How To Remove EasyXplore Browser Hijacker

Simple Guide to Delete EasyXplore from PC

EasyXplore is a very dangerous virus that cause unwanted redirection issues and show lots of annoying adverts. If your System is infected by this nasty infection and your system web browser is getting filled with unwanted advertisements then your system is in danger. Don’t worry you are at right place. Here you can get removal steps which help you to remove EasyXplore completely from PC.

Know About EasyXplore:

EasyXplore looks like as a genuine and useful application for Windows but its main function to delivers annoying adverts and redirect users to other questionable site without any their permission. However, it is identified as a potentially unwanted or redirect virus. It was discovered and distributed by the team of cyber hacker with the main target to makes illegal money through cheats innocent users. It mostly gets installed into the target system via the freeware program and other tricky ways. Once installed successfully, firstly, it will bombard your desktop screen with unwanted and annoying advertisements into various forms like as commercial ads, pop-up ads, banners, offers etc.  The main intention behind it to generates illegal web traffic on the sponsored website as well as makes illegal profit for the creator on pay per click. Once clicking on these adverts perhaps redirect your browser on malicious and phishing site. Sometimes triggered on these adverts might cause the installation of potentially unwanted program (PUP).

EasyXplore is able to infect all popular web browsers like as Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Safari, Edge and others. It makes the browser so strange for the users by the several alternations like as internet setting, browser setting, homepage setting and other important setting etc. It also assign the default search engine with fake search URL  which show sponsored search results as well as redirect users to questionable and phishing site without any users permission.

 More Harmful Effects of EasyXplore:

Moreover, EasyXplore is able to disable the System security and privacy by inactivate firewall, task manager, control panel and real antivirus program. It has the capability to corrupt the System files and Windows registries as well as create duplicate file as a similar name. It makes the duplicate file itself as well as distributed into the various location in different name.  That is why it is hard to detect and eliminate by normal antivirus program. It also installs other harmful infections like as malware, spyware, adware and other harmful threats that may cause several serious issues. It can track user’s online browsing habits like as search queries, web histories, cookies and other online details to collects users personal and confidential information like as email-id, password, bank account details, IP address, geo-locations etc. After that share these details to the cyber offender for illegal use. It also generates web traffic on the running webpage to downpour surfing speed and makes your browser totally useless. Thus it is highly advice to delete EasyXplore as quickly as possible.

How EasyXplore spreads into the PC:

EasyXplore mostly get spreads into the System via the package of freeware program, spam email attachments, updating System Software, peer to peer sharing files and other tricky ways. Mostly people download and installed freeware program from third party site with unintentionally. They often skip to read the installation guide as well as select custom or advance options. Thus this behaviour causes the infiltration of lots of infections. Spam email which consist malicious files that often sends by the cyber-criminal with the aim to recipient open them. Opening such types of files cause the infiltration of lots of infections. Updating System software from irrelevant sources, peer to peer sharing files through BitTorrent, eMule, Gnuteall might leads lots of infections.

How To Protect your System from EasyXplore:

Must avoid the installing of freeware program from third party or untrustworthy site.  Use official and trustworthy site while downloading and installing freeware program.  Read their End Users License Agreements carefully.  Always select custom or advance options as well as other similar settings. Must ignoring the attachments of spam email   which send through unknown sender. If you don’t know the sender name and address please verify it firstly. If any file seems suspicious please do not open them. It is highly important to check the grammatical error and spelling mistakes.  Always update the Software program from direct links and sources.

Threat Summary:

Name : EasyXplore

Type: browser Hijacker

Description: EasyXplore is a fake web address that is mainly designed redirect users to questionable webpage as well as delivers lots of annoying advertisements.

Distribution: Spam email attachments, Updating System Software, Freeware program etc

Removal process: In order to remove EasyXplore we are highly recommended use automatically removal tool.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Important Note: This malware asks you to enable the web browser notifications. So, before you go the manual removal process, execute these steps.

Google Chrome (PC)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the Menu button
• Select “Settings”. Scroll the mouse downward to choose “Advanced” option
• Go to “Privacy and Security” section by scrolling downward and then select “Content settings” and then “Notification” option
• Find each suspicious URLs and click on three dots on the right side and choose “Block” or “Remove” option

Google Chrome (Android)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the menu button and then click on “Settings”
• Scroll down further to click on “site settings” and then press on “notifications” option
• In the newly opened window, choose each suspicious URLs one by one
• In the permission section, select “notification” and “Off” the toggle button

Mozilla Firefox

• On the right corner of the screen, you will notice three dots which is the “Menu” button
• Select “Options” and choose “Privacy and Security” in the toolbar present in the left side of the screen
• Slowly scroll down and go to “Permission” section then choose “Settings” option next to “Notifications”
• In the newly opened window, select all the suspicious URLs. Click on the drop-down menu and select “Block”

