Nation Zoom Removal Guide

Nation Zoom is a browser hijacker which is rather hard to remove from your computer once it enters the system. It belongs to the same group of computer infections as Qvo6 Virus, Qone8 Virus, Aartemis, Delta-Homes and other similar threats. The main objective of Nation Zoom is to redirect your browsing sessions to affiliated websites in order to generate money via pay-per-click system. But at the same time you could also be exposed to a variety of other threats as Nation Zoom supports third party commercial ads.

It goes without saying that you must remove Nation Zoom from your computer otherwise sooner or later your system will be corrupted to the point you will not be able to operate it. However, the fact that you have your default home page and search engine changed to nationzoom.com means that there are definitely even more potentially unwanted programs installed on your computer. It is possible to infer that, because Nation Zoom is distributed via bundled downloads.

Bundled downloads refer to a type of a download when downloading one particular freeware application results in having downloaded additional (and potentially dangerous) program as well. It is very common when it comes to shareware and freeware applications, because they often travel in packs. Thus, although there is no direct download for Nation Zoom, the browser hijacker is known to come bundled with Downloader Helper MaxiGet or Desk365 freeware. Most of these programs are also potentially unwanted applications, so if you have your browser settings modified, it will do you good to run a full system scan with a reliable antimalware application. This way you will be able to detect all the other programs that should be removed from the system ASAP.

As it has been mentioned already, Nation Zoom cannot do much on its own, apart from changing your default home page and search engine. Mind you, the infection affects all main browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer, so in case of an infection you are bound to experience its symptoms disregarding your default browser.

The thing you should be wary of is the commercial advertisements that are supported by Nation Zoom main page. The browser hijacker does not review the content of the ads, and it is provided by third party advertising network. Consequently, even corrupted links could be embedded in the ads and in case you click them, you could be redirected to websites that distribute malware.

It is obvious that Nation Zoom is a double-fold threat and it is necessary to get rid of it immediately. Below you will find instructions on how to reset your browser settings to default. However, do not forget that merely changing your browser settings does not solve the problem – you ought to invest in a reliable antimalware tool that would remove Nation Zoom and all the other infections from your computer for good.

How to reset browser settings

Internet Explorer

1. Press Alt+T and click Internet options.
2. Open Advanced tab and click Reset.
3. Mark Delete personal settings option and click Reset.
4. Click Close.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Press Alt+H and click Troubleshooting information.
2. Click Reset Firefox on a new tab.
3. Press Reset Firefox on a pop-up dialog box and click Finish.

Change Google Chrome Settings

1. Press Alt+F and click Settings.
2. Under On Startup, mark Open a specific page or set of pages and click Set Pages.
3. Delete nationzoom.com, enter a new home page address and click OK.
4. Select Manage search engines under Search.
5. Set a new default search engine, remove nationzoom.com and click Done.

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