Wizesearch.com Virus - How to remove

Enter wizesearch.com in the address bar of your web browser and you will be displayed a nice picture of an owl (or launch your web browser, if you are already infected). This solitary nocturnal bird is one of the symbols of wisdom. However, this cannot be said about the users who use wizesearch.com as their search engine. The search engine behind the logo of an owl and under the name of Wize Search is a rogue search provider, generally known as a browser hijacker.

About Wizesearch.com Browser Hijacker

Wizesearch.com browser hijacker is affiliated with Safe Finder adware. Being a hijacker, Wizesearch.com replaces your default homepage, search engine and a new tab page. If you performed a search on it, you will be redirected to search.yahoo.com and right next to the search bar, on the left corner, you will spot the logo of Safe Finder and its title written in gray next to it. Being an adware, Safe Finder displays advertising content of 3rd party and its title has little to do with safe browsing, rather on the contrary.

The same is to be said about Wizesearch.com hijacker, which can also be regarded as a tool employed by advertisers to display their material. It promotes 3rd party websites, ranking them higher than the authentic websites of Yahoo! Search. Wizesearch.com browser extension uses JS (JavaScript) to inject 3rd party advertisements in the legitimate websites, which are not displaced by the scam sites and happen to reach the combined search results. Wizesearch.com fake search engine acts like a mincing machine, mincing every piece of quality content like a mincing machine minces pieces of meet.

The final outcomes you receive after Wizesearch.com extension has overridden your machine, encompass the increased probability of viral penetration, the general slowdown of the system, the impaired functioning of your web browser and the obstruction in viewing the quality content.

How does Wizesearch.com Browser Hijacker Infect Your Computer?

Wizesearch.com app is a piece of cake for the distributors of free software. They know they will receive a big number of downloads since they distribute free programs and, typically, the most widely used ones. When Wizesearch.com program is added to the freeware, it is being monetized, thus, the distributors earn profit. This scheme of unfair distribution of free software was puzzled out by the cyber security researchers a long time ago. Thus, they advise to perform the installation procedure in the Advanced/ Custom settings and to drop the pre-added programs out. These apps are commonly referred to as PUPs – potentially unwanted programs.

Having Wizesearch.com PUP on your PC is not the end of the world. You can delete it with the application of the reliable automatic malware removal software, such as Spyhunter. It is not difficult to use these tools, even if you are a completely unexperienced user. Manual removal instructions for Wizesearch.com browser hijacker are for those who are eager to perform every step of the removal process manually, that is, by himself or by herself. You can find the instructions underneath this article, though we recommend to apply the previously mentioned automatic tools as they are much more reliable than the manual removal.

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Manual removal of Wizesearch.com Virus

How to remove Wizesearch.com Virus using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Wizesearch.com Virus from your applications.

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