Baidu.com is a up-to-date unwanted browser extension that can be added to your your system without your knowledge. Baidu.com can’t exist imperceptible in your browsers, cos you cannot use your browser not noticing irritating Baidu.com redirects. You can see them, if you want to find anything in your browser. You need not click the advertisements that can be shown to you by the hijacker, cos you will have to visit the e-store with this special offer. And there is no guarantee that the online store is not malicious and will not harm your computer with a virus. Also you can not to believe that the offer is real. Someone can cheat you. Still, Baidu.com has no hermful nature, but is installed almost without your participation in it. If you want to remove Baidu.com, then you are welcome to choose the instructions from this article.
Effective automatic solution:
If it is already installed into the system, the software will hijack every your search request and will show you numerous ads. In legal programs, the advertising feature is bundled with the program in order to let users to apply the program at no charge. The income earned from presenting ads to the users may let or give reasons to the vendor to keep on to improve, provide support and update the software product. The demonstration of advertisements in software business becomes more and more widely used.
Baidu.com like different kind of hijackers is distributed with shareware that everyone can get at no cost. Then, when the software is installed, the user is offered an option to continue using the software as it is, with advertisements, or they will pay for an advertisement free version of that program. Baidu.com is regarded to be the unwanted browser add-on for it, as a rule, includes browser behavior and passes it to third parties, letting the user know nothing about it. If you do not remember how Baidu.com is installed on your PC, then you should think what software you downloaded lately.
If you installed some free programs from unofficial developers, so Baidu.com search appeared together with it. You just did not remove the checkbox that is charged with Baidu installation. You should have removed it in the process of freeware installation. But if you did not notice the checkbox and do not want to have this browser search for its officiousness, so you are welcome to read this post totally to learn more about the possible instructions. There are some cases, when a user gets Baidu.com serach, downloading any sharing files or visiting some malicious websites. If you are eager to delete Baidu.com hijacker, then you can download the automatic methods described below.
Uninstall Baidu.com search from your PC
If you are unaware, which removal method to use, so you can deliberate it. If you are an experienced user, then you can use the manual removal instructions, described below. You should understand that every manual method is potentially harmful and must be fulfilled absolutely correct not to disserve your system. If you know about the harm, but you are confident that you are able to do everything correctly, you can eliminate all the registry entries and folders of the unwanted add-on. If you do not understand the difference between registry values and folders of the program, then it is better to use any of the automatic methods from the page.
Automatic solutions:
Removal utilities, described below, are well-tried and you can be confident that they are also the most effective and secure tools that will delete the virus that infected your PC or laptop. Make use of antivirus programs is the easiest way for user that have less experience in computer maintenance and for those who is dread to execute some manual methods. Baidu Removal Tool and SpyHunter will remove Baidu.com search for you, so just scan your computer making use of any of these programs.
Remove Baidu search with SpyHunter
If you want to make use of any universal antivirus program that will uninstall all the threats from your PC, then you can use SpyHunter, downloading it from this article. SpyHunter will delete Baidu, its search provider, advertisements and other component parts of it and also will scan your computer for other viruses. Also SpyHunter has several useful tools that will be useful to optimize your computer. SpyHunter provides a real-time protection (that means it removes the malicious objects, when they are just trying to install itself into your PC) as well as it can delete the computer threats that are hidden in the system. The program is a bit expensive than Baidu Removal Tool, but you can see the functionality of SpyHunter on the picture below.
Manual solution from Baidu.com:
Remember that manual Baidu.com removal is a very difficult and risky operation that should be executed by experienced users only.
- Delete the following files:
- C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\0bs2vopy.default\searchplugins\baidu–1.xml
- C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\0bs2vopy.default\searchplugins\baidu–2.xml
- C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\0bs2vopy.default\searchplugins\baidu-.xml
- C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Services\search_{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}.ico
- C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Services\search_{556B4657-A951-40C1-9A0A-81C362C482C7}.ico
- Eliminate the following Registry Keys using Registry Editor:
- HKU\S-1-5-21-1801674531-413027322-2147225017-500\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{556B4657-A951-40C1-9A0A-81C362C482C7}
- HKU\S-1-5-21-1801674531-413027322-2147225017-500\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{A95D729E-2F2A-4DD4-B1C5-73C3A32E4AB5}
- HKU\S-1-5-21-1801674531-413027322-2147225017-500\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{ED0F4785-0DA6-4983-A682-027CF2659D0F}
How to remove Baidu.com from Internet Explorer:
- Open IE, then click Tools=> Safety=> Delete browsing history
- After that put the tick in cookies and click Delete.
- Select Tools=> Manage add-ons=> Toolbars and Extensions
- Disable the undesired add-on.
Remove Baidu Search in Internet Explorer, reseting its default settings:
- Click on Tools => Internet Options.
- Go to the Advanced tab
- Click on the Reset button.
How to uninstall Baidu.com from Mozilla Firefox:
- Open Firefox, next click Tools=> Options=> Privacy=>Remove All Cookies
- Click Tools=> Add-ons
- Uninstall Baidu.com here
Get rid of Baidu Search Engine in Mozilla Firefox, reseting its default settings:
- Open Firefox, then click Help=> Troubleshooting Information
- After that you should click Reset Firefox. This method will restore Firefox to its initial state without Baidu.com
How to delete Baidu.com from Google Chrome:
- Open your browser, after that click Tools=> Options=> Under the Bonnet=> Privacy=> Clear browsing data.
- Choose Delete cookies and other site data.
- Put the following in the address bar of Chrome: chrome://extensions/.
- Find and uninstall Baidu.com here.
Uninstall Baidu Search in Google Chrome, reseting its default settings:
- You should find this file: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\User Data
- Then you should rename it.
- Open Google Chrome and this file will be created again, reseting the browser to its initial state
It is better to scan your computer for computer threats with the help of any of the available and updated antivirus software right after the manual instructions, because the adware usually comes together with trojans that installed on the computer, with rootkits or other unwanted browser extensions. If you do not know what program to choose, then I can advise you to use SpyHunter or Baidu Removal Tool, because these tools are universal and they will help you to remove any viruses from your computer.
Baidu.com Removal (Video Method)
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