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How to Remove Search Engage

What Is Search Engage?

If your browser start page and default search were set to searchengage.com and you cannot change them, Search Engage browser hijacker got installed on your PC. It likely happened when you installed some video player or other free software from the web. Search Engage is distributed by bundling with such freeware: when you install the program, Search Engage is offered as an extra app and is installed by default if you don’t decline. Search Engage is notoriously hard to delete, as it changes the system’s group policies to become an “Enterprise Installed Extension”. If you’d like to uninstall Search Engage from Google Chrome, please read the instructions below. READ MORE

How to Remove Myinfosearch.biz

July 6, 2016
by Diana N

What Is Myinfosearch.biz?

Myinfosearch.biz browser hijacker sets your start page and default search to http://myinfosearch.biz/start and keeps you from changing them. This is done to direct traffic to myinfosearch.biz site and increase its revenue from advertisements on the site. Myinfosearch.biz/start has the same color scheme as google.com and uses Google Custom Search to generate search results; this keeps some users from realizing their browser was hijacked, and they continue to use this site and its services, inferior to the ones provided by real search engines. If this has happened to your browser and you want to get rid of Myinfosearch.biz hijacker, please follow this removal guide. READ MORE

How to Remove FixIt

July 6, 2016
by Diana N

What Is FixIt?

While FixIt seems like a real program designed to solve computer problems, and not malware, many users get it inadvertently and would like to uninstall FixIt from their PCs. Also, this program must be bought before you can solve the issues, and you can argue that the functions offered are not worth the deal. There is also the issue of unwanted advertisements that FixIt might force you to see. FixIt’s EULA says: READ MORE

How to Remove Search Solutions

July 6, 2016
by Diana N

What Is Search Solutions?

The Chrome extension Search Solutions by Search Engage BitCro In is a browser hijacker and a potentially unwanted program (PUP). It changes new tab page and sometimes homepage and default search in the affected Chrome browser. The users that encounter this extension face a problem: Search Solutions is hard to delete or disable. It alters group policies on the computer and makes itself an “Enterprise Installed Extension” that the user cannot uninstall. You can follow this step-by-step removal guide to get rid of Search Solutions in your computer. READ MORE

How to Remove Smartnewtab.com

How to stop http://www.smartnewtab.com/ redirects

What Is Smartnewtab.com?

If your browser keeps getting redirected to www.smartnewtab.com, that means Smartnewtab PUP got installed on your PC. Most probably this occurred when you downloaded and installed a free game or other software application from a freeware site. These sites make money by including junkware into software installers. When a user installs their software, the junkware gets installed too if the user doesn’t refuse it. Seeing that many users don’t pay particular attention during installation and that various tactics are used to prevent users from refusing, the junkware regularly ends up getting installed. If this has happened on your computer, you can follow this removal guide to get rid of Smartnewtab.com. READ MORE

How to Remove Yourtv.link

What Is Yourtv.link?

Yourtv.link browser hijacker sets browser start page, homepage and default search on the affected computer to http://yourtv.link/ website and uses different methods to hinder the user’s attempts of changing them. Yourtv.link site generates income by displaying advertisements, and the hijacker helps that by directing traffic its way. If your browser is getting redirected to http://yourtv.link/, you can follow this step-by-step guide to remove Yourtv.link browser hijacker from your PC. READ MORE

How to Remove DynamiteArcade

July 5, 2016
by Diana N

What Is DynamiteArcade?

Ads by DynamiteArcade will appear in your browser if you install DynamiteArcade software. This software allows computer users to play online games on dynamitearcade.com website, although many users might wonder how it ended up on their computers if they’ve never even heard of this site. Well, in such cases this occurred when the users got free-of-charge software from one of download sites. Freeware is often accompanied by PUPs (potentially unwanted programs) that get installed together with the freeware unless users know how to cancel the PUPs’ installation. Once DynamiteArcade is inside, it starts to generate ads of various types: banners, sidebars, text-links, pop-ups, etc. If you encountered such ads and wish to remove DynamiteArcade from your computer, this step-by-step guide will help you. READ MORE

How to Remove Hightsearch.com

July 5, 2016
by Diana N

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 Ads by Not set

What Is Ads by Not set Adware?

If Ads by Not set are frequent guests in your browser, an adware program got installed on your computer. The ads can be in the form of coupons and sidebars, fake tech support pop-ups, fake software updates and so on. You are advised against clicking on these ads, using advertised online stores, leaving your personal information or downloading any suggested software, as that can bring about serious malware infestation, identity theft and/or financial loss. You can follow this step-by-step guide to get rid of Ads by Not set and uninstall adware causing them. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.searcheeh.com

July 4, 2016
by Diana N

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

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