Wisesearches.com browser hijacker - How to remove

Wisesearches.com browser hijacker is mostly active against Mac computers, yet it can also infect Windows as well, so all users should be aware. This infection is listed as browser hijacker due to obvious reasons – it will modify settings on your web browsers and definitely change the way you browser the web. What’s more, you probably are not going to like it and thus this problem need to be fixed. We have all answers regarding Wisesearches.com problem so just stick up with us and read this post to the end.

About Wisesearches.com virus

First of all, in order to fight your enemy, you need to get familiar with it. So there are a few thing you need to know. It was developed by Client Connect LTD and that’s already a red flag – well known and severe computer viruses like trovigo.com or popconrvod.com redirect virus were also developed and distributed by the same company. This information is more than enough to understand that wisesearches.com is a potential threat to your system.

How can it enter your computer? Infections like this are operating as browser add-ons. In order to infect your computer, they need to be added to your web browsers. To be added to web browsers, they need to get a permission. This question for permission usually is asked when you install some free software downloaded from the Internet. You will be suggested to install some additional beneficial and free tools that will enhance your web browsing. If you agree with such an offer, malicious add-ons like Wisesearches.com gets added to your web browsers.

Once added to the Internet browser, this virus will automatically set both homepage and default search engine to www.wisesearches.com. From now on this website will be the first thing you see when you open your web browser.

It is designed to look just like a regular search engine, so users would trust it and would want to keep it. If you try to search for something using this website, your search will be executed using Bing search engine, thus you can trust results. However, you should be aware of the fact that all your search queries will be recorded by Wisesearches.com. Information is very expensive and they collect it to sell it to third parties. Usually their clients are various advertising networks that use data like this to target ad campaigns approach users with more relevant content.

Users are used to the fact that if they don’t like a particular browser extension, they can simply disable it. However, this trick won’t work in this case, as Wisesearches.com virus places some files on your computer and thus on your computer and they will restore settings on web browsers the next time you restart your system.

Eventually, if you want to get rid of this infection efficiently, you will have to use trustworthy anti-malware tools, such as Spyhunter. Either one of those security products should be able to detect exact location of the infection and eliminate it from your system automatically. In case you are still confused and don’t know where to start, feel free to take a look at our step-by-step Wisesearches.com virus removal guide, right below this article.

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How to remove Wisesearches.com browser hijacker using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Wisesearches.com browser hijacker from your applications.

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

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Wisesearches.com browser hijacker 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 Wisesearches.com browser hijacker, 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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