My homepage has changed .. remove MySearchDial

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My homepage has changed .. remove MySearchDial topic here ..

If your homepage has changed to a different website ..
- Because you clicked on 'next, next ..' - After you've asked to download the new software version - e.g. Adobe Flash Player 12 - but it's good to know that this version doesn't exist now, because the latest version today is 11,7,700,169 installed here.
So first look on Adobe Flash Player version verification page , please: http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/

.. so it's very bad, these 'next, next .. ' clicks.

Latest example: start.mysearchdial.com - which installs in C:\Program Files (x86) \ PC Health Kit folder, with PCHealthKit.exe and other nasty files - all this from accelererpc.fr surely?
So you have three new icons on your desktop, to three new folders in your Windows: PC Health Kit, Mysearchdial and Games too - games.mysearchdial.com obviously.

And your start page is called now: start.mysearchdial.com .. not your favorite search engine.

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So the first job to do: kill malicious processes and files (two or three, too scheduled task) with PCHunter, then change your start page (with IE Tools / Options ..) to your ancient favorite search engine, then uninstall these two or three nasty programs in Add/Remove Programs folder, or with CCleaner / Tools / Uninstall.

Look here:
ThreatExpert report: http://www.threatexpert.com/report.aspx?md5=e24cbf071f9a583d057049d14c60a01b
VirusTotal scan of PCHealthKit.exe : https://www.virustotal.com/fr/file/...0904eca010647c5675bf6d3f7f020fbabf9/analysis/ - detected 1 / 46 only, ESET-NOD32, which says: a variant of Win32/SpeedingUpMyPC ..

Bad games of mysearchdial.com, in the wild since more than 1 month already ..

 

[jamescv7]

RE: If your home page changes ..

Most security software have the ability to prevent it through user interaction.

For removal you may use like Iobit uninstaller or Revo in case the built in uninstallation failed so.

 

[Prorootect]

RE: My homepage has changed ..

Most users have the unconditional reflex (to click next ..), when they notice update to Adobe Flash Player .. etc ..

It's shame, that WOT classified on green these bad sites start.mysearchdial.com , games.mysearchdial.com .. (1 month of existence of these sites already).
Only accelererpc.fr is in red/orange ..
- Look with Privatelee (natively with WOT implemented): http://privatelee.com/
- or DuckDuckGo with WOT: https://duckduckgo.com/?kf=fw&kh=1&k1=-1

Mysearchdial.com has 843 daily visitors ..

Another similar situation: How to get rid of my search toolbar: get rid of this toolbar permanently: on guardi.us blog: http://www.guardi.us/blog/how-to-get-rid-of-my-search-toolbar-get-rid-of-this-toolbar-permanently/
Quote:
'My search toolbar is a web browser add-on that attaches to your browser. It is designed in a way that enables the web user to use more than one web browser to get search results. With this toolbar, you can also include your personalized web buttons as well as web links to be able to access various web pages and sites with just a single click. This toolbar is also offered free and can be downloaded easily. This toolbar is an add-on that is installed during the installation of other programs. During the installation process, you will be asked whether you would like to install it before it is installed. In case you install the toolbar and later realize you do not actually need it, you can easily remove my search toolbar following simple steps.
Why you should remove my search toolbar:
While my search toolbar is seen as a helpful toolbar, it comes with its down side. This toolbar can be categorized as a browser hijacker as it takes over your browser, changes your browser settings and can at times be the source of multiple malware on your machine. Your search settings and URL will be changed to mywebsearch.com. When you use my search browser, it becomes quite hard for you to get reliable search results as most searches are redirected to promotional websites. The creators of this toolbar will claim that the toolbar is not malware, while this may be true the toolbar serves as the entry point for malware and viruses. For this reason, it is important to learn how to get rid of my search toolbar to save your browser and PC from damage.'


.. And what to think about my.netzero.net .. start-page.com .. foxtab.com .. hoolapp.com etc etc

MySearchDial.com Whois Record: http://whois.domaintools.com/mysearchdial.com

ScamAdviser.com report: http://www.scamadviser.com/ - Summary of site details for start.mysearchdial.com :
'Website: start.mysearchdial.com
Title: Mysearchdial Search
Domain Age: 43 Days
Website Speed: Very Fast

Owner City: Gush
Owner Postcode: 65785
Owner Country: Israel
Website Location: United States

Probable website origin :-
50%; Israel
24%; United States
17%; Ireland
7%; Brazil
3%; Netherlands

Notes:-
This site is a website within the website mysearchdial.com
The website expected life (365 days) is relatively short.
This website setup involves countries known to be high risk
This website is likely to be operating from a high risk country
This website is deemed to be popular by Alexa with a ranking of 307325
This website has a good online trust rating.
This website has a good online reliability.

Analysis Details:-
Although being a new website, does not make it un-trustworthy, as with any new business you should be extra vigilant and do your own research before placing an order or making an investment.
This site has a high risk country associated with it. This may be as you expect but care should be taken if purchasing an item from a site that you didn't expect to be associated with the countries listed above. Certain countries are listed as being high risk because of the high percentage of online fraud or tendency to send fake/replica items.This website has been listed on a threat site at sometime in it's life. These can relate to virus/malware issues ..'

URLquery.net report: http://urlquery.net/report.php?id=2320391
.. and little report about d.startpagea.com : http://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/d.startpagea.com

 

[Prorootect]

RE: My homepage has changed ..

And all this embarrassment with mysearchdial.com is due to delivery site, calling itself watchvids.greatgunz.net/ .. ..
A great source of virus / malware links: search for 'The Ultimate Flash Player - GreatGunz' ..

WOT about watchvids.greatgunz.net : http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/watchvids.greatgunz.net

URLQuery about watchvids.greatgunz.net/?sov=216461802&hid=bjjljbpfpfblhb&id=apop-ccodec : http://urlquery.net/report.php?id=1830185
- alert on CNC Zeus/Spyeye/Palevo Tracker Reported CnC Server (group 8), and RBN Known Russian Business Network IP (138) - IP: 65.254.55.59
- and on this same ASN - sites: AS3595 Global Net Access, LLC : stunnix.com, declan-software.com, bites.ksu.edu, ofiwpower.com, 63.247.77.165 .. look too on the malware links of secureintl.com .. bad family, indeed.

w3techs.com report: Site Info - Greatgunz.net : http://w3techs.com/sites/info/greatgunz.net

 

[Prorootect]

For removal you may use MBAM and AdwCleaner.

AdwCleaner download link on (Xplode developer) home page:
http://translate.google.bs/translat...-adwcleaner&hl=en&biw=1213&bih=856&site=webhp
- or AdwCleaner download on bleepingcomputer.com page: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/
How to use AdwCleaner version 3.x: http://general-changelog-team.fr/en...oftware/313-how-to-use-adwcleaner-version-3-x

Look on another topic (I did not notice your topic before doing this topic, sorry Jack!):
Remove Start.MySearchDial.com hijack (Removal Guide): http://malwaretips.com/blogs/start-mysearchdial-removal/