Videos-searches.com Redirects - How to remove

Videos-searches.com (as well as Video-searches.com) is a website that hijacks internet searches. It works together with VideosSearches – a browser extension. It offers no useful features or functionality. It’s just there to log data about you and to interfere with your web browsing.

Videos-searches.com in short:

Classification	Browser hijacker, adware.
VideosSearches infection symptoms	Videos-searches.com showing up in your address bar, Yahoo delivering your search results even if you had a different preferred search engine, pop-up ads from Videos-searches.com.
How hijackers get installed	VideosSearches is advertised in a misleading way.
How to stop Videos-searches.com redirects	Uninstall VideosSearches and remove other malware, do it with an antivirus tool (Spyhunter for PC, Combo Cleaner for Mac, others), block unwanted web push notifications.

What is Videos-searches.com?

Browser hijacker

You might have noticed Videos-searches.com appearing in the address bar of your internet browser. In addition, it may be that your web search results are being delivered by an unexpected site and that there are more pop-up ads on your screen than normal.

These are the symptoms of a Videos-searches.com adware infection. It is one of many sites (others include Streaminsearchs.com and Hdstreamsearch.com) that hijack internet browsers.

Their goal is the same as most malware – to make money. They do this by displaying ads to their users, opening promoted sites in their browsers, forcing them to visit affiliated sites, and collecting valuable usage and demographic data which can be used in ad targeting.

Videos-searches.com does all of this while not providing any useful features in exchange. As such, there’s no justification for its behavior.

Deceptively installed

You might be curious about how VideosSearches, a browser add-on that offers no useful features, got over 7,000 users on the Chrome web store. I mean, the extension’s description just says that VideosSearches gives you access to web search with results powered by Yahoo. Surely, people don’t seek out and install this add-on on their own?

Videos-searches.com is advertised online. It’s promoted by file download sites, usually as a fake download link or a “recommended” extension.

If you regularly download from dubious sites, you know how bizarre their ads can get. Pirates and other savvy online users are proficient at dodging fake download buttons, recognizing fake CAPTCHAs, ignoring fake virus detections, and dealing with other deceptive ads.

Videos-searches.com uses similarly deceptive ads to trick people into installing it. Then, once it’s in the browser, it becomes almost invisible. Videos-searches.com stays under the radar, quietly logging user data and redirecting search queries. If you’ve never had to deal with a browser hijacker or a search redirect virus, it might be difficult to realize what’s up.

How to remove Videos-searches.com

Delete malware

Videos-searches.com is tied to your browser by the VideosSearches extension. The extension needs to be removed, that’s all.

You can remove it by using an antivirus tool, such as Spyhunter for Windows, Combo Cleaner for macOS, and others.

To remove Videos-searches.com manually, go into the Extension settings of your browser or click the puzzle icon in the upper right corner. Either way, you should see the list of active extensions that are installed on your web browser. Find VideosSearches and click the Remove button to get rid of the add-on.

This might not always work. For example, if the Remove button can’t be clicked. In such a case, the enterprise policy could have been abused by malware which delivered Videos-searches.com. You can fix this, though it’s a little complicated.

There’s also the possibility that Videos-searches.com returns after you remove it. Sync may be responsible for this. You need to remove VideosSearches from the cloud in order to stop it from being reinstalled.

Block pop-up ads

Videos-searches.com, the website, offers visitors to allow its notifications. If you did, then you might be getting pop-ups from Videos-searches.com. To stop them, find Videos-searches.com in your notification settings and block its messages.

• Chrome – type “chrome://settings/content/notifications” in the address box.
• Safari – in the Safari menu, choose Preferences, Websites, Notifications.
• Edge (Chromium) – type “edge://settings/content/notifications” in the address box.
• Firefox – open Settings, Privacy & Security, scroll down to Permissions, and click on Settings next to Notifications.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Remove browser extensions

TopHow To remove Videos-searches.com Redirects 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 Videos-searches.com Redirects, 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 Videos-searches.com Redirects 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 Videos-searches.com Redirects, 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 Videos-searches.com Redirects 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 Videos-searches.com Redirects 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 Videos-searches.com Redirects, 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.