Search.mysearchengine.info virus - How to remove

Search.mysearchengine.info virus is a browser hijacker that was designed by cyber criminals to increase traffic of commercial websites. The program imitates to be a regular search provider, however, you will never get the same results using it as with well-known search providers. Search.mysearchengine.info virus includes tons of sponsored websites to your search results and tries to redirect users to never seen websites which may contain downloads of potentially unwanted programs or even malware threats. Although it actually looks like any other regular search engine, you should not fall for this trick.

To remove Search.mysearchengine.info virus, use a tutorial that we have provided below this article or download an automatic removal tool, such as Spyhunter or , and run a full system scan with it.

About Search.mysearchengine.info virus

Once inside, the program immediately changes your homepage and default search provider to Search.mysearchengine.info. Although at first sight it seems to look like a regular search page, it actually tries to promote sponsored websites and it has very poor quality search service. The main purpose of Search.mysearchengine.info virus is to advertise different websites and boost their traffic. It displays certain sponsored pages in your search results and causes redirections to them at any time when you browse.

Not only this activity is insecure as the program can redirect you to compromised websites where you can get your system infected, but you will also help cyber criminals to make money. Finally, most of the users find Search.mysearchengine.info virus very annoying, as they cannot browse regularly anymore. It is clear that you have to remove it and use a regular search provider that you trust.

Distribution Methods of Search.mysearchengine.info virus

Search.mysearchengine.info virus usually takes over Internet Explorer ,Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Safari when users are downloading various free programs from the Internet. It may come bundles to free music players, download managers, PDF creators, etc. If you have recently installed any similar applications to your system, you may have agreed to replace your homepage with Search.mysearchengine.info without even realizing it.

Make sure you follow the instalaltion steps of your know downloads in future to avoid similar infections. To remove Search.mysearchengine.info virus, use a guide provided below or run a system scan with an anti-malware program.

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Manual removal of Search.mysearchengine.info virus

How to remove mysearchengine virus using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Search.mysearchengine.info virus from your applications.

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