicious or misleading web-sites. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the icon AdGuard, which is located on your desktop.

If the problem with Findingresult.com is still remained

If MalwareBytes Anti-malware cannot remove this hijacker infection, then we suggests to use the AdwCleaner. AdwCleaner is a free removal tool for browser hijackers, adware, PUPs, toolbars. Also you can ask for help our Myantispyware team below.

1. Download AdwCleaner from the link below.
   

   AdwCleaner download
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   Version: 8.4.1
   Author: Xplode, MalwareBytes
   Category: Security tools
   Update: October 5, 2024
   
2. Double click the AdwCleaner icon. Once this tool is started, press “Scan” button to perform a system scan for Findingresult.com.
3. Once AdwCleaner has finished, it will open a scan report. Review the report and then click “Cleaning” button. It will display a prompt. Click “OK”.

How to ask for help the Myantispyware team

If you are seeking a help for Findingresult.com removal then follow these steps.

1. Download HijackThis from the link below and save it to your Desktop.
   

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   Version: 2.0.5
   Author: OpenSource
   Category: Security tools
   Update: November 7, 2015
   
2. Double-click on the HijackThis icon, and click the button labeled “Do a system scan only”.
3. Once the scan is complete, the scan button will read “Save log”, click it. Save this log to your desktop

Create a Myantispyware account here. Once you’ve registered, check your e-mail for a confirmation link, and confirm your account. After that, login.

4. Copy and paste the contents of the HijackThis log into your post. If you are posting for the first time, please start a new thread by using the “New Topic” button in the Spyware Removal forum. When posting your HJT log, try to give us some details about your problems, so we can try to help you more accurately.
5. Wait for one of our trained “Security Team” or Site Administrator to provide you with knowledgeable assistance tailored to your problem with Findingresult.com removal.