Websearch.good-results.info virus - How to remove

Websearch.good-results.info virus is one more browser hijacker that enters computers bundled with free application that you can download from the Internet. Usually it is possible to see the program attempting to infiltrate into your system if you choose Custom installation. However, many users are installing the program in a rush and skip the step with the options to add additional programs. This way, Websearch.good-results.info virus is installed to the system automatically.

Once inside the computer, the program changes your default search engine and homepage without your consent. Although the program itself is not malicious, it is very annoying to experience these changes in your browser. What can really disturb your browsing experience is the fact that Websearch.good-results.info provides modified search results. It includes lots of sponsored websites and forces you to visit particular pages. Quite often it will redirect you to unknown websites just to increase the traffic and promote certain websites. It is a popular way to advertise various services and products. However, it is not really fair to do that.

Security experts recommend removing Websearch.good-results.info virus and any other software related to it straight after detecting it on your computer. First of all, you will have to remove all its components from Windows Control Panel and after that fix your browser settings. Follow the instructions that we provide below to get rid of this annoying hijacker. Go to Start -> Control Panel, click on “Uninstall Program” on Programs area. Look for anything related toWebsearch.good-results.info virus on a list of programs and click of Uninstall/Change button next to it. Depending on what browser you use, follow the instructions below:

For IE:

• Open IE and go to ‘Tools‘ → ”Manage Add-ons’.
• Choose ‘Toolbars and Extensions’ and uninstall everything related to Websearch.good-results.info from the list.
• Choose ‘Search Providers’ → choose the search engine you used before and make it your default search provider. Additionally, select ‘Web Search’, click ‘Disable suggestions’ to disable it.
• Go ‘Tools’ → ‘Internet Options’ and select ‘General’ tab. Click ‘Use default’ or enter your own website name, google.com or other. Finally, click ‘OK’ to save the changes.

For Mozilla Firefox:

• Open Mozilla Firefox, go ‘Tools’ → ‘Add-ons’.
• Choose ‘Extensions’ → Websearch.good-results.info and click ‘Uninstall’.
• Go ‘Tools’ → ‘Options’. Finally, reset the startup homepage or change it to google.com.

For Google Chrome:

• Click on the icon ‘Customize and control Google Chrome’, select ‘Options’.
• Choose ‘Basic’ Options and change Google Chrome homepage to google.com or any other browser and then click the ‘Manage search engines…’ button.
• Choose ‘Google’ and make it your default search engine.

Finally, run a full system scan using a reputable antispyware program, for example, Spyhunter. Don’t forget upgrading it to its latest version before performing system scan. Check the video below that illustrates how to remove this type of hijacker from your browser:

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Manual removal