Mydailysearch.com virus - How to remove

Mydailysearch.com might not be a typical computer infection that you would imagine when someone uses a word “virus”, but it is definitely an unwanted application that can cause all sorts of problems to your computer and you should not keep it installed.

If you have noticed that this infection is operating on your system, i.e. your homepage is set to www.mydailysearch.com out of a blue, please proceed reading the article and by the end of it you will learn how to deal with this problem.

MyDailysearch.com is classified as browser hijacker for several rather obvious reasons. First of all, as most of browser hijackers, it is operating as browser add-on. It can be added to all most popular web browsers, including Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer. Once added to one of those browsers, it will automatically make some changes, whether you like it or not. First of all, it will change both homepage and default search engine to www.mydailysearch.com. If you try to change those settings, they will be set back the very next time you restart your web browser, thus it can be really frustrating.

Speaking of the website itself, Mydailysearch looks like a little bit outdated search engine. However, it is still functioning and you can actually use it. The fact that you can, does not mean that you should. There are several reasons why you should not browse the web via this particular website. Firstly, all search queries you fill in this search will be recorded and stored. I.e. if you expose some of your private and sensitive information, it will be collected and might be transferred to other parties later on. It is very dangerous, because private information can be leaked to various cyber criminals. Another reason not to use Mydailysearch – it uses Google Custom search and that means that results will definitely be different from those that you used to see on Google. Cyber criminals behind this infection customise the search, so you will see a lot of sponsored results, as well as some banner ads on search results. Take a look at this:

This is how MyDailySearch.com makes money. The scheme is pretty simple – to infect computers with browser add-ons, create web traffic this way and then monetise it by displaying sponsored links and banner advertisements. In this case, ad seen on the left is completely legitimate, because it comes from Google Adwords system. However, you can’t trust those links. They might lead you to unreliable websites and cause you various cyber security problems.

As it is reported by Similarweb Similarweb, this infection has been most active on June, yet it has some visitors on other months as well. That means the activity levels of this threat can rise anytime. It is also clear, that this virus is mostly targeting South America and India. However, users from other countries can be infected as well.

Now it is more than fair to say that you should not keep this infection installed on your computer. The best way to get rid of it – download and scan your computer with professional anti-malware software, such as Spyhunter. It will detect the virus along with all of its’ components stored on your computer. There are both free and paid versions of the software, thus feel free to choose the option that fulfils your needs the best. For more detailed instructions, please scroll down below this article and take a look at our step-by-step MyDailySearch.com removal guide.

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How to remove Mydailysearch using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Mydailysearch.com virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Mydailysearch 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 Mydailysearch.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 Mydailysearch.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 Mydailysearch.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 Mydailysearch.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 Mydailysearch, 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 Mydailysearch.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 Mydailysearch.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 Mydailysearch.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 Mydailysearch 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 Mydailysearch.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.

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