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Toolbars&Hijackers

Articles about removing unwanted and malicious toolbar and hijackers and resetting your browser settings. Instructions for Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari, Opera.

How to remove Search.practicalsprint.com (Mac)

Search.practicalsprint.com (or Practical Sprint) is a browser-based infection that tries to hijack your data. These applications are categorized as browser hijackers because they manipulate your browser settings and assign new features (search engine, widgets, backgrounds, etc.). It mainly affects Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Safari, however, other popular browsers can be attacked also. All of these changes are ostensibly meant to help you in surfing the net by generating smarter results and providing fast access to multiple resources. Unfortunately, all if this is a fool since it simply redirects users to legitimate Yahoo.com. We recommend you delete Practical Sprint to prevent data leaks and other consequences. The uninstallation process is mentioned in the article below.

How to remove Charming Tab (charming-tab.com)

Charming Tab (charming-tab.com) is a potentially unwanted application categorized as a browser hijacker that manipulates browser settings in its favor. It adds a new search engine and overall appearance of the default tab. The usefulness of this tool dissipates because it shows results from legitimate Google and does not generate anything unique as claimed by its developers. Installation of such add-ons can lead to potential privacy leaks (passwords, IP-addresses, geolocations, etc.) due to tracking capabilities. Unfortunately, simply disabling Charming Tab will not help, instead, you have to make sure that you delete it from your computer without traces. We will help you to do so in this article.

How to remove Managed by your organization from Google Chrome

Seeing a title like Managed by your organization in your browser menu may raise up a lot of questions, especially about being infected with unwanted software. Of course, malware can hide its activity under "legitimate" covers like this, however, this specific feature is usually displayed because your browser is accessed by some organization. This can happen due to third-parties installations like Antivirus that set own enterprise policy for Google Chrome browser. Sometimes, you can log in to certain websites that are allowed to do these changes as well. Either way, if you are getting pissed off due to this entry, then we will help you get rid of it in the article below.

How to remove Wowsearch (search.wowsearch.net)

Wowsearch is a dubious search engine promoted by a potentially unwanted program categorized as a browser hijacker. Such domains will appear as a default homepage each time you boot a browser. As developers claim, their software is meant to provide more accurate search results and customize your homepage to enhance the overall experience. Alongside the assigned search engine (search.wowsearch.net), people can use different shortcuts and links to save time on accessing preferred websites. However, likewise other browser hijackers, Wowsearch generates no unique results. Instead, it displays search queries from legitimate Yahoo, Google, or Bang engines. Therefore, Wowsearch is useless and there is no benefit to be excluded from it. Besides that, browser hijackers are capable of monitoring personal data (e.g. passwords, IP-addresses, geolocations, credentials, etc.) and transferring it to cybercriminals.

How to remove Weknow.ac (Mac)

Weknow.ac is search engine redirect and browser hijacker, that attacks Safari, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox. Website is set up as homepage, new tab and default search engine. However, user search queries are redirected to webcrawler.com, which is known browser hijacker. Weknow.ac is often accompanied by browser extensions, that controls settings and can have random name. Having potentially unwanted add-on, can be dangerous for privacy as hijacker collects browser data and use it for commercial purposes.

How to remove Print My Recipes (hp.hprintmyrecipes.com)

Print My Recipes is a rogue extension categorized as a browser hijacker. At first glance, the activity of this application is meant to enhance browsing experience by changing the search engine to hp.hprintmyrecipes.com and adding some new features. This specific program aids users in searching for different recipes, however, this feature can be very annoying and dangerous in some cases. Print My Recipes send dozens of ad notifications to your desktop which can lead to malicious websites. Besides that, it is worth mentioning that browser hijackers can gather your data (passwords, IP-addresses, geolocations, etc.) and sell it to third-parties figures. Most users elaborated that even after uninstalling the program, it keeps coming back over and over again. This is because it leaves certain files after deletion that reinstall it once again. Therefore, to delete it, you should use more advanced methods that are listed in the article below.

How to remove Mazy Search (browser.mazysearch.com)

Mazy Search is a paradigm of pure browser hijacker that alters browser settings and switches your search engine to browser.mazysearch.com. Besides replicating search results from legitimate Google.com and showing intrusive ads, it also adds "Managed by your organization" headline in the menu of your browser. This means that extortionists have full control over your browser and can manage it by sending commands remotely. This, in itself, creates a soil for cybercriminals to collect your data (passwords, IP-addresses, geolocations, etc.) and sell it to shady figures. Unfortunately, any attempts to disable or delete the Mazy Search extension get negated because of the potentially unwanted program that might be installed on your system. To ruin fraudulent plans and bring the safe experience back, you should delete Mazy Search right now through our free guide below.

How to remove Prudensearch.com (Mac)

Prundensearch.com promotes fake search engine and shows suspicious advertisements. These characteristics represent adware and browser hijacker's capabilities. Initially, such apps are ostensibly focused on providing a better browsing experience. However, on the surface, it looks the opposite. Instead of showing smarter and unique results, Prudensearch.com simply redirects users to Bing.com or Webcrawler.com. It has also been spotted that Prudensearch redirects users through another shady engine - Trovi.com. Search engine settings are usually controlled by accompanying extension - PrudenSearch. As mentioned, Prudensearch.com also imposes intrusive banners that contain malicious links inside of them.