How To Remove Helgminers.com Browser Hijacker

Easy Guide To Delete Helgminers.com from PC

If your web browser homepage or search queries are being redirected through Helgminers.com site, then it is highly possibilities that your System is infected by redirect virus. Is your existing antimalware program unable to delete this virus? If yes, please read this guide carefully till the end.

Know About Helgminers.com:

Helgminers.com is a dubious site that is mainly designed to alter the default homepage and search engine to fake ones as well as redirect users to other questionable site without any user’s permission. However, it is identified as a redirect virus by the security expert. It is developed by the team of remote hacker with the main target to makes illegal money through scam innocent users.  It gets installed into the target System without any your knowledge and starts to do lots of vicious activities.

Once executed first of all it will  take control over the target web browsers  like as Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Safari, Edge and others. It changes the default web browser homepage, search engine and DNS setting as well as redirects users to other questionable site without any user’s permission.

More Details About Helgminers.com:

Moreover, Helgminers.com is able to inactivate firewall, task manager, control panel and real antivirus program to makes your PC highly risky. It also corrupts the System files and Windows registries as well as create duplicate file as a same name. It has the ability to show fake security alert message that your System Software like as adobe reader, flash player, PDF creator are out  of date thus it is highly advice to update now. But it is only a trick user into downloading and installing third party webpage with the aim to makes illegal commission on pay per installation. It gather users online keys habits to collect private and sensitive information including bank and credit card details as well as share them to the cyber offender for illegal use. It gradually downpour surfing speed and makes your browser totally useless. Thus it is highly advice to remove Helgminers.com as soon as possible.

 Threat Summary:

Name: Helgminers.com

Threat Type: Browser Hijacker

Descriptions: Helgminers.com is a dubious site that is mainly designed to alter the default homepage and search engine to fake ones as well as redirect users to other questionable site without any user’s permission.

Symptoms: Lots of annoying advertisements pop-up on your System screen, redirects users to questionable and malicious site without any users concern.

Distribution: Spam email attachments, updating system Software, Downloading freeware, clicking on malicious links.

Removal Tool: To eliminate this infection we are highly advice scan your PC with reputable antimalware tool.

Distribution Methods of Helgminers.com:

Like as other harmful infections Helgminers.com also distributed into the system via various intrusive methods. Some of the most common methods are given below:

• Spam Email Attachments: Cyber offender often sends thousands of email which contains malicious files like as word, documents, text, pictures, audios, videos, games, apps and so on. Opening such types of file might the installation of lots of infections.
• Downloading Freeware Program: Downloading freeware program like as adobe reader, flash player, PDF creator etc from third party webpage. Most of the users download and installed without check the custom or advance setting which offers to download unwanted program which may leads lots of infections.
• Updating System Software: Downloading and installing System Software from irrelevant sources like as torrent site.
• Clicking on malicious links: Visiting commercial site and clicking on malicious links like as adult site, online web-game page, etc.

How To Prevent your System from Helgminers.com Virus:

We are highly recommended avoiding the attachments of spam email which comes through unknown address. Don’t try to click on malicious and suspicious links and performing other annoying activities. If any file seems suspicious please do not open them. It is important to check the grammatical error and spelling mistakes of the content body. Must Ignore the downloading and installing freeware program from third party site. Read the installation guide carefully till the end. Skip custom or advance options as well as other similar settings.  Users also must be pay attentive while updating System software, click on malicious links as well as performing other online activities.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Important Note: This malware asks you to enable the web browser notifications. So, before you go the manual removal process, execute these steps.

Google Chrome (PC)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the Menu button
• Select “Settings”. Scroll the mouse downward to choose “Advanced” option
• Go to “Privacy and Security” section by scrolling downward and then select “Content settings” and then “Notification” option
• Find each suspicious URLs and click on three dots on the right side and choose “Block” or “Remove” option

Google Chrome (Android)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the menu button and then click on “Settings”
• Scroll down further to click on “site settings” and then press on “notifications” option
• In the newly opened window, choose each suspicious URLs one by one
• In the permission section, select “notification” and “Off” the toggle button

Mozilla Firefox

• On the right corner of the screen, you will notice three dots which is the “Menu” button
• Select “Options” and choose “Privacy and Security” in the toolbar present in the left side of the screen
• Slowly scroll down and go to “Permission” section then choose “Settings” option next to “Notifications”
• In the newly opened window, select all the suspicious URLs. Click on the drop-down menu and select “Block”

Internet Explorer

• In the Internet Explorer window, select the Gear button present on the right corner
• Choose “Internet Options”
• Select “Privacy” tab and then “Settings” under the “Pop-up Blocker” section
• Select all the suspicious URLs one by one and click on the “Remove” option

