Yougoo Search - How to remove

Yougoo Search is a browser hijacker that comes into computers along various freeware and sets your homepage to unknown search engine Yougoo.fr. The program usually affects French speaking countries. Despite it looks like a regular search provider, unfortunately Yougoo.fr is not able to provide genuine search results. It tries to promote sponsored websites, so you cannot really trust it.

We strongly recommend removing Yougoo Search virus frrm your system and choosing a relaible asearch engine. Run a full system scan with a reputable anti-malware program for example, Spyhunter or StopZilla, or check out the guide provided below to learn how to remove this hijacker manually.

About Yougoo Search

Yougoo Search doesn’t look much different from most of search providers. However, it doesn’t work the way most of the search engines do. If you make a search using Yougoo Search, instead of getting regular search results, you will see a list of commercial websites and tons of sponsored ads among your search results. The application was created to promote specific pages and increase their traffic. It is quite obvious that the creators of Yougoo Search get paid for that.

Bear in mind, that Yougoo Search can also promote malicious websites and if you click on their links, you can get your system infected. The same is said about the ads that appear among the search results provided by Yougoo Search. They most likely contain links to sponsored pages too which can be unsafe to visit. If you want to browse normally again, remove Yougoo Search from your system and choose a well-known search provider instead of this bogus search tool.

Distribution Methods of Yougoo Search

Yougoo Search is normally distributed with a help of other programs. It can be bundled to free media players, recorders, PDF creators, download managers and many other applications. You should pay more attention to what you are installing to your system and be more careful with the installation steps of any new software. Never agree to replace your homepage to unknown pages either. The same is said about changing your search provider. Always use a very well known search engine.

To remove Yougoo Search, follow the guide below or simply run a system scan with an anti-malware program and get rid of it automatically.

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Manual removal of Yougoo Search

How to remove Yougoo Search using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Yougoo Search from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Yougoo Search 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 Yougoo Search 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 Yougoo Search, 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 Yougoo Search 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 Yougoo Search 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 Yougoo Search, 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 Yougoo Search 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 Yougoo Search, 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 Yougoo Search from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Yougoo Search 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 Yougoo Search, 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.