Zeta-search.com - How to remove

Zeta-search.com is not reliable website/application as it might look like at first sight. It was confirmed that Zeta-search.com should be listed as browser hijacker, so if you have noticed it as main home page or/and search engine on your web browsers, your computer is infected with the virus called Zeta-search.com.

There are two most popular methods to eliminate infection like Zeta-search.com – it can be done either manually or automatically, so it’s completely up to you which removal method to choose. It’s easier and much faster to do it automatically, so if you have no previous experience in removing viruses like Zeta-search.com and want to get rid of it immediately, we suggest you to choose this method.

First of all, download reliable anti-malware application and install it on your computer. We recommend to use either Spyhunter or Malwarebytes. Of course, you can use other anti-malware software of your choice as well. Then you will need to run a full scan of all files stored on your hard drive. One of these applications should automatically detect the location of Zeta-search.com and remove it automatically. If anti-malware application can’t detect Zeta-search.com virus but you still see it on your web browsers, that means this infection is added to your web browser extensions list, so you will have to remove it manually.

Manual removal of Zeta-search.com is a little bit more complicated, but do not worry – we have created a step-by-step Zeta-search.com manual removal guide to help you. It can be found below this article. So just do your best to complete all steps correctly and you will be able to remove Zeta-search.com manually by your own.

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. To learn more about specific features of Zeta-search.com please continue reading this article.

About Zeta-search.com browser hijacker

This malware works as browsers 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.

If your computer gets infected with this hijacker, home page and default search engine on all of your web browsers will be changed to Zeta-search.com automatically. Even if you go to browsers’ settings and change it to other website address, next time you open the same web browser it will be changed back again to www.zeta-search.com. That’s why you need to remove it from your computer to completely solve this problem.

In case you decide that it’s OK to keep Zeta-search.com as your main home page and search engine, we suggest to think again. If you try to search for something using Zeta-search.com, you will notice a lot of sponsored results. Even though you see sponsored results on Google or Yahoo search engines as well, it’s a little bit different in this case because sponsored results displayed by Zeta-search.com are not relevant to your search queries and might lead you to unreliable websites that you should not be visiting.

Moroever, Zeta-search.com can add other potentially unwanted software to your computer without even warning your about that. That’s why we recommend to remove this infection immediately.

Distribution Methods of Zeta-search.com browser hijacker virus

Zeta-search.com can be added to your web browsers when you download and install some freeware from the Internet. For instance, if you download and install some PDF generator or media player from unreliable website, there is a chance that Zeta-search.com will be downloaded alongside. That’s why you should always pay close attention to the installation process of freeware – don’t skip any steps and don’t allow any additional functions or software to be installed if you are not aware about it.

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Manual removal of Zeta-search.com virus

How to remove Zeta-search.com using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Zeta-search.com from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Zeta-search.com 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 Zeta-search.com 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 Zeta-search.com, 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 Zeta-search.com 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 Zeta-search.com 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 Zeta-search.com, 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 Zeta-search.com 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 Zeta-search.com, 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 Zeta-search.com from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Zeta-search.com 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 Zeta-search.com, 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.

Manual removal