What is Chromesearch.info?
Chromesearch.info is classified as an adware program called “browser hijacker”. It alters a homepage and a search engine on Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, IE, and Safari. As result, a browser starts to show not actually results with high number of injected advertisement. Chromesearch.info analyses all visited pages in a browser, and starts to insert a third-party sites in search results, despite a search service is presented as “The search engine that respects your privacy”. Usually that sites are full of commercial offers and haven’t any useful content. In result it is difficult to find any result in an infected PC. Our advice to remove Chromesearch.info as soon as possible.
Chromesearch.info infects all widely distributed browsers and blocks browser settings, so user can’t change a homepage. Besides that, a hijacker makes changes in a registry, so editing is blocked by Windows Group Policies. As well as others similar hijackers, such as Chromesearch.club; Chromesearch.info can cause troubles on Windows XP, Vista/7, 8/8.1, Windows 10.
How Chromesearch.info got installed on your computer?
Chromesearch.info installs on your PC with different programs, like “additional” program. It can be successfully founded and deselected in custom options of the installation process. So, you shouldn’t give access to installation Chromesearch.info on your device. It is the best way to avoid implementation of annoyed hijackers. But if your system already infected by virus, you can follow instructions below to remove Chromesearch.info from browsers.
- First and the most striking proof of having a browser hijacker is the change of the main page. Usually, it is a search engine page that is designed so that user would believe in its legitimacy.
- Generally, hijackers cause redirections when user makes a search query on its page or tries to reach a blocked site (usually another search engine or anti-malware sites)
- Another indicator of hijacker infection is appearance of new programs, toolbars and browser extensions that you don’t remember installing and processes in start-up queue.
- Also, you may notice the significant slowdown in the system operating, since running of the applications required for malware activity may consume a lot of CPU.
- Besides, hijacker infection may as well negatively affect the speed of Internet connection.
- Click the Start button and open Control Panel
- Go to Add or Remove Programs
- Find the application related to Chromesearch.info and click Uninstall
- Click the Start button and open Control Panel
- Go to Uninstall Program
- Find the application related to Chromesearch.info and click Uninstall
- Right-click the menu icon in left bottom corner
- Choose Control Panel
- Select the Uninstall Program line
- Uninstall the application related to Chromesearch.info
- Press Win+X to open Windows Power menu
- Click Control Panel
- Choose Uninstall a Program
- Select the application related to Chromesearch.info and remove it
- Start Command Prompt as Administrator
- To do this in Windows 10/8 or Windows 7 click Start and in the search box type cmd. Right-click on the found result and choose Run as Administrator.
- While in command prompt type:
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers" - Press Enter button.
- Then type:
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicy" - Press Enter button.
- Finally, type:
gpupdate /force - Press Enter button.
- Start Google Chrome
- Click on More tools, then go to the Extensions
- Delete Chromesearch.info or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
- Launch Internet Explorer
- Click on the Tools/Gear icon, then select Manage Add-ons
- Delete Chromesearch.info or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
- Start Mozilla Firefox
- Click on the right-upper corner button
- Click Add-ons, then go to Extensions
- Delete Chromesearch.info or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
- Start Microsoft Edge
- Click the three-dot button in the upper right corner
- Choose Extensions
- Click the gear icon near Chromesearch.info or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
- Choose Remove
- Click on the icon in the right-upper corner
- Choose Settings
- Click Advanced settings
- Click the Reset button
- In “reset” window click the Reset button
- Click the icon in the upper right corner
- Choose Help
- Select Troubleshooting Information
- Click the Refresh Firefox… button
- Click on the Tools button
- Go to Internet options
- Go to the Advanced tab
- Click Reset
- Start Microsoft Edge
- Click the three-dot button in the upper right corner
- Choose Settings
- Under the Clear browsing data category select Choose what to clear
- Select everything and click Clear
Symptoms of Chromesearch.info infection
How to remove Chromesearch.info?
To make sure that the hijacker won’t appear again, you need to delete Chromesearch.info completely. For this, you need to remove the application from the Control Panel and then check the drives for such leftovers as Chromesearch.info files and registry entries.
We should warn you that performing some of the steps may require above-average skills, so if you don’t feel experienced enough, you may apply to the automatic removal tool.
Performing an antimalware scan with Norton would automatically search out and delete all elements related to Chromesearch.info. It is not only the easiest way to eliminate Chromesearch.info, but also the safest and most assuring one.
Steps of Chromesearch.info manual removal
Uninstall Chromesearch.info from Control Panel
As it was stated before, more likely that the hijacker appeared on your system brought by other software. So, to get rid of Chromesearch.info you need to call to memory what you have installed recently.
How to remove Chromesearch.info from Windows XP
How to remove Chromesearch.info from Windows 7/Vista
How to remove Chromesearch.info from Windows 8/8.1
How to remove Chromesearch.info from Windows 10
If you experience problems with removing Chromesearch.info from Control Panel: there is no such title on the list, or you receive an error preventing you from deleting the application, see the article dedicated to this issue.
Read what to do if program won’t uninstall from Control Panel
Remove Chromesearch.info from browsers
How to unlock Windows Group Policies
Before you will started to remove Chromesearch.info from browser you should perform following instructions in Command Prompt
This step is necessary to delete Windows Group Policies created by Chromesearch.info
Since some of hijacker threats use a disguise of a browser add-on, you will need to check the list of extensions/add-ons in your browser.
How to remove Chromesearch.info from Google Chrome
How to remove Chromesearch.info from Internet Explorer
How to remove Chromesearch.info from Mozilla Firefox
How to remove Chromesearch.info from Microsoft Edge
Reset your browsers
How to reset settings in Google Chrome
How to reset settings in Mozilla Firefox
How to reset settings in Internet Explorer
How to reset settings in Microsoft Edge
If the above-mentioned methods didn’t help in eliminating the threat, then it’s better to rely on an automatic way of deleting Chromesearch.info.
We also recommend to download and use Norton to scan the system after Chromesearch.info removal to make sure that it is completely gone. The antimalware application will detect any vicious components left among system files and registry entries that can recover Chromesearch.info.
