Poshukach.com redirection – How to fix your browser?

Written by Valdis Koks

Poshukach.com search hijacker is a sort of virus that squeezes into your computer system, and after that switches the browser search engine configurations in your browser to one which it desires. It additionally makes different unwanted modifications that can cause personal information leakages, in addition to various other malware penetration. In this post, you will see the manual of Poshukach.com hijacker removal in a couple of methods, as well as additionally the solution of making your browser as good as new.

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Poshukach.com info

Name Poshukach.com extension
Type Browser hijacker1
Short Description The unwanted software that amends important browser settings without the user’s permission.
Symptoms The Poshukach.com hijacker replaces the browser parameters set by the users and replaces these settings with its own values.
Distribution Method Bundling with Freeware or Shareware, misleading pop-up ads produced by adware.
Detection Tool Inspect If Your System Has Been Affected by the Poshukach.com hijacker.

The ways of injection of Poshukach.com search hijackers are numerous. Most of them belong to the malware dispersing through the malvertising or malicious web links of different websites. Sometimes, your system might be infected with this malware via the trojan-downloader, which is utilized to distribute different other malware. There is a solitary kind of this undesirable program – web browser plugin that might build right into any web browser which supports the add-on installation2.

You will not likely mount this plugin by yourself, since their names are quite dubious, and the capability is extremely questionable. The “developers” of Poshukach.com hijacker typically specify that it can save the .doc/.docx documents from the web pages already to .pdf format, or to save the entire web site on your disk. It is extremely hard to imagine if someone may be needed in such operations in 2022, when the Internet access is not time-limited and every computer has the ability to open the needed .docx files at Google Docs.

However, besides their impracticality, they can easily be found in the Chrome Web Store. Naturally, virus analysts sound the alarm relating to such spam into the legitimate source of browser extensions, asking for the Google response – getting rid of these extensions from their site. However, they are still not hurrying to take care of that safety issue.

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Is the Poshukach.com virus?

At the first sight, you may assume that these redirects are just frustrating, but not dangerous. Due to this factor a number of people are just playing for time rather than removing this malware, getting increasingly more possibilities of being contaminated with various other malware, which are a lot more serious than Poshukach.com is.

Besides the modified browser search engine or search results, you may also see various advertisements even on those internet sites that do not have any ads on it by default. And you can unintentionally misclick while shutting off the ad, and launch the downloading of an unknown file, which may be a malware, or a potentially unwanted program, or even ransomware – whatever the maintainers of this hijacker desire.

If your browser is corrupted because of the Azorult trojan task, the system may begin malfunctioning quickly – this symptome is just one of the most common in case of trojan injection.

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How to remove Poshukach.com?

First, let me say several words about prevention the Poshukach.com virus infiltration. It is very easy to speak about the tactics of shielding your computer from such irritating items as browser hijackers, but it is extremely easy to be caught on this lure perhaps even being a qualified user. As it was specified above, this malware can hide after the attractive (at the first sight) ad, or in packs with various other adware you can get in dozens of ways. But regardless of the typical complexity of the penetration approaches, it is extremely simple to avoid the Poshukach.com hijacker appearing in your system:

  • Do not follow the dubious links;
  • Restrict the usage of pseudo-free software (one which is offered as free, but has an additional unwanted programs in its pack);
  • Leave the habit of clicking advertisements on the web. If you need to buy something, it is better to google it;
  • Avoid downloading the files from dubious sources, like forums or file sharing websites.
Poshukach.com may remain persistent on your system and may re-infect it. We recommend you to download Trojan Remover and run free scan to get rid of all infected files on your device. This saves you a lot of time and efforts compared to the manual malware removal.

Preparation before removing Poshukach.com.

Before starting the actual uninstall procedure, we recommend that you do the following introductory milestones.

  • Ensure you have this hands-on tutorial constantly all set to use.
  • Perform a backup of all of your data, including the kept logins, passwords as well as various other credentials. You need to back up your information with a cloud back-up option and also ensure your documents are shielded from any type of sort of loss, also from one of the most extreme infections.
  • Wait till the resilient back-up procedure is over.

