How To Remove Movieapp Search Hijacker

Movieapp Search: Complete Uninstall Guide

Movieapp Search is a kind of notorious PC threat which upon getting into the Windows systems, conducts a series of malicious activities in the background and wreaks havoc onto the machine. It’s browser hijacker that makes changes in default browser’ settings and redirects all searches through a deceptive search engine. This fake search provider displays you results filled with ads from genuine engines like Yahoo, Bing and others. We highly advise to not use this bogus search tool as it’s falsely promoted and often redirects to unsafe sites that might be promoting dubious software, PUPs, fake surveys and so on.

Movieapp Search Floods Your System Screen With Intrusive Ads:

Movieapp Search assigns search.movieapp.net as the new search engine, startpage and new tab page without asking for any permission and grabs complete control over the entire browser. This fake search tool is not even capable of providing results. When you type something in the URL bar or search field, search results from legitimate engines show up in a new window. However, the search outcomes will be different to some extent. They will be filled with illusive ads. During the presence of this nasty hijacker in your computer, you are bombarded with a number of annoying ads all over the day which interrupts your web sessions badly.

Ads by Movieapp Search come in multiple formats such as coupons, banners, deals, offers, discounts etc. They are based on pay-per-click scheme and when clicked, earn revenues for the developers. These ads may look attractive at the first glance but can be very risky for your computer’s security. Some of them might contain vicious links and redirect you to potentially dangerous sites that are filled with spiteful contents. You might be rerouted to pages where you are served with fake update notifications, error messages, security alerts etc. and then tricked into installing rogue software.

Similar to YourBestSearching and other browser hijackers, Movieapp Search can also track its victims’ web activities and gather browsing-related information such as visited sites, search inquiries, geolocations, browser/system info, used applications etc. Moreover, your personal data relating to banking and credit card details can be also stolen and all the collected data is later on shared with third-parties or cyber criminals. And hence, this notorious hijacker may lead you to be a victim of cyber crime and cause you to suffer a big financial loss. So, a quick Movieapp Search removal is highly recommended.

Penetration Of Movieapp Search:

Browser hijackers and other potentially unwanted programs are mostly distributed through software bundling tactic. This happens when you install freeware on purpose from unreliable sites like download.com, soft32.com, softonic.com, cnet.com etc., torrent services, and so on. When you go for Recommended or Quick installation, all the components included to the bundle get downloaded at once. This is because these configuration settings don’t reveal the added apps and objects, so they easily manage to get install together with the regular software with users’ notice.

However, choosing Advanced or Custom options may help you to avoid the issue of the unwanted installation. When you rely on these methods, you can see the complete list with pre-packed programs and de-select anything that seems suspicious. Here you can opt-out all the components that you don’t want to be installed and choose only the one you require. But at the moment, you must remove Movieapp Search 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 Movieapp Search:

Remove the related items of Movieapp Search 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 Movieapp Search 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 (Movieapp Search) 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 Movieapp Search 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 Movieapp Search 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 Movieapp Search 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 Movieapp Search 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 Movieapp Search (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.