How to remove Install.protected-search.com

Easy methods to delete Install.protected-search.com Redirect Virus

This article will give you complete details about Install.protected-search.com as well as you will get some recommended tips to delete it from machine. You can read this article for learning or educational purpose also. According to Cyber security experts, it is very notorious malware and computer that is belongs to browser hijacker family. It is able to hijack your main browser and redirects your browser’s search on unknown sites constantly that shows always misleading contents and lots of ads or popup messages on your browser. Don’t be panics, please read this article carefully.

Threat Summary

Threat Name: Install.protected-search.com

Threat Type: Adware, PUP, Browser Hijacker, Redirect Virus

Description: This dubious malware injects malicious codes in your main browser as well as in your System’s settings and leads major damages in your machine.

Distribution methods: Bundles of freeware or shareware, malicious ads or popup messages and many other tricks.

Motives of Crooks: Aims to collect your personal information as well as steal your money from your wallet or e-wallet

Removal solution: To remove Install.protected-search.com or similar malware, we recommended you to scan your System with powerful antivirus software.

What is Install.protected-search.com Browser Hijacker?

It is fake website or web application that is come under cyber threats. According to security experts & researchers, this dubious malware get enters into your machine accidently from various methods of bundling & social engineering and leads major damages in your machine. It is able to hijack your main browser including Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Opera and other browsers. It modifies the default setting of home page, new tab and search engine of your browser that can cause redirect your browser’s search on unknown sites constantly. In simple word, we can say that you can’t visit the website that you want due to its dubious behaviors. If your System has detected this malware, then you should try to remove Install.protected-search.com from System immediately.

More details about Install.protected-search.com Redirect Virus

This dubious malware affects your online experience lots by spreads huge amount of ads or popup messages on your browser. It displays ads or popup in the form banner, coupon, offer ads, commercial ads, fake software updates or security alert messages, online game ads, sports ads, actress or adult related ads and many others. It is not an easy task for you to delete these ads one-by-one from machine. In order to click on such ads or visit infected websites, it installs malicious unwanted programs in your machine without any notice and corrupts major genuine functions or applications of your computer immediately. So, it is important to delete this malware from System.

Install.protected-search.com is creation of cybercriminal who wants to earn some illegal online profit and cheat with innocent users. They never do any mercy with you. They are promoting third parties’ software and websites to generate some revenue from them as pay-per-click ad schemes. Its main aim is to collect your some information such as IP address, URLs search, user name, password, banking information and more details. However, it can connect your System to remote server and allows the hacker to access your computer in its own ways that can be very dangerous for you. So, you should scan your System with powerful antivirus software that has the ability to delete all junk files or viruses from System.

Distribution methods: How your System gets infected from Install.protected-search.com?

The adware program is mostly get install in your System from bundles of free software packages which you are downloaded from internet. It can get enters into your machine via infected external media drives, social media, downloaded media files, files sharing network, porn or adult related websites, hacked or third parties’ websites, malicious ads or popup messages, suspicious or in-text links and many other tricks. You should be careful while surfing online and click on ads or popup after double reading. It is possible to remove Install.protected-search.com from System with our easy removal solution.

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 Install.protected-search.com:

Remove the related items of Install.protected-search.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 Install.protected-search.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 (Install.protected-search.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 Install.protected-search.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 Install.protected-search.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 Install.protected-search.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 Install.protected-search.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 Install.protected-search.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.