How to remove faststartpage.com

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How To Remove Faststartpage.com

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• Faststartpage.com often affects known browser
  program like Google Chrome, Internet Explorer,
  Mozilla Firefox, and Edge. This adware typically
  influences homepage and new tab of targeted
  internet application. Thus, if you are seeing
  Faststartpage.com on these pages, be conscious on
  the current security state of your computer.
  Adware may be residing on the system that can
  bring other harm than altering your browsers
  start-up settings. Faststartpage.com is a website
  that utilizes unwanted extension to modify
  existing internet browser settings. This action
  will permanently hijack homepage to show
  Faststartpage.com as the default search engine.
  In fact, the adware have already replaced users
  preferences without their knowledge. It was
  carried out secretly right after
  Faststartpage.com extension gained an access to
  computer.

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• Most homepage hijackers including
  Faststartpage.com aspire to change your default
  search engine with its own because of its
  intention to generate online revenue. It is
  obvious that search results generated by
  Faststartpage.com are surrounded by paid links,
  which may generate profit for adware makers when
  clicked by visitors. As you can observe,
  advertisements are made to look like normal
  search results so that users may accidentally
  click on it and divert their browser to a
  promotional web page. Because of this unsolicited
  browser redirect issue, some users assumed that
  virus or malware is present on their computer.
  Once freeware or shareware carrying
  Faststartpage.com is installed, the program will
  initiate the loading of adware in the background.
  It performs immediate modification on your
  browser programs like Google Chrome, Internet
  Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Edge. The changes
  not only affect homepage and search settings,
  more perilous are its ability to track your
  online browsing activities, records search
  inquiries, and logs websites you frequently
  visit.

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• How To Remove Faststartpage.com

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• 1. Open Control Panel using instructions below
  base on your operating system.
• Opening Control Panel - Windows XP, Vista and
  Windows 7Click on Start gt Control Panel. Window
  should open where you can adjust your computer
  settings.
• Accessing Control Panel - Windows 8 and Windows
  10

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• a) For Windows 8 and Windows 10, the easiest way
  to locate the Control Panel is through shortcut
  key. Actually, this also works for earlier
  versions of Windows.b) Press Windows Key R on
  your keyboard to intiate Run dialog box.
• c) Type Control Panel in the Open field and click
  OK.

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• 2. When Control Panel window appears, click on
  'Uninstall a program' under Programs area.
• 3. Your screen now shows a window to uninstall or
  change a program. Please select the adware from
  the list. You may also try to look and remove
  items with the following names FastStartPage
• If name of adware or relevant entry is not
  present, the next trick is to uninstall newly
  loaded programs. To do this, arrange listed
  programs in chronological order. Click on
  'Installed On' to see programs recently
  installed.

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• Select the Adware from the list and click on
  Uninstall button. See image below for reference.
  Removing unfamiliar software may also help solve
  the issue.
• 4. On the next prompt, you need to confirm the
  uninstall process.
• 5. Click OK to proceed with the removal of
  Faststartpage.com or any relevant software.

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• Step 3 Remove the Faststartpage.com Extensions
  or Addons from your Browser
• This section will guide you to effectively remove
  Faststartpage.com extensions, add-ons, and
  unwanted search engine from Internet browsers. If
  in case adware name is not listed, you need to
  find and remove relevant objects like
  FastStartPage.

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• Procedures to Remove Faststartpage.com from
  Google Chrome
• 1. Open Google Chrome.
• 2. In the address bar, type the following and
  press Enter on keyboard chrome//extensions
• 3. You will now see Google Chrome's Extensions
  window.
• 4. Usually, Google Chrome has empty Extension,
  unless you have installed other base on your
  preferences. Also on this area, you can find the
  item provided by Faststartpage.com. Click on
  Trash Icon beside the adware extension to remove
  it from Google Chrome.

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• Restore Google Chrome's Home Page
• 5. Next, you need to reset the default home page
  of Google Chrome and remove Faststartpage.com tab
  during start-up. To do this, click on Settings on
  left side panel.
• 6. Go to the area 'On startup' and select 'Open a
  specific page or set of pages'. Click on Set
  pages link to open Startup Pages window.

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• 7. To remove Faststartpage.com from the list,
  simply hover your mouse to the web address and
  click X on right most of the entry.
• 8. Type your desired home page address on the
  field 'Enter Url...' and press Enter on your
  keyboard. Since this is the only URL on your
  Startup Page, it will be set as your default home
  page.
• 9. Click OK to save the settings. Remain on
  Settings page.

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• Restore Google Chrome's Default Search Engine
• 10. Scroll down to Search area.
• 11. Click on Manage Search Engines... button. New
  window will open with list of installed search
  engines.

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• 12. Hover your cursor to preferred search engine
  and click on Make Default.
• 13. Select unwanted search engine that is
  relevant to Faststartpage.com and click on X mark
  to delete this item.
• 14. Click Done after removing all suspicious
  items. You may now restart Google Chrome.

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