Category Hijackers

Tutorials on removing different type of hijackers.

How to uninstall (remove) Searchpursuit.net

If you find that your search engine is changed to http://searchpursuit.net/ and you are constantly redirected to third-party sites, then you can be sure that your PC is infected with Searchpursuit.net. Searchpursuit.net is the fake search engine that gets into PC without user consent and hijacks your browsers Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or another browser installed on your computer.

How to uninstall (remove) Search.sleepshadow.com from Mac

Search.sleepshadow.com is a browser hijacker, which targets on Mac users. The hijacker changes default search engine on your Google Chrome, Safari or Mozilla Firefox. Also, it changes a homepage to https://www.Search.lavradoor.com without your permission. Search.sleepshadow.com hijacker. According to www.Search.lavradoor.com’s Privacy Policy, it can collect personal data from you, including name, IP, country/region, installed applications etc, browser history and search queries, and send this data to business partners.

How to uninstall (remove) Search.lavradoor.com and Lavradoor extension (Mac)

earch.lavradoor.com, powered by Lavradoor extension is a browser hijacker, which changes default search engine on your Chrome, Safari or Mozilla Firefox. Distributes by Lavradoor (network, which specializing in Mac software distribution), it changes a homepage to https://www.Search.lavradoor.com without your participation. Search.lavradoor.com browser hijacker adds Admin Preferences to your settings so that the default search engine becomes “enforced by administrator” and near impossible to delete.

How to uninstall (remove) Gensearch.co

Gensearch.co, owned by a company based in ASIA is a multi-platform site, presented as service provides access thousands of local and international search engine sites and portals. Also, according to owners, the site serves website users with the most relevant ads sourced from our direct advertiser base. It obviously, that any advantages of Gensearch.co are miserable, but identified deficiencies may affect users machines performance. It's because Gensearch.co collects users personal information: full name, email address, phone number, physical address and access to contacts stored on users mobile device or tablet computer.

How to uninstall (remove) Adaware Secure Search

Adaware Secure Search is a malicious extension classified as Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). Such extensions can change homepages of browsers by own page with similar functions. Than hijacker starts to collect and share user's personal data with third parties: PUPs usually collecting information about users device models, IP addresses, search queries, browser history, visited pages. etc. Also, Adaware Secure Search after collecting of enough amount of data, redirect browser tabs to sites with a relevant advertisement. Moreover, pop-ups with ads can be added in every new tab.