Ourwebsearch.com virus - How to remove

Ourwebsearch.com virus is a browser hijacker that can be added to your Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Safari. If you found this unknown search page on your browser, there are some things you should know about it. Ourwebsearch.com virus was designed to promote sponsored pages and increase their traffic. It is not a regular search provider as it changes your regular search results and includes commercial websites or ads among them and brings other issues.

Unfortunately, it is not that easy to remove Ourwebsearch.com virus from your system. For this reason we have developed a tutorial how to do it. You will find it below this article. To remove Ourwebsearch.com virus automatically, you should run a full system scan with a reliable anti-malware program, like Spyhunter or StopZilla.

About Ourwebsearch.com virus

Ourwebsearch.com includes numerous sponsored websites to your search results whether they are relevant to your search queries or not. It actually tries to increase traffic of these pages and improve their page ranking in search results. Ourwebsearch.com virus makers get paid for collecting clicks on these links. However, they use unfair methods to install the program to random computers and later their activities may be unsafe for the users of infected systems.

First of all, Ourwebsearch.com virus increases the chances of visiting malicious pages as there are no guarantees that it will not try to redirect you to infectious pages. If you click on some dangerous link, you can easily get infected with spyware, download an adware or other potentially unwanted programs. If you have noticed Ourwebsearch.com set as your homepage, make sure you remove it as soon as possible.

Distribution Methods of Ourwebsearch.com virus

As mentioned at the beginning of this article, Ourwebsearch.com virus installs into computers without users’ permission. It comes bundled to free programs from the Internet, including media players, PDF creators, downland managers, etc. It is usually disclosed at the installation steps of these programs. Basically, you will be offered to replace your homepage to Ourwebsearch.com. If you don’t follow the installation steps of your new downloads and accept any Terms and Agreements without even looking through them, you can skip this option and apply the change unintentionally. For this reason, it is highly recommended to choose a Custom installation when downloading any programs. This installation mode will enable you to see all optional downloads and choose them according to your preferences.

To remove Ourwebsearch.com virus from your browsers, you can follow the instructions provided below this article.

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Manual removal of Ourwebsearch.com virus

How to remove Ourwebsearch.com virus using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Ourwebsearch.com virus from your applications.

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