How do I get rid of Do Searches from default homepage? How do I get dosearches.com off my computer?

Your homepage has been changed into DO SEARCHES without your permission? Every time you open Chrome, Do searches engine is opening the web site is http://www.dosearches.com/?utm_source=b&utm_medium=wpc&utm_campaign=rg&utm_content=sc&from=wpc&uid=WDCXWD5000BPVT-55HXZT3_WD-WXL1E91WKYK6WKYK6&ts=1384061375 without your controlling? Have tried many times to restore your previous browser with no luck? Please read more about this post.

 Screenshot of Do searches (Dosearches.com or Do-search.com)

 

 

Experiencing issues with Dosearches (DoSearch engine, DOsearches.com)

We TeeSupport Centre have learned that Do searches is a very annoying search engine that makes instead of the original internet browsers installed on victims’ computers. It can modify the settings of the default homepage and search engine without their permission, and change it into dosearches.com. Once changes happen, users can find out that each time they try to open their browsers, it automatically goes to dosearches.com (Do-search.com) or related sites like http://www.dosearches.com/?utm_source=b&utm_medium=wpc&utm_campaign=rg&utm_content=sc&from=wpc&uid=WDCXWD5000BPVT-55HXZT3_WD-WXL1E91WKYK6WKYK6&ts=1384061375. Even though users try hard to reset their home page, but Do searches keeps coming back as their default homepage. And most of them cannot get the previous settings of browsers. Here some examples collected by our TeeSupport stuff.

“How do I get browser hijacker called dosearch.com out of my default homepage? Every time I try to reset my home page dosearch.com keeps coming back as my default homepage. I need to get rid of it. Do I have to uninstall internet explorer and re-install IE to get rid of it.”

“When I open my Google chrome Do searches engine is opening the web site is http://www.dosearches.com/?utm_source=b&utm_medium=wpc&utm_campaign=rg&utm_content=sc&from=wpc&uid=WDCXWD5000BPVT-55HXZT3_WD-WXL1E91WKYK6WKYK6&ts=1384061375. Previously Google search was my home page. I have downloaded one program kaplan toefl cd I think it has changed all my settings, I have deleted that program and still my settings has not been changed. Please do help me to restore my previous settings.”

Apart from that, from some cases, we can know that Dosearches.com can attack all kinds of internet browsers such as Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Yahoo, or Bing. So it is not a good idea to change other browsers if you find Do Search is affecting your computer. You can see a especial case below:

“I found that every time I open my browser it automatically goes to dosearches.com even though I have repeatedly tried to change my homepage. I basically only use Firefox, but I also have IE and Chrome downloaded on my computer and it was in Firefox that I completed the updates, but all three browsers have dosearches.com in them now.

When I go into Firefox and try to reset to the default homepage that doesn't work either because dosearches.com has made itself the default homepage, and I can find nothing that tells me how to change the default homepage in any browser.”

Why these annoying things happen, for Do Searches is a kind of browser hijacker and adware that can hijack the original homepage and show millions of commercial pop-up notifications or ads on the redirected sites like http://dosearches.com/. What is worse, Dosearches.com this program can bypass the detection of the anti-virus programs and keep staying on the infected system. You can see one of the cases as follows:

“I have run a full scan with Malwarebytes Antimalware program which found three items to remove (none of which seemed to be related to dosearches.com.”

Dosearches is also utilized as a tool by cyber criminals who will use unethical techniques to collect your personal data like log on account, bank account, age, gender, household income, and occupation, IP address. This important information may be used onto the marketing purpose. in such case, if you are a case of suffering from dosearches.com browser hijacker, please remove it from your computer.

What disaster Dosearch (Dosearches search engine) or Dosearches.com hijacker takes up?

1, this hijacker and adware can be installed on the target computers without your consent.

2, your default homepage and search has been changed into http://dosearches.com/ and Dosearch.

3, it can affect all kinds of brands of browsers like IE and Chrome.

4, it can show up a bunch of pop-up ads or links.

5, this hijacker can bypass the detection of antivirus applications.

6, it can be used by hackers who will use unethical techniques to collect your personal data and then use it onto the market purpose.

How to get rid of dosearches.com and how to remove Dosearches from your browser

Optional guide 1: RemoveDo Searches from browser manually

1.     Stop all running processes by pressing Alt and Ctrl and Delete key together to open Task Manager.

2.      Disable any suspicious startup items. 

For Windows XP:

Step: Click Start menu -> click Run -> type: msconfig in the search bar -> open System Configuration Utility -> Disable all possible startup items including those of Dosearches .

3.      Remove add-ons on your infected browsers:

Internet Explorer:

1) Go to Tools -> ‘Manage Add-ons’;

2) Choose ‘Search Providers’ -> choose ‘Bing’ search engine or ‘Google’ search engine and make it default;

3) Select ‘Search Results’ and click ‘Remove’ to remove it;

4) Go to ‘Tools’ -> ‘Internet Options’; select ‘General tab’ and click website, e.g. Google.com. Click OK to save changes.

Google Chrome

1) Click on ‘Customize and control’ Google Chrome icon, select ‘Settings’;

2) Choose ‘Basic Options’;

3) Change Google Chrome’s homepage to google.com or any other and click the ‘Manage Search Engines…’ button;

4) Select ‘Google’ from the list and make it your default search engine;

5) Select ‘Search Result’ from the list to remove it by clicking the ‘X’ mark. 

Mozilla Firefox

1) Click on the magnifier’s icon and select ‘Manage Search Engine…’;

2) Choose ‘Search Results’ from the list and click ‘Remove’ and OK to save changes;

3) Go to ‘Tools’ -> “Options”. Reset the startup homepage or change it to google.com under ‘General tab;  

4. Disable proxy

1).    Click on Tools on the menu bar

2).    Select Internet options

3).    Go to Connections tab

4).    Select LAN settings at the bottom of the dialog

5).    Under the Proxy sever, untick 'use a proxy server for your LAN (These settings will not apply to dial-up or VPN connections).

6).    Click OK 

5, remove all infected files and registry as follows:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\apnstub_RASAPI32

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\apnstub_RASMANCS

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\apntoolbarinstaller_RASAPI32

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\apntoolbarinstaller_RASMANCS

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ Dosearch

C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\netbt.sys

C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\tcpip.sys

C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\ipsec.sys

C:\WINDOWS\system32\dnsrslvr.dll

C:\WINDOWS\system32\ipnathlp.dll

Optional guide 2: RemoveDo Searches from browser with SpyHunter.

1) Click the icon to download SpyHunter

2) Double-click on the icon the SpyHunter to open it.

(If Windows prompts you as to whether or not you wish to run SpyHunter, please allow it to run.)
3) Click Next and complete the installation

4) SpyHunter will begin to automatically scan your computer.

5) Click Remove button to clear up all infections.

Important statement: dosearches.com is a nasty hijack browser which can show numerous pop-up advertisements and modifications to existing browser settings. So users just can get unwanted search results for their homepage has changed into http://dosearches.com/. It also restricts victimized Internet users from normal web browsing, and slow down the search speed. Therefore, you need to remove Dosearches or Do-search.com infection as soon as possible, and if you're not familiar with that, it is suggested that you back up Windows registry first before carrying out the approach,you just need click here install SpyHunter  to remove spigot completely.