GoHip Description:

Gohip is a hijacker that changes your homepage. It also tracks your web usage and displays popup ads according to personal info they collecting.

Variant: GoHip.Browserenh

GoHip Automatic Removal:

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GoHip Manual Removal:

Follow these steps to remove GoHip from your machine. Begin by backing up your registry and your system, and/or setting a Restore Point, to prevent trouble if you make a mistake.

1. Kill these running processes with Task Manager:
   download.exe
   programfilesdir+\browserenh\winstartup.exe
    
2. Unregister these DLLs with Regsvr32, then reboot:
   systemroot+\system\ie.dll
   systemroot+\system32\ie.dll
    
3. Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit:
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{ba3d9f56-5ec1-497d-881a-93a28f58d9ad}
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{f17edbc0-3eb2-11d3-ab74-00a0c9a522f2}
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{ba3d9f56-5ec1-497d-881a-93a28f58d9ad}
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\browserenh
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\gohip
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\clsid\{ba3d9f56-5ec1-497d-881a-93a28f58d9ad}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{ba3d9f56-5ec1-497d-881a-93a28f58d9ad}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\code store database\distribution units\{f17edbc0-3eb2-11d3-ab74-00a0c9a522f2}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{ba3d9f56-5ec1-497d-881a-93a28f58d9ad}
    
4. Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:
   download.exe
   favorites+\
   profilepath+\start menu\programs\startup\windows startup.lnk
   programfilesdir+\browserenh\winstartup.exe
   systemroot+\cookies\win98@gohip.txt
   systemroot+\start menu\programs\startup\windows startup.lnk
   systemroot+\system\ie.dll
   systemroot+\system32\ie.dll
    
5. Remove these directories (if present) with Windows Explorer:
   favorites+\apparel\baby clothes.url
   programfilesdir+\browserenh
    
6. After following the instructions above, you will still need to restore your original settings and prevent this from happening again. Here's how.

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