How To Remove mywebsearch.com From System

Proper Guide To Delete mywebsearch.com From Computer

mywebsearch.com is presented as a useful application that provides fast access to well-known domains such as Amazon, YouTube, Facebook, Gmail, Instagram, Booking and others. However, this is just a strategy of its creators to attract maximum number of users in order to subscribe to its services. It is indeed a browser hijacking tool developed by a team of potent Cyber criminals for promotional and commercial purposes. Once this notorious threat successfully infiltrates your computer, it first makes several unexpected changes in default browser’ settings and assigns itself as the new home page, search engine and new tab addresses without even asking for your permission.

Grabbing full control over the entire browser, mywebsearch.com starts redirecting your web searches to the links you had not intended to visit. This hazardous PUP floods your system screen with thousands of intrusive ads and pop-ups all over the day that makes very difficult for you to surf as efficiently as before. These ads include sponsored links and redirect you to affiliated sites upon being clicked where tons of products and services are promoted. Thai nasty hijacker makes commission for the authors according to the clicks it gets on its adverts and with each redirection. However, it’s not necessary that all these sites are harmless and safe to visit. Ads by mywebsearch.com might also lead you to highly dangerous web pages that are filled with malevolent contents and cause more hazards to your computer.

Software Bundling Allows Hijackers To Enter Your System:

According to the reports, Browser hijackers are mostly distributed through software bundling tactic. Bundled freeware and shareware such as video players, download mangers and pdf converters often come with additional components from secondary downloading sources like cnet.com, soft32.com, download.com and softonic.com. When you skip steps while downloading or installing a program, there is huge possibility that you might accidentally let a PUP into your device. It generally occurs while installing the app via “Quick” or “Recommended” configuration setting. Furthermore, such types of hijacker programs can also sneak into your device from malicious ads and hyperlinks that you can interact with while surfing Online.

Tips To Prevent PUP Intrusion:

To prevent your system from being infected by mywebsearch.com or other similar threats, it is necessary to be attentive while surfing the web. Download any program from official or reliable sites only and make sure that you have selected the Advanced or Custom installation mode as here you can take complete control over the incoming contents. Moreover, avoid clicking on suspicious ads and hyperlinks as they might redirect you to domains that are completed occupied with malicious contents. Don’t forget to install a reliable anti-malware tool and keep updating it from time to time.

Quick Glance

Name- mywebsearch.com

Category- Browser hijacker, PUP

Description- Aims to redirect users to affiliated websites, promote third-party products, services and websites and make Online profits for the authors.

Symptoms- Changes in default browser and system’s settings, appearance of intrusive ads and pop-ups, redirects to unknown web pages and so on.

Distribution- Malicious File Downloads, Freeware or shareware installers, P2P file sharing, and many more.

Removal- Manual and automatic guidelines as provided under this article

Other Harmful Traits of mywebsearch.com:

In order to get automatically activated every time the device is started, mywebsearch.com makes spiteful entries in boot section and alters its default settings. It messes with vital system files which assure efficient computer processing and prevents many installed drivers as well as applications from working in an appropriate manner. It displays fake security warnings, error messages, update notifications etc. and tries to scam you into installing bogus software. It tracks your web activities and steals all your personal and confidential information such as user IDs, passwords, credit card, bank account and other financial details. Later on, it exposes your sensitive data to hackers who can misuse those stuffs for generating illicit revenues and cause you to suffer a big financial loss.

mywebsearch.com can be also responsible for the intrusion of many other Online parasites such as Trojans, rootkits, worms, spyware etc. in your computer as well since it has ability to deactivate all the running security measures and open backdoors for them. This nasty hijacker consumes enormous amount of memory resources and drags down the overall system performance severely. Due to this, machine starts responding in a very slow manner and takes more than usual time to complete any task. It enables remote criminals to get access to your machine and execute malevolent acts for their delicate welfare. And hence, looking at all these threats, you are strongly recommended to remove mywebsearch.com from the PC quickly.

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 mywebsearch.com:

Remove the related items of mywebsearch.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 mywebsearch.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 (mywebsearch.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 mywebsearch.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 mywebsearch.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 mywebsearch.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 mywebsearch.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 mywebsearch.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.