iSearch.babylon.com Virus - How to remove

The iSearch.babylon.com virus is related to the Babylon Toolbar – a browser add-on that gets installed without permission and takes over people’s browsers.

According to estimates by web analytics sites, iSearch.babylon.com gets visitors from Japan, China, India. Some years ago, it used to be more popular in the US, Iran, France. In other words, iSearch.babylon.com is a global threat.

Additional details on iSearch.babylon.com

This specific search engine has snatched a lot of web traffic from referrals by other hijackers: Claro-search.com, Only-search.com, and Royal-search.com. If you’re being tormented by iSearch.babylon.com, then these addresses might look familiar to you.

iSearch.babylon.com might show content from Friv.com as advertisements. The problem is, its credibility is debatable: former visitors have complained that the service is “[..] not worth it due to all the viruses it gives your computer, took ages to fix a laptop”. A more disturbing comment on Sitejabber.com attracted our attention as well:

My eight year old innocent young boy was able to watch porn from links to this web site!!!! No wonder the world is screwed up!!!! What sick TWAT! allows adult content to be advertised on a children’s games site? This shouldn’t be able to happen and somebody needs to be made responsible. Is there a way of prosecuting?

Alternative search engines like iSearch.babylon.com do tend to show lower quality ads than those you can see on the more mainstream sites. It’s important to be careful.

So, not only does iSearch.babylon.com get installed uninvited, it advertises without concern for what the users want:

Classification of iSearch.babylon.com	Browser hijacker – unnecessarily takes over important browser settings. Potentially unwanted program – gets installed without proper warnings. Adware – displays ads after getting installed without permission.
Problems with the extension	Installation sometimes happens without permission. Some of the ads are displayed without check if they’re safe or age-appropriate.
Risks of using iSearch.babylon.com	Being exposed to harmful and low-quality ads. Being unable to change the default search provider in browser settings.
Removal of iSearch.babylon.com	Uninstall malicious software manually. Remove malware automatically (Spyhunter for PC, Spyhunter for Mac, or Combo Cleaner for Mac). Restore browser settings that may have been changed by unwanted software.

Another advertising network that shows ads on iSearch.babylon.com is Criteo Network Advertisements. This service uses retargeting with personalized banners. According to Wikipedia, the service finds ways to display targeted ads without stepping over the line of privacy:

The company denies it relies on personally identifiable information and doesn’t track identifiable information, no data is shared with advertisers or publishers and no third-party data used for targeting purposes. Retargeting only uses anonymous information from the merchant’s site.

As a search engine, iSearch.babylon.com is uniquely positioned to see people’s search queries – which can include very personal information – and use them to show targeted advertisements. This is not good for privacy. Especially compared to sites like Google that actually give users the option to disable interest-based ads.

It doesn’t help that iSearch.babylon.com styles its search results to look just like Google search results. iSearch.babylon.com uses InfoSpace and creates a results page that looks similar to Google. This can make visitors trust the site as much as they trust Google – with no justification.

Some of the ad links on iSearch.babylon.com are safe, others may lead to dangerous sites. It is not always obvious which ads are safe to click. It’s not even always obvious which links are ads, as iSearch.babylon.com does a poor job labeling them. Ad labeling is important, as not knowing which link is an ad wastes our time.

How to get rid of iSearch.babylon.com

The iSearch.babylon.com redirects are caused by bad browser extensions, malicious programs, and hijacked browser settings.

Below are instructions for how to delete unwanted programs and extensions and how to fix default search settings yourself. It’s quick and easy to do.

You might also benefit from using an antivirus tool, such as Spyhunter for Windows, Spyhunter for Mac, or Combo Cleaner for macOS. They can detect malicious files and programs that you might overlook. Consider using an antivirus program with real-time security as that would stop many infections from happening.

Avoid downloading programs from freeware download sites, as they are often bundled with hijackers such as iSearch.babylon.com.

Be careful of deceptive advertisements that may lead you to malicious browser extensions.

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Manual removal of iSearch.babylon.com virus

How to remove babylon virus using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like iSearch.babylon.com Virus 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 babylon virus . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make iSearch.babylon.com Virus 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 babylon virus from macOS

Delete iSearch.babylon.com Virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the babylon virus 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 iSearch.babylon.com Virus 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 iSearch.babylon.com Virus, 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 iSearch.babylon.com Virus 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 iSearch.babylon.com Virus 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 babylon virus, 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 iSearch.babylon.com Virus 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 iSearch.babylon.com Virus, 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 iSearch.babylon.com Virus from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall babylon virus 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 iSearch.babylon.com Virus, 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.