Secureserch.com malware - How to remove

Secureserch.com website appears as a homepage on your web browser but you can’t recall making those changes? That’s a clear sign that your computer is infected with malware. There is nothing to panic about – your web browser features a malicious add-on, listed as browser hijacker, that’s it. If you solve this problem right now, no bad consequences will happen to your privacy or security.

In fact, this add-on claims to provide you with security – by the description, Secureserch should allow you to search the web privately, with no cookies and other forms of tracking. However, it seems not to be true and that is one of the reasons we consider this tool to be unwanted. Secureserch.com itself will track your searches and collect information about your browsing habits or even some of the sensitive data about you. If you are really concerned about your security while browsing the web, we suggest to get rid of securesearch immediately. In case you have no clue how to do that, you are in the right place, at the right time – in this tutorial we will provide you with all information needed in order to uninstall Secureserch.com both from your computer and web browser. We have dealt with similar browser hijacker viruses like hao1258.com and gatmog.com in the past successfully, therefore it should be not much different this time too.

Key features of Secureserch.com virus

While promising you privacy on the Internet, this add-on will automatically change some of the settings on your web browser. As far as we know it is compatible with all most common web browsers, including Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge. In most cases it will set both new tab website and default search provider to www.secureserch.com, so if your web browser is infected with this malware, you will be visiting this website quite a lot.

It is funny that Secureserch.com is replacing your current search provider, because this website does not have an unique search engine. It only features unique landing page which will take you to Yahoo results page after the search is submitted. If you keep an eye on the url bar during the search, you will surely notice that the URL changes several times before results are displayed to you. That’s how they track you.

Based on various qualities of yours, such as age, gender, geolocation and similar, Secureserch.com might implement some sponsored results into the results page. Or they can simply deliver those ads as pop-ups. This is how they are making money – they are affiliated with some websites and gets paid whenever you click on one of those ads.

It was developed by Ur Web Wheels – US based company which provides web development and design services. If you take a closer look at their Privacy Policy you will immediately realise that this “private search” thing is just a scam:

 In addition, as part of the functionality provided by our Service, we may collect and store URLS that you visit and your browser’s home page which could contain personally identifiable information. We may also collect, use and store information about your search activity when you use web search services (such as search queries) (“Search Data”). This information may be shared with third-party applications that use Search Data to function, or to offer you more customized information, advertising and services. Your Search Data is collected and stored and may include personally identifiable information, depending on your search query

Basically they will get an access to all of the information from your search queries and they have the option to leak this information to third parties – that’s extremely dangerous.

Removing Secureserch.com browser hijacker

Even though they provide instructions how to remove this add-on, they might be not sufficient for this job to be done. The very first thing we recommend you to do – scan your computer with anti-malware application, Spyhunter. Either one of those tools will make sure that your computer is secured and your private information is not about to be leaked. Then, take a look at Secureserch.com uninstall instructions (provided below) and follow all steps to completely eliminate this unwanted add-on from infected Internet browser.

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Removal instructions for Secureserch.com virus

How to remove Secureserch.com malware using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Secureserch.com malware from your applications.

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

Remove malicious extensions

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