I-searchresults.com virus - How to remove

I-searchresults.com virus is created by the same developers that brought Gatmog.com and Dubalub.com browser hijackers. The owners are from Status 77 LLC company and have been persistent when it comes to creating rogue search engines. I-searchresults.com search platform has gained the attention from people in United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada and Pakistan. In addition to this, a product by EighPoint Technologies called Search.hmyquickconverter.com sends traffic to I-searchresults.com website.

I-searchresults.com virus hijacks browsers and shows unwanted ads

Furthermore, I-searchresults.com virus is promoted by other browser hijackers as well. Games.eanswers.com also sends traffic to the fake search engine. Therefore, many people are recommended to install I-Searchresults Chrome browser extension. However, in January of 2018, this rogue add-on has been officially removed from Chrome Web store. While this is good news, it does not mean that this search engine is no longer relevant.

The suspicious I-searchresults.com virus can still become a part of your browser through strategies of bundling or drive-by installations. If you notice this fake search platform, please take necessary steps to remove it. It might be difficult to remove as some browser hijackers return to browsers’ preferences after computers are rebooted.

I-searchresults.com malware parasite also displays online advertisements from a bunch of ad-networks. For instance, it is accepting promotional content from RevenueHits, Shop411, Outbrain, adMarketPlace and other companies. It is known that even legitimate and reliable ad-networks can accidentally promote content which is malicious (https://blog.avast.com/2015/08/20/infected-ad-networks-hit-popular-websites/). Unknown search engines like I-searchresults.com are more likely to distribute malware-laden content. In fact, the owners of this platform state that:

“i-searchresults.com has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party web sites or services. You further acknowledge and agree that i-searchresults.com shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such web sites or services”.

In addition to not taking any responsibility for the content it promotes, owners of I-searchresults.com malware are not explaining any techniques, meant to make sure that the promoted content would not be secretly transmitting malware or stealing users’ credentials (https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/definition/data-stealing-malware).

There is a number of browser hijackers that look identical to I-searchresults.com virus. For instance, we have discussed Ampxsearch.com malware parasite which is a spitting image of the new hijacker. I-searchresults.com search engine was created in December of 2017. At the time of writing this article, it was only active for one month. Despite being a young platform for searching, it managed to become the 181,590 top-visited domain in the world.

Ways to prevent a browser hijacker like I-searchresults.com virus from entering your browser

Rogue browser extensions could be installed together with other freeware programs. Please pay attention to the Setup Wizards to refuse additional toolbars, or any other type of unwanted applications. It looks like the I-searchresults.com browser hijacker was featured in the Chrome Web store, but it has been removed. Since not all add-ons that are on Chrome store can be trusted, we suggest you to never install unknown extensions, especially the ones that require a lot of suspicious permissions.

If you are worried about your results to search queries being filled with suspicious sponsored links, do not hesitate to remove I-searchresults.com browser hijacker from your browser. This can be done by following the guidelines we have enumerated at the end of this article. However, this might not always work: you might need to use a stronger option. It is wise to consider getting a reliable anti-malware which would protect your computer device from malware threats. Get Spyhunter. These tools will definitely secure your browsing and make sure that malware would not negatively influence operating systems.

TopHow To remove I-searchresults.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 I-searchresults.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.

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