How to Get Rid of Nebulas.biz Redirect (Browser Redirect/PUP)

What is Nebulas.biz Redirect? And how does it work?
Nebulas.biz is a questionable website that displays an image of a robot and humans, as well as a message that states, “I am not a robot, Click on Allow to confirm that you are not a robot”. If you got redirected to this site, note that clicking on Allow won’t really confirm that you’re not a robot but would trigger redirects to this site which is why it is referred to as Nebulas.biz Redirect and is categorized as a browser redirect and PUP by security experts. Apart from constant redirects, it also floods your browser with tons of ads.
Nebulas.biz Redirect is not to be trusted as some of the ads it displays can get pretty intrusive and could definitely diminish your browsing experience. It isn’t hard to figure out that the main goal of this dubious domain is to gain revenue by causing internet traffic. It also doesn’t help that it can also track your activities online so it can gather information like your browsing history, ads you’ve clicked, websites you’ve visited, OS version and other related information to your browsing habits. To simply put it, Nebulas.biz Redirect won’t do any good for your privacy and might even cause issues instead. This is why it is considered to be a browser redirect and a potentially unwanted program.
If you keep seeing Nebulas.biz Redirect regularly, this only means that there is some unwanted program installed in your computer. Though browser redirects are not dangerous, and does not cause direct damage to the system, it still could still cause some issues mainly concerning your privacy. Thus, you need to get rid of Nebulas.biz Redirect before it’s too late.
How does Nebulas.biz Redirect circulate the web?
Nebulas.biz Redirect, along with other unwanted programs and browser redirects are distributed among software bundles that are commonly found on free sharing sites. This means that this program can get installed in your computer without your permission if you’re not careful enough in installing this kind of software package. To prevent unwanted installation of programs like Nebulas.biz Redirect, you need to use the Custom or Advanced installation mode instead of the quick or standard one. It would also be better if you stir clear of suspicious and third party sources to obtain freeware and shareware as crooks often use them to spread malware.
Get rid of Nebulas.biz Redirect from your browser and computer with the help of the following instructions.
Step 1: Close all the browsers affected with Nebulas.biz Redirect. If you’re having a hard time closing them, you can close them using the Task Manager just tap on Ctrl + Shift + Esc.
Step 2: Next, go to Processes and look for the process of the browser you’re unable to close as well as other dubious processes that could be related to Nebulas.biz Redirect and then right click on each one of them and select End Process or End Task to kill their processes.
Step 3: Then open the Programs and Features section in Control Panel. To do so, tap the Windows key + R, then type in appwiz.cpl and then click OK or press Enter.
Step 4: From the list of programs installed, look for any suspicious program that could be related to Nebulas.biz Redirect and then Uninstall them.

Step 5: Edit your Hosts File

Tap the Win + R keys to open then type in %WinDir% and then click OK.
Go to System32/drivers/etc.
Open the hosts file using Notepad.
Delete all the entries containing Nebulas.biz.
After that, save the changes you’ve made and close the file.

Step 6: Reset all your browsers to default to their default state.
Mozilla Firefox

Open Firefox and click the icon that looks like a three stacked lines located at the top-right section of the browser.
Next, select the question mark icon from the drop-down menu.
Then select “Troubleshooting information” from the slide-out menu.
After that, click on the “Reset Firefox” button located at the top-right section of the newly opened web page.
Now select “Reset Firefox” in the confirmation pop-up window that appears.

Google Chrome

Open Google Chrome, then tap the Alt + F keys.
After that, click on Settings.
Next, scroll down until you see the Advanced option, once you see it, click on it.
After clicking the Advanced option, go to the “Restore and clean up option and click on the “Restore settings to their original defaults” option to reset Google Chrome.
Now restart Google Chrome.

Internet Explorer

Launch Internet Explorer.
Next, click the wrench icon for Settings.
Then click Internet Options.
After that, go to the Advanced tab.
From there, click the Reset button. This will reset Internet Explorer’s settings to their default condition.
Now click OK to save the changes made.

Step 7: Hold down Windows + E keys simultaneously to open File Explorer.
Step 8: Navigate to the following directories and look for suspicious files associated to Nebulas.biz Redirect as well as the browser redirect program that’s behind it and delete it/them.

%USERPROFILE%\Downloads
%USERPROFILE%\Desktop
%TEMP%

Step 9: Close the File Explorer and then empty the all the contents in Recycle Bin and afterwards.
Step 10: Now you have to flush the DNS cache. To do that, just, right click on the Start button and click on Command Prompt (administrator). From there, type the “ipconfig /flushdns” command and hit Enter to flush the DNS.
Follow the advanced instructions below to ensure the removal of Nebulas.biz Redirect using [product-name] as well as all the file residues it left behind.
Perform a full system scan using [product-code]. To do so, follow these steps:

Turn on your computer. If it’s already on, you have to reboot it.
After that, the BIOS screen will be displayed, but if Windows pops up instead, reboot your computer and try again. Once you’re on the BIOS screen, repeat pressing F8, by doing so the Advanced Option shows up.

To navigate the Advanced Option use the arrow keys and select Safe Mode with Networking then hit
Windows will now load the Safe Mode with Networking.
Press and hold both R key and Windows key.

If done correctly, the Windows Run Box will show up.
Type in the URL address, [product-url] in the Run dialog box and then tap Enter or click OK.
After that, it will download the program. Wait for the download to finish and then open the launcher to install the program.
Once the installation process is completed, run [product-code] to perform a full system scan.