How to remove Hao1258.com

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What is Hao1258.com?

Hao1258.com is a nasty browser adware program. It is a similar with Hao123Tab, or Hao123. This type of viruses usually target Google Chrome, Safari, Mozilla Firefox and IE. A virus changes a homepage in your internet browser and also modifies a search engine. New homepage contains different sponsored links, most of they have text strings on Chinese. A virus promote own search service. Our advice not to use it, otherwise you will see a high amount of advertisement on Chinese in every search result. Also this malicious program can save a statistics about your internet activity. Users cannot remove this extension, and when they try to deactivate it, removal possibility is blocked by Windows Group Policies. A virus can operate on Windows XP, Vista/7, 8/8.1, Windows 10. You may follow instructions below to remove Hao1258.com from your browsers.

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How Hao1258.com got installed on your computer?

Hao1258.com, offered as a useful search extension. We guess this malware targets Chinese users, but a virus can be dangerous for others too. You can notice that adware extension permits access to changing data of all visited sites. This type of adware usually gets with freeware software(a bundle distribution). Offer to install Hao1258.com can be just an option in a process of installation of freeware programs. Usually, a virus can be easily denied by deselecting certain options of an installation. Note, you should give access to installation only for trusted software (or extensions) and make sure you know what you are giving your approval to.

    Symptoms of Hao1258.com infection

    • First and the most striking proof of having a browser hijacker is the change of the main page. Usually, it is a search engine page that is designed so that user would believe in its legitimacy.
    • Generally, hijackers cause redirections when user makes a search query on its page or tries to reach a blocked site (usually another search engine or anti-malware sites)
    • Another indicator of hijacker infection is appearance of new programs, toolbars and browser extensions that you don’t remember installing and processes in start-up queue.
    • Also, you may notice the significant slowdown in the system operating, since running of the applications required for malware activity may consume a lot of CPU.
    • Besides, hijacker infection may as well negatively affect the speed of Internet connection.

    How to remove Hao1258.com?

    To make sure that the hijacker won’t appear again, you need to delete Hao1258.com completely. For this, you need to remove the application from the Control Panel and then check the drives for such leftovers as Hao1258.com files and registry entries.
    We should warn you that performing some of the steps may require above-average skills, so if you don’t feel experienced enough, you may apply to the automatic removal tool.

    Download SpyHunter

    Performing an antimalware scan with Norton would automatically search out and delete all elements related to Hao1258.com. It is not only the easiest way to eliminate Hao1258.com, but also the safest and most assuring one.

    Steps of Hao1258.com manual removal

    Uninstall Hao1258.com from Control Panel

    As it was stated before, more likely that the hijacker appeared on your system brought by other software. So, to get rid of Hao1258.com you need to call to memory what you have installed recently.

    How to remove Hao1258.com from Windows XP

    1. Click the Start button and open Control Panel
    2. Go to Add or Remove Programs
    3. Find the application related to Hao1258.com and click Uninstall

    How to remove Hao1258.comab from Windows 7/Vista

    1. Click the Start button and open Control Panel
    2. Go to Uninstall Program
    3. Find the application related to Hao1258.com and click Uninstall

    How to remove Hao1258.com from Windows 8/8.1

    1. Right-click the menu icon in left bottom corner
    2. Choose Control Panel
    3. Select the Uninstall Program line
    4. Uninstall the application related to Hao1258.com

    How to remove Hao1258.com from Windows 10

    1. Press Win+X to open Windows Power menu
    2. Click Control Panel
    3. Choose Uninstall a Program
    4. Select the application related to Hao1258.com and remove it

    noteIf you experience problems with removing Hao1258.com from Control Panel: there is no such title on the list, or you receive an error preventing you from deleting the application, see the article dedicated to this issue.
    Read what to do if program won’t uninstall from Control Panel

    Remove Hao1258.com from browsers

    How to unlock Windows Group Policies

    Before you will started to remove Hao1258.com from browser you should perform following instructions in Command Prompt
    This step is necessary to delete Windows Group Policies created by Hao1258.com

    1. Start Command Prompt as Administrator
    2. To do this in Windows 10/8 or Windows 7 click Start and in the search box type cmd. Right-click on the found result and choose Run as Administrator.
    3. While in command prompt type:
      rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers"
    4. Press Enter button.
    5. Then type:
      rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicy"
    6. Press Enter button.
    7. Finally, type:
      gpupdate /force
    8. Press Enter button.

    Since a hijacker threats use a disguise of a browser add-on, you will need to check the list of extensions/add-ons in your browser.

    How to remove Hao1258.com from Google Chrome

    1. Start Google Chrome
    2. Click on More tools, then go to the Extensions
    3. Delete Hao1258.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them

    How to remove Hao1258.com from Internet Explorer

    1. Launch Internet Explorer
    2. Click on the Tools/Gear icon, then select Manage Add-ons
    3. Delete Hao1258.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them

    How to remove Hao1258.com from Mozilla Firefox

    1. Start Mozilla Firefox
    2. Click on the right-upper corner button
    3. Click Add-ons, then go to Extensions
    4. Delete Hao1258.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them

    How to remove Hao1258.com from Microsoft Edge

    1. Start Microsoft Edge
    2. Click the three-dot button in the upper right corner
    3. Choose Extensions
    4. Click the gear icon near Hao1258.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
    5. Choose Remove

    Reset your browsers

    How to reset settings in Google Chrome

    1. Click on the icon in the right-upper corner
    2. Choose Settings
    3. Click Advanced settings
    4. Click the Reset button
    5. In “reset” window click the Reset button

    How to reset settings in Mozilla Firefox

    1. Click the icon in the upper right corner
    2. Choose Help
    3. Select Troubleshooting Information
    4. Click the Refresh Firefox… button

    How to reset settings in Internet Explorer

    1. Click on the Tools button
    2. Go to Internet options
    3. Go to the Advanced tab
    4. Click Reset

    How to reset settings in Microsoft Edge

    1. Start Microsoft Edge
    2. Click the three-dot button in the upper right corner
    3. Choose Settings
    4. Under the Clear browsing data category select Choose what to clear
    5. Select everything and click Clear

    If the above-mentioned methods didn’t help in eliminating the threat, then it’s better to rely on an automatic way of deleting Hao1258.com.

    Download SpyHunter

    We also recommend to download and use Norton to scan the system after Hao1258.com removal to make sure that it is completely gone. The antimalware application will detect any vicious components left among system files and registry entries

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