yamdex.net might look like regular search engine to you, but this image is wrong. This application is listed as browser hijacker, so if you have noticed it on your computer, wait no more and get rid of it.
It’s not very difficult to indicate whether your computer is infected with yamdex.net or not because once inside of your system it will change home page and default search engine to www.yamdex.net on all of your web browsers. So if you have noticed this occurrence on any of your web browsers, your computer is definitely infected and you should take care of that.
To remove yamdex.net fast and effortless, we suggest to do it automatically. Simply download reliable anti-malware application, such as Spyhunter or Spyhunter, install it and then run a full scan of all files stored on your hard drive. One of these apps should immediately detect and remove the virus. It will also protect your computer from similar infections in the future, so it’s worth to keep it installed. You can use other anti-malware software of your choice as well. However, anti-malware application can’t change settings on your web browsers, so you will have to change default search engine and home page on your web browsers manually.
In case you don’t want to download any additional anti-malware software, you can eliminate yamdex.net manually. This process might be complicated, so we have developed a step-by-step yamdex.net manual removal guide – scroll down below this article and take a look at it. Try to complete all steps correctly and you will be able to eliminate yamdex.net manually by you own.
To learn more about specific features of yamdex.net please continue reading this article. If you have some questions regarding this topic, feel free to ask them in the comments section below and we will do our best to answer them all.
About yamdex.net browser hijacker
It works as browser add-on that can be added to all most common web browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer or even Safari. That means Apple users can get infected as well.
yamdex.net tries to refer to a name of a well known Russian search engine yandex.ru and gain users trust this way. However, you should not use yamdex.net for your searches.
First of all, it displays various sponsored results that are not relevant to your search queries, so you will waste your time this way. Moreover, those sponsored links might lead your to dangerous websites, so we don’t recommend to click on any of them. If it happens so that you click on the ad displayed by yamdex.net you will be immediately redirected to other websites that might be owned by various cyber criminals, such as hackers or scammers. This way your computer can get infected with other viruses or if you attempt to purchase something there you can even get scammed and lose your hard earned money.
yamdex.net also has some attributes of an adware – it might display ads in all kinds of forms, such as pop-up, pop-under, in-text, banner or contextual advertisements.
About yamdex.net browser hijacker
yamdex.net can enter your computer when you download and install some freeware from the Internet. I.e. when you download and install some free software update or PDF generator from unreliable website, yamdex.net or any other browser hijacker can come bundled with it. That’s why you should always pay close attention to the installation process of freeware and keep your computer secured with reliable anti-malware application all the time.
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Manual removal of yamdex.net
How to remove yamdex.net using Windows Control Panel
Many hijackers and adware like yamdex.net 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 yamdex.net . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make yamdex.net 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 yamdex.net from macOS
Delete yamdex.net from your applications.- Open Finder.
- In the menu bar, click Go.
- Select Applications from the dropdown.
- Find the yamdex.net app.
- Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
- In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.
TopHow To remove yamdex.net 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 yamdex.net, 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 yamdex.net 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 yamdex.net 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.
- 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.
How to remove yamdex.net 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.
- 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.
How to remove yamdex.net from Safari:Top
Remove malicious extensions- Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
- Select Extensions and uninstall yamdex.net 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.
- 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.