Better-Search.net Virus - How to remove

The Better-Search.net virus is a browser hijacker. It gets installed together with free programs downloaded from freeware sites.

Better-Search.net is operated by ClientConnect/Trovi. Unsurprisingly, its purpose is to hijack your default search page and show ads, as well as track your browsing activity. It changes your search results by adding sponsored websites and interrupts your browsing with annoying ads. Currently, Better-Search.net forwards to Bing.com.

Better-Search.net takes over search

Once installed, the search virus changes your homepage and default search engine to Better-Search.net. This is not a reliable search provider or even a real search engine. Its main goal is to track search data and to show sponsored links.

As Better-Search.net lacks any useful features, it has to trick people into installing it.

Most likely, the Better-Search.net virus infected your system while hiding inside infected installers of free software.

When users encounter a bundler (InstallIQ), they find it very easy to accidentally skip the installation steps for optional offers, whether because they’re in a rush to finish the installation or because the optional offers are so well disguised. Some of the offers offer to change your browser’s homepage else “enhance” your browsing experience. Bundlers make it easy to agree with that without even realizing it.

To avoid such problems, you should always go for Custom or Advanced installation and follow every installation step to see what you are agreeing to.

How to remove Better-Search.net

If Better-Search.net has taken over all of your browsers, remove it by uninstalling the malicious program from Control Panel.

But if Better-Search.net only affects one browser, then it might be just a browser add-on which you can remove in browser settings.

It is also recommended to review all the programs that were added on the same date as the problems with Better-Search.net started. Remove suspicious programs and browser add-ons.

Find malicious programs with antivirus scanners, such as Spyhunter for Windows, , Combo Cleaner for Mac, and others.

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How to remove Better-Search.net Virus using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Better-Search.net 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 Better-Search.net Virus . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Better-Search.net 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.

Remove Better-Search.net from your browser

TopHow To remove Better-Search.net 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 Better-Search.net 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 Better-Search.net 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 Better-Search.net 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 Better-Search.net, 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 Better-Search.net 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 Better-Search.net 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.