How to remove Easy Speed Test Access

What is Easy Speed Test Access

Easy Speed Test Access or Search.easyspeedtestaccess.com is nasty browser hijacker and adware, that modifies search engine, homepage and new tab settings in Safari, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. It can infect both Windows and Mac computers. Virus gets access to browsers data by installing extension, users themselves download it from phishing or advertising pages. Add-ons can be called: Easy Speed Test Access, Speed Test, Super Speed Tester, etc. After infiltration, hijacker sets search.easyspeedtestaccess.com as default search and opens it as homepage or new tab at every start. Page looks like typical third-party search engine, with toolbar, quick links to shopping sites and social networks and, in this case, to websites, that provide internet speed testing functionality. Search queries are redirected to search.yahoo.com. Given the fact that there are many free, convenient online speed testing services, the only goal Easy Speed Test Access pursues is advertising revenue. In this article you will learn how to remove Easy Speed Test Access and restore default browser settings.

How Easy Speed Test Access infected your PC

Usually, Easy Speed Test Access is promoted via Google Adsense, other advertising networks and along with free software installers. Easy Speed Test Access can also be bundled with various free applications, such as converters, downloaders, media players. Below, you can see example of landing page. After clicking on green button, Easy Speed Test Access adware will be installed in browser. Here you can find manual removal instructions and tools, that will uninstall Easy Speed Test Access from your PC.

Remove Easy Speed Test Access manually for free

Here is the manual step-by-step tutorial for full Easy Speed Test Access removal from your computer. This works 99% and was checked with the latest versions of Easy Speed Test Access installer on operating systems with the latest updates and browser versions.

Note: Easy Speed Test Access can be installed as Google Chrome extension as Administrator (you may see Installed by enterprise policy inscription near it), and this will not allow removal. Therefore, before starting removal process, perform these actions:

1. Start the Command Prompt by clicking the Start menu button and typing command prompt (or just searching for “command prompt” in Windows 10 search field). Right click on the Command Prompt result and choose Run as Administrator.



2. Type in and execute the following commands:

   
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers"
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicy"
gpupdate /force

Remove Easy Speed Test Access from Control Panel

To start removing Easy Speed Test Access you should uninstall it using Control Panel. It can be present by different names – “Easy Speed Test Access”, “Super Speed Tester” or just “Speed Test”. It should uninstall correctly, however, we recommend you to use IObit Uninstaller to clean leftover items after uninstalling. Here are instructions for Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8.

Remove Easy Speed Test Access from Mac:

1. In the Finder sidebar, click Applications.
2. Easy Speed Test Access might have an Uninstaller.
3. Otherwise, drag Easy Speed Test Access or Speed Test from the Applications folder to the Trash (located at the end of the Dock).
4. Then choose Finder > Empty Trash.

Remove Easy Speed Test Access from Windows XP:

1. Click on Start button.
2. Choose Control Panel.
3. Click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find Easy Speed Test Access or Speed Test.
5. Click Uninstall.

Remove Easy Speed Test Access from Windows 7:

1. Click Start button.
2. Then go to Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find Easy Speed Test Access or Speed Test and click Uninstall.

Remove Easy Speed Test Access from Windows 8:

1. Hover mouse pointer to the bottom-right corner to see Menu.
2. Click Search.
3. After that click Apps.
4. Then Control Panel.
5. Click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
6. Find Easy Speed Test Access or Speed Test, click Uninstall.

Remove Easy Speed Test Access from Windows 10:

There are 2 ways to uninstall Easy Speed Test Access from Windows 10

Way one

1. Click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Settings.
3. Click on the System tile.
4. Click Apps & features and locate Easy Speed Test Access or Speed Test in the list.
5. Click on it and then click Uninstall button near it.

Way two (classic)

1. Right-click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Programs and Features.
3. Locate Easy Speed Test Access or Speed Test in the list.
4. Click on it and then click Uninstall button above.

Cannot uninstall Easy Speed Test Access

In some cases, Easy Speed Test Access won’t uninstall and gives you the message, that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Easy Speed Test Access. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing Easy Speed Test Access folder and files. This happens, because process or service does not allow you to do it. In this case, I will recommend you to use SpyHunter 5 or Malwarebytes or uninstall Easy Speed Test Access in Safe Mode. To boot in Safe Mode do the following:

1. Reboot your computer.
2. While it starts booting press F8 button.
3. This will open Advanced Boot Options menu.
4. Choose Safe Mode and wait until Windows loads.
5. Go to Control Panel > Uninstall a program and remove Easy Speed Test Access or Speed Test

>> See detailed instructions and video tutorial on how to boot in Safe Mode

and for Mac:

If you can’t uninstall Easy Speed Test Access using instructions above, or it keeps coming back, you can use free AppCleaner for Mac to remove all residual data and libraries of Easy Speed Test Access. Follow instructions below:

1. Download free AppCleaner.
2. Drag Easy Speed Test Access from Applications folder to AppCleaner window.
3. Choose files and folders you want to remove along with Easy Speed Test Access.
4. Click Delete button.

