Awesomehp is an adware programs that may be downloaded and installed inconspicuously along with other applications (maybe you did not notice the selected check boxes maning that you agree to download and install them simultaneously with some useful software). The adware programs install as a browser add-on and change the homepage and the default search engine. Your attempts to change the browser settings are only efficient within a browser session because the adware will apply its own settings again once the browser is restarted.
In order to prevent installation of Awesomehp , pay attention when installing programs downloaded from the Internet. Do not choose Quick, Standard, Typical or Default installation; select Advanced/Custom installation (if available) to make sure no unwanted components will be installed.
How to remove Awesomehp ?
Remove Awesomehp from your browser
- Open Chrome and go to the 3 stripes icon
in top right corner. - Select Settings and on the left side Extensions.
- Remove Awesomehp by clicking the trash can
icon.
- Restart Google Chrome.
- Open Firefox
- Click on the Big Orange Firefox button in top left corner, then select Add-ons
- Remove Awesomehp by clicking the Remove button.
- Restart Mozilla Firefox
- Open Internet Explorer
- Click on the Gear icon
, then click on Manage Addons - Go to the tabToolbars and Extensions
- Select and disable Awesomehp if you can’t find it or if you can't remove it, go to the next step.
- Restart Internet Explorer
Remove Awesomehp with AdwCleaner
AdwCleaner is a useful tool developed to remove undesired toolbars, browser hijackers, redirects and potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome or Opera. AdwCleaner will require no installation and can be ran in a instantaneous to scan your computer.
- Please download AdwCleaner by Xplode and save to your Desktop :
Download AdwCleaner - Double-click on AdwCleaner.exe to run the tool (Windows Vista/7/8 users : right-click and select Run As Administrator).
- Click on the Scan button.
- After the scan has finished, click on the Clean button..
- Press OK again to allow AdwCleaner to restart the computer and complete the removal process.
Clean your shorcuts infected by Awesomehp
Awesomehp replaces all the shortcut’s from your favorite browser, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox with a extra argument behind the executable. By doing this the Awesomehp is always your default homepage, you need to remove the extra argument in order to restore your favorite browser to default settings and to use it again as you want it. Please follow this easy instruction to clean your shortcuts.
- Download Shortcut Cleaner :
Download Shortcut Cleaner - Once the program has been downloaded, double-click on the sc-cleaner.exe icon.
- If Windows prompts you as to whether or not you wish to run Shortcut Cleaner, please allow it to run.
- Once the program starts, it will scan your computer for hijacked shortcuts and clean them.
- When it has finished it will display a log file that contains a list of all Windows shortcuts that were hijacked and disinfected.
Remove Awesomehp with MalwareBytes Anti-Malware
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is a light-weight anti-malware program that is excellent at removing the latest detections.
- Download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware to your desktop.
Premium Version Free Version (without Real-time protection) - Install MalwareBytes Anti-Malware using the installation wizard.
- Once installed, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will automatically start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program, and that a scan has never been run on your system. To start a system scan you can click on the Fix Now button.
- If an update is found, you will be prompted to download and install the latest version.
- Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will now start scanning your computer for Awesomehp.
- When the scan is complete, make sure that everything is set to Quarantine, and click Apply Actions.
- When removing the files, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware may require a reboot in order to remove some of them. If it displays a message stating that it needs to reboot your computer, please allow it to do so.
Reset default homepage (if necessary)
- Open Google Chrome then go to the three stripes in the right top corner
- Select Settings
- Go to the header: On Startup
- Click on the blue link: Set Pages behind Open a specific page or set of pages
- Remove the actual homepage by clicking the X icon.
- Enter a new homepage of your choice in textbox "Enter Url..."
- Go to the header: Search
- Click on the button: Manage search engines
- Select Google.com from the list, hover over it and click blue button Make Defaults
- Hover over Awesomehp and click the X to remove it from the list.
- Open Mozilla Firefox and at the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, then select Options
- Click on the General tab.
- Replace the homepage with one of your choice and click on OK.
- Open Internet Explorer
- Click on the gear icon , in the upper right part of your browser, then click again on Internet Options..
- Click on the General tab.
- Replace the homepage with one of your choice, for example: google.com
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