help removing virus/malware from pc?

[kevin e]

so my computer recently got a unwanted toolbar installed into my computer caled startnow and i cant get rid of it. it installed without me knowing and it took over my google chrome home page. i tried uninstalling it with its own unistaller and the home page is still there. i did the whole go to program files and went on the uninstall section but start now is gone. no matter what i try it stays as my home page on google chrome i cant set any other homepage on my browser besides start now. If anyone can help that would be awsome but please mature answers only i really need help

[Mikey Z, Dr. Pixl]

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[Richard]

If you are downloading "ANYTHING" from the Internet you need to be extremely careful. You should have at least a FREE antiivirus and a FREE firewall. You should also Download Free Wise Disc Cleaner and FREE Wise Registry Cleaner and FREE Malwarebytes.
Run the last three about every 4 to 6 weeks or more if you download a lot.
Right now try Mawarebytes that may fix your problem, and you can proceed with the above plan.
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[Spy]

Hello Friend

First solution for your google crom browser : You want to restore your browser setting after that you get the same as previous.

If you have virus in your system then you run the CMD comment and hit enter and type attrib: and hit enter

after that you see 3 file format and with malware virus
then you choose that file name and give the yes and no comment for delete that virus file.

[Bacalao]

Try a System Restore:
Press the Windows Key + R
Type rstrui.exe
Restore your computer to a date before you installed this unwanted toolbar

[Guruaid]

We would like to know a few things before we can troubleshoot this issue. What antivirus do you have installed? Does it detect any infections? Have you tried any other tools to scan your system for malwares?

If you have tried and your system is still infected, we might have to use more than one tools to get rid of the infection. Here’s a list of tools that you can run on your system. We would recommend that you run all of them one after the other.

1.Malwarebytes
2.Hitman Pro
3.Super Anti spyware
4.Norton Power Eraser
5.ADWCleaner

One of the above mentioned tools should be able to detect and remove the infected files.

[Renate]

You should use an antivirus program and anti spyware software, because your computer is now infected with viruses and/or spyware.
You should use Spyware removal to get this issue resolved.