What could be said about Adaware Secure Search

Adaware Secure Search is a hijacker that may unbeknown to the user, infect a machine. It is attached to freeware as an additional offer that is set to install together with the free applications. Redirect viruses are are low-level contaminations so it shouldn’t directly damage your machine. Nevertheless, you should not keep it installed. It will execute unnecessary changes to your web browser and will lead you to strange website. In addition to that, it might also reroute you to damaging pages. Terminate Adaware Secure Search as it gives no useful traits and needlessly puts your machine at risk.

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Redirect virus spread ways

Hijackers spread through freeware packages. Default settings are normally the reason why such a huge amount of users set them up, even if they don’t need to. Everything is hidden in Advanced or Custom settings so if you wish to bypass unnecessary items, make sure you pick those settings. All lot of items are adjoined to freeware, so be careful. Those items may not be terrible, but they could also bring about severe malware threats. This is why you should eliminate Adaware Secure Search.

Why is Adaware Secure Search removal essential

Once it manages to invade your system, it will hijack your browser and adjust its settings. When you launch your web browser whether it’s Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome you will see that your homepage and new tabs have been altered to the redirect virus’s sponsored site. You should also realize that those modifications executed to your browser are irreversible unless you terminate Adaware Secure Search. The website that will be set as your homepage seems quite basic, it will present a search engine and most likely advertisements. Advertisement pages might be implanted among the legitimate results. Know that you could end up with some type of malicious programs if you get directed to suspicious websites by the search engine. So as to prevent this from happening, abolish Adaware Secure Search from your system.

Adaware Secure Search removal

You can try by hand Adaware Secure Search uninstallation, just bear in mind that you will have to discover the browser intruder yourself. If you are having problems, you can have professional deletion utilities delete Adaware Secure Search. Whichever method you opt for, make sure that you uninstall the hijacker completely.

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Learn how to remove Adaware Secure Search from your computer

• Step 1. Adaware Secure Search Removal from Windows
• Step 2. Delete Adaware Secure Search from browsers

Step 1. Adaware Secure Search Removal from Windows

• a) Windows 7/XP
• b) Windows 8
• c) Windows 10
• d) Mac OS X

a) Windows 7/XP

1. Press on the Start icon.
2. Control Panel → Programs and Features.
3. Find the program you want to delete and press Uninstall.

b) Windows 8

1. Right-click on the start icon (lower left corner).
2. Select Control Panel.
3. Click Programs and Features.
4. Find and remove all unwanted programs.

c) Windows 10

1. Open Start menu and click on the magnifying glass (next to the shut down button).
2. Type in Control Panel.
3. Control Panel → Programs and Features.
4. Find and remove all unwanted programs.

d) Mac OS X

1. Open Finder and press Applications.
2. Check all suspicious programs you want to get rid of.
3. Drag them to the trash icon in your dock (Alternatively, right-click on the program and press Move to Trash).
4. After you move all the unwanted programs, right-click on the trash icon and select Empty Trash.

Step 2. Delete Adaware Secure Search from browsers

• a) Remove Adaware Secure Search from Microsoft Edge
• b) Remove Adaware Secure Search from Internet Explorer
• c) Restore your homepage on Internet Explorer
• d) Reset Internet Explorer
• e) Remove Adaware Secure Search from Google Chrome
• f) Restore your homepage on Google Chrome
• g) Reset Google Chrome
• h) Remove Adaware Secure Search from Mozilla Firefox
• i) Restore your homepage on Mozilla Firefox
• j) Reset Mozilla Firefox
• k) Remove Adaware Secure Search from Safari (for Mac)
• l) Reset Safari

a) Remove Adaware Secure Search from Microsoft Edge

Reset Microsoft Edge (Method 1)

1. Open Microsoft Edge.
2. Press More located at the top right corner of the screen (the three dots).
3. Settings → Choose what to clear.
4. Check the boxes of the items you want removed, and press Clear.
5. Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete together.
6. Choose Task Manager.
7. In the Processes tab, find the Microsoft Edge process, right click on it, and press Go to details (or More details if Go to details is not available).
8. Right-click on all Microsoft Edge processes, and choose End task.

