Static.flipora.com is a browser hijacker infection that injects your computer without any of your notice. It replaces your homepages and changes your default search engines. It pops up on your screen whenever you open your browsers. Users cannot get rid of it even though they reset their browsers. This annoying Static.flipora.com pretends to be a legit search engine that can provide useful information to users; however, it aims to inject malicious things to your computer. Besides replacing your homepages, it shows you other info such as “Attention! Your download speeds are not fully optimized. Click OK to double your speed instantly.” If you click OK, you will begin to download malicious programs to your computer.
Static.flipora.com injects malicious files to target system, and installs malicious toolbar and add-ons to your browsers. All popular browsers can be affected by Static.flipora.com. It is usually injected when users download or update share programs from the Internet, or open spam email attachments or hacked web sites. Users need to be careful when browsing the Internet or downloading things from the Internet.
How to Remove Static.flipora.com Browser Hijacker
Solution one: manually remove Static.flipora.com browser hijacker from the infected computer.
Step 1- Reset Internet Explorer by the following guide (take IE as an example):
Open Internet Explorer >> Click on Tools >> Click on Internet Options >> In the Internet Options window click on the Connections tab >> Then click on the LAN settings button>> Uncheck the check box labeled “Use a proxy server for your LAN” under the Proxy Server section and press OK.
Step 2-Remove the infected files belong to Static.flipora.com.
%Temp%\random.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~random
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll
Step 3- Remove add-ons:
Internet Explorer
1) Go to 'Tools' → 'Manage Add-ons';
2) Choose 'Search Providers' → choose 'Bing' search engine or 'Google' search engine and make it default;
3) Select 'Search Results' and click 'Remove' to remove it;
4) Go to 'Tools' → 'Internet Options', select 'General tab' and click 'Use default' button or enter your own website, e.g. Google.com. Click OK to save the changes.
Google Chrome
1) Click on 'Customize and control' Google Chrome icon, select 'Settings';
2) Choose 'Basic Options'.
3) Change Google Chrome's homepage to google.com or any other and click the 'Manage search engines...' button;
4) Select 'Google' from the list and make it your default search engine;
5) Select 'Search Results' from the list remove it by clicking the "X" mark.
Mozilla Firefox
1) Click on the magnifier's icon and select 'Manage Search Engines....';
2) Choose 'Search Results' from the list and click 'Remove' and OK to save changes;
3) Go to 'Tools' → 'Options'. Reset the startup homepage or change it to google.com under the 'General tab';
Step 4- Open Windows Task Manager and close all running processes.
( Methods to open Task Manager: Press CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC or Press the Start button->click on the Run option->Type in taskmgr and press OK.)
Solution two: automatically wipe out Static.flipora.com browser hijacker with SpyHunter.
1.Press the button below to download SpyHunter.
2.Install SpyHunter on your computer, you need to click on the corresponding positions, according to the hints.
4.Delete all dubious files.
5.Scan your computer again to check all the threats have been removed.
Important notes: Manual removal is too intricate to handle. Moreover, it is very easy to make mistakes to lead to further damage to the computer. Thus, if you don’t have enough knowledge about computer operation, you’d better not take risk taking manual method to remove Static.flipora.com browser hijacker. However, automatic removal with SpyHunter is easier than manual removal. Meanwhile, SpyHunter is able to take preventive measures to safeguard the computer daily. So we strongly recommend SpyHunter to you.
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