Microsoft Edge

• Open the Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots on the right corner of the screen to open the menu
• Scroll down and select “Settings”
• Scroll down further to choose “view advanced settings”
• In the “Website Permission” option, click on “Manage” option
• Click on switch under every suspicious URL

Safari (Mac):

• On the upper right side corner, click on “Safari” and then select “Preferences”
• Go to “website” tab and then choose “Notification” section on the left pane
• Search for the suspicious URLs and choose “Deny” option for each one of them

Manual Steps to Remove Helgminers.com:

Remove the related items of Helgminers.com using Control-Panel

Windows 7 Users

Click “Start” (the windows logo at the bottom left corner of the desktop screen), select “Control Panel”. Locate the “Programs” and then followed by clicking on “Uninstall Program”

Windows XP Users

Click “Start” and then choose “Settings” and then click “Control Panel”. Search and click on “Add or Remove Program’ option

Windows 10 and 8 Users:

Go to the lower left corner of the screen and right-click. In the “Quick Access” menu, choose “Control Panel”. In the newly opened window, choose “Program and Features”

Mac OSX Users

Click on “Finder” option. Choose “Application” in the newly opened screen. In the “Application” folder, drag the app to “Trash”. Right click on the Trash icon and then click on “Empty Trash”.

In the uninstall programs window, search for the PUAs. Choose all the unwanted and suspicious entries and click on “Uninstall” or “Remove”.

After you uninstall all the potentially unwanted program causing Helgminers.com issues, scan your computer with an anti-malware tool for any remaining PUPs and PUAs or possible malware infection. To scan the PC, use the recommended the anti-malware tool.

How to Remove Adware (Helgminers.com) from Internet Browsers

Delete malicious add-ons and extensions from IE

Click on the gear icon at the top right corner of Internet Explorer. Select “Manage Add-ons”. Search for any recently installed plug-ins or add-ons and click on “Remove”.

Additional Option

If you still face issues related to Helgminers.com removal, you can reset the Internet Explorer to its default setting.

Windows XP users: Press on “Start” and click “Run”. In the newly opened window, type “inetcpl.cpl” and click on the “Advanced” tab and then press on “Reset”.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users: Press the Windows logo, type inetcpl.cpl in the start search box and press enter.  In the newly opened window, click on the “Advanced Tab” followed by “Reset” button.

For Windows 8 Users: Open IE and click on the “gear” icon. Choose “Internet Options”

Select the “Advanced” tab in the newly opened window

Press on “Reset” option

You have to press on the “Reset” button again to confirm that you really want to reset the IE

Remove Doubtful and Harmful Extension from Google Chrome

Go to menu of Google Chrome by pressing on three vertical dots and select on “More tools” and then “Extensions”. You can search for all the recently installed add-ons and remove all of them.

Optional Method

If the problems related to Helgminers.com still persists or you face any issue in removing, then it is advised that your reset the Google Chrome browse settings. Go to three dotted points at the top right corner and choose “Settings”. Scroll down bottom and click on “Advanced”.

At the bottom, notice the “Reset” option and click on it.

In the next opened window, confirm that you want to reset the Google Chrome settings by click on the “Reset” button.

Remove Helgminers.com plugins (including all other doubtful plug-ins) from Firefox Mozilla

Open the Firefox menu and select “Add-ons”. Click “Extensions”.  Select all the recently installed browser plug-ins.

Optional Method

If you face problems in Helgminers.com removal then you have the option to rese the settings of Mozilla Firefox.

Open the browser (Mozilla Firefox) and click on the “menu” and then click on “Help”.

Choose “Troubleshooting Information”

In the newly opened pop-up window, click “Refresh Firefox” button

The next step is to confirm that really want to reset the Mozilla Firefox settings to its default by clicking on “Refresh Firefox” button.

Remove Malicious Extension from Safari

Open the Safari and go to its “Menu” and select “Preferences”.

Click on the “Extension” and select all the recently installed “Extensions” and then click on “Uninstall”.

Optional Method

Open the “Safari” and go menu. In the drop-down menu, choose “Clear History and Website Data”.

In the newly opened window, select “All History” and then press on “Clear History” option.

Delete Helgminers.com (malicious add-ons) from Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge and go to three horizontal dot icons at the top right corner of the browser. Select all the recently installed extensions and right click on the mouse to “uninstall”

Optional Method

Open the browser (Microsoft Edge) and select “Settings”

Next steps is to click on “Choose what to clear” button

Click on “show more” and then select everything and then press on “Clear” button.

Conclusion

In most cases, the PUPs and adware gets inside the marked PC through unsafe freeware downloads. It is advised that you should only choose developers website only while downloading any kind of free applications.  Choose custom or advanced installation process so that you can trace the additional PUPs listed for installation along with the main program.