Remove malicious add-ons from your browsers

Uninstalling Easy Speed Test Access from Control Panel often does not bring desired effect. It sometimes have browser extension and it may still be active in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Here are instructions on how to remove Easy Speed Test Access extension from your browsers manually.

Safari:

1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
2. Click Extensions tab.
3. Find Easy Speed Test Access or Speed Test extensions.
4. Click Uninstall button to remove it.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://extensions/.
3. Find Easy Speed Test Access or Speed Test add-ons.
4. Click the trash can icon to remove them.
5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:addons.
3. Choose Easy Speed Test Access or Speed Test extensions.
4. Click Disable or Remove button.
5. Remove all suspicious extensions from the list.

Internet Explorer (9, 10, 11):

Note: There is no feature to remove browser extensions from browser in latest version of Internet Explorer. To remove Easy Speed Test Access from Internet Explorer, please, perform instructions for uninstalling program from Control Panel. To disable Easy Speed Test Access, please, do the following:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click on gear/asterisk icon in the top-right corner.
3. In opened menu Manage Add-ons.
4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
5. Click Disable Easy Speed Test Access or Speed Test.
6. Also disable other suspicious extensions from the list.

Opera Browser:

Generally, Easy Speed Test Access does not install in Opera browser however you can always double check. Do the following:

1. Start Opera browser.
2. Go to Tools > Extensions > Manage Extensions.
3. Find Easy Speed Test Access or Speed Test extensions.
4. Click Uninstall button.
5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Reset browsers settings (homepage, default search)

Easy Speed Test Access installs search engine (Search.easyspeedtestaccess.com), that hijacks your browsers. Here is instruction to reset your browsers homepage, new tab and search engine to default values.

Reset Safari:

1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
2. Go to the Privacy section of Safari’s preferences.
3. Click Remove All Website Data button.
4. In opened window click Remove Now button to remove data stored by websites in Safari.
5. Go to the Advanced section of Safari’s preferences.
6. Click the Show Develop menu in menu bar option.
7. In the menu click Develop and select Empty Caches from this menu.
8. Again, go to Safari menu and choose Clear History….
9. Choose to clear all history and click Clear History button.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://settings/.
3. Scroll down and find Show advanced settings link.
4. Click on it and scroll down to the bottom again.
5. Click Reset browser settings button and click Reset to confirm.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:support.
3. Click Reset Firefox… button.
4. Click Reset Firefox to confirm.

Internet Explorer (9, 10, 11):

1. Start Internet Explorer.
2. Click on gear/asterisk icon in the top-right corner.
3. In opened menu choose Internet options.
4. Click Advanced tab.
5. Click Reset button.
6. Choose Delete personal settings and click Reset.

Opera Browser:

1. Close Opera and open command prompt from the start menu.
2. Type following command del %AppData%\Opera\Opera\operaprefs.ini
3. Start Opera.

How to block redirects and pop-ups from Easy Speed Test Access

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AdGuard browser assistant

Easy Speed Test Access redirects, in most cases, are caused by a program installed on your PC or add-on installed in browsers. However, sometimes it can appear on a clean computer when visiting malicious website, using advertising script. Also, apps that generate “Easy Speed Test Access” are themselves installed from pop-ups. To protect your PC and browsers from phishing websites, pop-up ads, banners, malicious scripts it is recommended to use AdGuard. Download free trial here:

Alternative way to remove adware browser extensions and reset browser settings

For safe and effective browser extension removal use avast! Browser Cleanup utility. Run it with administrator privileges and remove all extensions with bad rating including related to Easy Speed Test Access. You can also reset your browser settings for each of your browsers: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox.

Cleaning browsers shortcuts

You can clean your browser shortcuts manually right-clicking on your browser icon, choosing “Properties” and removing hijacker address from “Target” field (leave just the path to your browser). However it is easier to use free Shortcut Cleaner from BleepingComputer. Download it here – its FREE:

Final tips

Be careful surfing the internet and downloading software, as programs like Easy Speed Test Access may become a real headache as they are hard to remove and break your privacy. To keep safe from such threats we recommend you always use antivirus and one of anti-malware programs available on the market. One of the best anti-spyware and anti-malware programs is SpyHunter 5. It can protect your PC from threats, like Easy Speed Test Access.