Category: Browser Hijackers

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

How to Remove Connection Optimizer From Mac

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What Is Connection Optimizer?

Connection Optimizer is a browser hijacker that may get installed on your Mac in the company of a free or cracked application or a file downloaded from an untrustworthy site. Connection Optimizer will change your browser’s search engine to a website which will redirect your searches to Yahoo or Bing. The browser will not let you alter the search engine, stating that “Connection Optimizer is controlling this setting”. The browser itself may also become “managed by your organization”. This step-by-step guide will help you remove Connection Optimizer extension from your Mac and get rid of the search redirect. READ MORE

How to Remove Integration Admin From Mac

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What Is Integration Admin?

Integration Admin is a browser extension that may get installed on a Mac in a bundle with a free application, cracked software or with a file downloaded from a questionable source. Integration Admin changes the default search engine on users’ browsers, and users end up with their searches redirected to Yahoo or Bing. Extensions which do that are called browser hijackers. In addition to changing browser settings some hijackers also collect data from browsers (like browsing history and search history) and use it to show customized ads to users. You may follow this step-by-step guide to remove Integration Admin from your Mac and get rid of the search redirect. READ MORE

How to Remove Deluxe Solutions From Mac

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What Is Deluxe Solutions?

Deluxe Solutions is a browser extension (add-on) that may get installed on a Macbook along with a free or cracked application or with a file downloaded from an untrustworthy source. Deluxe Solutions is a browser hijacker: it alters browsers’ default search engine and does not let users change it back. Users end up with all their searches redirected either to Yahoo or to Bing. This step-by-step guide describes how you can remove Deluxe Solutions extension from your Mac and get rid of the search redirect. READ MORE

How to Remove Production Elements From Mac

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What Is Production Elements?

Production Elements is a browser extension that can alter the default search engine on Google Chrome against users’ wishes. Extensions which do that are called browser hijackers. Their main purpose is directing more traffic to promoted sites and boost revenue for those. In this case the search engine is set to a website which redirects all searches to Yahoo and Bing. Production Elements hijacker may become “installed by enterprise policy” and resist users’ attempts to get rid of it. You may follow this step-by-step guide to remove Production Elements and restore your favorite search engine. READ MORE

How to Remove Explorer Transaction From Mac

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What Is Explorer Transaction?

Explorer Transaction is a browser hijacker that may get installed on a Macbook along with some free application, cracked software or a file downloaded from an untrustworthy source. Explorer Transaction alters the default search engine on Google Chrome and redirects users’ searches to Yahoo or Bing. When users try to change the search engine themselves, they are told that “ExplorerTransaction is controlling this setting”. This step-by-step guide describes how you can remove Explorer Transaction from your Mac and restore your preferred search engine. READ MORE

How to Remove ExpandedCollection From Mac

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What Is ExpandedCollection?

ExpandedCollection is a browser extension that may end up on a Mac after a user runs a file downloaded from an untrustworthy source or installs cracked software. ExpandedCollection is a browser hijacker: it can change the default search engine on browsers and redirect users’ searches to Yahoo or Bing. Users may encounter difficulties when trying to delete ExpandedCollection, as the extension may become “installed by enterprise policy” and miss the option to uninstall it in browser settings. This step-by-step guide describes how you can remove ExpandedCollection from your Mac and get rid of the search redirect. READ MORE

How to Remove FrequencyProject From Mac

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What Is FrequencyProject?

FrequencyProject is a browser hijacker that may get installed on a Mac together with a free program, a cracked application or a file downloaded from an untrustworthy source. A browser hijacker is a piece of software that can alter browsers’ homepage, new tab page or the default search engine and stop users from changing those settings back. FrequencyProject sets Chrome’s search engine to a website which will redirect users’ searches to Yahoo or Bing. This step-by-step guide will help you remove FrequencyProject from your Mac and get rid of the search redirect. READ MORE

How to remove VLOPlayer browser hijacker

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What is VLOPlayer

VLOPlayer is an ad-type application that looks like a full-fledged media player similar to the VLC player. However, VLOPlayer has features of a browser hijacker, because VLOPlayer virus is installed along with a browser hijacking extension and then changes the settings in order to promote the page vlosearch.com – this is a fake search engine without the consent of users. If you want to enter any query in a search engine, this virus will redirect you to this page every time. READ MORE

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