Www-search.info virus - How to remove

Www-search.info virus is a browser hijacker that infiltrates into Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari, replaces your homepage, search provider, and makes some other modifications in the settings of your browsers. It’s an ad-supported program that seeks to advertise commercial websites and uses unfair methods to do that. It is recommended to remove Www-search.info virus, as it can involve you into marketing related activities or even infect your computer with spyware or other threats. If you have noticed it on any of your browsers, run a full system scan with Spyhunter, StopZilla or another reliable anti-malware tool. To remove Www-search.info virus manually, follow the guide that you can find at the end of this article.

About Www-search.info virus

Www-search.info looks like most of other search providers. It has a field to enter your search queries and a few quick links to reach websites of news, sports, entertainment, etc. However, if you investigate the website a little bit, you will see that it’s nothing like a usual search engine. If you make a search using it, you will be presented to numerous sponsored websites instead of regular search results, and see tons of ads among your search results that will also redirect you to sponsored pages. It is obvious that Www-search.info is related to the third party supported websites and it clearly tries to promote them, increase their traffic and boost their page ranking in search results.

What is more, Www-search.info virus may install additional programs to your computer, like adware, rootkits and other kind of infections that can try stealing your private information or monitoring your browsing history. Once they get to know about your interests and they can generate personalized ads to enhance affiliate marketing. It is strongly recommended to remove Www-search.info virus from your computer to avoid all of these issues.

Distribution Methods of Www-search.info virus

Usually Www-search.info is installed to computers bundled to other freeware. It comes together with free music or video players, PDF creators, and other popular utilities that can be easily downloaded from the Internet. It is recommended to be more careful whenever you are downloading anything from the Internet and take the installation process more serious to avoid such browser hijackers. We all know that computer users often skip reading what installation steps say and just hit on the ‘Next’ button till the download is complete. This can lead to such issues, like browser hijacking.

Make sure you always choose a Custom installation setup and deselect check marks that indicate about adding unknown programs to your computer or making changes in your browser settings, like replacing your homepage, search provider, etc. If your browsers have already been taken over, remove Www-search.info virus as soon as possible.

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Manual removal of Www-search.info virus

How to remove Www-search.info virus using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Www-search.info 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 Www-search.info virus . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Www-search.info 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 Www-search.info virus from macOS

Delete Www-search.info virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Www-search.info 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 Www-search.info 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 Www-search.info 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 Www-search.info 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 Www-search.info 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 Www-search.info 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 Www-search.info 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 Www-search.info 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 Www-search.info 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 Www-search.info 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 Www-search.info 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.