How to remove Mybrowser-search.com

What is Mybrowser-search.com?

Mybrowser-search.com is a new extension for browser, that offers enhanced search engine powered by Google search. Don’t let these words fool – powered by Google does not mean it is crystal clear google search engine, the developers of this extension still may inject sponsored by third-party advertisement into your web searching. More than that, developers of such application are using bundling in order to distribute their product, which means that they are trying to install Mybrowser-search.com on your computer without your consent. That’s why we recommend you to remove Mybrowser-search.com.

Another malicious feature of Mybrowser-search.com is personal information tracking. It can monitor your searching queries, browsing story, geolocation, all the keyboard and mouse inputs you make in your web browser. All the stolen information may be shared and misused by third-parties to generate revenue.

How to remove Mybrowser-search.com from your computer?

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How to remove Mybrowser-search.com manually

Step 1: Remove Mybrowser-search.com from Control Panel

In order to get rid of Mybrowser-search.com, first thing you need to do is to uninstall malicious program from your computer. When removing Mybrowser-search.com, try to find suspicious recently installed programs and delete them too, as it’s pretty common that any malware comes with some other unwanted programs.

Windows XP:

1. Select Start.
2. Control Panel.
3. Then choose Add or Remove Programs.
4. Search for Mybrowser-search.com.
5. Click Uninstall.

Windows 7/Windows Vista:

1. Select Start.
2. Then Control Panel.
3. Choose Uninstall a Program.
4. Find Mybrowser-search.com and choose Uninstall.

Windows 8/Windows 8.1:

1. Open the Menu.
2. Select Search.
3. After that choose Apps.
4. Next Control Panel.
5. Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
6. Find Mybrowser-search.com, select it and choose Uninstall.

Windows 10:

1. Click on the Start button (or press the Windows key) to open the Start menu, then select Settings at the top.
2. Choose App & features on the left menu.
3. On the right side, find Mybrowser-search.com and select it, then click on the Uninstall button.
4. Click on Uninstall to confirm.

Step 2: Remove Mybrowser-search.com from Windows Group Policies

In order to remove Mybrowser-search.com from your browser, you have to remove Windows Group Policies created by this malware first. Follow this instruction:

1. Open Command Prompt – to do that, hit Start button and type cmd, then right-click on it and select Run as Administrator;
2. Type following command in Command Prompt:
   rd /S /Q “%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers”
3. Click Enter button;
4. Then type this:
   rd /S /Q “%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicy”
5. Push Enter button again;
6. Now the last thing to type here is this one short command:
   gpupdate /force
7. Click on Enter.

Step 3: Remove Mybrowser-search.com from browsers

Once you’ve uninstalled the application, remove Mybrowser-search.com from your web browser. You need to search for recently-installed suspicious add-ons and extensions.

Google Chrome:

1. Open Google Chrome
2. Push Alt + F.
3. Choose Tools.
4. Select Extensions.
5. Search for Mybrowser-search.com.
6. Select the trash can icon to remove it.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Open Firefox.
2. Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
3. Select Mybrowser-search.com.
4. Choose Disable or Remove option.

Internet Explorer:

1. Open IE.
2. Push Alt + T.
3. Choose Manage Add-ons option.
4. Click Toolbars and Extensions.
5. Next select Disable Mybrowser-search.com.
6. Choose More information link in the left-bottom corner.
7. Click Remove button.
8. If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.

Step 4: Removing malicious link from your browser shortcuts

Sometimes even removing of malicious program from your computer and web browser can’t help. If you are still facing unknown webpage when you open your web browser, then you might have your browser shortcut changed. It’s pretty common trick that perform most of browser hijackers. They change your browser shortcut so that every time you open it you’ll see not your homepage, but some advertisement webpage. But this issue is quite simple to fix. The instruction stated below matches most of the browsers.

1. Right-click on your browser shortcut, choose Properties.
2. If you see a link to some website after .exe in the Target field, read on.
3. Usually you are not able to delete a link from Target field, that’s why you need to click on the Open File Location button in this window.
4. Once you’ve opened file location, select chrome.exe/firefox.exe/iexplore.exe.
5. Right-click on this file and choose Sent to option, then Desktop (create shortcut).
6. New shortcut will have no additional redirection links.
7. Delete old infected shortcut. If you got one in your taskbar, delete it from there too.
8. Now you have new and clear shortcut without redirection to unknown websites.

Step 5: Resetting your browser search and homepage settings

To be sure that there is nothing left behind, we recommend you to reset your browser. It will restore your browser settings to default.

Reset browser settings in Google Chrome:

1. Click the Chrome menu (3 bar button) in the top right corner.
2. Choose Settings.
3. Click Show advanced settings.
4. Go to Reset browser settings section.
5. Click Reset browser settings.
6. In the dialog that appears, click Reset.

Reset browser settings in Mozilla Firefox:

1. Open Mozilla Firefox.
2. Go to Help.
3. Go to Troubleshooting information.
4. Click Reset Firefox… button.

Reset browser settings in Internet Explorer:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click on the cogwheel in the right upper corner.
3. Click Internet options.
4. Got to Advanced tab.
5. Click Reset button.
6. Put a tick near Delete personal settings checkbox.
7. Click Reset button.

There are all the manual instructions that will help you to find Mybrowser-search.com and remove it on your computer. The most effective method to get rid of Mybrowser-search.com is to perform the manual removal instructions and then use any automatic tool. The manual method will weaken the malicious program and the program will remove it.

You can also use any antivirus program in order to find and get rid of Mybrowser-search.com, because some antivirus programs have this malware in its signature base. But not every antivirus program can include a special browser hijacker remover. If you want to use special program that was created to remove browser hijacker, then you can use removal tool from this page – download button below. Thank you for your attention.

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