Geofoxip.com Fake Search Engine - How to remove

Geofoxip.com hijacker is the problem specifically for Mac browsers – Google Chrome, Safari and Mozilla Firefox. It introduces a lot of unwanted browser alterations, such as:

• homepage replacement;
• changing the default search engine into geofoxip.com;
• modifying new tab URL default parameter.

Installation of geofoxip.com and its browser modifications are beyond the user’s control. Of course, it is possible that you may evaluate geofoxip.com as a search engine and attempt to look for certain information through it, however, it is quite unlikely that the majority of people will keep using it in the future. Many anti-virus programs today report the geofoxip.com website as potentially unsafe. This article will provide you with the information on geofoxip.com, its impact on your Mac browsers and solutions to remove the hijacker effectively.

Facts about geofoxip.com hijacker

The developers of geofoxip.com report it as a useful service that can essentially improve your browsing experience. They claim that geofoxip.com will improve search results and will furnish you with fast access to the wide range of popular online resources. Some people may wrongfully come to the idea that geofoxip.com is what it claims to be. However, geofoxip.com is not really different from other fictitious search engines currently circulating on the web.

In order to distribute geofoxip.com massively, its authors refer to the practice of using rogue downloads or bundle installations used during the setup process of many free applications. This results in unwanted modifications of browser settings without taking the user’s opinion into consideration. In other words, geofoxip.com is normally installed with the help of tricky and deceptive methods.

Reasons not to use geofoxip.com

Geofoxip.com is actually a fake search engine. It is simply not able to provide you with decent search results that would coincide with your search queries. The purpose of geofoxip.com is not to make your browsing more convenient, but rather to generate revenue for its owners. These are some other activities geofoxip.com performs while active within your Mac browsers:

• playing the role of adware by displaying unsolicited pop-up ads, banners, and other promoted content;
• redirecting your browser to random websites primarily with a bad reputation;
• collecting the information about your browsing habits, i.e. spying over your activities.

The danger of geofoxip.com is that it is interconnected with a wide range of other online resources that are not valuable at all. In fact, sometimes geofoxip.com may redirect you to places that promote rogue security programs, unwanted browser extensions or even more dangerous utilities. On top of that, geofoxip.com is regularly spying over your browsing habits. It tracks the search queries you submit through its search box, it analyzes the website you visit and keeps records of basically all your actions. This information is strictly private and confidential, but geofoxip.com may grant it illegally to third parties without your direct permission.

How to remove geofoxip.com

Geofoxip.com is not a program, so it cannot be found in the list of available applications of your Mac. Nevertheless, you may definitely apply some manual steps to fix your browser and revert some of its settings back to the initial parameters. Go to browser settings, check the home page and default search engine parameters and set google.com or another decent page as your home page or default search engine.

Certain browser hijackers attacking Mac OS X may additionally install unwanted profiles into the system. This means that the profile will be in control of a specific browser and manually changing the settings will simply not help. We recommend that you refer to the assistance of reliable anti-virus software for Mac that will help you identify other remnants of malware that could still cause the aforesaid issues. Scanning with Spyhunter will not only remove concealed threats but will additionally secure your Mac from all other possible malware attacks.

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How to remove Geofoxip.com Fake Search Engine using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Geofoxip.com Fake Search Engine 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 Geofoxip.com Fake Search Engine . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Geofoxip.com Fake Search Engine 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 Geofoxip.com Fake Search Engine from macOS

Delete Geofoxip.com Fake Search Engine from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Geofoxip.com Fake Search Engine 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 Geofoxip.com Fake Search Engine 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 Geofoxip.com Fake Search Engine, 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 Geofoxip.com Fake Search Engine 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 Geofoxip.com Fake Search Engine 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 Geofoxip.com Fake Search Engine, 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 Geofoxip.com Fake Search Engine 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 Geofoxip.com Fake Search Engine, 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 Geofoxip.com Fake Search Engine from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Geofoxip.com Fake Search Engine 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 Geofoxip.com Fake Search Engine, 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.