Worldonsearch.com Virus - How to remove

Worldonsearch.com is the species of browser hijackers which bears the higher degree of deceptiveness than the regular browser hijackers. Its main search page is clean from any advertisements and shortcuts. This fake search engine copies the colors of Google as regards its logo above the search bar, which itself is stuffed with Google Custom Search label. When you enter a random search query into the search field, you are rendered the results above which lies the same label in big font, and the word Google is painted in its regular colors. At the beginning of Worldonsearch.com infection only this can raise you doubts about this rogue search engine.

How does Worldonsearch.com Function?

Worldonsearch.com is hosted on 37.97.195.205 IP address. Other malicious search engines such as Myinfosearch.biz and Hightsearch.com are also hosted on the same address. If Worldonsearch.com was a legitimate search engine, it would not share its IP address with browser hijackers. As it does, it is a clear indication that Worldonsearch.com supposed-to-be search engine is a rogue search provider, more commonly known as a browser hijacker.

Worldonsearch.com functions as a browser extension. It is not associated with any particular web browser. Thus, you can be redirected to it, regardless the particular browser or browsers you use. Once it gets on your computer, it modifies the registry by appending entries, which enable it to be loaded upon the startup of your browser. Worldonsearch.com malevolent extension alters your browser/browsers settings irreversibly. These changes remains irreversible until you remove the extension from your PC together with its registry keys.

Worldonsearch.com is designed to carry out such modifications of your browser settings and to appear, whenever you open your browser, because it is an application, which needs to bring you specific content. The word specific here refers to the advertising content. As long as the means this content is displayed are illegitimate – your browser settings are forced to undergo a metamorphosis – Worldonsearch.com browser extension will remain illegitimate as well.

As regards the advertising content Worldonsearch.com program displays – it does not vindicate the program. The advertisements you start to see on the websites are the content by 3rd party advertisers, who bear no accountability towards the developers of Worldonsearch.com. As a consequence, this browser add-on can easily be exploited by cyber criminals, who aim to spread viruses through infected ads. On the other side of the coin, this fake search engine includes 3rd party advertising domains in the search results it renders. Accordingly, you get a double portion of scam content, being exposed to which can end up in a security breach.

How does Worldonsearch.com Infect Your PC and how to Remove it?

Worldonsearch.com belongs to the type of apps, which are unlikely to be downloaded directly and voluntarily by the user himself. You can hardly find its official website or a secondary site, which would offer to download this application. Worldonsearch.com is installed on one’s computer coupled with other programs, which, unfortunately, cannot be specified. It has not been detected yet, which applications are more likely to carry Worldonsearch.com hijacker. However, you can always smell a rat, when you download and install some piece of free software. To dispel any doubts regarding the presence of Worldonsearch.com, use the Custom or Advanced options of installation.

Worldonsearch.com browser hijacker can be removed in the following two methods. You can utilize automatic software like Spyhunter or Malwarebytes, or remove the program manually by yourself. We do recommend automatic removal, if you want a quick and reliable solution to your problem and you are thinking about the future security of your device. Nevertheless, you will find the manual removal instructions right at the end.

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Manual removal of Worldonsearch.com Virus

How to remove Worldonsearch.com Virus using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Worldonsearch.com Virus from your applications.

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