Habrahabr.ru

Habrahabr.ru is a browser hijacker that will most probably affect your computer if you are located in a Russian-speaking country. The infection will modify your default homepage without your permission, and you can be sure that sooner, rather than later, Habrahabr.ru will expose you to unreliable websites that are related to malware distribution. Thus, you must remove Habrahabr.ru from your PC right now; otherwise, you might need to deal with a list of potential threats in the near future. Scroll down to the bottom of this description for the manual removal instructions, but keep in mind that manual removal may not be enough to keep this program at bay.

Although the domain seems to be absolutely different, Habrahabr.ru is identical to Inetoboz.com. Both hijackers have been created by the same developers, and they function in the same manner. No user would ever want to install Habrahabr.ru willingly, so the browser hijacker employs other techniques to spread around the web. Most of the time, the infection gets distributed in software packages, which implies that users download freeware from unreliable websites on a regular basis, and this is how Habrahabr.ru manages to enter target systems.

It is very likely that users who have been infected with this browser hijacker visit pornography websites and other pages for adults. We are bound to assume this because the installation setup file for Habrahabr.ru looks like an image file of a nude woman. Users are bound to click it if they want to open such a file, and, as a result, Habrahabr.ru gets installed on the system.

If you have not encountered anything similar to Habrahabr.ru before, it might seem that the page is a useful news website (especially if you speak Russian). However, you should also take note of the fact that the website is full of commercial advertisements. This means that Habrahabr.ru enters your computer to increase traffic count on particular web pages for monetary purposes.

What’s more, Habrahabr.ru will most definitely track your online activity, checking which websites you visit and what you search for online. Eventually, the hijacker will make use of this information to generate customized commercial content in third-party advertisements. You can see these advertisements when you open Habrahabr.ru, and any other related websites. The problem is that the browser hijacker is not responsible for the third-party content security. Thus, if cyber criminals embed their own content in Habrahabr.ru ads, you could end up getting infected with severely dangerous programs.

To put it simply, Habrahabr.ru is an extremely annoying browser hijacker that will hijack all of your browser shortcuts, making it rather hard to restore your browser settings to default. This only proves that Habrahabr.ru is a dangerous computer infection, and you should get rid of it as soon as possible. Please check out the guidelines below to terminate this application.

We would like to point out that this browser hijacker always leaves some leftover junk files that might be hard to delete on your own. Thus, it would be for the best to run a full system scan with the SpyHunter free scanner, and then remove any remaining unwanted files automatically with a legitimate computer security tool.

How to Remove Habrahabr.ru

1. Go to My Computer and open Local Disc (C:).
2. Double-click the Windows directory.
3. Find the unins000.exe file and run it.
4. Run a full system scan with SpyHunter.

Change Browser’s Shortcut Target

1. Right-click your browser’s shortcut.
2. Click Properties on the menu.
3. Go to the Shortcut tab.
4. Locate the Target line.
5. Delete everything that is OUTSIDE of the quotation marks.
6. Press OK.

Reset Your Browser’s Settings

Mozilla Firefox

1. Press Alt+H and go to Troubleshooting information.
2. Click Refresh Firefox on the new tab.
3. Click Refresh Firefox again and press Finish.

Internet Explorer

1. Press Alt+T and select Internet options.
2. Open the Advanced tab and press Reset.
3. Mark Delete personal settings and click Reset.
4. Press Close.

Google Chrome

1. Press Alt+F and navigate to Settings.
2. Scroll down and click Show advanced settings.
3. Scroll down to the bottom and select Reset Settings.
4. Press Reset.