Step 1: Uninstall Poshukach.com and related software from Windows

Here is a method in couple of very easy steps that must be able to uninstall most applications. Either you use Windows 11/10 or 7, these milestones will work well. Moving the app or its folder to the Trash can be a very wrong idea. In case you do that, remnants of the app may remain, and that can cause the unstable performance of your system, malfunctions with the file type associations and other unpleasant behavior. The effective solution to get an app off your device is to remove it manually. To do that:

1. Keep holding the Windows Logo Button and “R” on your keyboard. A Pop-up window will soon arrive.

Windows keyboard R

2. In the field that appeared, type in “appwiz.cpl” -1  and choose OK – 2.

Run appwiz.cpl

 

3. This will open a window with all the apps available on the device. Choose the app that you want to get rid of, then choose “Uninstall

Follow the steps above and you will successfully get rid of most unwanted apps.

Step 2: Get rid of Poshukach.com from all your available browsers.

Mozilla FirefoxGoogle ChromeInternet ExplorerMicrosoft Edge

1. Launch Mozilla Firefox. Go to its menu window

2. Choose the “Add-ons” icon in the menu.

3. Find the unwanted extension and select “Remove

Mozilla Firefox Add-ons Remove

4. Upon deleting the extension, reload Mozilla Firefox, closing it with the help of a red “X” button in the upper right corner and start it again.

1. Launch Google Chrome and go to its drop menu

Google Chrome drop menu click

2. Click on “Tools” and then in the extended menu select “Extensions

Google Chrome Tools select Extensions

3. In the “Extensions” menu find the unwanted extension and apply the “Remove” button related to it.

Google Chrome Extensions Remove

4. As soon as the extension is deleted, reload Google Chrome by closing it by means of the red “X” button at the top right corner and launch it again.

1. Launch Internet Explorer

2. Click on the gear icon marked ‘Tools’ to open the drop menu and choose ‘Manage Add-ons’

Manage-add-ons

3. In the “Manage Add-ons” window, locate the extension you want to delete and then click “Remove”. A pop-up window will come up to inform you that you are about to delete the selected extension, and some more add-ons might be disabled as well. Leave all the boxes checked, and choose “Remove”.

Internet Explorer extension removal

4. Once the unwanted extension is deleted, reload Internet Explorer by shutting it down from the red “X” button located at the top right corner and launch it again.

1. Launch Edge

2. Access the drop menu by clicking on the icon at the top right corner.

3. From the drop menu choose “Extensions”.

Microsoft Edge menu Extensions

4. Locate the suspected dangerous extension you want to delete and then click on the Remove button.

Microsoft Edge Extensions Remove

Step 3: Clean any registries that could be added by Poshukach.com on your device.

The usually attacked registries of Windows machines are the following:

  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

You can access them by going to the Windows registry editor and getting rid of any values added by Poshukach.com. Follow the steps below:

  1. Start the Run Window command once again, type “regedit” and click OK.Window command regedit
  2. As soon as you open it, you can freely go to the Run and RunOnce keys, whose locations are displayed above.Window command Run and RunOnce keys
  3. You can delete the value of the virus by right-clicking on it and deleting it.Window command regedit delete the value virus

Tip: To locate a virus-created value, you can right-click on it and select “Modify” to find which file it is set to run. If this is the malware file location, delete the value.

IMPORTANT!
Before starting “Step 4”, please boot back into Normal modein case you are currently in Safe Mode.
This will enable you to install and use Loaris Trojan Remover successfully.

 

Step 4: Scan for Poshukach.com with Loaris Trojan Remover

1. Click on the “Download” button to proceed to Loaris Trojan Remover download.

It is recommended to run a scan before purchasing the full version of the software to make sure that the current version of the malware can be detected by Trojan Remover. Click on the corresponding links to check License AgreementPrivacy Policy.

2. Click “Install” to start.

Loaris Trojan Remover Install

There were 4 scan types suggested:

  • Standard Scan.
  • Full Scan.
  • Custom Scan.
  • Removable Scan.

 

3. After the installed has finished, click on the ‘Scan’ tab. Click on ‘Full Scan’.

Loaris Trojan Remover Full Scan

4. Once the scanning is started, Loaris will initiate the thorough analysis of your device and may soon identify specific threats currently slowing down the performance of your system. Make sure to wait until the scanning is completed to let the software fully evaluate the safety of your workstation.

Loaris Trojan Remover - scan in process

5. After Loaris Trojan Remover has finished scanning your PC for any files of the associated threat and found them, you can try to get them removed automatically and permanently by clicking on the ‘Apply’ button. There were options to move the files to quarantine, ignore or delete them.

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If any threats have been removed, it is highly recommended to restart your PC.

 

  1. About browser hijackers on Wikipedia
  2. Possible danger of free browser extensions

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Valdis Koks

Security engineer, reverse engineering and memory forensics

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