Intruder In My Search Box !

[derekpara]

Possibly through my tinkering I now have the word 'Astromenda' permanently in my Google search box. It disappears when I start typing another search item but it's becoming a nuisance. Any idea how to delete it ?
There is no such program in my ' uninstall ' department.

Windows 7. Firefox.

Cheers.

D

[Jomlett]

http://www.pcthreat.com/parasitebyid-45801en.html

[AB Editor]

Have a look here: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/465?hl=en


Remove searches one at a time

Visit your History page.
Check the box next to the searches you want to remove.
Click Remove items at the top of the page.

Remove searches in bulk

Visit your History page.
In the top right corner of your History page, click the gear > Remove items.
Using the drop down, select the time period for the searches that you want to delete. (To remove all items, select The beginning of time).
Click Remove.

[AB Editor]

Sorry, I misunderstood :)

Looks like Jom has the correct answer. You'll need to remove the program and reset your home/start page to google (or even http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ !)

[1ozzy]

This web page at www.pcthreat.com, has been reported as a phishing page and has been blocked based on your security preferences.

****** has found that this page may be a forgery or imitation of another website, designed to trick users into sharing personal or financial information. Entering any personal information on this page may result in identity theft or other abuse.

That's the message I received when following your link Jomlett

[Jomlett]

Sorry, ozzy, your computer was right to tell you, maybe because the word parasite might be a worry, but my Macbook Pro found no fault with the excellent pcthreat website.

[HansUrbancka]

My WOT (web of trust identifier) has established www.pcthreat. com as being untrustworthy. Users have identified the following....Scam. Malware/Viruses. Consequently I have Not entered the site.

You need to download and run a scan with free edition of Malwarebytes (Avoid any offers of the Premium edition) Full removal instructions are linked below. ( Ignore Steps 3 an 5 ) :-

http://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-astromenda-virus/

Hans.

[derekpara]

Thanks to you all.

I ran a much needed Malwarebytes scan and quarantined the 26 items it found !

That did the trick.

Thanks again.

D

[makethink]

I also got this nasty search before, and I didn't dare to download anything again like malwarebytes? So I followed the manual removal steps at http://www.pccaretips.com/blog/how-to-get-rid-of-astromenda-search-from-homepage.html and deleted many stuff on my hard drive and finally got rid of it.