Nattly.com virus - How to remove

Nattly.com virus is a browser hijacker that is installed to random systems bundled with free software form the Internet. The program is downloaded without user’s consent to Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. Sometimes it affects all browsers, other times just one or two of them. The first symptom of its infiltration is seeing nattly.com website as your home page and default search provider.

If you start using this search tool, you will soon notice that it mainly displays sponsored websites in your search results. This way the program seeks to increase traffic of promoted websites and boost page ranking. Additionally, Nattly.com virus is known to track your browsing habits and get such information as what pages you visit and what keywords you use in your searches. Such data can be very valuable for marketing companies.

Nattly.com virus is distributed using various free programs. In order to prevent the application to be installed to your computer, always check installation steps of all programs that you are adding. Usually all additional toolbars and other applications are listed in one of the installation wizard steps and are marked to be added to your system by default. Deselect all options to download unfamiliar software.

Remove Nattly.com virus if you have noticed its traces on your system. It will allow you to use your browsers normally and avoid redirections which can bring various infections to your system. Go to Control Panel -> Add and Remove programs list and uninstalling it from there. It is important that you remove all other programs installed with the hijacker, as some of them might redownload or reset back browser settings. Scan with Spyhunter as it identifies such programs quite well. You should also check browser extensions for Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. If you do not see Nattly.com listed, you should use antimalware tools like SpyHunter and scan your computer with it. Uninstalling the program from your computer doesn’t change your search providers, it only stops ads appearing on your computer. You will have to do it manually by yourself. Depending on the browser you are using, follow the instructions below:

On Internet explorer:

1. Click arrow on the right of search box.
2. Do the following: on IE8-9 choose Manage Search Providers, on IE7 click Change Search Defaults.
3. Remove Nattly.com from the list.

On Firefox :

1. Enter “about:config” in url bar. This will open settings page.
2. Type “Keyword.url” in the search box. Right click it & reset it.
3. Type “browser.search.defaultengine” in the search box. Right click it & reset it.
4. Type “browser.search.selectedengine” in the search box. Right click it & reset it.
5. Search for “browser.newtab.url”. Right-click and reset. This will make sure that the search page won’t launch on each new tab.

On Google Chrome:

1. Click 3 horizontal lines icon on browser toolbar.
2. Select Settings.
3. Select Basics ->Manage Search engines.
4. Remove unnecessary search engines from list.
5. Go back to Settings. On Startup choose Open blank page ( you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).

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