How to remove IncognitoSearchTech.com redirect virus

 Detailed guide to delete IncognitoSearchTech.com

IncognitoSearchTech.com is a fake web searcher that always redirects to some legit web search engine to display search results. This URL is used for advertising and marketing purpose. It has the dangerous data tracking potential as well. Therefore, it is not recommended to use this browsing tool as the main homepage. If you are seeing this site, this indicates a cyber intruder installed on your system. Don’t panic, read the article carefully and you will how you to remove IncognitoSearchTech.com and associated potentially unwanted application from the system.

More about IncognitoSearchTech.com

Typically, browser hijackers alter browsers’ settings such as default homepage, new tab page and search engine to some fake search addresses. Such alternations significantly impact the browsing experience. To elaborate this, when your system gets infected with IncognitoSearchTech in this case, you will see all opened tab and entered search queries on the URL bar redirect to IncognitoSearchTech.com. Furthermore, illegitimate web searchers seldom generate their own search results and so they often redirect to (or cause a chain of redirect that end up to) Yahoo, Bing or Google and other legitimate web searching tools. IncognitoSearchTech.com is not an exception to this. It tends to redirect users to Yahoo (search.yahoo.com) or (via amazonaws and landdays.IncognitoSearchTech.com) to Bing (bing.com), depending upon the geo-location.

Browser hijacker can undo any changes made to the browsers’ settings with the help of various browser helper objects intruded along with the cyber infection or the browser based intruder installed it later after the installation happens. The returning to the previous browser’s settings option is possible only after the IncognitoSearchTech.com removal. Another reason to perform its removal immediately is that this unwanted application, like other browser hijacking applications, can have the potential to track users’ browsing session. If so, it can easily manage to get the following details about the users:

• Searched items,
• Viewed pages,
• Visited URLs,
• Saved Bookmarks,
• And even personally identifiable information like IPs, Geo-locations.

Typically, these data are used in marketing and advertising purposes. The PUAs authors may share these data to potent crooks who aim to generate revenue by doing various fraudulent activities. As a result, this may cause serious privacy issue, financial loss and identity theft. To ensure the device integrity and user’s safety, it is crucial to remove all suspect apps and browser extensions/ plug-ins right away. Below the post, you will find complete manual as well as automatic guide to perform the removal process. Follow it so that you can easily remove all suspicious applications, leaving no traces behind.

How did PUAs infiltrate my computer?

PUAs are commonly spread via download/ installation setups of regular software. This deceptive marketing method of packing one app with unwanted and malicious one is termed as software bundling. People rush the download and skip most of the installation steps often lead into the inadvertent installation of unwanted applications. Intrusive ads can be designed to cause unwanted downloads. Once clicked on they run certain scripts to make stealthy download/ installation. Some PUAs have their official websites as well.

How to prevent PUAs installation?

It is strongly recommended you to be careful when downloading/ installing and updating any software. All downloads must be done using official websites and direct links. Since untrustworthy downloading channels often offer dubious and/or bundled content. Some examples of untrustworthy sources are unofficial free file hosting sites, p2p networks and third party downloaders/installers. When downloading/ installing, never forget to choose Custom/Advanced option and decline all additional offers before finalizing the installation process. Additionally, do not click on any ads appear on any questionable pages. Such pages often open the pages of same kind or run certain scripts to cause unwanted downloads.

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 IncognitoSearchTech.com:

Remove the related items of IncognitoSearchTech.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 IncognitoSearchTech.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 (IncognitoSearchTech.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 IncognitoSearchTech.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 IncognitoSearchTech.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 IncognitoSearchTech.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 IncognitoSearchTech.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 IncognitoSearchTech.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.