Do you know what home.sweetim.com is?
The goal of a browser hijacker, such as home.sweetim.com, is to force itself on victims and introduce them to third-party advertisements and sponsored links in order to make some easy money. This hijacker infiltrates your system and alters your browser settings without your permission. This is the first sign why you should not trust home.sweetim.com. Keeping this browser hijacker on your computer might present you with a number of potential risks in regards to system security. If you want to regain the control of your browsers and keep your PC safe, it is worth learning what you are up against and how to remove home.sweetim.com from your computer.
This browser hijacker is not a tool you can simply download from an official website. Users have reported that it may come bundled with SweetIM toolbar, which is a browser add-on from the same developer. These bundles may be packed with a variety of malware infections. Therefore, care must be taken while installing such a package or any free software package, for that matter. Most users get infected with malware because they rush to install the bundle and do not realize what additional tools and applications are added to their systems. In case of home.sweetim.com, the result will be obvious the next time you launch any of the major browsers, including Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome, since it affects them all. But with other infections, it may not be that spectacular. Therefore, it is advisable to run a system scan after you delete home.sweetim.com from your browsers, to find out if there are any other threats on your PC.
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Home.sweetim.com tries to pose as a useful search tool. Like many other browser hijackers, this one also wants to mislead computer users with its design that is very similar to Google. But unlike others, this hijacker seems to be more secretive since you cannot find an EULA or Privacy Policy on its main page. However, you do find a flashy and deceptive third-party ad right below the search box as well as a sponsored link in the bottom-left corner. You need to be very careful with such ads because they might use misleading tactics and show you a “Windows PC Repair” message, or any other notice about “essential” driver updates. This is a typical method to trick unsuspecting users into clicking on such ads. Keep in mind that these advertisements might be targeted and exploited by schemers to lure you to their malicious websites. Using home.sweetim.com or keeping it on your computer only raises the vulnerability level of your system. That is why we recommend that you delete it as soon as possible.
Hopefully, you see now why it is important to clean your PC of this browser hijacker and any other related infections. In order to accomplish this, you need to restore your home page and search engine settings in your browsers, and that should do the trick. Please follow our step-by-step guide, if you do not know how to do this. For the rest, we would suggest installing a professional malware remover. There might be infections on your system that you could not possibly remove manually, or the process would be too complicated for those who are not experts in this field. A reliable security tool can handle all the known hidden threats and protect your system from them.
How to remove home.sweetim.com from your browsers
Google Chrome
- Tap Alt+F and select Settings.
- Under On Startup mark Open a specific page or set of pages.
- Click Set pages and remove the homepage URL.
- Set a new URL and click OK.
- Under Search select Manage search engines.
- Set a new default search provider and remove the undesirable tool.
- Click Done.
Internet Explorer
- Press Alt+T and navigate to Internet options.
- On the General tab remove/overwrite the home page URL. Click OK.
- Press Alt+T again and select Manage add-ons.
- Choose Search Providers on the left.
- Set a new default search engine and delete the unwanted tool.
Mozilla Firefox
- Tap Alt+T and select Options.
- Choose General on the left and click Restore to Default.
- Choose Search on the left and set a new default search engine.
- Remove the unwanted tool from the list.
In non-techie terms:
Home.sweetim.com is a browser hijacker that sneaks onto your computer and modifies your browser settings without your knowledge. It also displays misleading third-party ads as well as potentially modified search result pages that might include sponsored links. These may lead to security issues if you happen to click on them. In order to keep your system clean and healthy, it is important that you remove home.sweetim.com from your browsers. At the same time, it is also essential to protect your computer from any other possible threats that have already infected it or will try to do so in the future. The best solution would be to install a reliable antimalware tool that can take over all the security-related tasks from you and handle everything automatically.