Category: Browser Hijackers

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

How to Remove Quicki-search.com

delete quickie-search.com and www.surfisnow.com virus

What Is Quicki-search.com?

If searching from your browser’s address bar redirects you to quicki-search.com and www.surfisnow.com, and gives you search results on Bing, and you haven’t changed your search settings yourself, then you probably have a browser hijacker on your computer. A browser hijacker is usually a browser extension/add-on that alters search engine, new tab page and some other browser settings. The purpose is directing more visitors to search engines that browser hijacker’s creators earn ad revenue from. Most of the time browser hijackers end up on computers when users install free software and don’t opt out of extra programs’ installation, or when users open files downloaded from untrustworthy sites. You may follow this step-by-step guide to uninstall the browser hijacker and remove Quicki-search.com redirect from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.syncedarchive.com From Mac

delete Synced Archive virus from mac

What Is Search.syncedarchive.com?

A browser hijacker may get installed on your Macbook one day and start redirecting your searches to Search.syncedarchive.com (Synced Archive) which in turn will redirect you to Yahoo. A browser hijacker is a piece of software that can alter homepage, default search engine and some other browser settings and stop users from changing those back. Browser hijackers may also inject ads on webpages that users visit. Most of the time hijackers get installed on computers in bundles with free apps or with fake software updates (when you get redirected to a site telling you that your Adobe Flash Player or your browser is out of date, and end up installing the “update”). You may follow instructions below to get rid of Synced Archive browser hijacker and remove Search.syncedarchive.com from your Macbook. READ MORE

How to Remove Cookies Reset Button Extension

delete Cookies Reset Button virus that is managed by your organization

What Is Cookies Reset Button?

Cookies Reset Button virus extension is a browser hijacker: a piece of software that can alter search engine, new tab page and some other browser settings to redirect users to a search engine that the hijacker’s developers earn revenue from. A browser hijacker may get installed on your PC along with some free program or downloaded together with a pirated file. Cookies Reset Button will redirect your searches to bing.com and may possibly cause advertising pop-ups on your browsers. Cookies Reset Button makes itself “installed by your administrator”, so that you cannot delete the extension, and when you try to change the default search engine it will tell you that “Cookies Reset Button is controlling this setting”. This step-by-step guide will help you remove Cookies Reset Button from your PC. READ MORE

How to remove StreamItSearch Search hijacker

streamItsearch hijacker

What is StreamItSearch Search?

StreamItSearch Search is a scam site with features of a browser hijacker. Virus delivers deceptive ads and changes your browser’s search engine to feed.streamit-search.com. The changed search engine affects the Internet experience. It redirects search queries to feed.streamit-search.com instead of the desired page READ MORE

How to Remove Sespeciess.club

Delete kpdv.sespeciess.club, rh3m.sespeciess.club (sespeciess.club virus) notifications
Sespeciess.club prompts users to allow its notifications

What Is Sespeciess.club?

Sespeciess.club is a dubious site that attempts to trick users into accepting its notifications request (see the screenshot). The site may tell users that it is necessary to allow its notifications in order to access contents of the site, play a video, start a download, and so on. If someone allows Sespeciess.club notifications, he or she will start seeing them pop up periodically in the top-right or bottom-right corner of the screen. Sespeciess.club notifications will advertise untrustworthy websites, prompt the user to download suspicious programs, join adult chatrooms, follow clickbait links, etc. If Sespeciess.club site opens in a new tab of your browser by itself, these may be adware installed on your computer. This step-by-step guide will help you uninstall adware and remove Sespeciess.club pop-ups and notifications from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Get Online Recipes

delete search Get Online Recipes virus

What Is Get Online Recipes?

Get Online Recipes may get installed on your computer one day bundled with some free program or game. Get Online Recipes may change your browser’s Start Page or New Tab Page and redirect your searches to search.getrecipesonlinetab1.com, which will in turn redirect you to Yahoo. A piece of software that can alter such browser settings without users’ participation is called a browser hijacker. Browser hijackers exist to redirect users to search engines they promote, boosting these search engines’ advertising revenue. Many browser hijackers also collect some data from users (like browsing history) and use it to generate customized ads on these users’ browsers. You may follow instructions below to uninstall Get Online Recipes browser hijacker and remove Search.getrecipesonlinetab1.com from your browser. READ MORE

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