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Danger level 8
Type: Browser Hijackers
Common infection symptoms:
  • Slow internet connection
  • Cant change my homepage

Dnsbasic.com

Dnsbasic.com is a search engine which displays various advertising and sponsored websites. If it has been set as your default search provider, it is likely that it is your home page, too. When trying to use Google, you will end up at dnsbasic.com, which you should remove from the computer once you have notice the first attempt to lure you into visiting an insecure website.

The reason why dnsbasic.com is on your computer is that you might have installed some application promoting this particular search service.  If you are 100 percent sure that you have not installed any program recently, then it might have been installed via drive-by downloads, which means that you have been browsing some insecure websites and a single click has caused the installed of the unwanted application, such as browser add-on. In order to prevent unauthorized installation of various unwanted applications which are likely to be used for violating yout privacy or performing illegal actions, it is advisable to use a reliable computer security program.

According to the privacy terms of the search engine, DnsBasic Search service does not attempt to collect personally identifiable information. Moreover, they do not take responsibility for the content of the websites you are directed to. Cookies, and other contents that will be placed in your PC while browsing those websites are said to be the responsibility of the user. Moreover, it is overtly stated that you will be provided with advertisements. If you do not want to use this search engine or simply find it annoying and useless, remove it from the system.

Our advice is to use a spyware removal tool so that you do not need to uninstall and alter the settings of the browser manually. Use SpyHunter if you want to be sure that no similar situation will occur in the future. However, as there is another option – manually removal – we present step-by-step manual removal instructions which should help you get rid of dnsbasics.com.

Dnsbasic.com removal

Windows Vista and Windows 7

  1. Go to the Start menu.
  2. Click Control Panel - > Uninstall a program.
  3. Double-click the unwanted entry to uninstall the application.

Windows XP

  1. Open the Start menu - > Control Panel.
  2. Click Add or Remove Programs.
  3. Select the unwanted program and click Remove.

Windows 8

  1. Press and hold down the Windows key and click the R button.
  2. Type control panel and click OK.
  3. Click Uninstall a program.
  4. Double-click the unwanted application.

Remove dnsbasic.com from the browsers

Internet Explorer

  1. Press Alt+T.
  2. Click Internet Options - > General tab.
  3. Click Reset.
  4. Select the check box given and click the Reset box.
  5. Click Reset - > Close.

Mozilla Firefox

  1. Press Alt+H.
  2. Click Troubleshooting Information.
  3. Click Reset Firefox - > Reset Firefox - > Finish.

Google Chrome

  1. Press Alt+F.
  2. Go to Tools - > Extensions.
  3. Remove the unwanted add-on.
  4. Click Settings.
  5. In the On startup section, select one of the options and click Set page. Make the necessary changes.
  6. In the Search section, click Manage search engine and change the search provider.

To make sure that the system does not contain unnecessary of harmful files, use our recommended scanner which will quickly scan the PC and provide you with the search results.

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