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My Firefox browser has become infected with the istartsurf hijacker, which means that an istartsurf tab is added to my browser's tabs each time I start Firefox. How do I get rid of it?

What I already did/tried

  • Remove istartsurf with Revo Uninstaller
  • Remove all instances of istartsurf files on my system disk
  • Remove all references to istartsurf in the registry
  • Restored startup options in Firefox
  • Remove all references to istartsurf in Firefox settings ("about.config")

Doesn't seem to be sufficient, though; the tab still gets added. What else needs to be done?



PS: On this site they suggest resetting Firefox to its default state, but I'd like to avoid that.

Joris Groosman
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    Possible duplicate of [How can I remove malicious spyware, malware, adware, viruses, trojans or rootkits from my PC?](http://superuser.com/questions/100360/how-can-i-remove-malicious-spyware-malware-adware-viruses-trojans-or-rootkit) – DavidPostill Nov 08 '15 at 11:47
  • @DavidPostill - I'm not sure the answers there are the right ones for my question. Sure there must be less dramatic ways that to reinstall my OS. – Joris Groosman Nov 08 '15 at 11:50
  • . You could have done some research and found [How to remove iStartSurf.com virus (Removal Guide)](https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-istartsurf-virus/) – DavidPostill Nov 08 '15 at 11:53

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Seems I forgot one thing: the shortcut for Firefox was edited as well. Trim it to just the path+filename and you're all set.

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