Category: Browser Hijackers

Articles about deleting browser hijackers – extensions that change browser settings without user’s permission.

How to Remove Search60.com

How to delete http://search60.com/search?q=... virus

What Is Search60.com?

If your searches from Google and other search engines, as well as searches from browsers’ address bar, get redirected to http://search60.com/search?q=[…], then you likely have a browser hijacker installed on your PC. A browser hijacker is a piece of software that can change default search engine and some other browser settings to force users to visit certain sites time and again. More visitors means more ad revenue for those sites. Changing browser settings is not the only way to redirect users’ searches though. In cases when users actually open google.com or another search engine, enter their search query and then get redirected to another site, most of the time the cause is either a rogue browser extension or malware that connects the computer to a malicious proxy server. You may follow this step-by-step removal guide to check your computer for browser hijackers and other redirecting malware and remove Search60.com from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Myhomepage.pro

How to delete https://myhomepage.pro/ virus

What Is Myhomepage.pro?

If Myhomepage.pro have become your browsers’ homepage or start page and won’t go away when you try to remove it from settings, then it seems that you have an unwanted browser extension installed. An extension that changes homepage and some other settings of a browser to redirect users to certain sites is called a browser hijacker. You may get a browser hijacker installed after you install some free program and don’t opt out of extra apps that are offered to be installed along. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Myhomepage.pro from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Redisearch.com

How to delete http://redisearch.com/ virus

What Is Redisearch.com?

A browser hijacker can make http://redisearch.com/ your browser’s start page, new tab page or default search engine, and you won’t be able to remove this site from browser settings until you get rid of the browser hijacker. Redisearch.com is not even a real search engine, it just redirects your searches to Google or other search engines, and meanwhile gets revenue by showing ads to its unwilling visitors. The browser hijacker might have ended up on your PC after some free software installation: many freeware installers will try to install a few adware programs and browser hijackers on top of the program they are supposed to install. You may follow this removal guide to delete the browser hijacker and get rid of Redisearch.com. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.searchgddd.com

How to delete http://search.searchgddd.com/?uc=.../ (Get Driving Directions) virus

What Is Search.searchgddd.com?

If Search.searchgddd.com (Get Driving Directions) search engine started popping up on your browsers’ startup or appear on new tabs, and it keeps returning after you remove it from browser settings, then you likely have an unwanted browser extension installed. Browser extensions that alter start page and other settings of a browser are called browser hijackers. They can get installed on a PC together with free software from the Internet. Browser hijackers force users to repeatedly visit certain sites, increasing traffic and therefore advertising revenue for those sites. Often enough browser hijackers also collect users’ browsing-related data – URLs visited, search queries entered – and use this information to display targeted ads on websites. You may follow instructions below to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.searchgddd.com from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Startpage.pro

How to delete https://startpage.pro/ virus

What Is Startpage.pro?

If https://startpage.pro/ have become your homepage, new tab page or start page all of a sudden, and you are unable to remove it from browser settings, then you have a browser hijacker installed on your computer. A browser hijacker is a browser add-on most of the time; it changes some browser settings to make users visit certain sites repeatedly, bringing more advertising revenue for site owners. A browser hijacker may end up on your PC after you install some free game or program and don’t opt out of extra apps that are offered for installation. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Startpage.pro from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Webstart.me

How to delete https://webstart.me/ virus

What Is Webstart.me?

A browser extension can make https://webstart.me/ your browser’s homepage or start page and stop you from changing these settings to another site. This is fine if you’ve installed this extension yourself knowing what it would do. However, these kinds of browser extensions often get installed without user’s knowledge. Extensions that do that are called browser hijackers. You may get one when you install some free program and don’t pay much attention during the installation process, or when you download and run some pirated software. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Webstart.me from your browser settings. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.dailybibleverses.co

How to delete http://search.dailybibleverses.co/ virus

What Is Search.dailybibleverses.co?

Search.dailybibleverses.co (Daily Bible Verses) may become your browser’s start page, new tab page or homepage and keep reappearing after you delete it from these settings. If that happens on your PC, you have a browser hijacker installed. Browser hijackers change these browser settings to make users repeatedly visit certain sites, to boost those sites’ traffic and increase their advertising revenue. Browser hijackers also often collect users’ browsing-related data – sites visited, search queries entered – to later use for customized advertising. You may get a browser hijacker installed together with free software downloaded from the Internet. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.dailybibleverses.co from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.hdailysocialweb.com

How to delete http://search.hdailysocialweb.com/ virus

What Is Search.hdailysocialweb.com?

If Search.hdailysocialweb.com (Daily Social Web) keeps appearing on your browsers’ new tabs or startup page, or have become your default search engine, then you likely have a browser hijacker installed. It might have happened when you were installing a free program or game and didn’t opt out of extra software that was offered for installation. Browser hijackers’ main purpose is repeatedly directing users to specific sites in order to increase those sites’ ad revenue. Often hijackers also collect users’ IP address and information about their Internet habits – sites they visit, search queries they make – to later use for customized advertising and possibly share with third parties. You may follow instructions below to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.hdailysocialweb.com from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Googlee.org

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What Is Googlee.org?

If http://googlee.org/ have become your default search engine all of a sudden, that was likely caused by a browser hijacker. A browser hijacker is a piece of software – a browser extension usually – that can alter homepage, default search and some other settings of a browser to direct more visitors to certain sites. Often enough browser hijackers also have adware capabilities and generate ads and pop-ups on the browser. They may collect users’ browsing-related data, such as IP address, searches made, sites visited, and use this information to show customized advertisements. Browser hijackers can often be found in freeware installers: many installers of free software would try to install several extra programs on top of the one they are supposed to install. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Googlee.org from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.yourvidconverter.com

How to delete http://search.yourvidconverter.com/ virus

What Is Search.yourvidconverter.com?

An unwanted browser extension can make Search.yourvidconverter.com (Your Video Converter Now) your new tab page, homepage or default search engine and not let you change those settings to something else. Browser extensions that are doing this are called browser hijackers. Their purpose is boosting Internet traffic, and therefore advertising revenue, for specific sites. You may get a browser hijacker installed on your PC together with free software from the web, for example, when you install a free program and agree to “recommended” or “express” installation when a “custom” one is available. Or if you download and run an executable file (.exe, .js, .scr, etc.) which secretly downloads a malware dropper onto your computer, which in turn installs several other programs, from adware and browser hijackers to spyware and ransomware. You may follow instructions below to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.yourvidconverter.com from your browsers. READ MORE

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