How to remove Chromestart.info [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

Have you become that your web browser permanently opens Chromestart.info home page instead of your favorite start page? It’s a sign that your web browser’s settings changed and your personal computer is infected with malicious software from the browser hijacker family. Use the step-by-step guide below ASAP to get rid of Chromestart.info and stop the ability to penetrate of more dangerous viruses and trojans on your personal computer.

The Chromestart.info hijacker can alter settings of the Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox and MS Edge, but often that unwanted software such as this can also infect all types of web browsers by changing their desktop shortcuts. Thus forcing the user to see Chromestart.info unwanted web-page every time start the internet browser.

The browser hijacker infection, which set the Chromestart.info startpage as your start page can also set this unwanted site as your search engine. You will encounter the fact that the search in the browser has become impossible to use, because the search results will consist of a huge number of ads, links to malicious and misleading web pages and a small amount of regular links, which are obtained from a search in the major search engines. Therefore, look for something using Chromestart.info site would be a waste of time or worse, it can lead to even more infected PC.

Although, Chromestart.info hijacker is not a virus, but it does bad things, and it modifies the settings of your browser. Moreover, an adware (also known as ‘ad-supported’ software) can be additionally installed on to your personal computer with this infection, that will open a large number of ads, hindering or completely blocking the work in the internet browser. Often such these advertisements may recommend to install other unknown and unwanted software or visit harmful web sites.

We recommend you to free your personal computer ASAP. Use the few simple steps below which will allow to remove Chromestart.info and adware, that can be installed onto your PC system along with it.

How did you get infected with Chromestart.info browser hijacker

The Chromestart.info hijacker spreads along with various free applications, as a supplement, which is installed automatically. This is certainly not an honest way to get installed onto your computer. To avoid infecting of your computer and side effects in the form of changing your internet browser settings to Chromestart.info startpage, you should always carefully read the Terms of Use and the Software license. Additionally, always select Manual, Custom or Advanced install mode. This allows you to disable the install of unnecessary and often harmful programs. Even if you uninstall the freeware from your PC, your web-browser’s settings will not be restored. This means that you should manually remove Chromestart.info startpage from the Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Edge by follow the instructions below.

How to manually remove Chromestart.info

The simple answer is right here on this page. We have put together simplicity and efficiency. It will allow you easily to clean your system of browser hijacker infection. Moreover, you can choose manual or automatic removal method. If you are familiar with the system then use manual removal, otherwise use the free anti-malware tool designed specifically to remove hijacker like Chromestart.info. Of course, you can combine both methods. Read this manual carefully, bookmark or print it, because you may need to close your web browser or reboot your computer.

1. Delete Chromestart.info associated software by using Windows Control Panel
2. Remove Chromestart.info homepage from Mozilla Firefox
3. Remove Chromestart.info startpage from Google Chrome
4. Remove Chromestart.info from Internet Explorer
5. Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to get rid of Chromestart.info

Remove Chromestart.info associated software by using Windows Control Panel

We recommend that you start the PC system cleaning process by checking the list of installed applications and delete all unknown or suspicious software. This is a very important step, as mentioned above, very often the harmful programs such as adware and browser hijackers may be bundled with free software. Remove the unwanted applications can get rid of the annoying ads or browser redirect.

It will display the Windows Control Panel as shown in the figure below.

Next, click “Uninstall a program” It will show a list of all software installed on your system. Scroll through the all list, and delete any suspicious and unknown programs. To quickly find the latest installed programs, we recommend sort applications by date in the Control panel.

Remove Chromestart.info homepage from Mozilla Firefox

If the Firefox settings such as start page and search provider by default have been modified by the browser hijacker, then resetting it to the default state can help.

First, launch the Firefox and press button. It will display the drop-down menu on the right-part of the internet browser. Further, click the Help button () as shown on the image below

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In the Help menu, select the “Troubleshooting Information” option. Another way to open the “Troubleshooting Information” screen – type “about:support” in the internet browser adress bar and press Enter. It will show the “Troubleshooting Information” page as shown in the figure below. In the upper-right corner of this screen, press the “Refresh Firefox” button.

It will show the confirmation prompt. Further, click the “Refresh Firefox” button. The FF will begin a process to fix your problems that caused by the Chromestart.info browser hijacker. Once, it’s finished, click the “Finish” button.

Remove Chromestart.info startpage from Google Chrome

Like other modern browsers, the Google Chrome has the ability to reset the settings to their default values and thereby restore the homepage, new tab page and search engine by default that have been changed by the Chromestart.info hijacker.

First open the Chrome. Next, click the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It will show the main menu. Further, press the option named “Settings”. Another way to open the Chrome’s settings – type chrome://settings in the web browser adress bar and press Enter.

The browser will show the settings screen. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and press the “Show advanced settings” link. Now scroll down until the “Reset settings” section is visible, as shown on the image below and click the “Reset settings” button.

