Swellsearch has been deemed as a browser hijacker.
"Alright, I'll start off with the name of the malware/adware is swellsearch and it's hijacking my chrome. I have since both reset my settings via chrome, uninstalled chrome and tried manually deleting malware files and uninstalling malwarious(suspicious) programs. Nothing has come bearing fruit obviously and I'm at my end trying to remove this."
Swellsearch comes out as a redirect.
Swellsearch is a redirect. It is widely spread on the internet recently.Once it bursts into your computer, you will can see this redirect bug is attached with browsers which are popular with computer users. For example, cyber citizens like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer, Yahoo, Bing, Opera and Safari. Afterwards, Swellsearch makes difference of your browser search engine and homepage without asking any of your permission. It is such a violent redirect. A direct result is you are possible to get a bunch of pop-ups and rubbish redirects.
Swellsearch gets you into troubles.
- Issue 1: privacy invasion. Your personal information, including account log-in details, password, pin number and browsing cookies, may be collected and exposed for the third party for criminal commercial activities.
- Issue 2: irrelevant redirects. You may be taken to the spam webpages or advertising sites by the unwelcome pop-ups.
- Issue 3: aggressive advertisements. Besides Swellsearch, additional ads and pop-ups will inundate your computer screen.
- Issue 4: other threats. Since the computer system has been interrupted, other threats like browser hijacker, trojan, ransomware are able to break into the computer easily.
- Issue 5: clumsy computer. Adware like Swellsearch can shrink the computer performance. It will take a longer time to react including computer startup, webpage download and program execution.
How to Remove Swellsearch out from Browsers?
Lesson A: Remove Swellsearch Manually from Your Computer
Before the removal: you need to go to end the running processes related to Swellsearch in the task manager: click Ctrl+Alt+Del together to get the task manager; search for the suspicious or unfamiliar processes to end. ( in case you will encounter the claiming that Swellsearch is running and you can't uninstall it.)
( considerate tip: manual removal requires expertise and consumes a lot of time. If you mean to make the Swellsearch removal simple and easy, you may consider downloading and installing the official version SpyHunter to get rid of Swellsearch. Just want to make sure you know you have a perfect choice.)
1. remove Swellsearch from the control panel
- Click Start and then choose Control Panel.
- Click Programs> Uninstall a program or Program and Features(for Windows 7,8, Vista)
- search for the unwanted or unknown programs; right click it and then choose Uninstall.
2.1 Remove Swellsearch add-ons from Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer then go to Tools menu (press “F10″ key once to active menu bar) and then click on Internet Option a configuration page will be opened
- Click on Programs tab then click on Manage Add-ons, now you’ll get a window which have listed all the installed add-ons.
- Now disable the Swellsearch add-on, also disable all the unknown / unwanted add-ons from this list.
- Open Internet Explorer. Click on Tools menu (Press “F10” key once to active the menu bar), click on Internet Option. A internet option window will open.
- For IE9, IE10 users may click on Gear icon . Then click on tools.
- Click on Advanced tab then click on RESET button.
- Now you will get a new popup for confirmation, tick mark on Delete personal setting then click on RESET button on that.
- Now your Internet Explorer has been Restored to default settings.
- Now you will appear a popup stated “complete all the tasks”. After completion click on close button.
- Open Internet Explorer then go to Tools menu (Press “F10” key once to active the menu bar) and then click on Internet Option a configuration page will be opened, then click on General tab. Now look into under HOME PAGE Edit Box you got Swellsearch, replace it to www.google.com, then click on apply and close.
- Start Google Chrome, click on options icon (Located in very top right side of the browser), then click on Tools then, click on Extensions.
- You will get a configuration page which have listed all the installed extensions, remove Swellsearch extension. Also remove all the unknown / unwanted extensions from there. To remove them, click on remove (recycle bin) icon (as shown on screenshot)
- Open Google Chrome, click on menu icon and then click on settings
- Scroll down and click on “Show advanced settings…”option, after click on that you’ll appear some more options in bottom of the page. Now scroll down more and click on “Reset Browser setting” option.
- Now, Close all Google Chrome browser’s window and reopen it again.
Remove Swellsearch from Google Chrome homepage
- Start Google Chrome, click on options icon (Located in very top right side of the browser), click on Settings. You will get a configuration page.
- Under configuration page find a option named as “Open a specific page or set of pages” click on its Set Pages. Another window will come up. Here you will appear the bunch of URL’s under “Set pages”. Delete all them and then enter only one which you want to use as your home page.
2.5 Remove Swellsearch add-ons from Mozilla Firefox
Open Firefox and then go the Tools menu (Press “F10” key once to active Menu bar) click on Add-ons, you’ll get a page click on extensions from the left side pane. now look on right side pane you’ll get all the installed add-ons listed on there. Disable or Remove Swellsearch add-on, also disable all the unknown / unwanted add-ons from there.
2.6 Reset Mozilla Firefox
- Open Firefox and then go the Help menu (Press “F10” key once to active Menu bar)
- Go to Help menu then click on “Troubleshooting information
- You will get a page “Troubleshooting information” page, here you will get “Reset Firefox” option in the right side of the page.
- Click on Reset Firefox option and then follow their instructions to reset firefox.
- Mozilla Firefox should be Restored.
Remove Swellsearch from Mozilla Hompeage
- Open Mozilla Firefox, Click on Tools menu (If tools menu doesn’t appear then press “F10″ key once to active the menu bar) then go to Options, after that a configuration page will be opened, then click on General tab and then look on the very first section named as Startup. Under start-up you will see a HOME PAGE Edit Box, under this edit box you will see Swellsearch, please replace it with www.google.com, then click on apply and close.
- Restart Firefox Browser
3. To Remove Swellsearch from Startup
- Press “window key + R” (Flag sign key + R) you will get Run box then type “MSCONFIG into the run box then click on OK. You’ll get a msconfig window.
- In the msconfig window click on Startup tab, here you’ll get all the startup entries, so look on the list and then do Un-check the entries which is contains Swellsearch. Also Un-check all the others entries which you found unwanted. then click on OK to apply all the changes
Lesson B: Remove Swellsearch with the Automatic Removal Tool
(You have 2 options for you: click Save or Run to install the program. You are suggested to save it on the desktop if you choose Save so that you can immediately start the free scan by clicking the desktop icon.)
2. The pop-up window box below needs your permission for the setup wizard. Please click Run.
Continue to follow the setup wizard to install the Automatic Removal Tool.
It may take a while to download all the files. Please be patient.
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( Kris )
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