Mysearch-engine.net virus - How to remove

Mysearch-engine.net virus is a browser hijacker that can infiltrate into your Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Safari browsers. It’s a program that replaces your homepage and default search provider without asking your permission and totally takes over your browsing. The application blocks any other search providers and forces you to use Mysearch-engine.net. Unfortunately, it is not a reliable search engine and you will soon get tired of it.

To remove Mysearch-engine.net virus, run a full system scan with a reputable anti-malware program, like Spyhunter or StopZilla. You can also try removing it manually. Since it can be quite tricky to do it and Mysearch-engine.net virus tends to come back, we have developed a step-by-step guide how to do it.

About Mysearch-engine.net virus

Mysearch-engine.net virus was developed for marketing related purposes. It is meant to redirect users to sponsored websites and increase their traffic. Mysearch-engine.net also includes a lot of sponsored pages in your search results, even if they do not match with your search query. This way, users are forced to visit the same pages again and again.

Beware that Mysearch-engine.net virus can easily take you to potentially dangerous websites, as it is not clear if it promotes legitimate pages. Therefore, you can easily get your system infected. Most importantly, Mysearch-engine.net virus doesn’t allow you to make regular searches. You will not be able to use any reliable search providers and Mysearch-engine.net is clearly far from something that you can trust. It is highly recommended to remove Mysearch-engine.net virus before it creates more problems for you.

Distribution Methods of Mysearch-engine.net virus

Wondering how Mysearch-engine.net virus has infiltrated into your system? Usually it replaces your homepage while you are downloading various freeware. If every time you are installing a new program you choose a Custom installation and go through the installation steps carefully, you would notice that some of the programs offer changing your homepage, adding another program or modifying other settings. Some of these options come preselected, and if you don’t deselect them, all of the changes are applied automatically. This is how you can end up installing various potentially unwanted programs. To avoid that, make sure you pay more attention when installing new programs to your system.

If your browser has already been hijacked, remove Mysearch-engine.net virus as soon as possible.

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How to remove Mysearch-engine.net virus using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Mysearch-engine.net 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 Mysearch-engine.net virus . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Mysearch-engine.net 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 Mysearch-engine.net virus from macOS

Delete Mysearch-engine.net virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Mysearch-engine.net 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 Mysearch-engine.net 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 Mysearch-engine.net 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 Mysearch-engine.net 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 Mysearch-engine.net 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 Mysearch-engine.net 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 Mysearch-engine.net 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 Mysearch-engine.net 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 Mysearch-engine.net 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 Mysearch-engine.net 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 Mysearch-engine.net 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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