It is no secret that very often many Internet users when starting a browser encounter situations when instead of a blank start page, express panel or a default user resource, some strange information appears in the browser window, which has nothing to do with the main settings. One of such cases is the display of the Sindex.biz search engine resource. We will tell further how to remove Sindex.biz from the start page, having examined both manual and automated methods for eliminating such problems.
What is Sindex.biz?
To begin with, the supposedly emerging search engine has nothing to do with such tools, since it is the most common browser hijacker adware - a virus belonging to the Adware and Hijackers groups. Most of these threats affect installed web browsers and the operating system as a whole is almost the same. Thus, if you now figure out how to remove the Sindex.biz page from the browser by removing the virus applet itself and changing some browser settings, if a similar threat appears, you can easily get rid of it yourself.
As for the virus itself, its effect in the simplest version is limited to replacing the start page, search engine, filling browsers with unnecessary intrusive ads, and constantly redirecting sites with advertising or dubious content. With deeper penetration, an increased load on system resources and, as a result of a constant redirect, theft of personal information and personal data, may occur.
How to remove Sindex.biz from the browser start page with the simplest methods?
To deal with such viral applets is quite simple. To get rid of almost all threats of this type, the same methods are used. If you notice the appearance of the described symptoms, immediately check the settings of absolutely all installed web browsers in the system, including those that are built into Windows (Internet Explorer and Edge in the tenth modification). In the parameters, you need to change the start page, for example, to a blank page or mark the activation item when starting the express panel and change the default search engine to something else (Google, Yandex, etc.).
If this does not help, try to completely reset the settings to the so-called factory state, having previously cleared the contents of the cache, deleting the history, cookies and other garbage.
How to remove the Sindex.biz website in the shortcut settings?
Often the above methods help, but not always. The fact is that viruses of this class prescribe their settings even in browser shortcuts, and you can’t always remove them even by completely resetting the options. You can remove the Sindex.biz start page through the properties of the browser shortcut (RMB on the icon).
On the corresponding tab, in the field indicating the type of object and the full path of its placement, most likely, after the name of the executable EXE file of the browser, a viral URL will be entered. It should be removed so that after the .exe extension there is nothing. But it’s too early to rejoice.
Cleaning files, startup and registry
Speaking about how to remove Sindex.biz from the start page, one should not forget that virus files or infected objects can be saved on the hard disk. In this case, you will need to find the browser folders in the Program Files directory and delete all files with page names, as well as suspicious shortcuts in which even a part of the main threat name may be present, sorting them by creation date.
Especially this virus also consists in the fact that it is able to implement its own components in the startup section of the operating system. In Windows 7 and below, it can be found in the configuration (msconfig), and in the modifications above, the section is placed directly in the "Task Manager". As already clear, dubious elements should be turned off.
Now the most important thing! For complete confidence, you need to go into the registry (regedit), search for the name of the applet (Ctrl + F) and delete all keys that will be found, moving from one result to another by pressing the F3 key or the further search button until the system reports that registry scan completed. And only after that you can restart your computer or laptop.
Automated Programs
In principle, if you understand how to remove Sindex.biz from the start page of any browser, you can use automated tools. As the first tool, you can use antivirus programs like KVRT or AdwCleaner, but they must be portable. But there is little hope for this, since viruses of such a plan are rarely detected due to the fact that they can be installed as some kind of affiliate software and have certificates of authenticity and security certificates. To clean the system of garbage and check registry components, it is better to use optimizers, among which preference can be given to CCleaner or Advanced SystemCare packages.
Along the way, in such applications, you can use the auto-start control sections of programs that run together with the operating system, where the list of applets is wider, and you can disable a lot more elements than the tools of Windows systems allow.