Booster Search Redirect - How to remove

Booster Search is a search hijacker. It gets installed thanks to deceptive ads. Then, Booster Search changes your browser settings to make Feed.boostersearch.com your new default search engine. Boostersearch.com sends your search queries to Yahoo.com, which returns your internet search results even if you never used Yahoo before. Booster Search manifests in frustrating browser redirects and ad-filled search results. It’s just an adware infection and a search-hijacking browser add-on.

Booster Search details:

Type of threat	Adware, browser hijacker.
Installation of Booster Search	Bundled with another program, advertised dishonestly.
Consequences of the installation	Changed search engine settings, Yahoo now returns search results.
Remove Booster Search	Uninstall unwanted browser add-ons, check your computer for other malware (with Spyhunter for PC, Combo Cleaner for Mac, or other programs), block unwanted notifications.

Search hijacker

Booster Search is a browser add-on, a small program that changes the functioning of your browser. Web browsers are how we interact with the internet, so malicious add-ons present a real danger. Luckily, Booster Search is only mildly malicious.

Booster Search is made by Webcoapps. Like other creations of Webcoapps, such as SearchZilla, Video Browse, Logic Search, Vista Search, etc., Booster Search is made to capture your search queries and refer them to Yahoo.com.

Once Booster Search is installed, it can do a few things:

• change your search settings to Feed.boostersearch.com and lock that setting down,
• read your search logs, the links you click on, the pages that you visit, and some technical information.

As for useful functions, Booster Search doesn’t really have any. It genuinely is just a browser hijacker that changes your search settings to Yahoo.com. Which is something you can do manually, without a browser add-on.

How Booster Search gets installed

Some versions of Booster Search have over twenty thousand users – despite laying out in their descriptions that all that they do is change your search settings to Yahoo.com. What’s up with that?

Based on Booster Search and its siblings’ web analytics, it’s easy to see that they rely a lot on deceptive ads. For example, the “Download Ready” page shown in the illustration above. This is used by many browser hijackers as a sort of fake download button. It works in the right context.

Shown as a pop-up ad on sites where people look to download files. File, video, and audio converter sites may show that page as a pop-up ad. The user doesn’t read the fine print, doesn’t realize it’s an ad, and clicks the Download button, installing Booster Search without meaning to.

Free streaming sites do a similar thing, showing ads telling people to install a browser extension to be able to play the videos. Or telling people to install the extension to support the free sites with ads.

Bundling is another way that shady browser add-ons spread. Legitimate programs are bundled with unwanted software, turning them into trojans, almost.

How to remove Booster Search

The simplest and quickest way to remove unwanted browser add-ons is to right-click each of their icon and then choose the “Remove” option. Add-on icons are in the top right corner of your browser window, next to the address bar. If you can’t see them, try dragging the address bar’s right edge to the left.

It’s advisable to scan your whole computer with an antivirus scanner, such as Spyhunter for Windows, Combo Cleaner for macOS, or any other competent program. Scan results will show if there are any more malicious or potentially programs on your device that you may want to remove. Adware like Booster Search often get installed in groups and promote one another, so it wouldn’t be surprising to find a couple of other suspicious browser add-ons.

If Boostersearch.com or another site is sending you unwanted notifications, there’s a way to stop them. Open your browser and go into notification settings:

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

There, find Boostersearch.com (it’s probably in a list with a few other sites) and press the button next to it, then choose the Block (or Deny) option. This will stop Boostersearch.com from sending notifications to your browser.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Remove browser add-ons

TopRemoving Booster Search Redirect from Chrome

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Google Chrome window. Select “Settings”.
  
• Click “Extensions” on the left menu bar.
• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Booster Search Redirect. Click on the trash bin icon next to Booster Search Redirect or other add-ons you want to remove.
  
• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.
  
• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
  
• Restart Chrome.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Booster Search Redirect, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
  
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on the Reset 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 Booster Search Redirect from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Booster Search Redirect. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Booster Search Redirect or other add-ons you want to remove.

• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.

• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.

• Restart Microsoft Edge.

TopRemoving Booster Search Redirect from Firefox

• 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 Booster Search Redirect 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.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Booster Search Redirect, 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.
  
• Choose Troubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.