CheckAMap Search Redirects - How to remove

CheckAMap is a malicious browser extension that hijacks web search results. Once installed, it takes over the default search engine settings and forwards all searches to iffy sites like Nearbyme.io.

Another problem is that CheckAMap gets installed without permission, often with the help of deceptive ads or by being bundled with other installers. Because of that, people whose browsers are hijacked by CheckAMap might not know about it.

If CheckAMap was installed on your browser, it’s recommended to remove it.

CheckAMap in short:

Classification	Adware, browser hijacker.
How the Feed.checkamap.com redirects begin	When CheckAMap is installed, it takes over web search results, it opens unwanted sites.
What causes CheckAMap to be installed	Misleading ads are used to advertise it.
How to stop Fee.checkamap.com redirects?	Remove the CheckAMap extension, check default search engine settings, use antivirus apps (Spyhunter for PC, Spyhunter for Mac, Combo Cleaner for Mac, others) to find and remove unwanted and malicious programs.

What is Feed.checkamap.com?

CheckAMap replaces the default search engine

CheckAMap is a browser add-on. It can be found on the Chrome Web Store, but only if you have the direct link. Nobody is finding this add-on organically, as it doesn’t even show up in search results.

And who would search for it? CheckAMap has no features to make it worth using. When installed on web browsers, it changes the default search engine setting – the setting that decides what website opens after you type a search query into your address bar. It makes all search queries go to Feed.checkamap.com, which immediately redirects to another site (Nearbyme.io or other).

In other words, when the extension CheckAMap is installed, it removes a web browser feature: the user can no longer choose their favorite search engine, now they have to go with whatever CheckAMap uses.

As a result, privacy is harmed. Feed.checkamap.com and the sites that it promotes log people’s search queries and may use this data for advertising. This is a problem because search data can include personal information.

It’s installed without permission

Despite being so hard to find and despite having no useful features (and actually robbing browsers of customization), CheckAMap has hundreds of installations.

And CheckAMap is far from the only search-hijacking browser add-on of this type. Some equally useless add-ons, like ThePDFConverterSearch and ConvertItSearch, have tens of thousands of installations.

Add-ons like these are often advertised online by very misleading ads, like the Download Ready template.

Ads like Recommended Extension and similar mislead people, tricking them into allowing unwanted extensions to be installed on their browser.

Deceptive ads like that are often shown by file download sites, pirating sites, online video converters, other sites that show aggressive ads.

Luckily, after CheckAMap is installed, Chrome does show a little warning about the user’s default search engine being changed to Feed.checkamap.com and makes it easy to immediately reverse the changes made by CheckAMap. Chrome can just disable the extension, which keeps it installed, but stops it from working.

How to stop the Feed.checkamap.com redirects

Uninstall the CheckAMap extension. The instructions can be found below.

Chrome users can also click on the puzzle button in the upper right, then click on CheckAMap’s three-dot menu and choose the “Remove” option.

In case the “Remove” option for CheckAMap is grayed out, if you see a warning that your browser is “managed by your organization”, check out these instructions: Stop managing Chrome browser.

To check your computer for adware and potentially unwanted programs, scan it with antivirus apps. You can use Spyhunter for PC, Spyhunter for Mac, Combo Cleaner for Mac, and other security apps.

If you use Chrome, another thing I recommend is turning on Enhanced protection if you haven’t already. This mode warns you before installed untrusted extensions, among other things.

It also helps to use ad blockers and malicious site blockers to avoid the sorts of deceptive ads that hijackers like CheckAMap use to spread.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Manual removal instructions

TopHow To remove CheckAMap Search 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 CheckAMap Search 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 CheckAMap Search 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 CheckAMap Search 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 CheckAMap Search 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.

How to remove CheckAMap Search 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 CheckAMap Search 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.