How to Fully Remove Search.protectedio.com From the System?

My browser is messed up by Search.protectedio.com but I have no idea how to deal with the situation. I usually set my favorite web page as default homepage as well as search engine. But I fail to remove the redirect virus this time even I have empowered my antivirus program to delete it twice. Does anyone know how to remove Search.protectedio.com and recover the affected web browser? I need your help!

Search.protectedio.com is responsible for promoting specific products created by cyber hackers through the way of attaching undesirable toolbars, malicious scripts as well as potentially harmful extensions on the browser for taking over it. It seems to be as simple as google.com. You can find a search box in the center of the webpage. You can use it to search by entering keywords into the search bar. The links on the malicious website are often implanted with dangerous codes. Those irrelevant search results will redirect your browsers to some unknown websites that contain lots of advertisements. As a result, you may fail to find the expected helpful information directly. The malicious script will slip into the system once you click on the sponsored links. It can allow other unknown Trojan or backdoor programs to insert system. For instance, some browser settings and system settings are changed and the computer security levels become lower. As a result, malware can invade into your computer to steal personal information such as credit card number if you use any online payment. Of course, it can also steal your personal files in your computer. Some computer may face more serious situations such as blue screen of death, system crash or file encryption. If things get worse, you may not be able to access to those files no longer.

Commonly, your computer gets infected with this redirect virus when you view some malicious websites. When you visit some web sites, a window will pop up prompt you to set this web site as your homepage. If you don¡¯ need it, you can click No button. After installation, they will start to change the system settings to create a better environment for more viruses to reproduce. When you set Search.protectedio.com as your homepage, you are giving the redirect virus an opportunity to infect and hijack your browser. Certainly, when you visit some other malicious websites, your computer is likely to be infected by other malware. Before you visit a website, please make sure that it is free of virus. Before visiting a website, please make sure that it¡¯s completely safe. You can follow the instructions to remove the hijacker manually. So be cautious when surfing online as many websites have unpredicted threats hidden. Don¡¯t ever neglect this threat and let it stay in your computer for a long time, for it can cause greater trouble than you can imagine.

Manual Removal Way to Get Rid of Search.protectedio.com Virus

Note: The manual way is to complete change some old system settings to a totally new one, including deleting unnecessary files, resetting browser configurations and adding essential missing parts. The difficulty for you should be searching for and deleting the virus associated files, since the virus often names its files randomly and would changes the file paths irregularly. Inexperienced users should not try manual way. Any mistakes may result in severe data loss. If you don¡¯t have sufficient knowledge, it¡¯s strongly suggested to use automatic remover tool.

Step one: set the default homepage back
For Internet Explorer:
1. Click on Browser Tools
2. Select Manage Add-Ons on the tools window
3. Click Search Provider
4. Here you can see many kinds of search engine option as Bing and Google, select your favorite one to be a default homepage.
5. Choose Search Results and click on Remove icon to eliminate it
6. Click Tools, select Internet Options and then the General tab. Here you can option a website you like and save it.
c. Select the unwanted address and click ¡®Remove¡¯ to remove it;
For Google Chrome:
1. Open Customize and control
2. Click on Settings
3. Select on Basic Options icon
4. Here you can reset your homepage (e.g.Google.com£©
5. Once you choose a default homepage, click on Manage Search Engines and then click Google to be your default search engine.
6. Remove it from the browser by clicking Search.protectedio.com and then the X¡¯ mark
For Mozilla Firefox:
1. Click Manage Search Engine
2. Select Search Results and then click Remove option, click OK
3. Open Tools, under the General tab, set Google.com as default homepage
Step two: locate related files of the redirect virus and remove them from the computer
%AllUsersProfile%
%AllUsersProfile%\Programs\{random letters}\
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~r
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~dll
Step three: Remove Cookies on all Browsers
Internet Explorer:
a. Click options on the browser and then choose Internet Options
b. Open General tab, click Delete Browsing History to remove all related cookies
c. Select cookies and click Delete
Firefox:
a. Click option
b. Select Privacy and then click on Remove Individual Cookies icon
c. Delete relevant cookies list on the box
Google Chrome:
a. Click option
b. Open Under the Bonnet tab
c. Select Privacy and then click Clear browsing data
d. Delete all cookies
Step four: Remove Malicious Registry
a. Open Registry Editor on the start menu
b. Type in Regedit and click OK
c. Remove all the following registry entries
HKEY
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings ¡°CertificateRevocation¡± = ¡®1¡¯
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments ¡°SaveZoneInformation¡± = ¡®0¡¯

Search.protectedio.com is so dangerous that it has the ability to totally corrupt the system and result in a complete system re-install if you need to use it. Even many famous antivirus programs couldn¡¯t remove it safely and completely. We do not recommend that you blindly download an unknown antivirus program to remove it. Some may be bundled with malware and damage the system. The manual removal instructions apply to those who have rich experience in virus removal. Before you take the removal steps, please consider it seriously. In a word, the ways mentioned above will solve your computer problems. However, if you don¡¯t have sufficient knowledge about PC, you had better resort to a safer and easier way. More seriously, it may start its variation gradually. Like what is listed above, it is a catastrophe for the computer. It can change system files to interrupt the proper function of your computer. If you do have enough computer experience, you may not start the removal task yourself.