Mysearchtoolbar.com virus - How to remove

Mysearchtoolbar.com virus is a browser hijacker that was developed to promote various posnsored websites. Once inside, the program changes your browser’s settings and takes over your browsing. At first, Mysearchtoolbar.com replaces your homepage and default search engine. Unfortunately, this website doesn’t operate like regular search provider, despite its appearance. The main goal of Mysearchtoolbar.com virus is to redirect users to sponsored websites and build a bigger traffic for them.

To avoid any chances of being redirected to malicious websites and start browsing normally again, it is recommended to remove Mysearchtoolbar.com virus from your system, run a full system scan with a reputable anti-malware program, like Spyhunter or StopZilla. We have also developed a guide how to do it manually. You will find it below this article.

About Mysearchtoolbar.com virus

Although Mysearchtoolbar.com looks like a regular search engine, it actually includes numerous sponsored websites to your search results even if they are not relevant to your search queries. As already mentioned, it tries to increase the traffic of these pages and inflate their page ranking in search results. The creators of Mysearchtoolbar.com virus are getting paid for getting clicks on these links. This is the main goal of this browser hijacker.

Keep in mind that there is a great chance of visiting malicious pages, as there are no guarantees that Mysearchtoolbar.com virus only promotes safe pages. If you click on a dangerous link, you can easily get infected with spyware, download an adware or other potentially unwanted program. If you have noticed Mysearchtoolbar.com set as your homepage, make sure you remove it as soon as possible.

Distribution Methods of Mysearchtoolbar.com virus

Most of the users have reported that Mysearchtoolbar.com virus has started to show up on their browsers after they have downloaded some freeware. The program is usually installed together with various music or video players, download managers, PDF creators, etc. If you paid more attention to the installation steps of such programs, you would probably avoid adding Mysearchtoolbar.com virus or similar unwanted programs. Usually, these applications are disclosed at one of the installation steps and they come as options selected in advance. If you do not deselect them, all bundles may be added by default. For this reason, users should always go for a Custom installation and check every step before clicking ‘Next’, ‘Agree’ or ‘Accept’ buttons. Make sure you deselect options indicating about downloads that are not familiar to you.

To remove Mysearchtoolbar.com virus use an anti-malware program and run a full system scan with it or follow the instruction below and eliminate the badware manually. You can’t just ignore the program, as the longer you keep it in your system, the more issues you may face.

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Manual removal of Mysearchtoolbar.com virus

How to remove Mysearchtoolbar.com virus using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Mysearchtoolbar.com virus from your applications.

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

Manual removal