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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Attacked by Bright Browse - How to Remove Bright Browse Easily?


She has been tortured by Bright Browse.


She is the victim of Bright Browse. She was trying to download a YouTobe video to show it offline for a presentation. She was so regret being an idiot and installed an application but came with something called Bright Browse which appears to be crapware. It refuses to be removed through normal means. On Firefox, it's installed as a Firefox add-on as a toolbar that can't be disabled. Just because of this toolbar, Bright Browse shows up on her browser and modifies her search engine and homepage. She can't get rid of it via deleting the toolbar or resetting the browser.




Bright Browse controls the browser. 


Bright Browse turns out to be a nasty browser hijacker that can attack computers running Windows operating systems. It is able to control browsers once it gets on. It appears as a legit browser. Actually, it's fake. It will act like a permanent fixture on the following browsers: Google Chrome Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Bing, Safari, etc. When the sufferers try to remove it as default, it seems working at the first. But after rebooting the computer or restarting the browser, it shows up again without any wound.

Bright Browse Violent Behaviors. 


  • Violent Scene 1: Modification.  
It modifies browser default settings including search engine and homepage. It also makes it difficult to reverse back to your favorite one.
  • Violent Scene 2: Redirects. 
You will get irritating redirections from the browser attacked by Bright Browse.
  • Violent Scene 3: Ads. 
It plants various ads on every webpage you start off.
  • Violent Scene 4: Stealing things. 
It steals victims browsing history, cookies, passwords, etc.
  • Violent Scene5: More threats. 
It will introduce adware, browser hijacker, trojan into the weak computer.


Keeping Bright Browse is like raising a trouble maker. Removing Bright Browse is the necessary thing to do to protect your PC and ensure your online work and browsing. 





How to Remove Bright Browse Easily?


Approach 1: Remove Bright Browse Manually from Your Computer


1. remove Bright Browse from the control panel

  • Click Start and then choose Control Panel.
  • Click Programs> Uninstall a program or Program and Features(for Windows 7,8, Vista)


  • search for the unwanted or unknown programs; right click it and then choose Uninstall.
(TipIf the program you choose to uninstall refuses your order, you need to go to end the running processes related to Bright Browse in the task manager: click Ctrl+Alt+Del together to get the task manager; search for the suspect or unfamiliar process to end.)


 ( If you think it's complicated or you are not a computer savvy, please download and install the top removal tool to fix the Bright Browse issue automatically.)



2. Remove Bright Browse from the browsers.

2.1 Remove Bright Browse add-ons from Internet Explorer

  • Open Internet Explorer then go to Tools menu (press “F10″ key once to active menu bar) and then click on Internet Option a configuration page will be opened
  • Click on Programs tab then click on Manage Add-ons, now you’ll get a window which have listed all the installed add-ons.
  • Now disable the Bright Browse add-on, also disable all the unknown / unwanted add-ons from this list.


2.2 Reset Internet Explorer

  • Open Internet Explorer. Click on Tools menu (Press “F10” key once to active the menu bar), click on Internet Option. A internet option window will open.
  • For IE9, IE10 users may click on Gear icon  . Then click on tools.
  • Click on Advanced tab then click on RESET button.
  • Now you will get a new popup for confirmation, tick mark on Delete personal setting then click on RESET button on that.
  • Now your Internet Explorer has been Restored to default settings.
  • Now you will appear a popup stated “complete all the tasks”. After completion click on close button.
Remove Bright Browse from Internet Explorer homepage
  • Open Internet Explorer then go to Tools menu (Press “F10” key once to active the menu bar) and then click on Internet Option a configuration page will be opened, then click on General tab. Now look into under HOME PAGE Edit Box you got Bright Browse, replace it to www.google.com, then click on apply and close.

