Category: Browser Hijackers

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

How to Remove Birdfinds.com

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

What Is Birdfinds.com?

If Birdfinds.com is appearing on your browser’s new tabs or startup page, or your searches are redirected to search results on http://birdfinds.com/ site, and it keeps returning after you delete this site from your browser settings, then a browser hijacker is probably installed on your PC. You may have got this browser hijacker when you were installing some free game or program and agreed to “recommended” installation or didn’t opt-out of extra programs that were offered. This step-by-step removal guide will tell you how to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Birdfinds.com from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Email.onesearch.org

How to delete http://email.onesearch.org/ virus

What Is Email.onesearch.org?

If Email.onesearch.org appears on your homepage or new tab page, or have become your default search engine and redirects your searches to Yahoo, and you have trouble removing it from your browsers, you probably have a browser hijacker installed on your computer. A browser hijacker is a piece of software (a browser toolbar, for example) that changes some of the browser settings – homepage, default search, etc. – to make users visit specific sites. Browser hijackers also often collect some of the users’ browsing data: pages they visit, their search queries and so on, which may later be shared with third parties. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Email.onesearch.org from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove “Enhanced by Google” Search Engine [+video]

How to delete “enhanced by Google” virus

What Is “Enhanced by Google” Search?

If your homepage, start page or new tab page were replaced with a search engine that is “enhanced by Google”, or your searches from the address bar bring you results on an “enhanced by Google” search engine, then you likely have a browser hijacker on your computer. There are multiple sites that stamp “enhanced by Google” lable onto their pages. Whan you search for something on such a site, they provide search results made by Google search engine, however they can also intersperse other, sponsored search results amidst the natural ones. A browser hijacker is a piece of software that can change some of the browser settings (start page, default search engine and so on) and direct users to certain sites, providing those sites with visitors that might click on sponsored search results and bring revenue to site owners. You may use instructions below to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove “enhanced by Google” search engine from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Home.myweathertab.com (Weatherly)

How to delete http://home.myweathertab.com/ (Weatherly) virus

What Is Home.myweathertab.com?

If http://home.myweathertab.com (Weatherly) has become your homepage, new tab page or startup page, or your searches from the address bar are getting redirected to search.myweathertab.com, and removing this site from your browser settings doesn’t work, then you have a browser hijacker on your computer. Browser hijackers change homepage and some other browser settings to specific sites in order to increase those sites’ Internet traffic. Browser hijackers often collect users’ browsing-related info – search queries, URLs visited – and send it to their servers to provide customized ads for the users. You may follow instructions on this page to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Home.myweathertab.com from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Home.myflightapp.com

How to delete http://home.myflightapp.com/ virus

What Is Home.myflightapp.com?

My Flight App may set your browsers’ homepage, new tab page or default search engine to http://home.myflightapp.com/ and not allow you to change these browser settings to something else. You may install My Flight App yourself or it may be installed together with some free program or game from the Internet. Freeware installers often install several PUPs (potentially unwanted programs) like adware and browser hijackers, along with the program they are supposed to install. Sometimes there is a way to decline these extra apps beforehand, sometimes not. You may follow this step-by-step removal guide to uninstall My Fight App and remove home.myflightapp.com from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Googlesearch.me

How to delete http://www.googlesearch.me/ virus

What Is Googlesearch.me?

If your search queries from browser’s search bar or omnibar are redirected to search results on http://www.googlesearch.me/, you probably have a browser hijacker on your computer. Browser hijackers usually take form of browser add-ons, they can change some of the browser settings – homepage, default search engine, etc. – in order to direct users to certain sites and therefore boost those sites’ Internet traffic. Browser hijackers are mostly distributed by bundling with freeware from the Internet: a user installs a free program and ends up with several PUPs (potentially unwanted programs), including a browser hijacker, on his or her PC. You may follow this step-by-step removal guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Googlesearch.me from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Botcrawls.com

How to stop http://botcrawls.com/ redirects

What Is Botcrawls.com?

Botcrawls.com might become your default search engine or homepage, or pop up on a new tab when you open your browser. If that happens on your computer, you have a browser hijacker installed. A browser hijacker is a piece of software that can change some of the browser settings to direct users to certain sites and boost those sites’ Internet traffic. Browser hijackers are usually distributed via free software sites: a user downloads some software installer, launches it and agrees to “recommended” installation, unknowingly installing a bunch of PUPs (potentially unwanted programs) in addition to the program they wanted. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Botcrawls.com from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove www.default-search.net

How to delete http://default-search.net/ redirect virus

What Is www.default-search.net?

If http://www.default-search.net/ have become your browsers’ startup page, homepage or default search engine, or pops up on new tabs when you open your browser, or intercepts your searches from a new tab, then you have a browser hijacker on your computer. You have probably got this browser hijacker installed when you were installing free software downloaded from a freeware site and didn’t opt out of extra software that was offered for installation. Or you may have downloaded and launched some file or installer from a questionable website that turned out to be a trojan and downloaded a bunch of adware and malware on your computer. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove www.default-search.net from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove www.safesearch.top

How to delete http://www.safesearch.top/ redirect virus

What Is www.safesearch.top?

If your searches from the address bar are redirected to http://www.safesearch.top/ and then to some other search engine, you likely have a malicious browser extension or another form of redirect malware on your computer. That malware was probably installed on your PC together with free software downloaded from the Internet, or you may have got an “Add extension to leave” pop-up while browsing and agreed to the extension’s installation. This removal guide will help you to get rid of malware and stop www.safesearch.top redirects. READ MORE

How to Remove Strixchase.com

How to delete Strixchase.com virus

What Is Strixchase.com?

If http://strixchase.com/ have become your homepage, new tab page or default search engine all of a sudden and won’t stay deleted when you try to remove it, then you have a browser hijacker on your computer. A browser hijacker is usually a browser extension; it changes some of the browser settings on infected computers to direct Internet traffic to chosen sites. You may get a browser hijacker installed if you download and install free software and don’t opt out of extra programs that are offered. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Strixchase.com from your browsers. READ MORE

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