Websearch.searchere.info virus - How to remove

Websearch.searchere.info virus is a browser hijacker that can infiltrate into your browser together with free downloads from the Internet. The program replaces your default search engine with localmoxie.com and homepage with Websearch.searchere.info. Its main purpose is to promote particular websites and increase their page ranking as well as traffic.

First of all, the program includes many sponsored websites to your search results’ list. This way it highly increases the chances for you to visit them. Beware that you may also be redirected to malicious websites full of infections. So basically Websearch.searchere.info virus increases a risk of your system to be infected.

Such programs mostly infiltrate into computers bundled with freeware applications that users download from the Internet. So if you want to avoid these annoying programs, pay more attention to the installation steps when getting new softwarevto your computer, for example, music players, PDF creators, etc. Deselect any options to install applications that you are not familiar with.

If your system was already infected with Websearch.searchere.info virus, remove it as soon as you detect it on your computer. Go to Control Panel -> Add and Remove programs list and uninstalling it from there. It is important that you remove all other programs installed with the hijacker, as some of them might redownload or reset back browser settings. Scan with Spyhunter as it identifies such programs quite well.

You should also check browser extensions for Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. If you do not see Websearch.searchere.info listed, you should use antimalware tools like SpyHunter and scan your computer with it. Uninstalling the program from your computer doesn’t change your search providers. You will have to do it manually by yourself. Depending on the browser you are using, follow the instructions below:

How to remove Websearch.searchere.info virus from Internet Explorer (older versions):

1. Click on the arrow on the right of the search box;
2. Do the following: on IE8-9 choose Manage Search providers, on IE7 click on Change search defaults;
3. Remove Websearch.searchere.info from the list.

How to remove Websearch.searchere.info virus from IE 11:

1. Click on the Settings icon (top right)->Manage Addons;
2. Select Search Providers;
3. Change the default search engine to Bing or Google;
4. If any of these search providers is not available, follow “Find more search providers” in the bottom of the screen and install Google.

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

How to remove Websearch.searchere.info virus from Google Chrome:

1. Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on the 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);
6. If your New Tab page is hijacked, you will have to scan with anti-malware program or use New Tab Redirect extension from Chrome Store.

Remove shortcut hijack (all browsers) (optional):

If your browser opens Websearch.searchere.info page on startup only, try this:

1. Right click on your browser icon. Choose Properties;
2. Open Short cut tab;
3. Delete Websearch.searchere.info part from target field.

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