Virus Removal Tips: How to Remove Search.atajitos.com homepage for Good

Know more about search.atajitos.com

Do you know more about search.atajitos.com? What is it? It is known as a browser hijacker which can get itself attached to the popular web browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, etc. Once it gets itself installed on your computer, it can create a series of problems on your computer. According to the users' report, it can replace your default homepage and search engine without your knowledge.

How can it do that? Search.atajitos.com could take over the web browser by modifying your DNS setting and registry files. Every time you do searches on web browser, it will redirect your search results to some unrelated websites. On the other hand, it may add a plug-in to your web browser to show tons of ads and pop ups in every website you visit. However, it is not the only thing that it can do on your computer，To live with so many pop-up ads and links, your computer will run slower and slower than normal for search.atajitos.com can take up your internet resource and system resource on the backdoor. To increase web traffic and generate quick profit, it can collect your online traces and send to the ad-supported sites.

Usually search.atajitos.com can come along with freeware downloads or it can disguise itself into the spam attachments, fake updates, game downloads, etc. Therefore, it would better to take care about every opening. Still has no idea how to remove it completely? you are welcome to check below:

How do I manually remove search.atajitos.com

Step 1.End up all suspicious related process

Step 2. Remove related add-on from browsers

Internet Explorer :

1. Click on the Tools -> select Manage Add-ons;
2. Go to Toolbars and Extensions tab ->right click on search.atajitos.com-> select Disable in the drop-down menu;

Mozilla Firefox :

1. Click on the orange Firefox button on the upper left corner of the browser -> hit Add-ons;
2. Go to Extensions tab ->select search.atajitos.com->Click Remove;
3. If it pops up, click Restart and your tabs will be saved and restored.

Google Chrome :

1. Click on Customize icon (Wrench or 3 bar icon) -> Select Settings -> Go to Extensions tab;
2. Locate search.atajitos.com and select it -> click Trash button.

Step 3.Disable any suspicious start up items from search.atajitos.com

For Windows Xp: Click Start menu -> click Run -> type: msconfig in the Run box -> click Ok to open the System Configuration Utility -> Disable all possible start up items generated from search.atajitos.com.

For Windows Vista or Windows7: click start menu->type msconfig in the search bar -> open System Configuration Utility -> Disable all possible start up items generated from search.atajitos.com.

For windows 8
1) Press Ctrl +Alt+Delete and select Task Manager
2) When access Task Manager, click Start up tab.
3) Locate and disable suspicious start up item according to the directory.

Step 4: Go to the Registry Editor and remove all related registry entries:

1. Click Start and Type "Run" in Search programs and files box and press Enter
2. Type "regedit" in the Run box and click "OK"

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ BrowserSafeguard \ShortcutPath “%AppData%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe” -u
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “.exe”
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\random
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “CertificateRevocation” = ’0

Step 5:Restart your computer to check the effectiveness.

Method two: Automatically remove search.atajitos.com Permanently with SpyHunter.

SpyHunter is a powerful anti-spyware application which is aimed to help computer users to get rid of computer virus completely. It is easy to use and can get along well with other anivirus.

Step one: Download SpyHunter on your computer by clicking the icon below.