Webssearches.com is a browser hijacker that can replace a user's homepage and search provider without permission and potentially lead to other infections. It modifies registry entries and browser shortcuts to redirect the browser to its own pages. The document provides instructions for removing Webssearches.com from Windows systems and resetting browser settings to prevent it from changing configurations. It also recommends scanning with antivirus software to check for any other infections.
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Remove Webssearches Browser Hijacker
1. Webssearches.com
Why it is necessary to erase it from your
PC?
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2. Webssearches.com
Seems like a decent search provider at first sight
HOWEVER,
• It might replace your homepage and search provider without your
permission
• It might attract other infections onto your computer
• It will change Windows registry entries in order to replace start
and search page of Internet Explorer.
• It modifies the shortcuts of Internet Explorer, Google Chrome,
and Mozilla Firefox
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3. How does it look like?
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4. Other details…
Website: webssearches.com
Publisher: EMG Technology Limited
Classified as a browser hijacker
Belongs to Qvo6 family of hijackers
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5. How does it act?
Changes
homepage
and search
provider
without
permission
Shows
commercial
advertiseme
nts on the
startup
page
Installs
Quick
Start
software
alongside
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6. What are the dangers associated
with Webssearches.com?
It might lead you to corrupted websites if
you keep clicking on third-party ads placed
on the main page of Webssearches.com.
As it promotes suspicious applications, you
might download and install unreliable
programs on your system.
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7. How to protect PC from
infections?
• One of the most effective ways to do that is to
INSTALL AN ANTIMALWARE TOOL AND
KEEP IT ENABLED ALL THE TIME
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8. How to remove
Webssearches.com?
First of all, you will have to remove this threat
from your PC and then reset your browsers.
Windows XP
• Click the Start menu and then select Control
Panel.
• Click Add or Remove Programs.
• Uninstall Webssearches.
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9. Windows 7 and Vista
• Open the Start menu.
• Select Control Panel.
• Click Uninstall a program.
• Remove Webssearches.
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10. Windows 8
• Tap the Windows key.
• Start typing Control Panel.
• Select it.
• Click Uninstall a program.
• Find Webssearches uninstaller.
• Remove it from the system.
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11. Reset your browsers
Internet Explorer
• Launch your browser.
• Tap Alt+T and select Internet Options.
• Click on the Advanced tab and select Reset.
• Mark Delete personal settings.
• Click the Reset button.
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12. Mozilla Firefox
• Open your browser.
• Tap Alt+H.
• Select Troubleshooting Information.
• Click Remove Firefox.
• Click Remove Firefox button again.
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13. Google Chrome
• Open your browser.
• Tap Alt+F.
• Select Settings.
• Click Show advanced settings.
• Click Reset browser settings and select Reset.
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14. Do not forget to scan the system with an
antimalware tool because there might be
other infections hiding on your PC as well
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