Goodforsearch is your default search engine? How to Remove?
Goodforsearch is regarded as a browser hijacker which may mess up your operating system day after day. Once entering into the target computer, Goodforsearch will make some harmful modifications on your web browser settings without seeking for any permission. When you open the browser, you may notice that your homepage, start up page and default search provider have been replaced by Goodforsearch.
It is almost impossible for you to reset your settings back. Some people may compromise after the failure of resetting their browsers and use Goodforsearch to surf the web. However, Goodforsearch is not a legal search engine, which means that search results offered by Goodforsearch may contain many spam links and unwanted ads from third parties.
What's worse, Goodforsearch generates intrusive online advertisements and tracks users' Internet browsing history no matter you are using Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or other browsers. It seems that Goodforsearch is also able to monitor your browsing activities and use cookies to collect data in the background, for instances, IP address, search queries, visited websites, geolocation, etc. Although this information is not so personal, it is still associated with privacy violation. If you are the one who experiences Goodforsearch pop-ups and redirection, you should take action to remove this nasty browser hijacker from your system immediately.
Detailed Steps to Remove Goodforsearch Completely:
Method one: Manually get rid of Goodforsearch permanently
Method two: Automatically remove Goodforsearch and other threats with powerful SpyHunter
Method one: Manually get rid of Goodforsearch permanently
Step one: Deleting Goodforsearch and associated programs through Manager Task
1) Launch the Task Manager by pressing keys Ctrl+Alt+Del or Ctrl+Shift+Esc together.
2) Search for Goodforsearch processes and right-click to end them.
Deleting Goodforsearch from Internet Explorer
1) Remove Goodforsearch from IE homepage setting.
2) Click “Tools”> Choose “Internet Options”> Select “General Tab”.
3) Replace the hijacked homepage with other URL (like http: //www.google.com/), then click “Apply” to complete the action.
1) Click “Tools”> Choose “Manage add-ons”.
2) Choose “Extension” and find the related adware to remove.
Deleting Goodforsearch from Mozilla Firefox
Go to “Options” > General tab. Replace the malicious homepage with a preferred URL and click “OK”.
Alternative way to delete malicious extension
1) Start the Mozilla Firefox and choose Tools-> Add-ons-> Extensions.
2) Find out relevant items and remove them.
Deleting Goodforsearch from Google Chrome
1) Click on 3-bars icon and choose “Setting”.
2) In “Appearance” section click on “Change Remove the malicious homepage” via tabbing X symbol.
3) Enter its URL and add your favorite homepage. Press “OK”.
One more way to remove the associated malicious extensions
1) Start Google Chrome and choose “Wrench” or Bar icon in the top right corner.
2) Navigate to Setting> Extension.
3) Find out the associated add-ons and remove them.
Step three: Show all hidden files and clean all the harmful files related with Goodforsearch
(1).Click the Start button and choose Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, to find Folder Options then double-click on it.
(2).In the pop-up dialog box, click the View tab and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).
(3). Clean all the following files about Goodforsearch as below.
%AllUsersProfile%\{random.exe\ %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\ %AllUsersProfile%\random.exe %AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\random.exe %Temp%\random.exe %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random
(Sometimes Goodforsearch damages different systems with different files and entries. If you run into any other puzzle that blocks your manual removal process, you could get the professional malware removal tool – SpyHunter to drive Goodforsearch away from your system quickly.)
Method two: Use SpyHunter to remove Goodforsearch completely
Step 1. Click the icon below to download Spyhunter antivirus program.
Step 2. Next, you should follow steps to get Spyhunter installed into your computer.
Step 3. After Spyhunter get installed, you just need to scan your computer to find out these threats.
Step 4. Basically, anything if it is harmful or suspicious will be detected, and Spyhunter can help you take care of everything as long as you click the remove button.
Step 5. Just for making sure all threats are fully cleaned up, you are suggested to reboot your machine to give it a second check.
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