How to Remove Duba Virus/Homepage from Windows

Some Windows 10 users may experience a problem whereby their Microsoft Edge browser homepage switches from the standard MSN (or other website they have chosen) and redirect to a site called Duba.

When this occurs, it means that the user has been exposed to a browser hijacker that could have been downloaded alongside a piece of software, or accidentally through a fraudulent email. A browser hijacker is a piece of computer malware that changes your homepage and search engine, and in this instance, it changes your search engine to www.duba.com.

While this virus isn’t technically malicious, and won’t steal any of your personal data, it will be extremely difficult to remove for novice Windows users.

Using some popular freeware, however, it is possible to remove the Duba virus and set your homepage and default search engine back to its original settings.

Remove the Duba Virus

1. You must first download a piece of freeware called Zemena Antimalware. You can use other antimalware software, but this one is a popular free trial option. The software can be downloaded from this link.
2. Navigate to your Downloads folder by pressing the Windows Explorer icon on your taskbar, and locating the Downloads menu on the list. In here, you should find a file titled Antimalware. Double click this file and you will enter setup.
3. You will be asked ‘Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?’. Select
4. Shortly, the Zemena window should appear, and at the bottom of the screen you will see a green Scan Click this.
5. Zemena will now scan your PC, looking for malicious malware. It can take anywhere between 5 and 10 minutes, so be patient.
6. At the end of the scan, Zemena will show you a list of harmful objects that it has detected. This should include the Duba virus but could also include other pieces of malware you may have inadvertently downloaded in the past. Click Next and the software will remove all the harmful files.
7. After Zemena has removed your files, you should now begin the process of cleaning your PC of any further harmful software using another piece of free software, Again, you can use any software you like, but this is a popular piece of freeware that does the job.
8. Download Malwarebytes from this link. Underneath the free option, click Download.
9. Go back to your Downloads folder and double click the mb3-setup-consumer
10. When asked Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device, click
11. Malwarebytes will then open an installation wizard. In the first screen, click Next and then click
12. Malwarebytes should then open up a new window, where you will need to click the blue Scan Now
13. The process of scanning your device will now begin, looking for malicious software that the previous scan may have accidentally left behind. This can take a few minutes, so be sure to leave it alone until you are presented with a list of potentially unwanted programs and malware.
14. At the bottom of the screen, click the blue Quarantine Selected Malwarebytes will then quarantine all malicious files or registry keys to ensure that they cannot do any further damage to your PC.
15. In order to remove the files that have been quarantined, Malwarebytes will ask you to restart your computer. Do this.
16. Once your PC has restarted, open your Edge browser and click the three-dot button that opens your menu, in the top right-hand side of your page.
17. Select Settings and under Open with, select A specific page or pages.
18. In the drop-down menu that opens, choose MSN or add a URL you prefer.
19. Restart your browser and the problem should be solved.

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