Surfvox

Surfvox is a browser hijacker with an elaborate distribution scheme. If you often download various TV series via torrent sites, you have to be extremely careful because this browser hijacker uses fake torrent files to spread around. Once it enters your computer, Surfvox changes your default homepage and search engine settings. It may not seem like a big problem at first, but browser hijackers are dangerous threats that can help other malware infections enter your system. Thus, you must remove Surfvox from your computer at once and stay away from unreliable torrent sites.

The central point of browser hijacking is that a computer infection modifies browser settings without user’s permission. It means that surfvox.com becomes your default homepage behind your back. Taking into consideration the main web page, Surfvox seems to be offering mortgages and loans online. This website has countless articles on investing, business, credit cards and so on. It makes an impression that Surfvox is the real deal, but that is exactly what browser hijacking is about – money. It changes your homepage in order to force hits to affiliate websites. It increases advertising revenue and browser hijacker’s creators get rich. You can stop it by deleting Surfvox from your computer.

If you are a Game of Thrones fan, you definitely have a bigger chance to get infected with Surfvox. As it has been mentioned above, Surfvox travels with a fake torrent named Game of Throws S04E09 HDTV x246-KILLERS[ettv]. If you download this fake file, you will create a directory with a broken video file and a codec executable file. The codec file might be named DivX Player.exe or communitycodecs.exe. When you try to play the video file, your video player will crash after a few seconds. Then you will be pushed into launching one of the codec files. Although codec installer works, by launching the file you also automatically install Surfvox onto your computer.

Consequently, the next time you open your browser (Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Internet Explorer); you will see Surfvox.com for your homepage. This website also displays banner ads, and it goes without saying that you cannot click them. To ensure that your system is adequately protected against various threats, you have to terminate Surfvox and anything related to this browser hijacker right now.

To achieve that, you have to kill the browser hijacker’s process via Windows Task Manager, delete its folder and then reset your browser settings to default. Afterwards, scan your computer with SpyHunter free scanner to find other unwanted applications on your computer. Do not hesitate to acquire a powerful antimalware tool that would help you avoid similar infections in the future.

How to remove Surfvox

Stop Surfvox process on Windows Task Manager

1. Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc and Windows Task Manager will open.
2. Click Processes tab and locate soundmngr process.
3. Highlight it and click End Process. Press End Process on a pop-up box.

Delete Surfvox files from your computer

1. Open Start menu and enter %AppData% into search box. Press Enter.
2. Locate Soundmngr directory and delete it.

Reset browser settings

Internet Explorer

1. Press Alt+T and click Internet options.
2. Open Advanced tab and click Reset.
3. Select Delete personal settings and press Reset.
4. Click Close.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Press Alt+H and click Troubleshooting information.
2. Click Reset Firefox at the top right corner of a new tab.
3. Press Reset Firefox on a pop-up box. Click Finish.

Google Chrome

1. Press Alt+F and go to Settings.
2. Scroll down and click Show advanced settings.
3. Scroll down and click Reset browser settings button.
4. Click Reset on a pop-up box.