(Method 2)

Before you proceed with this method, backup your data.

1. Go to C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_xxxxxxxxxx.
2. Select all the folders, right-click on them and press Delete.
3. Press the start button, and type in Windows PowerShell in the search box.
4. Right-click on the result, and select Run as administrator.
5. In Administrator: Windows PowerShell, paste Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml -Verbose} under PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> and tap Enter.
6. The issue should be gone now.

b) Remove Adaware Secure Search from Internet Explorer

1. Open Internet Explorer and press on the Gear icon.
2. Select Manage add-ons, and then Toolbars and Extensions.
3. Find and disable all suspicious extensions.
4. Close the window.

c) Restore your homepage on Internet Explorer

1. Open Internet Explorer and press on the Gear icon.
2. Internet Options → General tab. Delete the homepage URL and type in your preferred one.
3. Press Apply.

d) Reset Internet Explorer

1. Open Internet Explorer and press on the Gear icon.
2. Internet Options → Advanced tab.
3. At the bottom, you will see a Reset button. Press that.
4. In the window that appears, check the box that says Delete personal settings.
5. Press Reset.
6. Click OK to exit the window.
7. Restart your browser.

e) Remove Adaware Secure Search from Google Chrome

1. Open Google Chrome and press the menu icon on the right, next to the URL field.
2. Choose More tools and Extensions.
3. Remove suspicious extensions by clicking the Trash icon next to them.
4. If you are not certain about an extension, you can disable it by unchecking the box that says Enabled. If you later decide to keep it, simply check the box again.

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f) Restore your homepage on Google Chrome

1. Open Google Chrome and press the menu icon on the right, next to the URL field.
2. Choose Settings.
3. In the window that appears, under On startup, there will be a Set pages option. Press on that.
4. Remove the set website, and type in the one you prefer to be your homepage. Press OK.
5. In Settings, under Search, there is a Manage search engines option. Select that.
6. Remove all search engines except the one you want to use. Click Done.

g) Reset Google Chrome

1. Open Google Chrome and press the menu icon on the right, next to the URL field.
2. Choose Settings.
3. Scroll down and press on Show advanced settings.
4. Find and press the Reset button.
5. In the confirmation window that appears, press Reset.

h) Remove Adaware Secure Search from Mozilla Firefox

1. Open Mozilla Firefox and access the menu by clicking on the three bars on the right of the screen.
2. Select Add-ons.
3. Select the Extensions tab, and remove all questionable extensions.
4. If you are not certain about an extension, you can disable it by clicking Disable. If you later decide to keep it, simply press Enable.

i) Restore your homepage on Mozilla Firefox

1. Open Mozilla Firefox and access the menu by clicking on the three bars on the right side of the screen.
2. Select Options.
3. In General, click Restore to Default below the Home Page field.

j) Reset Mozilla Firefox

1. Open Mozilla Firefox and access the menu by clicking on the three bars on the right of the screen.
2. Press the question mark at the bottom of the menu.
3. Select Troubleshooting Information.
4. Select the Refresh Firefox option.

k) Remove Adaware Secure Search from Safari (for Mac)

1. Open Safari.
2. Select Preferences (can be accesses by pressing on Safari at the top of your screen).
3. Choose the Extensions tab.
4. Uninstall all questionable extensions.
5. If you are not certain about an extension, you can disable it by unchecking the box that says Enabled. If you later decide to keep it, simply check the box again.

l) Reset Safari

If you are using the Yosemite, El Capitan or the Sierra versions, the option to reset Safari with one click is not available. Thus you will have to clear the history and empty the caches in separate steps.

1. Open Safari.
2. Select Clear History (can be accesses by pressing on Safari at the top of your screen).
3. Choose from what time you want the history deleted, and press Clear History.
4. Press on Safari at the top of the screen and select Preferences.
5. Select the Advanced tab and check the box next to Show Develop menu in menu bar.
6. Select Develop (from the menu bar at the top of the screen).
7. Press Empty Caches.

If for some reason you are unable to remove the extensions or reset your browsers, it may be a good idea to obtain anti-spyware software and have it deal with the problem.