Search.arab-one.com - How to remove

Search.arab-one.com is a browser hijacker. As it can be deciphered from its title, it is a hijacker that targets at Arabic users across the Middle East countries, like, for instance, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. It features a text in Arabic. But do not get misleaded – you can become the target of this hijackware as well, even though, for example, you reside in the other continent.

About Search.arab-one.com

Search.arab-one.com virus changes the settings of your Internet browser. Your default homepage and search engine will be alternated with Search.arab-one.com. To perform a reverse action and to get back to your previous homepage manually is literally impossible since the browser is configured so that the previous settings are unrecoverable. Search.arab-one.com virus affects such widely used web browsers as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozzila Firefox and Safari. Yet this is not the only inconvenience this hijackware can cause you.

search-arab-one-com-virus

Search.arab-one.com program can be considered as an adware either. The reason this software makes modifications presented above is the advertising revenue being generated. This happens in the following manner. Search.arab-one.com displays altered search results, that are, promoted web pages. These websites contain personalized advertisements creating pay-per-click profit to the publisher. Not only they can force you into buying what is not actually needed, but they are potentially hazardous as their content is questionable and your computer can easily get infected. As if that was not enough, your computer will noticeably slow down.

How Search.arab-one.com spreads

Search.arab-one.com virus, like many other hijackers and adwares, is included in free software bundles you download and install through the Internet. As a consequence, you must be very careful when carrying out installation of free programs from unofficial websites. In every case select Advanced and Custom options on installation windows if you are provided with them. Deselect every single program which is unfamiliar, and, especially, untrusworthy.

However, if you failed to install the software according to the recommendations set forth above, the easiest and the most reliable way of removing Search.arab-one.com virus is to apply such widely recognized anti-malware tools as Spyhunter and Malwarebytes. These reinstallation utilities will remove hijackware and adware automatically. It is important not to hesitate and get rid of this program as soon as possible. See the instructions below on how to do that.


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Manual removal of Search.arab-one.com virus

How to remove arab-one using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Search.arab-one.com virus install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.
  • Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10). Open Control Panel by searching for it in the Start menu.
  • Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category). In Control Panel, select Uninstall a program.
  • Go through the list of programs and select entries related to Search.arab-one.com . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make arab-one easier to find. Find the program that you need to uninstall.
  • Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes. Click the Uninstall button after selecting the program to uninstall. Then click Yes.
  • In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection. Spyhunter marking a program and its components as low-threat malware.

How to remove Search.arab-one.com from macOS

Delete arab-one from your applications.
  1. Open Finder.
  2. In the menu bar, click Go.
  3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
  4. Find the Search.arab-one.com virus app.
  5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
  6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.
Open Applications and delete unwanted apps.

TopHow To remove Search.arab-one.com from Google Chrome:

  • Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select More Tools→Extensions
    Extensions
  • Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
    Remove extensions
  • Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select Settings
    Open settings
  • Select Manage Search engines
    Manage search engines
  • Remove unnecessary search engines from the list
    Delete search engines
  • Go back to settings. On Startup choose Open blank page (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).
  • If your homepage was changed, click on Chrome menu on the top right corner, select Settings. Select Open a specific page or set of pages and click on Set pages.
    Set pages
  • Delete malicious search websites at a new Startup pages window by clicking “X” next to them.
    Delete start pages

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Search.arab-one.com virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

  • Click on a Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
  • Scroll to the end of the page and click on theReset browser settings button.
    Resset settings
  • Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
    Reset approve

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How To remove Search.arab-one.com from Firefox:Top

  • Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (Or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
    Select add-on
  • Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Search.arab-one.com related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
    Remove add-on
  • If your homepage was changed, click on the Firefox menu in the top right corner, select Options → General. Enter a preferable URL to the homepage field and click Restore to Default.
    Restore default
(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Search.arab-one.com virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.
  • Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
    Help button
  • ChooseTroubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
    Troubleshooting
  • Click on theReset Firefox button.
    Refresh firefox
  • Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
    Refresh firefox approve
If the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program to identify malicious entries.

How to remove Search.arab-one.com from Microsoft Edge:Top

  • Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.
Open the menu and choose Extensions.
  • Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
Press Remove for the extensions you want to remove
  • Click on the three-dot menu on the browser toolbar and Select Settings
Edge new open the three-dot menu and choose settings.
  • Select Privacy and Services and scroll down. Press on Address bar.
Edge new Open Address bar settings.
  • Choose Manage search engines.
Edge new choose manage search engines.
  • Remove unnecessary search engines from the list: open the three-dot menu and choose Remove.
Edge new choose remove for unwanted search engines.
  • Go back to Settings. Open On start-up.
  • Delete malicious search websites at Open specific page or pages by opening the three-dot menu and clicking Delete.
Edge new remove startup pages. (Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Search.arab-one.com virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings
  • Click on Edge's menu button and select Settings. Click on the Reset Settings button on the left.
  • Press the Restore settings to their default values option.
Edge new restore settings.
  • Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
Edge new restore settings comfirmation. If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove Search.arab-one.com from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions
  • Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
    Open preferences
  • Select Extensions and uninstall Search.arab-one.com virus and other suspicious extensions.
    Extensions
  • If your homepage was changed, click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences and choose General tab. Enter preferable URL to the homepage field.
    Reset homepage
(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings(older versions) If you are still experiencing any issues related to Search.arab-one.com, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.
  • Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari…
    Choose reset
  • Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
    Reset
If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

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