How Do I Remove Palikan Search (Palikan.com) from Infected Browsers (IE/Firefox/Chrome)?

I screwed up and clicked a Java Runtime Environment executable. I wasn't paying attention and thought I was updating my version of Java. After I did that, about ten tons of crap started showing up on my machine. I did an Uninstall on each one I could find (e.g., Weather Bug, Pluto TV, etc.) but now I have Palikan.com coming up on all my browsers when I start them. Please help me get rid of the junk I inadvertently downloaded.

What is Palikan Search?

Palikan Search is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that usually comes to your computer through a deceptive marketing called ‘bundling’. Generally, it is packaged into some third party software. If you do deselect the install requirements in advance, it will load in your computer by default. Besides, this PUP often comes alongside other unwanted programs such as Weather Bug and Pluto TV. You’d better to avoid being infected by this PUP; otherwise, you might encounter the following troubles.

• Your home page will turn into palikan.com and your search engine becomes Palikan Search;
• You may come across unexpected browser redirects and random popup when browsing;
• Unwanted extensions, add-ons, toolbars will be added to your computer without your permission;
• Your browsing history and other information stored by the web may be collected and sent to cyber criminals;
• You cannot search what you need successfully because your search results will be altered by the third party ads.

How to Remove Palikan Search?

The following page will offer a comprehensive guide to remove Palikan.com from your Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google Chrome. Please follow the steps carefully. If you have any difficulty in dealing with this problem, you are welcomed to download and use SpyHunter for help.

Method 1: Manually Remove Palikan Search

Step 1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys together and stop Palikan Search or browser processes in the Windows Task Manager.



Step 2. Reset Internet Explorer by the following guide (take IE as an example):
Open Internet Explorer >> Click on Tools >> Click on Internet Options >> In the Internet Options window click on the Connections tab >> Then click on the LAN settings button>> Uncheck the check box labeled “Use a proxy server for your LAN” under the Proxy Server section and press OK.



Step 3. Show all hidden files and clean all the malicious files.

(1).Click the Start button and choose Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, to find Folder Options then double-click on it.




(2).In the pop-up dialog box, click the View tab and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).



(3). Clean all the malicious files about this infection as below.


%AllUsersProfile%\{random.exe\
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\
%AllUsersProfile%\random.exe
%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\random.exe
%Temp%\random.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random


Step 4. Delete related malicious registry entries.

Open Registry Editor by pressing Window+R keys together.(another way is clicking on the Start button and choosing Run option, then typing into Regedit and pressing Enter. )




Delete all the vicious registries as below:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\<random>Software
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\supWPM
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Wpm
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Default_Page_URL" =
"http://www.<random>.com/?type=hp&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>"

Step 5- Clear all the cookies of your affected web browsers.

Since the tricky virus has the ability to use cookies for tracing and tracking the internet activity of users, it is suggested users to delete all the cookies before a complete removal.

Google Chrome:

• Click on the "Tools" menu and select "Options"
• Click the "Under the Bonnet" tab, locate the "Privacy" section and Click the "Clear browsing data" button.
• Select "Delete cookies and other site data" and clean up all cookies from the list.

Mozilla Firefox:

• Click on Tools, then Options, select Privacy
• Click "Remove individual cookies"
• In the Cookies panel, click on "Show Cookies"
• To remove a single cookie click on the entry in the list and click on the "Remove Cookie button"
• To remove all cookies click on the "Remove All Cookies button"

Internet Explorer:

• Open Internet explorer window
• Click the "Tools" button
• Point to "safety" and then click "delete browsing history"
• Tick the "cookies" box and then click “delete”

 Method 2: Get Rid of  Palikan Search with SpyHunter

SpyHunter is powerful anti-spyware/malware application. It is created to help inexperience computer users to get rid of nasty and stubborn malware including adware, browser hijacker, trojan, worm and may other viruses. There are many features in SpyHunter. You will never regret to remove malware and protect your PC with this application.

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This real-time malware protection and removal tool offers free malware scanner. You can buy the removal service to get rid of all the PC threats detected by it. It has powerful features that other free antivirus cannot offer. 

 

 

 

Optional Suggestion: Regcure Pro - a wonderful Registry Cleaner

If you find some registry errors, such as dll file errors in your computer, Regcure Pro will be a good choice to quickly and powerfully clean your windows registry and protect your system files.

Final Tip：

Palikan Search can cause a lot of troubles. Usually, the manual tips above may help your get rid of it. But if you fail, you can download powerful remover to get rid of it.