How to Delete Tietontech.com From Your IE/Chrome/Firefox?

Tietontech.com is defined as a hazardous adware that affects user’s web browser and alters default settings of the browser to replace user’s homepage with the page about Tietontech.com. By this way, the stealthy redirect virus will sneak into user’s search engine without being conscious. Since the redirect virus looks like a legitimate website which is similar to Google search, most cyber users may pay no attention to it and use it to search for information, being redirected to unwanted websites in the end.

In fact, it is a fake search engine that pretends to be a legitimate site and provides users with multiple utilities and many other search services in order to attract users to visit it. In that way, it pop-up ads are aim at promoting some unknown programs, such as updated browsers, video players, media downloader or Java and many others, inducing computer users to click on them. In most cases, the advertising sites are designed to promote various products or services to make money. Often, users are easily attracted by pop-ups like discounts, coupons, or product promotion when shopping online. Hence, some users may rashly click on the pop-ups for more information without considering whether the websites they are going to visit is safe or not.

The misleading interface of Tietontech.com redirect virus let many web users believe its authority and they don’t take actions to remove or even check on its safety. More and more problems arise on the infected computer with time passing by because the virus never stops making chaos and causing secret download tasks after it settles down. It can appear on the startup of the infected browsers and install extensions, add-ons and links on the computer, such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. Moreover, the redirect virus may provide random links which link to malicious websites so as to invite more threats to further harm the PC. If users click and visit those websites, they are likely to get malware downloaded and installed on their computers and suffer from various unpleasant problems. Please do not hesitate to delete Tietontech.com from your computer.  

How to Get Rid of Tietontech.com Manually?

Step one: set the default homepage back

For Internet Explorer:

Click on Browser Tools

Select Manage Add-Ons on the tools window

Click Search Provider

Here you can see many kinds of search engine option as Bing and Google, select your favorite one to be a default homepage.

Choose Search Results and click on Remove icon to eliminate it

Click Tools, select Internet Options and then the General tab. Here you can option a website you like and save it.

c. Select ‘Search Results’ and click ‘Remove’ to remove it;

For Google Chrome:

Open Customize and control

Click on Settings

Select on Basic Options icon

Here you can reset your homepage (e.g.Google.com）

Once you choose a default homepage, click on Manage Search Engines and then click Google to be your default search engine.

Remove it from the browser by clicking Search Result and then the X’ mark

For Mozilla Firefox:

Click Manage Search Engine

Select Search Results and then click Remove option, click OK

Open Tools, under the General tab, set Google.com as default homepage

Step two: locate related files of the redirect virus and remove them from the computer

%AllUsersProfile%

%AllUsersProfile%\Programs\{random letters}\

%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~r

%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~dll

Step three: Remove Cookies on all Browsers

Internet Explorer:

Click options on the browser and then choose Internet Options

Open General tab, click Delete Browsing History to remove all related cookies

Select cookies and click Delete

Mozilla Firefox:

Click option

Select Privacy and then click on Remove Individual Cookies icon

Delete relevant cookies list on the box

Google Chrome:

Click option

Open Under the Bonnet tab

Select Privacy and then click Clear browsing data

Delete all cookies

Step four: Remove Malicious Registry

Open Registry Editor on the start menu

Type in Regedit and click OK

Remove all the following registry entries

HKEY

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “CertificateRevocation” = ‘1’

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments “SaveZoneInformation” = ‘0’

Conclusion

Generally, Tietontech.com redirect virus breaks into the targeted computers by coming bundled with a junk email attachment, pretending itself to be a legitimate file (such as audio file, image file, or txt file) and cheating users into click on the attachment. Another way it often uses is through bundling with some programs installers thus it can be installed if the user do not pay attention to some unnoticeable options. The reason why a redirect item can cause huge problems to computers lies in the loss of attention that net user should have paid to the browser hijackers.

To remove Tietontech.com redirect virus, users should be more cautious when browsing the Web and take measures immediately once they find their homepages are changed suddenly or new unwanted add-ons are added to the browser without permission. If it is the case, the best solution is to remove the redirect virus using a powerful removal tool. After that, reset the browser homepage and other type of settings. It should be mentioned that, users should perform a scan before installing any software on their computers, which will help block the redirect virus and other malware from entering the computers.