How To Remove YourIncognitoSearch Hijacker

YourIncognitoSearch: Simple Delete Guide

YourIncognitoSearch is a browsing hijacking application which enters the Windows computers by stealth and then makes changes to default browser’s settings. It does so to promote yourincognitosearch.com- a fake search engine and trigger redirects to affiliated sites. This potentially unwanted program assigns this URL as the new search tool, home page and new tab preferences and acquires complete control over the entire browser. Similar to SearchConverterNet and other browser hijackers, it also tracks users’ browsing actions to gather data which is then utilized for the production of customized advertisements.

YourIncognitoSearch Displays Ads of Various Types:

During the presence of YourIncognitoSearch in your work-station, you are flooded with an excessive amount of intrusive adverts all the time which interrupts your online sessions badly. These ads come in multiple formats such as banners, deals, coupons, discounts, offers etc. They are designed in a manner that they generate revenues for the developers with each click users make on them. While using yourincognitosearch.com as the default search engine, you are redirected to Yahoo (displays results provided by search.yahoo.com) or shows results powered by searchlee.com (another fake search engine).  However, the search outcomes you get can’t be trusted as they often include sponsored links and ads that are placed on the top.

As stated before, YourIncognitoSearch can track its victims’ web activities and hence, it records browsing-related information such as entered search queries, URLs of accessed domains, geolocation, IP addresses and can also steal personal data like credit card and bank account details. The gathered information is later on sold to third-parties misused and could be misused for fraudulent transactions or purchases. And therefore, having this notorious PUP in your work-station may lead to severe privacy issues, identity theft and huge financial loss for you.

YourIncognitoSearch makes vicious entries in boot section and modifies its current settings which allows the threat to get automatically activated with each PC startup. It can disable the working of all the running security measures and Windows Firewalls and open backdoors for more hazardous parasites. This nasty malware keeps contributing malicious activities in the background all the time which consume enormous amount of memory resources and drag down the overall PC performance severely. And therefore, a quick YourIncognitoSearch removal is strongly recommended.

Penetration Of YourIncognitoSearch:

Users often download and install PUPs like this unintentionally. It takes place during the download and installation of free applications that attach other components and added to a single package. Information about the bundled objects are hidden under the ‘Quick’ or ‘Recommended’ mode sets and hence, by choosing these installation wizards, people allow all the elements included to the package to enter their device along with the main software.

So, you should always opt-for the Custom or Advanced settings to install software which allow you to de-select the components that give a concerning look and pick only the required one. Moreover, try to download products or apps from reliable sources, official sites or direct links only and avoid using the untrustworthy channels, Peer-to-Peer sharing networks, third-party downloaders etc. But at the moment, you must remove YourIncognitoSearch 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 YourIncognitoSearch:

Remove the related items of YourIncognitoSearch 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 YourIncognitoSearch 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 (YourIncognitoSearch) 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 YourIncognitoSearch 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 YourIncognitoSearch 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 YourIncognitoSearch 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 YourIncognitoSearch 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 YourIncognitoSearch (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.