Get Rid of search.snap.do

Every time you launch the web browser(Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer or Google Chrome), you are forced to visit search.snap.do? Why does this happen? Is search.snap.do a useful search engine? How can it take control of the browser completely without allowing you to make any change? You have tried to use some antivirus programs to remove it but they even cannot detect the existence of search.snap.do in the computer? Is there a good way to get rid of search.snap.do thoroughly?

Search.snap.do Introduction：

Snap.do is a browser hijacker, that offers a web search engine (search.snap.do) and toolbar which are being promoted via other free programs, and once installed on your computer, they will hijack your browser homepage and replace your default search engine.
Snap.do got on your computer after you have installed another free software or add-on that had bundled into their installer this browser hijacker. For example, when you install vShare, you’ll also install the Snap.do, set your browser homepage to http://search.snap.do/?a=ThAM4wVlRt and change your default search engine to search.snap.do.However, when you uninstall vShare from your computer, your web browser’s default settings will not be restored. This means that you’ll have to remove Snap.do from your favorite web browser manually.

How to remove search.snap.do?

STEP1:

*Remove search.snap.do from Internet Explorer

• Open Internet Explorer, click on the "gear icon" (Tools for Windows XP users) at the top (far right), then click again on "Internet Options".
• In the Internet Options dialog box, click on the Advanced tab, then click on the Reset button.
• In the Reset Internet Explorer settings section, check the "Delete personal settings" box, then click on Reset.
• When Internet Explorer finishes resetting, click Close in the confirmation dialogue box and then click OK.
• Close and open Internet Explorer.

*Remove search.snap.do from Mozilla Firefox

• At the top of the Firefox window, click the "Firefox button", go over to the "Help" sub-menu (on Windows XP, click the Help menu at the top of the Firefox window), and select "Troubleshooting Information".
• Click the "Reset Firefox" button in the upper-right corner of the "Troubleshooting Information" page.
• To continue, click "Reset Firefox" in the confirmation window that opens.
• Firefox will close and be reset. When it’s done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click "Finish"

*Remove search.snap.do from Google Chrome

• Remove search.snap.do extensions from Google Chrome.
• Click the Chrome menu button on the browser toolbar, select "Tools" and then click on "Extensions".
• In the "Extensions" tab, remove (by clicking on the Recycle Bin) the "Proxy Tool, PortaldoSites Toolbar, Yontoo, BrowserProtect" and any other unknown extensions from Google Chrome.
• Set Google Chrome default search engine from search.snap.do to Google.
• Click the Chrome menu button, then select "Settings" and click on "Manage search engines" in the Search section.
• In the Search Engines dialog that appears, select "Google" and click the "Make Default" button that appears in the row.
• Search for search.snap.do in the Search Engines list, and click the X button that appears at the end of the row.
• Change Google Chrome homepage from search.snap.do to its default.Click the Chrome menu button, then select Settings and click on "One the New Tab page" in the "On Startup" section.

STEP2:

Run a computer scan with YAC virus removal tool

1. Free Download and Run the virus removal tool: YAC Virus Removal Tool

2. Click the "Scan" button.
3. Waiting for one minute, and the infections are removed easily.

YAC is exactly that: an efficient little program makes fast work of outdated registry entries, cookies, and temporary files. YAC also helps clean up browser homepage and search that are bundled via malicious plug-ins. Via clear out of cache/browser history,emptying the recycle bin,old Windows logs,memory dumps and other "unseen" objects to speeds up slow computers, helps save disk space. You can Remove any other Malware, Virus and Spyware through YAC.

Tip:

What's Browser Hijacker:

A specific type of spyware that will allow a hacker or malicious perpetrator to spy on the infected computer's Internet browsing activity. Using a browserhijacker the person responsible for the spyware can deliver pop-up ads, reset the browser homepage, or direct the browser to Web sites the victim would not normally visit.

Obvious Symptoms When Your Computer Has Redirect Virus:

• Your computer is something not normal as usual such as running very slowly.
• Your web browser homepage has been changed.
• When you open the Task Manager, you can find some strange processes which you never found before.
• Every time when you open your browser, you are redirected to some odd web pages.
• Your browser runs more and more slowly.
• Your browser always pops up some irritating advertisements even if you don’t want.