Nicesearches.com virus - How to remove

Nicesearches.com virus is a browser hijacker that infiltrates into computers together with various freeware. Most of the times, users are unaware of its infiltration. Once installed. Nicesearches.com replaces your homepage and default search provider. Unfortunately, it provided search results containing numerous ads and it tries to redirect users to sponsored pages.

To remove Nicesearches.com virus from your browser, we recommend running a full system scan with a reputable anti-malware program, for example, Spyhunter or StopZilla.

About Nicesearches.com virus

If you found Nicesearches.com set as your homepage when you open your browser, your computer has been hijacked. Although the page looks just like any other customized search engine, if you make a search using it, you will see that the program doesn’t provide regular search results. It mainly displays sponsored websites and ads, as it seeks to improve their traffic and get make more money. Every click on a sponsored link brings profit for the creators of Nicesearches.com virus.

Nicesearches.com virus may be installed together with an adware that will track your browsing habits. This can lead to privacy breaching and involving you to other marketing related activities. The program may get access to your emails, IP address, browsing history, etc. Later, you may receive tons of personalized ads and suffer from even more redirections. It is clear that you must remove Nicesearches.com virus as soon as you detect it on your system.

Distribution Methods of Nicesearches.com virus

Nicesearches.com virus is installed to computers when users download free programs from the Internet. Usually it comes along free players, PDF creators and similar programs. If you don’t follow the installation steps of these programs you can easily miss the indication about changing your start page with Nicesearches.com. You should always choose Custom installation mode and make sure you don’t allow making changes in your browser settings or adding other programs that are not familiar to you.

If your system was already affected, remove Nicesearches.com virus as soon as possible. Scan your system with an anti-malware program that you trust or try doing it manually by following the steps of the guide we provided below.

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Manual removal of Nicesearches.com

How to remove Nicesearches.com virus using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Nicesearches.com virus from your applications.

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