How To Remove Find.stormsearch.net

Find.stormsearch.net: Easy Delete Process

Find.stormsearch.net silently enters the Windows computers without users’ approval and then hijacks the internet browsers such as Safari, Firefox, Chrome and others. It’s a fake search engine that is usually promoted via Storm Search browser hijacker. Upon getting into the target systems, this deceptive URL assigns itself as the new search tool, home page and new tab preferences and grabs complete control over the entire browser. Similar to Searchconverterpro.com and other hijacker, it also redirects your search queries to affiliate links that you had never intended to visit. It aims to boost traffic for third-party websites and make quick online revenues for the developers.

Depth Analysis of Find.stormsearch.net:

Find.stormsearch.net inserts cookies on all web browsers that it manages to find on a computer and starts gathering browsing-related information. It may regularly collect your PC’s IP address, location, search terms, clicks, email address, and similar data that might be utilized for suspicious purposes. This is one of the reasons why you are constantly flooded with attractive-looking advertisements all over the day during the presence of this hijacker in your computer, which interrupts your web sessions badly. These ads are in multiple formats such as coupons, offers, deals, banners, discounts etc. that can easily gain users’ attention.

Ads by Find.stormsearch.net work on pay-per-click scheme and earn revenues for the creators when clicked. We strongly suggest avoiding interacting with these adverts as they often contain vicious links and redirect you to potentially dangerous sites that are filled with malicious contents. Many users complained that after getting infected with this PUP, they had to deal with lots of commercial and non-commercial pop-ups on all pages and serious browser slowdowns. Beware that the purpose of the pop-ups just the same as redirects, i.e. to make people visit affiliate pages and increase their rank in search results. Unfortunately, these redirects may take you to disastrous consequences, such as virus/malware infiltration.

It is worthwhile mentioning that Find.stormsearch.net can also steal your personal data like credit card and bank account details that could be misused by the scammers for deceptive transactions or purchases. And therefore, presence of this hijacker in your system may lead to severe privacy issues, identity theft and huge financial loss. All these evil activities contributed by this malware inside your computer eat up huge amount of memory resources and drags down the overall PC performance severely. It causes the machine to respond slower than ever before and takes more than usual time to complete any task. And hence, a quick Find.stormsearch.net removal is highly recommended.

Ways To Spread Find.stormsearch.net:

This fake search engine just like other potentially unwanted programs is usually promoted via software packages as additional tool. People who download a freeware from third-party sites like cnet.com, download.com, soft32.com, softonic.com etc. etc. and then rush freeware’s installation and use quick/basic installation options end up installing such and similar plug-ins without realizing that.

To decompose software bundles, you should always select the Custom or Advanced installation setup and untick the checkboxes that promote extensions, add-ons, toolbars, etc. that you are not familiar with. Only by doing this, you will be able to avoid installing additional components.

Furthermore, you stay away from suspicious ads and hyperlinks that generally appear while web surfing as they generally reroute people to malware-laden sites that host PUPs, trojan, spyware, ransomware and other dangerous cyber threats. But at the moment, you must remove Find.stormsearch.net from the computer without wasting any time.

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 Find.stormsearch.net:

Remove the related items of Find.stormsearch.net 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 Find.stormsearch.net 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 (Find.stormsearch.net) 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 Find.stormsearch.net 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 Find.stormsearch.net 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 Find.stormsearch.net 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 Find.stormsearch.net 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 Find.stormsearch.net (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.