Remove Omniboxes

Omniboxes is the name of a browser hijacker. To hijack a browser is one kind of online fraud. Hijackers developers use their malicious software to take control ad modify your installed browser whether we’re talking of Chrome, Firefox or Internet Explorer.

It’s possible that you won’t be able to place again your previous chosen website as home page. Omniboxes.com or more likely the software that controls it, modifies Windows registry in such a way that the hijacked parameters are placed back after every PC restart. Omniboxes can also remove some of your browser menu items attempting to stop you from customizing your home page.

Omniboxes.com is used with only one goal in mind, to increase ads commissions, while at the same time improving web positioning of one or more specific websites. It could also redirect some of your requests (like when you write the wrong URL, changing home page and others) towards malicious or infected websites.

Omniboxes.com is installed mostly with the help of another software. Let’s consider for example that we want to install WInzip, on a close look we can see that besides Winzip being installed we’re giving our permission for Omniboxes to be installed too. This happens if we go too fast towards the “Accept” button without reading the small letters were even though we expect to see a Winzip description…

How to remove Omniboxes.com ?

Remove Omniboxes.com with AdwCleaner

The AdwCleaner program will examine your computer and web browser for Omniboxes.com, browser extensions and registry keys, that may have been installed on your computer without your consent.

• You can download AdwCleaner utility from the below button :
  Download AdwCleaner
• Before starting AdwCleaner, close all open programs and internet browsers, then double-click on the file AdwCleaner.exe.
• If Windows prompts you as to whether or not you wish to run AdwCleaner, please allow it to run.
• When the AdwCleaner program will open, click on the Scan button.
• To remove malicious files that were detected in the previous step, please click on the Clean button.
• Please click on the OK button to allow AdwCleaner reboot your computer.

Remove Omniboxes.com with ZHPCleaner

ZHPCleaner is a program that searches for and deletes Adware, Toolbars, Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUP), and browser Hijackers from your computer. By using ZHPCleaner you can easily remove many of these types of programs for a better user experience on your computer and while browsing the web.

• If Avast is installed on you computer you have to disable it during the process.
• You can download AdwCleaner utility from the below button :
  Download ZHPCleaner
• Select ZHPCleaner.exe with right mouse click and Run as Administrator.
• Accept the user agreement.
• Click on the Scanner button.
• After the scan has finished, click on the Repair button.
• Reboot your computer.

Remove Omniboxes.com with MalwareBytes Anti-Malware

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware detects and removes malware like worms, Trojans, rootkits, rogues, spyware, and more. All you have to do is launch Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Free and run a scan. If you want even better protection, consider Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Premium and its instant real-time scanner that automatically prevents malware and websites from infecting your PC.

• Download MalwareBytes Anti-Malware :
  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.
• Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will now check for updates, and if there are any, you will need to click on the Update Now button.
• Once the program has loaded, select Scan now.
• When the scan is done, you will now be presented with a screen showing you the malware infections that Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware has detected. To remove the malicious programs that Malwarebytes Anti-malware has found, click on the Quarantine All button, and then click on the Apply Now button.
• 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)

• Chrome
• Firefox
• Internet Explorer