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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 Awesome (Windows and Mac)

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Search Awesome is pesky adware for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer, that creates ads, pop-ups and integrates banners into browser pages. It is advertised as tool to improve user search experience by showing results shared by friends in social networks and inserting additional widgets into search result pages. In reality, Search Awesome generates third-party advertising on shopping and travel sites like Amazon, TripAdvisor, Ebay, Google.

How to remove Bitmotion-tab.com

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If your browser opens with Bitmotion-tab.com in a new tab, that means your computer is infected with hijacker. Bitmotion-tab.com overrides search and homepage settings in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Malware was developed by Victory Commerce Ltd. Developers claim, that search results are enhanced by Google, however main page and results can be modified with third party advertising.

How to remove Goqrench.net

Goqrench.net is new fake and fraudulent search engine, that can override settings in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. As many of the previous threats of this type it redirects user queries to nova.rambler.ru, which is sub-domain of Russian internet company Rambler. Search results are actually provided by Yandex, that is biggest Russian internet search provider.

How to remove Searchincognito.com

Searchincognito.com is dubious search engine, that is used by browser hijackers to replace default search engines in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Often it is accompanied with browser extension called "Search Incognito". Website provides search results similar to Yahoo, Bing or Google, but can insert sponsored results and links to unwanted pages.

How to remove unTabs

unTabs is deceptive program, that provides minimum value in exchange of access to browsers. Most times it installs as extension in Google Chrome, but sometimes may affect Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. It may seem legitimate, but considered potentially unwanted application by he specialist. unTabs displays delusive ads, installs hiddenly from users and tracks browser information about online behavior.

How to remove YeaDesktop

YeaDesktop is advertising application possibly originating in China. It consists of application, that installs in Program Files and website Yeadesktop.com, that overrides search and homepage settings in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Adware constantly receives instructions from xiaobingdou.com website, on what kind of ads to show the end user. YeaDesktop often can be seen under the name "1.0.0.1" in Programs and features, and when you try to remove it it opens window with captcha with hieroglyphs, which makes it difficult to remove standard way.

How to remove Cleanserp.net

Cleanserp.net is web page that imitates look and functionality of popular search engines, and is used by browser hijackers to set up as homepage and default search engine. Mainly, hijacker affects Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Cleanserp can be transcribed as "clean search engine result page", however all it does from the user point of view - redirects queries to Google.com. Their slogan "The search engine that respects your privacy" is false statement, as it was made solely to collect online behavior data from users and drive traffic to third party websites.

How to remove Luckystarting.com

Luckystarting.com is another hazardous browser hijacker that replaces homepage and search engine in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. As many other threats of this type, Luckystarting.com redirects user searches to search.yahoo.com and earns on affiliate clicks on ads in Yahoo search results. Main page of this site is quite perfectly made, with clocks, altering background and links to Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. However, main issue with Luckystarting.com hijacker is that it installs without user agreement, and is hard to remove.