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8/16/2015

Remove mysearch.com Browser Hijacker to Reset Homepage


Only dislikes for mysearch.com



Computer users are always sick of their homepage being replaced by unwanted ones. mysearch.com, another browser hijacker, is very active recently. It uses foxy method to get on the target browsers. To bypass the detection of users, it pretends to be a bundle of the wanted freeware from the Internet. Victims usually find it after their downloading some freeware from Internet and install it with Default Installation. Once your computer is infected with mysearch.com, the first things to be changed are the original homepage and search engine. Users of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Bing, Opera and others are its hunting list.

Issues caused by mysearch.com


* When you start up your browsers, it always starts up with mysearch.com as your homepage. Search engine is replaced to mysearch.com, too. If you search with the infected browser, the results you get is poor and infested with adverts and sponsored links. 

* Loads of ads and pop-ups may float on your screen, covering the webpage contend and dragging down the computer speed largely. 

* You may be randomly redirected to vicious websites, displaying fake messages and driving you to call malicious toll-free number so that hackers can take control of your PC. 

* There is no privacy for your online activities since the infection of mysearch.com. It generates tracking cookies to record your browsing history, page viewed and URL visited and gathers the information to the malicious third party. And your confidential information like credit card details and account passwords may become the hackers' easy targets with the assistance of mysearch.com.

* To weaken your PC and completely take over it, mysearch.com chisels up backdoor and system loopholes to invite additive harmful programs to the vulnerable PC. 



Solutions to Remove mysearch.com



Solution 2: Manually Remove mysearch.com by exactly following the steps


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Very effective at removing unwanted programs like mysearch.com and the stubborn extensions.
 Remove spyware variants that other major brands didn't detect.
 Offer real-time protection. Keep your PC safe from advertising pop-ups, browser hijackers, trojan, ransomware, worms, etc..
★ Fix the corrupted registries and system loopholes in time
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 Supports all Windows operating systems



Solution 1: Automatically Remove mysearch.com with Spyhunter (Effective and Popular)






2. Choose "I accept the EULA and Privacy Policy" to continue the installation


3. It will take a while to prepare the files and finish the installation. You can walk away to have a drink.


4. When the installation is complete, please click "Scan Computer Now" to search for mysearch.com and other threats. And then click "Fix" to completely remove mysearch.com as well as other threats.


5. When the removal is complete, you need to reboot your PC to take effect. 


Solution 2: Manually Remove mysearch.com by exactly following the steps



Step 1. remove mysearch.com from browsers

    Remove mysearch.com from Google Chrome:

  1. Start Chrome, click chrome menu icon More Tools  Extensions.
  2. In  Extensions, find mysearch.com and the unwanted extensions and select chrome-trash-icon to remove them.

     3. Then select Settings. Scroll down the page and click Show advanced settings.



   4. Find the Reset browser settings section and click Reset browser settings button.

(Reminder: please backup your personal Google data like account usernames, passwords and bookmarks before you choose to reset your browser, or you may lose the data.)


    5. select Manage Search Engines.  Remove mysearch.com and others but the search engine you like.


(Tips: If you don't want to reset any of your browsers and do it manually by yourself, you are kindly recommended to use SpyHunter to remove mysearch.com automatically for you. Thus, you won't have to backup your data on the browsers.)

   Remove mysearch.com from Firefox


  1. Open Firefox, click on Mozilla menu (top right) → Add-ons
  2. Search for mysearch.com extension and the unwanted ones to enable.




 Remove mysearch.com from Internet Explorer
1. Open Internet Explorer. Go to Tools → Manage Add-ons → Search Providers
2. Right click mysearch.com click Disable suggestions close the window




Step 2. Remove mysearch.com& other unwanted programs from Control Panel

You are suggested to use Windows utility to remove the unwanted application mysearch.com. Commonly, additional PUPs will come along with it. Search for mysearch.com as well as other unknown programs to remove them from Control panel. The way of accessing Control Panel is different on different Windows operating systems. Follow the steps below:


 Windows 8

- right click Start ( which is on the left corner of your PC) > open Quick Access Menue
- select Control Panel > click Control Panel > click Uninstall a Program
- search for mysearch.com and other suspicious programs > click Remove to get rid of them

 Windows 7

- click Start > Control Panel> Program and Features
- scroll through the program list and select mysearch.com ( and other junkware) > click Remove

 Windows XP

- click Start > Control Panel > search for and double click Add/Remove Programs 
- scroll through the program list and highlight mysearch.com application and the unwanted ones > click Remove


NOTE: 

You need to search for other suspicious programs and uninstall them to avoid mysearch.com re-installation. If you are not so familiar with it, you can ask help from Spyhunter to fix all the issues for you, including removing mysearch.com and other crapware, fixing system loopholes and speeding up your PC.


Step 3. Remove mysearch.com registry

Press Win+R keys together > input 'regedit' > click 'OK'




Search for the registries below to remove:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe 
http://www.mysearch.com/?type=sc&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Google Chrome\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "C:\Documents and Settings\test\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" http://www.mysearch.com/?type=sc&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe 

One Stone, Two Birds:

Correctly finishing all the steps above can help you remove mysearch.com completely. If you don't have the patience and courage to remove it all by yourself, you can choose the convenient method - the professional mysearch.com removal tool SpyHunter to help you remove it safely and easily. In addition, you can user SpyHunter to optimize your PC after the removal.  






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