what is en.v9.com and how to remove it?

I was reinstalling Windows (namely installing Windows 8 instead of Windows 7). But then Chrome suddenly closed. When I started it again, it had that annoying en.v9.com home page.

I don't know how to get rid of it. I tried removing the argument in Chrome's shortcut and changing Chrome settings (Set pages). Also, it made itself the default search engine and who knows what else. I thought that it must be µTorrent's doing. So I decided to:

Reinstall Windows once again
Give Tixity a try. To my surprise, just after installing Windows 8 and running Internet Explorer, I saw that very en.v9.com page again.

I'm now going to reinstall Windows once again, but move the content of the disk into a folder first, so that Windows doesn't inherit anything, if that's what's happening.

I'm open to your suggestions. I doubt reinstalling windows will do any better. Also, do you know by any chance what it is and where it came from? I saw a similar report on µTorrent's forum.

UPDATE I reformatted the hard drive, installed Windows and I can't see en.v9.com anywhere now.

x-yuri

Posted 2013-09-13T23:43:58.487

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1Sounds like something changed your DNS provider and/or it'd your ISP doing – Ramhound – 2013-09-14T00:01:32.597

Reinstalling Windows would certainly fix this unless other computers connected to your home network experience the same problem. – Moses – 2013-09-14T00:10:40.050

@Ramhound What it has to do with DNS? – x-yuri – 2013-09-14T00:57:42.697

A poisoned DNS would redirect your traffic and/or could in theory insert JavaScript to do it. Either that your IE settings were modified along with your chrome settings of course if after a profile wipe it Still happened it Chrome the the poisoned DNS server is more likely – Ramhound – 2013-09-14T01:06:16.960

DNS server can insert javascript, you say? Not possible, at all. – x-yuri – 2013-09-14T01:17:41.953

@x-yuri - My ISP does it all the time. Try changing your DNS server information, see if it helps, I bet it will – Ramhound – 2013-09-14T03:03:39.393

Than it's your ISP who inserts javascript (using a proxy-server apparently), not the DNS server. Also, I wonder, why my question was downvoted... – x-yuri – 2013-09-14T11:23:36.227

possible duplicate of How do I get rid of malicious spyware, malware, viruses or rootkits from my PC?

– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2014-01-29T15:08:26.227

what is en.v9.com and how to remove it?

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