Remove istartsurf - How to get rid of the annoying program

This guide shows you how to remove the istartsurf browser hijacker.

Remove istartsurf: Instructions for Windows 7 and 8

In Windows 7 and Windows 8, remove the hijacker as follows.

• In Windows 7, click on the Start button and then on "Control Panel". In Windows 8, you can find the Control Panel by right-clicking the Windows button in the lower left corner.
• Select "Uninstall a program" and look for the istartsurf entry.
• Finally click on the entry and "Uninstall / change".
• Check your PC with AdwCleaner and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware to make sure that there are no remains of the hijacker on your computer.

Remove istartsurf from the browser

• The hijacker can also be installed in the browser as an app or extension. We therefore recommend that you reset your browser to the default setting.
• We show you how this works in our instructions for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer.

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