2.3 Remove Bright Browse unwanted extensions from Google Chrome

  • Start Google Chrome, click on options icon  (Located in very top right side of the browser), then click on Tools then, click on Extensions
  • You will get a configuration page which have listed all the installed extensions, remove Bright Browse extension. Also remove all the unknown / unwanted extensions from there. To remove them, click on remove (recycle bin) icon  (as shown on screenshot)

2.4: Reset Google Chrome – Restore to default setting.

  • Open Google Chrome, click on menu icon  and then click on settings 
  • Scroll down and click on “Show advanced settings…”option, after click on that you’ll appear some more options in bottom of the page. Now scroll down more and click on “Reset Browser setting” option.
  • Now, Close all Google Chrome browser’s window and reopen it again.

Remove Bright Browse from Google Chrome homepage
  • Start Google Chrome, click on options icon  (Located in very top right side of the browser), click on Settings. You will get a configuration page.
  • Under configuration page find a option named as “Open a specific page or set of pages” click on its Set Pages. Another window will come up. Here you will appear the bunch of URL’s under “Set pages”. Delete all them and then enter only one which you want to use as your home page.


2.5 Remove Bright Browse add-ons from Mozilla Firefox

Open Firefox and then go the Tools menu (Press “F10” key once to active Menu bar) click on Add-ons, you’ll get a page click on extensions from the left side pane. now look on right side pane you’ll get all the installed add-ons listed on there. Disable or Remove Bright Browse add-on, also disable all the unknown / unwanted add-ons from there. 

2.6 Reset Mozilla Firefox
  • Open Firefox and then go the Help menu (Press “F10” key once to active Menu bar)
  • Go to Help menu then click on “Troubleshooting information
  • You will get a page “Troubleshooting information” page, here you will get “Reset Firefox” option in the right side of the page.
  • Click on Reset Firefox option and then follow their instructions to reset firefox.
  • Mozilla Firefox should be Restored.


Remove Bright Browse from Mozilla Hompeage
  • Open Mozilla Firefox, Click on Tools menu (If tools menu doesn’t appear then press “F10″ key once to active the menu bar) then go to Options, after that a configuration page will be opened, then click on General tab and then look on the very first section named as Startup. Under start-up you will see a HOME PAGE Edit Box, under this edit box you will see Bright Browse, please replace it with www.google.com, then click on apply and close.
  • Restart Firefox Browser

3. To Remove Bright Browse from Startup

  • Press “window key + R” (Flag sign key + R) you will get Run box then type “MSCONFIG into the run box then click on OK. You’ll get a msconfig window.

  • In the msconfig window click on Startup tab, here you’ll get all the startup entries, so look on the list and then do Un-check the entries which is contains Bright Browse. Also Un-check all the others entries which you found unwanted. then click on OK to apply all the changes


Approach 2: Remove Bright Browse easily and automatically with the removal tool.( Strongly Recommended)



  • There are 2 selections offered: click Save or Run to install the program. We recommend you to save it on the desktop if you choose Save for the reason that you can immediately start the free scan by using the desktop icon.
  • After downloading, double click the downloaded file and follow the prompts to install the removal tool.

2.  Click Ctrl+J together to get the all the download files if you are using Google. Search for SpyHunter-Installer.exe.  In order to install the removal tool, you need to give your permission by clicking Run.


Choose Continue to click to get the Install option


 "I accept the EULA and Privacy Policy" needs to be chosen and then click INSTALL.


Show some patience. It will take a while to finish downloading the files.


Don't lose your opportunity to remove Bright Browse. Click Start New Scan/ Scan Computer to take action!


The scanning consumes time and your computer will become clumsy during the scanning. So please stop other activities on your PC and exit the programs not involved with SpyHunter in order to finish the scanning earlier. You can have something to drink and ease your nerve down.


You must have waited for a long time for this option 'Fix Threats', click it and you are about to remove Bright Browse.


You Deserve to Know the Best

If you are not a computer savvy, manual removal approach is not the best option for you. Any inappropriate actions will lead your PC to crash down. For your best, download and install the professional version SpyHunter to remove Bright Browse and get your PC protected.


( Kris )

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