Search.ibrowser.io hijacker - How to remove

Search.ibrowser.io is displayed as a homepage on one or several of your Internet browsers? That is a clear sign that your computer is infected with this malware infection, categorised as a browser hijacker. Do not get too scared – this virus can’t cause any deadly harm to your computer, yet keeping it installed will leave you with a headache on a daily basis. To learn how to solve this problem in the most efficient manner, please proceed reading this post.

So if you take a look at the search.ibrowser.io website, you won’t be able notice something very unusual – it’s just a search website, like hundreds of others. However, it is listed as a browser hijacker not for no reason. First of all, it will make some changes to the settings of your web browser without actually asking for the permission to do that. Both homepage and default search engine will be set to www.search.ibrowser.io. That means this website will appear every time you open your web browser.

If you try to use it to find something on the Internet – your search will be processed through customised Google search. That means the results displayed on your screen will be not accurate, because the infection inputs some sponsored links and makes money this way. That means top positions on search results can lead you to various websites that might happen to be unreliable. This way you can end up on a website that is owned by cyber criminals – hackers or scammers. Just take a look at this:

As you can see, first 4 results are not organic, but sponsored. Cyber criminals behind Search.ibrowser.io gets paid every time you click on one of those sponsored links. In addition to that, every search term you fill in  this search hijacker, will be recorder. That being said, if you fill some personal information in there, it will be tracked and that’s not a good sign. It can be transferred to other parties later on and that can be really dangerous.

In addition to that, you can expect random advertisements and redirects to other websites due to this infection. Various pop-up, in-text, banner or new tab advertisements can appear at any time. You can also get redirected to other websites, so it is really disturbing and not efficient.

We have encountered viruses like this before. For instance, searchtab.net virus is really similar to this one – it also operates as browser add-on, compatible with Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer web browsers, it also changes homepage and default search engine settings and it also steals web traffic. That means we already know how to deal with this kind of problem.

Classic order of events would look like this – first f all, you should get yourself anti-malware tool, such as SpyHunter Install it on your computer and scan all files stored on your hard drive. Either one of these tools should detect and remove the threat just in a couple of minutes. It will also protect your computer from similar infections in the future, thus it’s worth to keep it installed. Now, when all files of this virus is removed from your computer, you should eliminate it from your web browsers as well. Unfortunately, it is not possible to perform it with automatic tools, thus you have to do it by your own. Don’t worry – that’s not too complicated. To make things even easier, we have developed a step-by-step Search.ibrowser.io removal guide – scroll down below this article and check it out.

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Removal of Search.ibrowser.io hijacker

How to remove ibrowser hijacker using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Ibrowser.io 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 Search.ibrowser.io hijacker . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make ibrowser 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 Search.ibrowser.io hijacker from macOS

Delete ibrowser hijacker from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Ibrowser.io 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.ibrowser.io 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 Ibrowser.io, 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.ibrowser.io 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 Search.ibrowser.io 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 Ibrowser.io, 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.ibrowser.io 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 Ibrowser.io, 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.ibrowser.io 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 Ibrowser.io 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.ibrowser.io 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.

Manual removal