How To Remove Hdmusicsearches.com browser hijacker

Simple Guide To Delete Hdmusicsearches.com from PC

Hdmusicsearches.com is  a kind of vicious webpage that pretends  to be a genuine and useful program that offers users search HD Music online. But unfortunately, it is mainly designed to promote Hdmusicsearches.com fake search engine as well as display annoying advertisements. It has also abilities to data tracking and redirects users to questionable site. However, it is categorized as a web browser hijacker or potentially unwanted program.

As a web browser hijacker, it is able to infect all popular and mostly used web browsers like as Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Safari, Edge and others.  It makes the browser unusual for the users by the several alternations like as internet setting, browser setting, homepage setting and DNS setting etc. It also assigned the browser homepage and default search and new tab URL to the fake web searchers address which shows the result generated by popular search engine Google, Bing, yahoo and other genuine ones with sponsored search ads as well as redirect to the  malicious and questionable site without any users permission.

Being a potentially unwanted program, the main aim of Hdmusicsearches.com is to delivers various kinds of annoying and intrusive advertisements into various forms like as commercial ads, pop-up ads, coupons, banners, discounts etc on the running webpage. The main intention behind it to generate web traffic on the low quality website as well as  earn illegal revenue for the creator on pay per click methods. Up on clicking on these adverts might cause the installation of potentially unwanted program and other harmful threats.

Harmful Effects Cause By Hdmusicsearches.com :

• It is able to corrupt your System files and Windows registries as well as create duplicate file as a similar name.
• It can also block firewall, task manager, control panel and real antivirus program to makes itself secure for long time.
• It can also open back door to install other harmful infections like as malware, spyware, adware and other harmful threats which may cause severe damage your PC.
• It is able to collect browsing activities like as search queries, web histories, cookies, URLs Visited, pages viewed etc.
• It can collect personal information including email-id, password, bank account details, IP address, geo-locations etc.
• It generates web traffic and decreases the surfing speed.

How did Hdmusicsearches.com gets installed into your PC?

Hdmusicsearches.com mostly gets installed into the system via the bundling method. Bundling is a false marketing technique of pre-packaging regular software with unwanted or malicious additions. Most of the users download and install program especially freeware from third party downloader site with carelessness. They also skip custom or advance options as well as other important setting. It may also spread while users open spam email attachments which sent from unknown sender and contains malicious attachments.  Updating System software from irrelevant sources or unofficial site, Peer to peer sharing files , clicking on malicious links, visiting commercial site may also bring harmful infections.

How To protect your System from Hdmusicsearches.com:

It is highly recommended, research software products before to download, install or purchase. Must download and install program from official and trustworthy download channels. It is important to read their terms and license agreements as well as select custom or advance options and other important setting etc. Do not open email attachments which seems suspicious or sent from unknown sender. It is important to check the email body including grammatical error and spelling mistakes. Software must be updated through relevant sources or direct links. Files must be share through peer to peer sharing files. It is important to scan your PC with automatic removal tool.

Threat Summary:

Name: Hdmusicsearches.com

Type: Browser Hijacker, Redirect Virus

Descriptions: Hdmusicsearches.com is an annoying application that pretends to be a genuine and useful program that offers users to easily convert doc to PDF online.

Symptoms: Shows lots of annoying and intrusive adverts, redirect users to questionable and malicious site.

Distribution: spam email attachments, updating System Software, peer to peer sharing files.

Removal: To eliminate this infection we are highly advice scan your System with automatic 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 Hdmusicsearches.com:

Remove the related items of Hdmusicsearches.com 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 Hdmusicsearches.com 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 (Hdmusicsearches.com) 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 Hdmusicsearches.com 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 Hdmusicsearches.com 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 Hdmusicsearches.com 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 Hdmusicsearches.com 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 Hdmusicsearches.com (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.