Guide to Manually Remove Fissa.com

What is Fissa.com？

Fissa.com is classified as an adware which can get itself attached to almost all the popular web browser like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, etc. as we all know, Fissa.com is designed by cyber hackers to increase web traffic and generate profit from it. To achieve its purpose, it can track and store your online traces like collecting search keywords, favorites, bookmarks, browser history, which will violate your privacy and may steal your personal information. Many computer users report that it can automatically pop up every time you open a new tab on your web browser or even change your default homepage.

How can it do that? Usually it can take advantage of your system vulnerability and use the rookit technology to hook deep into your system to avoid the easy removal. To live with this Fissa.com, you may get unstoppable pop up ads showed up at the end of the webpage.

How can It Come into Your Computer without Your Knowledge?

Usually, there are various ways can get infected by Fissa.com. I will list the common ways below:
1.Open spam email attachments unexpectedly.
2.Download free software from unsafe websites and without paying attention to the default installation.
3.Visiting questionable websites like porn, gambling, etc.
4.Sharing malicious files with other user online.

Solution One:Step by Step Guide to Manually Remove Fissa.com

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 Fissa.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 Fissa.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 Fissa.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-Restart your computer normally to check the effectiveness.

Solution two: Get rid of Fissa.com by automatic scan of SpyHunter removal tool

SpyHunter is a powerful, real-time anti-spyware application certified by West Coast Labs’ Checkmark Certification System and designed to assist the average computer user in protecting their PC from malicious threats. SpyHunter is automatically configured to give you optimal protection with limited interaction, so all you need to do is install it for immediate and ongoing protection.

Step one: Click the icon to download SpyHunter removal tool

Follow the instrutions to install SpyHunter removal tool

Step two: After the installation, run SpyHunter and click “Malware Scan” button to have a full or quick scan on your PC.

Step three: Select the detected malicious files after your scanning and click “Remove” button to clean up all viruses.

Note: if you are not a experienced computer users, it is suggested to download spyhunter automatic removal tool to get rid of it immediately!