EasySearch Pro - How to remove

EasySearch Pro (Easysearchpro.xyz) proposes to help you use and switch between multiple popular search engines in your browser’s start page. Unfortunately, it uses this access to hijack your search engine, spy on your browsing habits, and inject ads into the results. Looks like EasySearch Pro is just another browser hijacker.

About EasySearch Pro:

Type of threat	Browser hijacker, adware.
Problems caused by EasySearch Pro	The new tab page is replaced, the default search engine is changed, there are additional ads displayed in search results loaded through Easysearchpro.xyz, user data is logged for research and for advertisement.
How hijackers get installed	Advertised (usually deceptively), bundled with other free programs.
How to remove EasySearch Pro	Uninstall EasySearch Pro manually, find and remove malware with anti-malware programs (Spyhunter for PC, Combo Cleaner for Mac, others).

Problems with EasySearch Pro

New tab changes

EasySearch Pro is a browser extension associated with the website Easysearchpro.xyz. Its main feature is letting users switch between three search engines – Google, Bing, and Yahoo. EasySearch Pro uses Yahoo as the default but it does allow you to switch between the three sites freely.

EasySearch Pro replaces the new tab page (the site that appears when you press the plus ‘+’ button in the row above or below your address bar), puts there a search box and a switch that controls which site – Bing, Yahoo, or Google – the search box takes you to. That works as expected. Although I’m not sure why EasySearch Pro opens a new tab to display the search results, it would be better if there was an option to change this.

You can switch your default search engines in browser settings but it isn’t as easy as clicking one button on your new tab. On the other hand, EasySearch Pro hides the page you had set as your default. It could just work from the extension pop-up instead, it would be less disruptive.

Default search changes

Seems like EasySearch Pro accomplished what it promised in the new tab. But it doesn’t stop there – it also changes the default search engine, the one that is used when you search by using the address bar. And this time, EasySearch Pro ignores which search engine is selected in the new tab page and instead always goes to Yahoo.

Officially, EasySearch Pro makes Y.easysearchpro.xyz the search engine but that goes straight to Yahoo.

The new tab also makes Yahoo the default choice. Yahoo is spread by browser hijackers all the time.

More ads

When EasySearch Pro redirected me to Yahoo, I consistently saw more ads than by using Yahoo normally. EasySearch Pro added up to two or three ads for the same queries. It also copied ads to up above the search results when vanilla Yahoo was displaying them only at the bottom. As a result, searching Yahoo with EasySearch Pro is not a very smooth experience. You need to scroll and scroll until you finally get to the results.

I did not notice any significant changes made by EasySearch Pro to Bing and Google’s search results. It looks like it’s only Yahoo that’s affected. And, thanks to EasySearch Pro replacing the default search engine, those additional ads are almost unavoidable.

Tracking

EasySearch Pro’s privacy policy lists all the data that is collected by the extension/site. This data includes:

• your IP, location, language,
• what you searched for – both in EasySearch Pro and in the results page,
• which ads you clicked on.

Although EasySearch Pro claims that this data is anonymized and not shared with third parties (it can be shared with related companies), it also says that the data may be used to help advertisers offer relevant ads.

Conclusion

EasySearch Pro is kind of terrible. Without much effort, I was able to find a superior browser extension “All in one web searcher”: it does not replace the new tab page, does not hijack the search engine, does not spy on users unnecessarily, and offers a bigger selection of sites to search. It asks for no permissions – unlike EasySearch Pro, which asks for three. There are many other similar but better extensions.

What’s EasySearch Pro’s excuse, then? Why does it make unhelpful changes? The only answer that I can think of is advertising. It likely gets a cut for all the ads that users see in Yahoo’s search results.

EasySearch Pro is similar to other browser hijackers, such as ShortcutTab and Searchpowerapp. Thousands and thousands of people have their browsers affected by these dishonest add-ons.

How to remove EasySearch Pro

You can use anti-malware programs to find and uninstall EasySearch Pro or you can do that manually. You can click on the puzzle piece button in the upper right, the three-dot menu next to EasySearch Pro, and then the button to remove it. Also, at the bottom are the instructions for removing extensions, changing your default search engine, and setting your new tab. You shouldn’t need to change those last two – but do check them just in case.

If you think that EasySearch Pro is not the only problematic add-on n your browser or if you have no idea how it appeared on your browser, I recommend running a scan of your computer with an anti-malware program. Any reputable application that you trust is fine, such as Spyhunter for Windows, Combo Cleaner for macOS, etc.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Manually restore browser settings

TopHow To remove EasySearch Pro 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 EasySearch Pro, 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 EasySearch Pro 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 EasySearch Pro, 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 EasySearch Pro 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 EasySearch Pro 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 EasySearch Pro, 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.