AirFind Search - How to remove

AirFind might appear unexpectedly while you’re browsing. It is pushed by some related sites and iffy browser extensions and it replaces your default search engine.

If AirFind is hijacking your searches and you wish to stop that, then check your browser add-ons and other apps – one of them might be forcing your browser to open the site. Remove the app that’s causing problems.

About AirFind search:

Classification	Adware, potentially unwanted program.
What causes the search redirects?	Browser extensions and other apps that make unwanted changes to browser settings.
Is AirFind dangerous?	AirFind lacks features as a search engine, it is not good for privacy, it might appear uninvited.
How to stop AirFind redirects	Find and uninstall suspicious browser extensions and programs, find and remove malware with Spyhunter for Mac, Combo Cleaner for Mac, Spyhunter for PC, other anti-malware scanners.

What causes AirFind redirects?

If you found this web page, then you might have been seeing AirFind in your browser while searching the internet.

AirFind is an advertising company. It helps mobile sites and apps with targeted advertising and monetization.

However, I discovered it while using my desktop, not a mobile device, and looking into a group of fake search engines: QuikBrowser.com, Browsersearch.co Searchweb.io, Internetsearch.io, Onlinesearch.io, Nearbyme.io, and some others.

These alternative search engines would look one way when I first visited them, but they would quickly change and start using the AirFind logo:

Also, if you check those sites’ privacy policies, they always open AirFind’s privacy policy.

So, if you are seeing AirFind while browsing the web and searching for information online, then it might be that a fake search engine has infected your browser.

This is a problem, as the AirFind search engine lacks filtering and other features that you can find on Google.com, Bing.com, and other legitimate search engines.

Luckily, AirFind is not dangerous, only annoying. Likely, it appeared after you installed a bad browser extension. This could have happened thanks to some misleading ads or adware bundles. Such methods can cause us to install unwanted software unknowingly and without meaning to.

Problems with AirFind search

I seriously doubt that anyone chooses to use AirFind search. This site lacks features, it’s as simple as that. And people being forced to visit a site they don’t want to visit is always a problem.

A related issue is privacy. As an advertiser and as a search engine, AirFind has access to a lot of your data:

• your IP address and location,
• advertising identifiers and cookies,
• what sites you visited and which links (search results and ads) they clicked on,
• data from third-party sites.

This only applies if you do end up on one of AirFind’s websites. But if your browser opens them without your permission, such as because an add-on decided to redirect your search query to AirFind, then that is a real problem.

How to get rid of search by AirFind

Check your browser extensions, recently installed programs. If any of them look suspicious, check their names online. Uninstall all adware and potentially unwanted software.

You can also use anti-malware apps like Spyhunter for Mac, Combo Cleaner for Mac, Spyhunter for PC, and others to find malicious and potentially unwanted programs that you might miss yourself.

However, security scanners might fail to flag mild threats such as browser add-ons that can cause the AirFind redirects. So, you might still need to check manually your browser’s settings and extensions.

Pay attention to your default search engine settings. If any browser add-on is in control over your search engine, its name will be written there. Remove the extension as described in the instructions below.

Some browser add-ons are even able to open unwanted sites without having relevant permissions. If you still can’t get rid of the AirFind redirects, go ahead and disable all of your installed add-ons until AirFind stops showing up. Then, you’ll have found the culprit.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Manually remove extensions

TopHow To remove AirFind Search 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 AirFind Search, 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 AirFind Search 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 MyliuMmuzika9, 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 AirFind Search 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 AirFind Search 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 AirFind Search, 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.