Polarisearch.com - How to remove

Polarisearch.com is not something new and unusual for cyber security experts – it is a typical browser hijacker that can infect your computer, regardless of where you live or what internet browser do you use. Do not fall to panic – if the virus is on your computer, it can be easily removed using proper anti-malware tools. However, it has to be done in time, so do not hesitate.

So you have noticed that Polarisearch.com is running on your computer – what’s next? Well, firstly you should scan your system with anti-malware software. If your computer got infected, it might be a clear indicator that anti-malware tools that you are currently using are not good enough to protect your system. There is a chance that you don’t use any anti-malware tools at all, that’s even worse. Either way, you should get yourself a reliable cyber security program. We suggest to use Spyhunter or Malwarebytes, so it’s up to you to choose. Simply click on the link and download one o them. Installation will take a couple of minutes and then you will be able to scan your computer. We assure that either one of these applications will definitely detect and eliminate the infection from your system. It will also protect your computer from similar threats in the future, so keeping it installed might be a good idea.

However, if you feel like downloading anti-malware tools is not something you would want to do, you can always choose another path. And that path is manual removal of the virus. Let us warn you – it might be complicated, especially if you have never done this before. And that’s why we have created a step-by-step Polarisearch.com manual removal guide. It will assist you through whole removal process, so just try to complete every step correctly and you should be good to go. It can be found below this article, you can look up to it whenever you want.

For those of you who are interested in more in-depth details about this infection – continue reading this article. Also, if you have some questions about Polarisearch.com or the removal process (either manual or automatic), feel free to contact us in the comments section below. We always try to provide our users with solutions that actually work.

About Polarisearch.com browser hijacker

Polarisearch.com is like a Google at a first sight. Just a different landing page, but the same Google search engine to operate searches. Why would someone create something like this? Well, the answer is very straightforward – to make money. As you can see in the image below, Polarisearch.com displays tons of advertisements, that might be not really relevant to your search queries. In some cases, there might be even more ads than actual and useful results.

It doesn’t look like a big problem since users could simply stop visiting the website. However, it is not that simple and that’s why it is listed as malware. Polarisearch.com hijacks web browsers and sets this malicious website as homepage. The virus gets installed on your computer so even if you change your homepage on web browsers, it will come up again very next time you open that web browser. So, many users just stick to it without even thinking, wasting their time this way.

There are more unwanted features of Polarisearch.com. One of them is advertisements. Yes, internet websites usually contains advertisements or sponsored links, but if Polarisearch.com is operating your computer, you will receive an extra doze of those ads and it can be difficult to simply navigate through websites. Polarisearch.com might also be responsible for slower work of your computer. That’s enough reasons not to keep it installed on your system.

Update as of 9th of October, 2017: we have noticed a steady increase in the Polarisearch monthly visits. Most of them are in USA and it’s a sign that this unwanted tool is still infecting computer and getting web traffic. According to data on Alexa, this site has a 66000 global ranking and that number is impressing. Moreover, according to Similarweb, over 400 000 users pay a visit to this website every month.

There might be two reasons why this is happening:

1. Polarisearch.com is still distributed and infects new computer on a daily basis;
2. Polariserch.com receives traffic from other sites owned by this company. Polisearch.com, as well as home.polisearch.com, is owned by a company named Polarity Technologies LTD. Now, if you are following our news feed, you can see that almost every day we discover a new browser hijacker released by this same company. Search.hplayfreemusic.co, Search.searchwamtv.com, Search.hdailysocialweb.com  are just a few examples of what they are doing. It might be, that those small and insignificant websites are redirecting traffic to the main Polarity virus website.

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Manual removal of Polarisearch.com virus

How to remove Polarisearch.com using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Polarisearch.com from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Polarisearch.com  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 Polarisearch.com 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 Polarisearch.com, 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 Polarisearch.com 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 Polarisearch.com 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 Polarisearch.com , 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 Polarisearch.com 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 Polarisearch.com, 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 Polarisearch.com from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Polarisearch.com 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 Polarisearch.com, 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.