Remove Api.paltip.com Virus

My homepage is hijacked by Api.paltip.com. It appears on my computer suddenly without my permission. How can I remove it? No worries, you can refer to the manual removal and automatic guides in this post. 

Description of Api.paltip.com

Api.paltip.com is a redirected virus and misleading search engine. It will hijack your default homepage  and display pop ups on your browser. You may find many sponsor links on the webpage you are visiting. It can come into the system without your awareness along with free software, spam emails, updated programs or unsafe web sites, and so on. It will hijack browsers including Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer, Yahoo, Bing, Opera, Safari. It will add its files and other junk file to your system to consume high CUP usage and slow down the PC speed.

Once installed, Api.paltip.com will change your registries entries and browser setting. It may bring many computer problems.It will redirect you to its own domain when you open the browser. Your homepage and new tab will be taken place by it. You cannot get the right search results by redirecting to other websites.  It will keep track of the searching terms and your personal information such as user account, password, and financial data.In order to protect your computer in a good environment, you should remove it as soon as possible.

Impact of Api.paltip.com

* It is a parasitic browser hijacker

* It may show numerous annoying advertisements

* It is installed without your consent

* It will replace (hijack) your browser homepage

* It may spread lots of spyware and adware parasites

* It violates your privacy and compromises your security

Methods to remove Api.paltip.com step by step

Method 1:To remove it manually

Step 1- Reset Internet Explorer by the following guide (take IE as an example):

Open Internet Explorer >> Click on Tools >> Click on Internet Options >> In the Internet Options window click on the Connections tab >> Then click on the LAN settings button>> Uncheck the check box labeled “Use a proxy server for your LAN” under the Proxy Server section and press OK.

Step 2- Disable any suspicious startup items that are made by infections from Upkendint.com

For Windows Xp: Click Start menu -> click Run -> type: msconfig in the Run box -> click Ok to open the System Configuration Utility -> Disable all possible startup items generated from Upkendint.com.

For Windows Vista or Windows7: click start menu->type msconfig in the search bar -> open System Configuration Utility -> Disable all possible startup items generated from Upkendint.com.

Step 3- Remove add-ons:

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 'Use default' button or enter your own website, e.g. Google.com. Click OK to save the 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 Results' from the list remove it by clicking the "X" mark.

Mozilla Firefox

1) Click on the magnifier's icon and select 'Manage Search Engines....';

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 the 'General tab';

Step 4- Open Windows Task Manager and close all running processes.

( Methods to open Task Manager: Press CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC or Press the Start button->click on the Run option->Type in taskmgr and press OK.)

Step 5- Clear all the cookies of your affected web browsers.

Since the tricky virus has the ability to use cookies for tracing and tracking the internet activity of users, it is suggested users to delete all the cookies before a complete removal.

Google Chrome:

Click on the "Tools" menu and select "Options".

Click the "Under the Bonnet" tab, locate the "Privacy" section and Click the "Clear browsing data" button.

Select "Delete cookies and other site data" and clean up all cookies from the list.

Mozilla Firefox:

Click on Tools, then Options, select Privacy

Click "Remove individual cookies"

In the Cookies panel, click on "Show Cookies"

To remove a single cookie click on the entry in the list and click on the "Remove Cookie button"

To remove all cookies click on the "Remove All Cookies button"

Internet Explorer:

Open Internet explorer window

Click the "Tools" button

Point to "safety" and then click "delete browsing history"

Tick the "cookies" box and then click “delete”

Method 2: To remove it with anti-malware program like SpyHunter
Step 1: Download free PC SpyHunter scanner into your computer.

Step 2: Select familiar language and press OK, then click on Run to install it.

Step 3: After its installation, initiate a full scan of your computer.

Step 4: Remove all suspicious threats by clicking Remove.

The video direction below can give you a hand

Important Statement: Please make sure that your have good knowledge of computer before you get down to removing Api.paltip.com. Only IT specialists can deal with it manually properly in most of the case.But if you use SpyHunter to help you, it can release your burdens. because it can remove it automatically and maintain your computer in safe environment at the same time.Button below can connect you to its download site.