Remove broadband-search.com to Reset Your Homepage

What is broadband-search.com?

broadband-search.com is considered as a browser hijacker that is able to bring Windows users a mass of potential troubles. According to the investigation, broadband-search.com invades your PC silently when you install freeware from unreliable third party file-sharing websites, on which most installers are packed with unwanted programs or malicious codes. If you do not cancel unknown options while the installation, insecure codes like broadband-search.com will get chances to enter your system.

Once infected your PC, broadband-search.com might take over your browsers such as IE, Chrome, Firefox and Edge by changing your browser settings. It may set itself to be your homepage so that it can not only pop up numerous ads to interrupt your surfing, but also redirects you to some unsafe websites containing malwares like spyware, adware and so on.

As a result, cyber criminals may use spyware to collect your sensitive information, which may be leak out to make profit or used to steal your money. What’s worse, broadband-search.com is so stubborn that it can run again once you restarts your PC, even you have changed your browser settings back to normal status.

Therefore, if you encounter that, you should do a deep check and remove it and the related programs immediately though it’s not easy to do so. In case you cannot eliminate it on your own, we hereby provide you the instruction step by step. Please take action now.

Guide to Remove broadband-search.com Completely and Correctly

>>> Guide I : Remove broadband-search.com completely with the Official Removal Tool Spyhunter (HOT)

>>> Guide II: Get Rid of broadband-search.com Manually on your own

Guide I : Remove broadband-search.com once for all with the Automatic Removal Tool Spyhunter (HOT)

In order to remove broadband-search.com from your machine system, it’s strongly recommended to download and install the official malware removal tool Spyhunter to accomplish it. SpyHunter is a powerful, real-time anti-spyware application certified by West Coast Labs’ Checkmark Certification System and designed to detect, remove and block spyware, rootkits, adware, keyloggers, cookies, trojans, worms and other types of malware.

1. Download The Automatic Removal Tool to end your nightmare

(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. 

No More Hesitation. Time to scan your PC. Please click Start New Scan/ Scan Computer Now!

Click Fix Threats to remove broadband-search.com and other unwanted programs completely.

Guide II: Get Rid of broadband-search.com Manually on your own

Step 1. remove broadband-search.com from browsers

    Remove broadband-search.com from Google Chrome:

1. Start Chrome, click chrome menu icon →More Tools → Extensions.
2. In  Extensions, find broadband-search.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 broadband-search.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 broadband-search.com automatically for you. Thus, you won't have to backup your data on the browsers.)

   Remove broadband-search.com from Firefox

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

 Remove broadband-search.com from Internet Explorer

1. Open Internet Explorer. Go to Tools → Manage Add-ons → Search Providers

2. Right click broadband-search.com → click Disable suggestions → close the window

Step 2. Remove broadband-search.com& other unwanted programs from Control Panel

You are suggested to use Windows utility to remove the unwanted application broadband-search.com. Commonly, additional PUPs will come along with it. Search for broadband-search.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 broadband-search.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 broadband-search.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 broadband-search.com application and the unwanted ones > click Remove

NOTE: 

You need to search for other suspicious programs and uninstall them to avoid broadband-search.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 broadband-search.com and other crapware, fixing system loopholes and speeding up your PC.


Step 3. Remove broadband-search.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.broadband-search.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.broadband-search.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 broadband-search.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 broadband-search.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.