How to Remove Hitfollower.info

What is Hitfollower.info? Every time when you try to search for something, it keeps popping up and when I click the search results, it just leads me to Hitfollower.info. How can I get rid of it? What did I get infected with this annoying thing?

What is Hitfollower.info?

Hitfollower.info is a browser hijacker that intends to get you to its website for malicious purposes. It can change your home page and your default search engine, result in leading you to its page when you clink any link on your browser, collecting your private information even displaying advertisements and etc. When you open a new tab, you will be redirected to Hitfollower.info.  Your search box is infected and if you type query words in search box, all the search results are attached with Hitfollower.info domain instead of Google or Yahoo and  redirect to its page. Besides, it will pop up automatically when you browse the page.

How Do I Get Infected?

Many user don’t know how they get infected so they next time will learn how to prevent it .Many would say “oh, I didn’t download it” , ” how could I get  such annoying thing in my computer? Nope. Actually, it is themselves ,the users, who download this virus and install it ,but who shouldn’t be to blame, because this tricky thing can slip into  your computer when you view the insecure page, thus get infected or installed a free software that have bundled into the installation before you realize and even your antivirus can detect that.

Damage that comes Along with Hitfollower.info

1: Home page is replaced with Duckduckgo.com and all your search results are redirected to it.
2: Default search engine is changed to Hitfollower.info.
3: Display advertisements and sponsored links in your search results
4: Collect search terms from your search queries and get some information about you.
5: Hook deep into your operating system and make preparation for further attack or invasion.

How to Remove It?

Step 1: Open your task manager and terminate related process.
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del and choose Start Task Manager and click Processes. Find related Find Random.exe, click it and then click End Processes.

Step2: Disable any suspicious startup items.
Click Start menu -> click Run -> type: msconfig in the search bar -> open System Configuration Utility -> Disable all possible startup items including those of Duckduckgo.com:

Step 3: Delete related registry values.
Press  Win+R at the same time, then enter regedit in the dialogue box and hit Enter to access to the registry editor.

Find and delete following related registry value:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ‘Random’HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “Certification” =Random

NOTE: If you haven’t sufficient expertise in dealing with program files, processes, DLL files and registry entries, it is not recommended to delete by yourself. Because any pivotal system files are removed, you cannot log in Windows at all. Click here and get help from Tee Support agents 24/7 online Service.