Webofsearch.com virus - How to remove

Webofsearch.com domain is indicated to belong to Bontio Media, but its level of respectability is rather low. The official website of these alleged owners contains a minimal amount of information and no positive feedback can be found about them online. Nevertheless, this might not even be a real company: according to the IP address that the website is hosted (104.25.105.17), its registrar is CloudFlare Inc., which is a legitimate company, but we have noticed its frequent association with harmful programs.

More information about this malware sample

The company (owing the website) is located in Arizona, United Stated of America. We have found other search platforms and that might be generated by this company (or involved with their activity): Doseofhealthy.com and Trotux.com. Furthermore, it appears to be somehow associated with Mantrasurvey.com pop-up as well. We do not indicate CloudFlare Inc. as malicious or questionable, we are merely stating the facts that we have managed to dig out. CloudFlare helps websites handle their traffic and we are emphasizing on the fact that it is valid.

Speaking of Webofsearch.com, this domain is not respectable or efficient. Webhome-page.com, Stg-234i23r9-hpw.com are a couple of other browser hijackers that have the official page of Bontio Media to show documents of a Privacy Policy and a Terms of Use. The platform that our team recently analyzed does not even generate satisfactory results to search queries. It redirects visitors to Bing.com but only a couple of pages per query are shown. This shortcoming has potential of discouraging you from using an unknown platform because of it comes short with the results to search queries.

What is more, the website was reported as a browser hijacker because of a symptom that all samples from hijackware have in common: they invade browsers’ settings. Modifications are done to preferences, which means that either all positions (home pages, default search providers and new tab pages) or some of them will be reorganized. Obviously, a browser hijacker will aspire to increase web traffic for its domain and make users’ visit that website repetitively.

The engine could be associated with a number of third-parties, aiming to either push their merchandises to users or trick them into becoming a victim of some sort of hoax. Users of Webofsearch.com should stay away from the content that the hijacker will stream because it can include links and advertisements, served for the purpose of completing fraudulent plans.

If you are concerned about your security and feel like more malware samples could be currently affecting your device, we would offer a quick solution. Download and scan your operating system with Spyhunter or Malwarebytes. These professional tools will clean your device and make sure that the infections won’t return. As an alternative, you could consider manual elimination which is possible if you follow the instructions below.

All users should be aware of a couple of tricks that have the best chance of keeping you malware-free. Stop visiting domains that are promoting or providing illegal, offensive or questionable services. If you are not careful and visit random websites, one of them will turn out to be set to automatically install malware into your device. This will be done without users’ knowledge. Therefore, most users might not become aware of this before it is too late.

Also, do not install programs from questionable sources that might not be interested in anything else but transmitting low-quality, potentially dangerous applications. If you consider getting a new tool, do some research about it to determine its respectability. Findings that suggest harmful, aggravating or malicious consequences of installing an application should certainly restrain you from downloading it. For Setup Wizards in general, be sure to always go for advanced/custom modes.

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Manual removal of Webofsearch.com

How to remove Webofsearch.com virus using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Webofsearch.com virus from your applications.

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