Ciantel.com Hijacker - How to remove

Ciantel.com is a website that might be set as your homepage and default search engine if a malicious extension is operating on one (or several) of your web browsers. It is categorized as a browser hijacker for pretty obvious reasons – once installed on the computer it will make changes automatically, without even asking you and transform the way you are browsing the Internet.

Either you like it or not, using Ciantel.com or simply letting it sit on your computer can lead to various cyber security problems:

• slower work of computer;
• increased risk of getting infected with other malware;
• additional advertisements and random redirects;
• personal data leaked to other websites.

As you can see, there are plenty of reasons to get rid of this infection right now. Unfortunately, that might be more complicated than you think. Especially, if you have no previous experience in removing infections like this one. Regular removal from a control panel or the extensions list on the web browser might be not enough. In this article, we are going to provide you with detailed instructions on how to completely remove Ciantel.com from your computer and ensure that this never happens again.

Ciantel.com Technical Features

We have examined infections that are similar to this one in the past – Hippolyte-hag.com, Search.fastpackagetracker.co, Search.margamish.com. They all have one thing in common – trying to make money by delivering excessive advertisements and collecting your personal information, which can be sold later on.

So you probably already know what happens when infection like this one enters a computer – it changes the homepage and default search engine. Even though it might seem like not a big deal, because most of the time those websites are good looking and convenient to use, they can still turn out to be a major security breach. It’s even more dangerous if you are using those sites on a daily basis.

In this case, Ciantel.com looks like a regular search engine that can help you to browse the web easier. You should know that there is no unique search engine and they will process all of your web searches through custom Google web search. Unfortunately, they are able to customize those results by themselves and they take advantage of this feature. A lot of sponsored links to unreliable websites are likely to be placed in top positions, even though it might be not relevant to your search queries at all. This is not only dangerous, but a waste of time as well.

We have mentioned that your computer can get infected with other viruses due to the presence of Ciantel.com. That’s because browser hijackers are likely to infiltrate various potentially unwanted programs into your system without even warning you about that. This virus itself is distributed bundled with other free software, so be extremely careful when installing free software downloaded from the Internet.

How To Get Rid of Ciantel.com

Ciantel.com can be removed either manually or automatically, so it’s up to you which method to choose. If you would like to do it manually, scroll down below the article and follow step-by-step instructions on how to uninstall Ciantel.com for good. If you bump into some difficulties, you are welcome to ask us for assistance in the comments section below.

However, if you would like to do it faster and easier, you can simply scan your machine with Spyhunter. Those professional tools are really good at detecting and removing browser hijackers, so it won’t take longer than several minutes to get hold of all files associated with Ciantel.com and wipe them all.

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How to remove Ciantel.com Hijacker using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Ciantel.com Hijacker 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 Ciantel.com Hijacker . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Ciantel.com Hijacker 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 Ciantel.com Hijacker from macOS

Delete Ciantel.com Hijacker from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Ciantel.com Hijacker 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 Ciantel.com Hijacker 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 Ciantel.com Hijacker, 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 Ciantel.com Hijacker 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 Ciantel.com Hijacker 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 Ciantel.com Hijacker, 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 Ciantel.com Hijacker 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 Ciantel.com Hijacker, 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 Ciantel.com Hijacker from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Ciantel.com Hijacker 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 Ciantel.com Hijacker, 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.