Category: Browser Hijackers

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

How to Remove Hightsearch.com

How to get rid of Hightsearch.com

What Is Highsearch.com?

Hightsearch is a browser hijacker: it changes your browser search engine, homepage and start page to hightsearch.com and maintains these changes. The software responsible for this is one of the programs or browser add-ons you have installed on your PC. The hightsearch.com page is not a genuine search engine, it has Google Custom Search embedded. Hightsearch.com also uses Google colors, probably to confuse inexperienced users and make them mistake it for a real Google Search. Hightsearch.com obviously generates revenue through advertisements, while the hijacking program directs more people towards it to boost the traffic. If you want to delete Hightsearch.com hijacker from your computer, please refer to this page. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.searcheeh.com

search.searcheeh.com redirect

What Is Search.searcheeh.com?

Search.searcheeh.com may have been set as a start page and default search in your browsers; that would mean a Search.searcheeh.com browser hijacker got installed on your PC. Search.searcheeh.com redirects are caused by Email Enhanced – a browser extension for quick access to email accounts. If you are wondering how Email Enhanced got onto your computer, that likely happened when you installed software downloaded from the web for free and didn’t decline extra programs that were offered. You can refer to this removal guide to find out how to uninstall Email Enhanced and get rid of Search.searcheeh.com. READ MORE

How to Remove Searchgle.com

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What Is Searchgle.com Hijacker?

Browser’s start page and default search set to Searchgle.com would mean that a Searchgle.com browser hijacker got installed on your PC. Searchgle.com website is a search engine bearing a resemblance to google.com. In fact, some of the users might be fooled by similar coloring and words “Google Search” in the tab title and think they are using Google. In reality Searchgle.com is a page that creates income by showing advertisements to visitors, and it refers to Google Custom Search to generate search results. Searchgle.com doesn’t provide any benefits compared to popular search engines, while lacking some of their finer points. You’d be better off removing Searchgle.com hijacker from your computer. READ MORE

How to Remove Attirerpage.com

attirerpage.com browser hijacker

What Is Attirerpage.com?

Attirerpage.com can hijack search engine, startpage and homepage in your browsers and renew these settings every time you try to change them. This behavior is caused by one of the programs and/or browser extensions that you have installed. Attirerpage.com site looks like a search engine, however when you try using it it just opens a new tab with Google search results. If you want to delete Attirerpage.com from your Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer or Opera, this step-by-step guide will help you. READ MORE

How to Remove Safebrowsing.biz Virus

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What Is Safebrowsing.biz?

If start page and default search in your browsers have changed to safebrowsing.biz, a browser hijacker have been installed on your PC. The Safebrowsing.biz page contains a search bar that redirects users to search.yahoo.com, and several links, some of them affiliate, to popular web-sites. Safebrowsing.biz is designed to generate revenue for its creators and doesn’t provide any value that a built-in browser start page wouldn’t. In addition, Safebrowsing.biz may display ads in your browsers and prompt you to install more advertising software. All in all, it is better to get rid of Safebrowsing.biz promptly. READ MORE

How to Remove ByteFence Browser Hijacker

ByteFence browser hijacker

What Is ByteFence?

ByteFence is a legitimate anti-malware product, however if you get it unintentionally, with Java update or while installing some software, on top of malware scanner you’ll get a browser hijacker that sets start page and default search in browsers to search.bytefence.com or search.yahoo.com. Another app that usually accompanies ByteFence in these cases is Chromium browser that is oriented mostly towards computer specialists and enthusiasts, while non-tech savvy users will be better off with Chrome or other popular web-browsers. To get rid of ByteFence, browser hijacker and Chromium follow the directions on this page. READ MORE

How to Remove Youndoo.com Virus

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What Is Youndoo?

Youndoo is a potentially unwanted program (PUP) that changes your default search and new tab page to youndoo.com and displays advertisement in your browsers. If you are wondering how Youndoo ended up on your computer, most likely that happened when you downloaded and installed some freeware from the Internet. Developers of free software and freeware sites generate their income by adding junkware to the packages with their programs; many users aren’t aware of this or don’t know how to avoid installing junkware. To get rid of youndoo.com search and start page, just follow this removal guide. READ MORE

How to Remove Maniihome.com Virus

maniihome.com site

What Is Maniihome?

Maniihome.com browser hijacker takes control of your browser settings and sets your start tab and search engine to maniihome.com, counteracting your attempts to change them. Maniihome.com site is not a search engine in itself and just redirects you to results from other search providers (like google.com) when you enter search queries. If Maniihome hijacked your Chrome, Opera, Firefox or IE and you wish to delete maniihome.com from your start page and default search settings, this page describes how to do it. READ MORE

How to Remove Searchincognito.com Virus

searchincognito.com site

What Is Searchincognito.com?

Searchincognito.com is advertised as a privacy-oriented search engine that doesn’t record your search history. If new tabs in your browsers open to searchincognito.com and entered search queries redirect you to the same site, that means Search Incognito got installed on your PC. That probably happened when you installed freeware from the Internet: free software often comes with potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) included in their installers, and if users don’t pay attention they end up installing the PUPs too. You can follow this removal guide to get rid of searchincognito.com on your Chrome, IE, Firefox and Opera. READ MORE

How to Remove Nuesearch.com Hijacker

nuesearch.com site

What Is Nuesearch.com Hijacker?

If your start page and default search have changed to nuesearch.com, and you cannot change them back, that means a browser hijacker got installed on your computer. Most likely it happened when you installed a video downloader, a game or some other software downloaded for free from the Internet. At some point during the installation there was probably a marked checkbox with a caption along the lines of “Set nuesearch.com as my new tab page and default search”. If you hadn’t unchecked the box, Nuesearch.com browser hijacker got installed on your PC. To remove Nuesearch.com from Chrome, IE, Firefox or Opera, you can follow this step-by-step guide. READ MORE

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