Quick4search.com virus - How to remove

Quick4search.com is a browser hijacker which modifies your browser settings, causes redirect issue, displays questionable links and content, which is of advertising nature. It even tracks you while you are online and degrades your PC’s performance in general.

About Quick4search.com Browser Hijacker

Quick4search.com browser hijacker hijacks your default homepage, new tab and search engine. These changes can take place so suddenly and unexpectedly that you will be left speechless. This is so bewildering because you do not get any notifications prior to that. If you want to get back to your previous search provider, you will notice that it is not a piece of cake. The next time you launch your browser, you will be again redirected to quick4search.com. This happens because Quick4search.com browser extension corrupts your Windows Start Menu. It does also add ill registry entries, thus, it contaminates your whole computer’s system.

 

This browser hijacker covers with Bing Search provider. If you go to quick4search.com, you will see ‘‘Bing.com/ Your Favourite Search Engine’’ in dark pink background above the search bar. It is not just for malvertising purposes of its search service, this browser extension displays the altered search results of Bing Search. These results are spammed with sponsored websites containing junk content. This content includes links to fake software updates, etc. Unlike the legitimate provider, that is Bing, Quick4search does not check that content of 3rd party for safety. It does also display 3rd party advertisements in the authentic websites of Yahoo in the place of their authentic ads. These ads are even personalized to you so you clicked on them and generated PPC (pay-per-click) revenue for the developers of this rogue program. For the latter purpose, Quick4search add-on records your browsing and release the targeted information to 3rd party to make custom-made ads.

How does Quick4search.com Browser Hijacker Get onto Your Computer?

Quick4search.com is a PUP – a potentially unwanted program. The vast majority of these programs make use of other more generally acknowledged apps to get on one’s computer. They act as supplements to the particular downloads available for free. These include download managers, PDF creators, media players, etc. Thus, when you download and install, let’s say, a Flash Player, you also set up Quick4search.com plug-in inadvertently. In order to steer clear of such PUPs, opt for Advanced/Custom installation settings and simply uncheck the pre-checked checkboxes next to them.

Spyhunter or Malwarebytes are perfect automatic malware removal tools to be applied in the case of hijackware infection. They are easy to use even for a completely inexperienced user. What is more, they perform a full system scan for every and any malware threats present on the system. Manual removal instructions for the removal of Quick4search.com browser hijacker are given for free below.

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Manual removal of Quick4search.com virus

How to remove Quick4search.com virus using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Quick4search.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 Quick4search.com virus . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Quick4search.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 Quick4search.com virus from macOS

Delete Quick4search.com virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Quick4search.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 Quick4search.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 Quick4search.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 Quick4search.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 Quick4search.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 Quick4search.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 Quick4search.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 Quick4search.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 Quick4search.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 Quick4search.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 Quick4search.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.