Search.queryrouter.com Virus - How to remove

Search.queryrouter.com is an application having a self-explanatory title. If you looked at the three words it contains in its name, you would see a compound name, that of a search query router. Search.queryrouter.com program reroutes the search queries it receives into a new tab page titled search and displaying the seemingly search results of Google. From the latter functionality of Search.queryrouter.com it is rather that the application is not a search engine as it appeared in the first place. Interestingly enough, in the About section on its main search page this feature of the extension is referred to by calling Search.queryrouter.com a meta-search engine:

queryrouter is a meta-search engine, a search tool that provide users the ability of simultaneously search multiple search engines in one interface. Users benefit from meta-search engines by saving them time and effort from having to individually visit multiple search engines to find a desired search result.

In fact, this information provided by the developers of Search.queryrouter.com is not correct. Search.queryrouter.com is not an optimization utility, which combines the search results of multiple search providers and presents the users with them. Search.queryrouter.com extension redirects to the fake search results of the Google Search only. Thus, the application can also be referred to as a Google redirect virus. Why is this kind of search called fake? Well, we should introduce you with the fact that Search.queryrouter.com program is a browser hijacker. In most of the cases, it was not the free choice of the users to use this fake search engine, as they were introduced with the rogue web search tool without having been properly informed. Search.queryrouter.com, after having been installed on the system, changed the browser settings, namely, the DNS (Domain Name System) settings, silently by making search.queryrouter.com the new default home page. What is more, the program itself has got set up on the system without the user having the faintest idea about the event of installation.

Search.queryrouter.com belongs to the category of programs, which are downloaded together with other apps. Actually, Search.queryrouter.com is embedded into the installers of other apps, which are distributed freely, as an additional or recommended install. The user is not warned about such fact. He only gets aware of such silent intruders, if he himself seeks the installation wizard through. This can be done by switching to the Advanced or Custom settings. If the latter has not been done, Search.queryrouter.com plug-in gets installed on the device.

When Search.queryrouter.com add-on has been set on the system up, it appends registry entries to appear upon every launching of the web browser. The application keeps persistent, even if the browser settings are restored manually, since it is practically impossible to forestall the addition of the system files and registry keys the program adds to remain persistent on the targeted system. It needs to maintain this persistence for the display of the third party advertising content through the altered search results of Google. These advertising scams not only hinder the otherwise scam-free web browsing, but also, as well as the Searchqueryrouter.com browser hijacker itself, may contain other unwanted ad-supported software or other pieces of malware. Thus, we would recommend not to use the fake web search provided by Searchqueryrouter.com and to remove the application together with its system files left and registry values appended.

To remove Searchqueryrouter.com hijacker you can use Spyhunter antivirus apps or follow our free manual removal guide, located below. We would recommend to implement automatic removal, even though, this method requires some fee, Search.queryrouter.com may not be the only malware-like application on your computer’s system. Moreover, trustworthy anti-malware software is essential to have on one’s PC installed.

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Manual removal of Searchqueryrouter.com Virus

How to remove Searchqueryrouter.com Virus using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Search.queryrouter.com Virus from your applications.

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