The Google Chrome will show the confirmation prompt. You need to confirm your action, click the “Reset” button. The web browser will launch the procedure of cleaning. When it is finished, the internet browser’s settings including start page and search provider by default back to the values that have been when the Google Chrome was first installed on your system.

Remove Chromestart.info from Internet Explorer

First, start the Internet Explorer. Next, press the button in the form of gear (). It will show the Tools drop-down menu, click the “Internet Options” as shown on the screen below.

In the “Internet Options” window click on the Advanced tab, then click the Reset button. The IE will open the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” window as shown on the image below. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box, then press “Reset” button.

You will now need to restart your PC for the changes to take effect.

Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to get rid of Chromestart.info

Now you need to clean up the web-browser shortcuts. Check that the shortcut referring to the right exe-file of the web-browser, and not on any unknown file. Right click to a desktop shortcut for your web 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 similar “…exe http://{URL}” then you need to remove “http…” and leave only, depending on the internet browser you are using:

• Google Chrome: chrome.exe
• Opera: opera.exe
• Firefox: firefox.exe
• Internet Explorer: iexplore.exe

Look at the example as shown on the screen below.

Once is finished, click the “OK” button to save the changes. Please repeat this step for browser shortcuts which redirects to an annoying web sites. When you have completed, go to next step.

How to remove Chromestart.info with Malwarebytes

Delete Chromestart.info hijacker manually is difficult and often the hijacker is not completely removed. Therefore, we recommend you to use the Malwarebytes Free which are completely clean your computer. Moreover, the free program will help you to remove malware, toolbars and adware (also known as ‘ad-supported’ software) that your computer may be infected too.

1. Download Malwarebytes (MBAM) by clicking on the link below.
   

   Malwarebytes Anti-malware
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   Author: Malwarebytes
   Category: Security tools
   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’s named mb3-setup.
3. Further, click Next button and follow the prompts.
4. Once installation is done, click the “Scan Now” button to begin scanning your system for Chromestart.info hijacker infection. This task can take some time, so please be patient.
5. When the scan is done, make sure all entries have “checkmark” and click “Quarantine Selected”. Once disinfection is done, you may be prompted to restart your system.

The following video offers a instructions on how to remove browser hijacker with Malwarebytes.

How to block Chromestart.info search

To increase your security and protect your PC against new unwanted advertisements and dangerous web-sites, you need to use program that blocks access to harmful advertisements and sites. Moreover, the software can block the open of intrusive advertising, which also leads to faster loading of web pages and reduce the consumption of web traffic.

1. Download AdGuard program from the following link.
   
   

   Adguard download
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   Version: 6.4
   Author: © Adguard
   Category: Security tools
   Update: November 15, 2018
   
2. After the download is finished, run the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” program window. Follow the prompts.
3. When the setup is finished, click “Skip” to close the install application and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” to see an quick tutorial that will assist you get to know AdGuard better.
4. In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you run your machine, AdGuard will run automatically and block pop-up ads, web sites such Chromestart.info, as well as other dangerous or misleading web pages. For an overview of all the features of the application, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the icon named AdGuard, which is located on your desktop.

Get rid of Chromestart.info infection and malicious extensions with AdwCleaner.

If MalwareBytes Anti-malware cannot delete this browser hijacker, then we suggests to use the AdwCleaner. AdwCleaner is a free removal tool for browser hijackers, ad supported software, potentially unwanted applications and toolbars.

Download AdwCleaner from the link below.

When the download is finished, open the file location. You will see an icon like below.

Double click the AdwCleaner desktop icon. When the utility is launched, you will see a screen like below.

Further, click “Scan” button to start checking your computer for the Chromestart.info browser hijacker and web browser’s malicious extensions. Once the scanning is complete, it will open a scan report like below.

Review the report and then click “Clean” button. It will display a dialog box as shown below.

You need to click “OK”. Once the cleaning process is finished, the AdwCleaner may ask you to restart your computer. When your system is started, you will see an AdwCleaner log.

These steps are shown in detail in the following video guide.

Finish words

Once you have finished the guide shown above, your PC system should be clean from malware and browser hijackers. The Chrome, FF, IE and Microsoft Edge will no longer show Chromestart.info annoying startpage on startup. Unfortunately, if the guide does not help you, then you have caught a new browser hijacker, and then the best way – ask for help.

1. Download HijackThis by clicking on the link below and save it to your Desktop.
   

   HijackThis download
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   Version: 2.0.5
   Author: OpenSource
   Category: Security tools
   Update: November 7, 2015
   
2. Double-click on the HijackThis icon. Next press “Do a system scan only” button.
3. When it has finished scanning your PC, the scan button will read “Save log”, click it. Save this log to your desktop.
4. Create a Myantispyware account here. Once you’ve registered, check your e-mail for a confirmation link, and confirm your account. After that, login.
5. 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.
6. Wait for one of our trained “Security Team” or Site Administrator to provide you with knowledgeable assistance tailored to your problem with the annoying Chromestart.info startpage.