Contenko Removal Guide

The danger of the Internet lies in the fact that a lot of programs, applications and websites only pretend to be user-friendly, and even though they are not outright malicious, they still present potential threats that you should not overlooked. Contenko is exactly that kind of potentially unwanted program that might be related to a variety of system threats, but at the same time one cannot really call it a computer infection. Contenko is a search engine available at contenko.com and it definitely provides you with relative search results, but you should still not trust it completely.

The problem is that quite often Contenko comes bundled with freeware. It means that whenever you download a program from a third party website, you need to make sure that there are no additional applications (such as Contenko) bundled with it, because they might expose you to a number of security threats.

When you open the search engine on your browser yourself, that is one thing, but when you run the Contenko installer along with other software setup, then the search engine is set as your default home page and search engine on any of the browsers, including Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer. Due to that, Contenko is often categorized as browser hijacker, and it is exactly what it is, because it does not ask for your permission to get installed on your browser and your computer.

Consequently, with this unsolicited intrusion, Contenko violates your privacy, especially as it can easily collect information on your web browsing habits via cookies, each time you search for something online. What is more, this search engine should not be trusted, because it is obviously related to Yontoo layers that is a platform for a number of potentially unwanted applications and adware programs.

Computer security experts strongly recommend removing Contenko from your computer, as sooner rather than later, this browser hijacker will expose you to potentially dangerous third party content. After all, when Contenko displays search results, it mixes Web Results and Sponsored Results together, and you cannot really know which link is a genuine result, and which one is a commercial promotion.

This way, even malicious third parties could make use of Contenko to promote their content, and as a result, if you click a corrupted link then you could be soon infected with malware. To prevent that from happening, run a full system scan with SpyHunter free scanner to detect all the potentially malicious files currently present in the system. Then acquire a powerful antimalware program to remove Contenko and other potentially unwanted programs from your PC in no time.

You can also reset your browser settings to default, which should remove Contenko from your browser, but it does NOT guarantee that the browser hijacker gets removed from your PC as well, so a full system scan is a must!

How to restore my browser to default

Internet Explorer

1. Press Alt+T and go to Internet options.
2. Select Advanced tab and press Reset.
3. Mark Delete personal settings option and click Reset.
4. Press Close.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Press Alt+H and click Troubleshooting information.
2. When a new tab opens, click Reset Firefox.
3. Press Reset Firefox again and click Finish.

Modify Google Chrome Settings

1. Press Alt+F and go to Settings.
2. Mark Open a specific page or set of pages under On Startup.
3. Click Set pages and delete Contenko.com.
4. Enter a new home page address and click OK.
5. Select Manage search engines under Search.
6. Set a new default search engine, remove Contenko.com and click Done.

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