Internet Explorer

• In the Internet Explorer window, select the Gear button present on the right corner
• Choose “Internet Options”
• Select “Privacy” tab and then “Settings” under the “Pop-up Blocker” section
• Select all the suspicious URLs one by one and click on the “Remove” option

Microsoft Edge

• Open the Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots on the right corner of the screen to open the menu
• Scroll down and select “Settings”
• Scroll down further to choose “view advanced settings”
• In the “Website Permission” option, click on “Manage” option
• Click on switch under every suspicious URL

Safari (Mac):

• On the upper right side corner, click on “Safari” and then select “Preferences”
• Go to “website” tab and then choose “Notification” section on the left pane
• Search for the suspicious URLs and choose “Deny” option for each one of them

Manual Steps to Remove EasyXplore:

Remove the related items of EasyXplore using Control-Panel

Windows 7 Users

Click “Start” (the windows logo at the bottom left corner of the desktop screen), select “Control Panel”. Locate the “Programs” and then followed by clicking on “Uninstall Program”

Windows XP Users

Click “Start” and then choose “Settings” and then click “Control Panel”. Search and click on “Add or Remove Program’ option

Windows 10 and 8 Users:

Go to the lower left corner of the screen and right-click. In the “Quick Access” menu, choose “Control Panel”. In the newly opened window, choose “Program and Features”

Mac OSX Users

Click on “Finder” option. Choose “Application” in the newly opened screen. In the “Application” folder, drag the app to “Trash”. Right click on the Trash icon and then click on “Empty Trash”.

In the uninstall programs window, search for the PUAs. Choose all the unwanted and suspicious entries and click on “Uninstall” or “Remove”.

After you uninstall all the potentially unwanted program causing EasyXplore issues, scan your computer with an anti-malware tool for any remaining PUPs and PUAs or possible malware infection. To scan the PC, use the recommended the anti-malware tool.

How to Remove Adware (EasyXplore) from Internet Browsers

Delete malicious add-ons and extensions from IE

Click on the gear icon at the top right corner of Internet Explorer. Select “Manage Add-ons”. Search for any recently installed plug-ins or add-ons and click on “Remove”.

Additional Option

If you still face issues related to EasyXplore removal, you can reset the Internet Explorer to its default setting.

Windows XP users: Press on “Start” and click “Run”. In the newly opened window, type “inetcpl.cpl” and click on the “Advanced” tab and then press on “Reset”.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users: Press the Windows logo, type inetcpl.cpl in the start search box and press enter.  In the newly opened window, click on the “Advanced Tab” followed by “Reset” button.

For Windows 8 Users: Open IE and click on the “gear” icon. Choose “Internet Options”

Select the “Advanced” tab in the newly opened window

Press on “Reset” option

You have to press on the “Reset” button again to confirm that you really want to reset the IE

Remove Doubtful and Harmful Extension from Google Chrome

Go to menu of Google Chrome by pressing on three vertical dots and select on “More tools” and then “Extensions”. You can search for all the recently installed add-ons and remove all of them.

Optional Method

If the problems related to EasyXplore still persists or you face any issue in removing, then it is advised that your reset the Google Chrome browse settings. Go to three dotted points at the top right corner and choose “Settings”. Scroll down bottom and click on “Advanced”.

At the bottom, notice the “Reset” option and click on it.

In the next opened window, confirm that you want to reset the Google Chrome settings by click on the “Reset” button.

Remove EasyXplore plugins (including all other doubtful plug-ins) from Firefox Mozilla

Open the Firefox menu and select “Add-ons”. Click “Extensions”.  Select all the recently installed browser plug-ins.

Optional Method

If you face problems in EasyXplore removal then you have the option to rese the settings of Mozilla Firefox.

Open the browser (Mozilla Firefox) and click on the “menu” and then click on “Help”.

Choose “Troubleshooting Information”

In the newly opened pop-up window, click “Refresh Firefox” button

The next step is to confirm that really want to reset the Mozilla Firefox settings to its default by clicking on “Refresh Firefox” button.

Remove Malicious Extension from Safari

Open the Safari and go to its “Menu” and select “Preferences”.

Click on the “Extension” and select all the recently installed “Extensions” and then click on “Uninstall”.

Optional Method

Open the “Safari” and go menu. In the drop-down menu, choose “Clear History and Website Data”.

In the newly opened window, select “All History” and then press on “Clear History” option.

Delete EasyXplore (malicious add-ons) from Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge and go to three horizontal dot icons at the top right corner of the browser. Select all the recently installed extensions and right click on the mouse to “uninstall”

Optional Method

Open the browser (Microsoft Edge) and select “Settings”

Next steps is to click on “Choose what to clear” button

Click on “show more” and then select everything and then press on “Clear” button.

Conclusion

In most cases, the PUPs and adware gets inside the marked PC through unsafe freeware downloads. It is advised that you should only choose developers website only while downloading any kind of free applications.  Choose custom or advanced installation process so that you can trace the additional PUPs listed for installation along with the main program.