Search.gikix.com virus - How to remove

Search.gikix.com search engine is originally designed by a French company that wishes to protect your online activity, sessions from being stored and monitored by third-parties. In order to do this, they have designed an original browser which is supposed to provide a more confidential and experience for its users. Gikix is a third-party application for browsing that “respects your privacy”. This program is also available on Google Play Store and we do believe that some users could enjoy exploiting it. However, in the comment section, we noticed feedback from people, stating that “it is a Big bullshit” “not very private at all”, “same as simple browser”, “it is fake”, “displays ads”. It also assigns its own original search engine and we are bound to report that is not extremely reliable or efficient.

Explanation of this browser hijacker

Even though the browser which is offered as an alternative to the most commonly utilized applications should not be regarded as dangerous or a part of malware, we have grounds for expressing concerns over whether it is as secure as described. From the commentary of former/current users, mixed feedback is noticed. However, since we are aware of the fact that Search.gikix.com search engine is automatically assigned in the positions of home pages, default search providers and new tab pages, we should observe these tendencies that are common to browser hijackers.

Investigation of this website begins by attempting to execute search queries via the search box it displays. While Google present tons of URLs, from 1 to impressive numbers of generated pages, the French variant we are analyzing provides a surprisingly small amount. In the results, everything will be clustered into one page: results from the Web (links), images, news articles, while sections of shopping or video material are not introduced at all. This might not be enough for some surfers as people are used to receiving richer results to queries.

Additionally, since this alternative product opts to display price-comparisons and sales, it will support commercial content from third-parties. If you are interested in seeing discount coupons, you should remember that not at all cases they are presented for the benefit of the user. At some occasions, misleading or spurious ads are used as click-bait and might be after revenue and generation of web traffic for certain services.

While we do admit that this French browser could be used, we have to worry that Search.gikix.com is not the best search platform in town. Since it is possible that modifications of other browsers’ preferences will also occur, you will have no way of escaping the questionable tool for searching. If these alterations take place in your operating system, we advise you to consider removing this browser extension.

Lastly, we should stress out that this browser and search engine are not malicious, but might cause aggravating inconveniences. If you are displeased with this tool, use an anti-malware tool to scan your system. If it is infected, security tools like Spyhunter or Malwarebytes will certainly report it to you. As for other options, we can help you get rid of this hijacker manually, by following a set of steps.

How can this infection occur?

Downloading programs that are not malicious but simply potentially unwanted is easy. All you have to do is recklessly complete an installation process. If you do not opt to review it properly, you are compromising your cybersecurity and possibly allowing unsolicited third-party content to be installed or introduced to you. In this case, Gikix browser could be offered as a convenient application to use. However, we do not find it extremely convenient and 100% beneficial to users. Since it also automatically promotes its original, rather idle search platform, we hope you decide to switch to a more reliable variant.

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Manual removal of Search.gikix.com virus

How to remove gikix virus using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Search.gikix.com virus from your applications.

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

Remove malicious extensions

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