Remove sm.de as homepage

A virus is responsible for showing sm.de as your home page. This practical tip shows you how to remove it.

Remove sm.de: track down and eliminate adware

First of all you should check your PC for adware with the free tool "AdwCleaner":

1. To do this, download the free scanner AdwCleaner to your PC and start the program after installation.
2. Start a full review of your PC. This process is very extensive and can therefore take several hours.
3. Then remove any finds that you do not recognize.
4. Finally, you have to restart your PC.

Check your PC for malware

In order to be able to detect other malware or Trojans, you need a malware scanner.

1. Download and install the free Malwarebytes Anti-Malware scanner.
2. Start the tool after the complete installation.
3. Again, you need to start a full review of your PC, which can also take a long time.
4. After the successful scan, remove all finds or move them to quarantine.
5. Finally, you also have to restart your PC here.

Reset browser to

Since there are still remnants of sm.de in the browser and the settings, you must reset your browser completely. In the following instructions we show the procedure for the individual browsers:

• Chrome
• Firefox
• Internet Explorer

This practical tip is based on Windows 7 as well as AdwCleaner 3.310 and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.0.3. The next practical tip shows how you can get rid of the Clearthink virus.