Quick-Seeker.com virus - How to remove

Quick-Seeker.com virus is a browser hijacker that is distributed to computers together with other programs that you can download from the Internet free of charge. The application doesn’t ask for a separate permission to be added and once inside, it changes your homepage to quick-seeker.com and sets your default search engine to search.yahoo.com, despite your previous preferences.

Quick-Seeker.com virus is usually installed while you are downloading some other software. You may not notice but some freeware contain options where you agree to change your start page or search provider. If you don’t notice them and don’t deselect the check boxes marked for you beforehand, the changes are applied to your browser settings. Generally, you have to be more careful with your downloads if you want to avoid such applications.

Quick-Seeker.com virus is categorized as a potentially unwanted program because of this unfair infiltration and also because of interrupting users’ browsing. It can add lots of sponsored websites to your search results and redirect you to unwanted pages. For this reason it is recommended to remove Quick-Seeker.com virus as soon as you detect it on your Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome.

Go to Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs list and uninstall it from there. It is recommended to delete ALL programs added on the same date as problems have appeared. Some versions of this virus install software that blocks browser settings from changing. To identify them, scanning with Spyhunter or other reputable antispyware tool might be useful. Then you can uninstall the extensions and reset settings in your browsers.

How to remove Quick-Seeker.com virus  from Internet Explorer (older versions):

1. Click on the arrow on the right of the search box;
2. Do the following: on IE8-9 choose Manage Search providers, on IE7 click on Change search defaults;
3. Remove Quick-Seeker.com from the list.

How to remove Quick-Seeker.com virus from IE 11:

1. Click on the Settings icon (top right)->Manage Addons;
2. Select Search Providers;
3. Change the default search engine to Bing or Google;
4. If any of these search providers is not available, follow “Find more search providers” in the bottom of the screen and install Google.

How to remove Quick-Seeker.com virus from Firefox:

1. Enter “about:config” in url bar. This will open settings page;
2. Type “Keyword.url” in the search box. Right click and reset it;
3. Type “browser.search.defaultengine” in the search box. Right click it and reset it;
4. Type “browser.search.selectedengine” in the search box. Right click it and reset it;
5. Type “browser.startup.homepage” in the search box. Right click it and reset;
6. Search for “browser.newtab.url”. Right-click and reset. This will make sure that the search page won’t launch on every new tab;
7. If the settings revert and scan with anti-malware programs are clean: close Firefox, open file explorer and enter %AppData% in the address bar. Enter user.js in the search box. If this file exists, rename it and start Firefox again. You will have to repeat the steps above.

How to remove Quick-Seeker.com virus from Google Chrome:

1. Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on the browser toolbar;
2. Select Settings;
3. Select Basics ->Manage Search engines;
4. Remove unnecessary search engines from the list;
5. Go back to Settings. On Startup choose ‘Open blank page’ (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too);
6. If your New Tab page is hijacked, you will have to scan with anti-malware program or use New Tab Redirect extension from Chrome Store.

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