Pcsupportspecialist.com is a malicious domain which makes the user believe that they are taking help from a genuine site for their troubles in their Windows PC. The site is promoted on various other sites and forums as a site that provide complete assistance. If you have any problem in your computer then you must be looking for some help on the internet and by doing this most of the use find this site. It will give certain steps through which it guarantees that the issue will be resolved. It may also suggest some tool to the user which he can download from the link given on the site. When you download the tool from Pcsupportspecialist.com there are possibilities that your browser application will get hacked by it and the site will now be automatically get loaded. There can also be other changes that will affect your browsing activity and such as redirection to the promoted sites and the desired sites will be very slow to load.
The Pcsupportspecialist.com may also suggest the user some of the maware and spyware program about which the use is completely unaware and he will download it somehow. When he does that the program can retrieve his personal information and other account details from the browser and will use it to hack the account and perform other malicious tasks through it. The user may think to uninstall the targeted browser which is now not functioning well but this is not the solution, whenever you will reinstall the browser it will again get hijacked. So you must remove the Pcsupportspecialist.com program from the system completely. You may find it little difficult to do, so you can take help of an automatic removal tool.
Manual Steps to Remove Pcsupportspecialist.com From Your Hijacked Browser
Simple Steps To Remove Infection From Your Browser |
Set Up or Changes Your Default Search Engine Provider
For Internet Explorer :
1. Launch Internet explorer and click on the Gear icon then to Manage Add-ons.
2. Now click on Search Provider tab followed by Find more search providers…
3. Now look for your preferred search engine provider for instance Google Search engine.
4. Further you need to click on Add to Internet Explorer option appeared on the page. After then tick out the Make this my default search engine provider appeared on the Add Search Provider window and then click on Add button.
5. Restart Internet explorer to apply the new changes.
For Mozilla :
1. Launch Mozilla Firefox and go for the Settings icon (☰) followed by Options from the drop down menu.
2. Now you have to tap on Search tab there. And, under Default Search Engine you can choose your desirable search engine provider from the drop down menu and remove Pcsupportspecialist.com related search providers.
3. If you want to add another search option into Mozilla Firefox then you can do it by going through Add more search engines… option. It will take you to the Firefox official Add-ons page from where you can choose and install search engine add-ons from their.
4. Once installed you can go back to Search tab and choose your favorite search provider as a default.
For Chrome :
1. Open Chrome and tap on Menu icon (☰) followed by Settings.
2. Now under Search option you can choose desirable Search engine providers from drop down menu.
3. If you want to use another search engine option then you can click on Manage search engines… which opens current list of search engines and other as well. To choose you have to take your cursor on it and then select Make default button appears there followed by Done to close the window.
Reset Browser Settings to Completely Remove Pcsupportspecialist.com
For Google Chrome :
1. Click on Menu icon (☰) followed by Settings option from the drop down menu.
2. Now tap Reset settings button.
3. Finally select Reset button again on the dialog box appeared for confirmation.
For Mozilla Firefox :
1. Click on Settings icon (☰) and then to Open Help Menu option followed by Troubleshooting Information from drop down menu.
2. Now Click on Reset Firefox… on the upper right corner of about:support page and again to Reset Firefox button to confirm the resetting of Mozilla Firefox to delete Pcsupportspecialist.com completely.
Reset Internet Explorer :
1. Click on Settings Gear icon and then to Internet options.
2. Now tap Advanced tab followed by Reset button. Then tick out the Delete personal settings option on the appeared dialog box and further press Reset button to clean Pcsupportspecialist.com related data completely.
3. Once Reset completed click on Close button and restart Internet explorer to apply the changes.
Reset Safari :
1. Click on Edit followed by Reset Safari… from the drop down menu on Safari.
2. Now ensure that all of the options are ticked out in the appeared dialog box and click on Reset button.
Uninstall Pcsupportspecialist.com and other Suspicious Programs From Control Panel
1. Click on Start menu followed by Control Panel. Then click on Uninstall a program below Programs option.
2. Further find and Uninstall Pcsupportspecialist.com and any other unwanted programs from the Control panel.
Remove Unwanted Toolbars and Extensions Related With Pcsupportspecialist.com
For Chrome :
1. Tap on Menu (☰) button, hover on tools and then tap on Extension option.
2. Now click on Trash icon next to the Pcsupportspecialist.com related suspicious extensions to remove it.
For Mozilla Firefox :
1. Click on Menu (☰) button followed by Add-ons.
2. Now select the Extensions or Appearance tab in Add-ons Manager window. Then click on Disable button to remove Pcsupportspecialist.com related extensions.
For Internet Explorer :
1. Click on Settings Gear icon and then to Manage add-ons.
2. Further tap on Toolbars and Extensions panel and then Disable button to remove Pcsupportspecialist.com related extensions.
From Safari :
1. Click on Gear Settings icon followed by Preferences…
2. Now tap on Extensions panel and then click on Uninstall button to remove Pcsupportspecialist.com related extensions.
From Opera :
1. Click on Opera icon then hover to Extensions and click Extensions manager.
2. Now click on X button next to unwanted extensions to remove it.
Delete Cookies to Clean Up Pcsupportspecialist.com Related Data From Different Browsers
Chrome : Click on Menu (☰) → Settings → Show advanced Settings → Clear browsing data.
Firefox : Tap on Settings (☰) →History →Clear Reset History → check Cookies → Clear Now.
Internet Explorer : Click on Tools → Internet options → General tab → Check Cookies and Website data → Delete.
Safari : Click on Settings Gear icon →Preferences → Privacy tab → Remove All Website Data…→ Remove Now button.
Manage Security and Privacy Settings in Google Chrome
1. Click on Menu (☰) button followed by Settings.
2. Tap on Show advanced settings.
- Phishing and malware protection : It is enables by default in privacy section. Warns users if detected any suspicious site having phishing or malware threats.
- SSL certificates and settings : Tap on Manage certificates under HTTPS/SSL section to manage SSL certificates and settings.
- Web Content settings : Go to Content settings in Privacy section to manage plug-ins, cookies, images, location sharing and JavaScript.
3. Now tap close button when done.
If you are still having issues in the removal of Pcsupportspecialist.com from your compromised system then you can feel free to talk to our experts.