How to Remove Starburn Search Redirect

Starburn Search redirect virus attacked the Internet browser when I was watching a video from an unknown site. It modified my default browser settings and redirected my search results to other content. Can’t delete the redirect via the antivirus? How to get rid of the browser hijacker completely? Any help will do me a great favor!

Details of Starburn Search

Starburn Search is a detected threat which is often caught through firewall alert. But it is a nasty program which cannot be completely removed by anti-virus for its low viral characteristics. The threat which caused by potentially unwanted program is a potentially harmful procedure because it causes troubles in the target PC and acts like malicious software to your computer system. This is a new version of browser adware which is bundled with some P2P sharing files or free downloading links from unknown resources. Unlike other types of malware which can install in the target computer once they enters via system loophole, it makes use of custom installation whilst there is a permitted installation process which is bundled with this adware is setting on the computer. Most users say that they would stop using custom installation if they knew the fact that this Starburn Search adware is packed in the installation package. If you don’t want to get infected with viruses like this, pay more attention on Installation packages as installation packages are not always as safe as people thought. Hackers will keep on creating the new version of viruses to escape from virus detection. We can only know how many viruses in the infected computer when firewall alerts that there is/are potential threat/threats in the victim PC.

Quite different from other legitimate search engine, Starburn Search Redirect is defined as an annoying browser hijacker which brings by Starburn Search The way we usually use to distinguish malware from legit software is by the characteristic it shows. We treat it as a potential threat for the reason that changes and other unnecessary activities can be easily performed on the computer system by it. It needs no permission or authentication. Pop-up ads are most annoying products people report about Starburn Search adware. Network connection and computer performance slows down. However, because of the viral character is not as visible as Trojan horse, it can hardly be called as a virus no matter what big troubles it caused your computer. But the way it hijacks your computer is intolerable. It changes desktop background, browser settings, homepage, default search engine, etc.. According to the level of this threat, please follow our instructions to remove Starburn Searchfrom your computer.

How to Remove Starburn Search?

Solution 1: Remove Starburn Search Automatically with Removal Tool SpyHunter

Solution 2: Remove Starburn Search Manually By Following the Instructions Below

Solution 1: Remove Starburn Search Automatically with Removal Tool SpyHunter
SpyHunter is a professional removal tool which can detect and delete various kinds of threat from your computer automatically within minutes.  You can follow the simple steps given below to install in on your PC and then use it to remove the threat from your PC completely.

Step 1: Click on the button below to download SpyHunter on your PC.

Step 2: After you finish the installation, run the program to perform a full scan of your PC to find out the threat by clicking on the Malware scan button.

Step 3: When the scan finishes, check the scan result and then click the Remove button to remove all the detected threats from your computer automatically. Reboot your computer to apply all changes.

Solution 2: Remove Starburn Search Manually By Following the Instructions Below
Step 1: Remove it from the Control Panel.
Click on the Start icon to select Control Panel. In the displayed window, click on the Programs link. After that, find out the programs related to the browser hijacker from the list, select them then click on the Uninstall button.

Step 2: Reboot your computer and reset your web browser to its default settings
For Google Chrome:
Plug chrome://settings/resetProfileSettings into Chrome’s address bar to open the reset page then click on the Reset button.

For Mozilla Firefox:
Click the Firefox menu button, point to Help, and select Troubleshooting Information.

Click the Reset Firefox button on the Troubleshooting Information page.

For Internet Explorer:
Open the Internet Explorer, click the gear menu, and select Internet options. 
Click the Advanced tab and then click the Reset button at the bottom of the Internet Options window.

Step 3: Delete the registry entries of the browser hijacker.
Press Windows Key+R, go to run, then type “regedit” in the box to open Registry Editor, after that, find out and remove the registry entries of the browser hijacker listed below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[browser hijacker name]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\[browser hijacker name]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “WarnOnHTTPSToHTTPRedirect” = ’0′
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore “DisableSR ” = ’1′
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “xas”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\[browser hijacker name]

Summary

Starburn Search is a malicious site which makes PC users annoyed. Cyber criminals have the ability to get the entire information on the infected browser and whole computer, that is why some PC users lost their important data and personal details but they don’t know that. Backdoor process will let the cyber criminal do the remote control on the infected PC by passing through the security tools, the infected PC won’t be safe any more once it has been infected. So you’d better remove it as soon as possible.