Your Search Web - How to remove

Your Search Web is a new fictitious search engine which has been labelled as a browser hijacker. Browser hijackers are adware mutants that not only hijack your default search provider but also contaminate your web browser with spam advertisements.

About Your Search Web Browser Hijacker

Your Search Web hijacks your default homepage, new tab and search engine. Instead it sets yoursearchweb.com as your default start page, new tab URL and search provider. This browser extension is capable of changing settings of web browsers like Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari and others. It can also create a shortcut on your desktop and append an argument to the startup. Thus, you are automatically redirected to yoursearchweb.com every time you launch your web browser. This add-on makes system changes of Windows and Mac operating systems. The official website of Your Search Web browser hijacker has user-friendly interface.

There is only one search bar (not really characteristic of rogue search engines), it is not overcrowded with shortcuts to various popular websites as well. In such a way, Yoursearchweb.com gives an impression of a legitimate search engine and users may be wheedled into performing a search in it. But these impressions vanish without a trace when you have actually performed a search on this bogus search engine. Your Search Web displays modified search results of Google search engine in a new tab page. You may get surprised and perform the search again to make sure that you have not used Google search provider. It may cross your mind as to what this ‘‘search engine’’ is used for. Well, it does have its functionality but it is in no way related with the display of qualitative search results.

Yoursearchweb.com virus was designed for generating PPC (pay-per-click) revenue for its developers. The profit is created by malvertising business. Malvertising differs from advertising in that it oversteps the limits of legitimate advertising practices. That is to say, Your Search Web typically gets on your computer’s system without your authorization, it tracks your browsing, IP address, etc. and sells this data to 3rd parties. Furthermore, the ads of 3rd party, which are displayed by this application, are highly intrusive, they even take the full browsing windows. Your Search Web do also promote the entire 3rd party websites which appear above legitimate domains in the search results provided by this so-called search provider. Above all, it was assumed that fake search engines lead to exploit kits.

How does Your Search Web Browser Hijacker Penetrate Your Computer?

Your Search Web is a hidden particle of popular apps which are available for free on the Internet. In order to detect if your chosen app has this PUP (potentially unwanted program) embedded, you must set the installation wizard in Advanced (or Custom) mode. You will also be allowed to exclude it from the installer. Additionally, read EULA (End User License Agreement) beforehand.

However, if you have failed to perform the setup properly and Your Search Web program has already invaded your computer, you will have to remove it either automatically or manually. Automatic removal is always recommended against the manual as it involves the full system cleanup. For the latter purpose apply Spyhunter, Hitman or Malwarebytes. The manual removal guide of Your Search Web browser hijacker is provided below.

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Manual removal of Your Search Web

How to remove Your Search Web using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Your Search Web install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to Your Search Web . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Your Search Web easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

How to remove Your Search Web from macOS

Delete Your Search Web from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Your Search Web app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

TopHow To remove Your Search Web from Google Chrome:

• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select More Tools→Extensions
  
• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
  
• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select Settings
  
• Select Manage Search engines
  
• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list
  
• Go back to settings. On Startup choose Open blank page (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).
• If your homepage was changed, click on Chrome menu on the top right corner, select Settings. Select Open a specific page or set of pages and click on Set pages.
  
• Delete malicious search websites at a new Startup pages window by clicking “X” next to them.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Your Search Web, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on a Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on theReset browser settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How To remove Your Search Web from Firefox:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (Or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Your Search Web related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on the Firefox menu in the top right corner, select Options → General. Enter a preferable URL to the homepage field and click Restore to Default.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Your Search Web, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• ChooseTroubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on theReset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program to identify malicious entries.

How to remove Your Search Web from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.

• Click on the three-dot menu on the browser toolbar and Select Settings

• Select Privacy and Services and scroll down. Press on Address bar.

• Choose Manage search engines.

• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list: open the three-dot menu and choose Remove.

• Go back to Settings. Open On start-up.
• Delete malicious search websites at Open specific page or pages by opening the three-dot menu and clicking Delete.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Your Search Web, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings

• Click on Edge's menu button and select Settings. Click on the Reset Settings button on the left.
• Press the Restore settings to their default values option.

• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove Your Search Web from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Your Search Web and other suspicious extensions.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences and choose General tab. Enter preferable URL to the homepage field.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings(older versions) If you are still experiencing any issues related to Your Search Web, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari…
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

Manual removal