Ultimate Search virus - How to remove

Ultimate Search Virus is a browser hijacker that infiltrates into random computers bundled with free software, available to get from the Internet. The program modifies settings of Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome which cause many inconveniences for the users. Basically, it changes your homepage and default search provider to ultimate-search.net despite which websites you have chosen before.

Although the website looks like a regular search engine, yet if you try making a search there, you will see that it mainly displays sponsored websites in your search results. Besides, it displays various ads that appear out of nowhere. If you click on them, you will be redirected to some unknown websites where you can even get your computer infected.

Additionally, Ultimate Search Virus records information about your browsing habits and it can even access your usernames, passwords and other sensitive information. This way the program breaches your privacy. If it sends this data to the third parties, you can experience very unpleasant consequences.

You should be careful when you are installing any software from the Internet. Always check if the program contains any additional applications. If you are not familiar with them, do not agree to install them. Also you should always go for Custom Installation so you would be able to see what programs are bundled with the main one.

Remove Ultimate Search virus from your computer as soon as you detect it on your PC. Run a full system scan with a reputable antispyware program, for example, Spyhunter and eliminate this badware immediately. After that you will have to set your browser settings manually. Don’t forget changing your homepage and default search engine. Below you can find manual removal instructions of Ultimate Search virus:

First, you will have to remove it from Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs list . It is recommended to uninstalling ALL programs installed on the same date as problems have appeared. Some versions of this virus installs software that block 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 Ultimate Search virus from Internet Explorer:

1. Click arrow on the right of search box
2. Do following: On IE8-9 choose Manage Search providers, On ie7 click change search defaults
3. Remove the ultimate-search.net from the list

How To remove Ultimate Search 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 it & reset it.
3. Type “browser.search.defaultengine” in the search box. Right click it & reset it.
4. Type “browser.search.selectedengine” in the search box. Right click it & reset it.
5. Search for ‘browser.newtab.url’. Right-click and reset. This will make sure that the search page won’t launch on each new tab.
6. 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 search box. If this file exists, rename it and start Firefox again. You will have to repeat the steps above.

How To remove Ultimate Search virus from Google Chrome:

1. Click 3 horizontal lines icon on 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).

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