Search.watchanysports.com - How to remove

Search.watchanysports.com appears as your homepage even if you can’t recall  setting it as a default homepage of your web browser? That’s because Search.watchanysports.com is a browser hijacker which infected your computer and changed some settings automatically without giving you a warning about that. Now do not get too scared about this situation, this virus is not very dangerous and it can be easily removed from your computer. However, in order to eliminate Search.watchanysports.com from your system, you have to have right tools. We are talking about anti-malware software. So in case you don’t have a trustworthy anti-malware application on your computer yet, we recommend to get one right now. You should download Spyhunter or Malwarebytes for this task. Both of these applications have a free and paid versions, so it’s up to you which version to use. Either one of them should detect and eliminate the virus from your computer.

If for some reasons you don’t feel like downloading additional anti-malware software, you can eliminate Search.watchanysports.com manually too. However, to remove virus manually, you have to have some knowledge. And that’s why we have created a step-by-step Search.watchanysports.com manual removal guide. It can be find below this article, so scroll down and take a look at it. If you manage to complete all steps correctly, you should be able to eliminate this infection by yourself.

To learn more about specific features of Search.watchanysports.com please continue reading this article. If you have some questions regarding this topic, feel free to ask them in the comments section below and we will do our best to answer them all.

About Search.watchanysports.com browser hijacker

Search.watchanysports.com works as browser add-on that can be added to all most common web browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge or even Safari.

Search.watchanysports.com is described as useful tool that will provide you with the ability to find streams of live sports games easily. While functionality of this application is highly questionable, it has some side effects that make it unwanted.

First of all, once installed Search.watchanysports.com will change some settings on web browsers, such as the homepage or default search engine. So every time you open a web browser, www.search.watchanysports.com will appear.

We suggest not to use this search engine because if you do, a lot of sponsored results will appear. Those results are not relevant to your search queries, so you will simply waste your time this way. Moreover, those results might lead you to malicious websites owned by various cyber criminals, such as hackers or scammers. This way your computer can get infected with other viruses or if you attempt to purchase something there you can even get scammed and lose your hard earned money.

Search.watchanysports.com can be described as advertising network for cyber criminals. Since they are banned from all legitimate advertising networks, they use adware like this to promote their websites and drive some traffic to them. This being said, if you keep Search.watchanysports.com installed on your computer, various hackers and scammers will be able to reach you right on your web browsers on a daily basis and that’s very dangerous.

Distribution Methods of Search.watchanysports.com browser hijacker

Search.watchanysports.com might get into your computer when you download and install freeware from the Internet because it travels bundled with it. That’s why you should pay close attention to the installation process of freeware – never skip any steps and opt out for a custom or advanced install mode if possible. This way you will be able to see all available options and make changes if needed. It would be considered wise to read terms and conditions before the installation too.

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Manual removal of Search.watchanysports.com virus

How to remove watchanysports using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Search.watchanysports.com 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 watchanysports . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Search.watchanysports.com 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 watchanysports from macOS

Delete Search.watchanysports.com from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the watchanysports 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 Search.watchanysports.com 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 Search.watchanysports.com, 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 Search.watchanysports.com 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 Search.watchanysports.com 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 watchanysports, 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 Search.watchanysports.com 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 Search.watchanysports.com, 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 Search.watchanysports.com from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall watchanysports 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 Search.watchanysports.com, 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