BrowserQuest.com virus - How to remove

Cyber security experts can’t agree upon the fact whether BrowserQuest.com should be listed as browser hijacker or adware infection. In our opinion, it is obviously a browser hijacker since it makes changes to your web browsers and hijacks homepage and default search engine by setting them to www.BrowserQuest.com without an option to change those settings until the virus is removed from the system.

So if you were unlucky enough to get infected with this browser hijacker, your homepage will be immediately changed and every time you open a web browser, you will be presented with a strange website that looks like a search engine from the past decade (due to its’ old-fashioned design). The website itself is plain simple – you have a search box, and 3 internal pages with Privacy Policy, Terms and Conditions and Terms of Use. Obviously, the most topical function is web search, so let’s try it out. We have tried to search for our website 2-viruses.com and the results we got were shocking! BrowserQuest.com uses authentic web search engine which failed to provide reasonable results – we only received 6 links to unknown websites that have nothing to do with our website or cyber security in general. Most probably it is affiliated websites (such as netfind.com, health247.com or hansautoparts.com) as we have noticed that they appear on the serp regardless the search query you type in. Sometimes those results shuffle with one another, but the point remains the same – BrowserQuest.com can’t provide any useful results and only promotes websites that they are affiliated with. Moreover, most of those sites look like browser hijacker as well, so it’s just a closed circle with no actual way out.

Moving on – let’s try to find out who is responsible for this tool. It can be a difficult thing to do because WHOIS information for this domain is hidden and they only provide their mailing address which is 335 Madison Avenue, Suite 840, New York, NY 10017. By the way, this mailing address is specified by various similar dangerous websites, so it only proves the fact that BrowserQuest.com is not a reliable tool.

How to eliminate BrowserQuest.com virus

If you are wondering how this infection managed to enter your computer, most probably it came bundled with other free software that you downloaded from the Internet. It is a pretty common distribution method for malware like this. When you download some free application, during the installation there might be a point where you are offered to install additional tools, such as this one. If you just run through the installation recklessly, you might even not notice this option and end up surprised that such software is operating on your computer.

In case it is already too late to avoid BrowserQuest.com – you need to get rid of it immediately. The most efficient way to do that is to download reliable anti-malware application, such as Spyhunter and scan all files stored on your hard drive. Both of these programs feature a huge virus database and will be able to detect and eliminate the infection.

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How to remove BrowserQuest.com virus using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like BrowserQuest.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).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to BrowserQuest.com virus . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make BrowserQuest.com virus easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, 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.

How to remove BrowserQuest.com virus from macOS

Delete BrowserQuest.com virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the BrowserQuest.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.

TopHow To remove BrowserQuest.com virus from Google Chrome:

• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select More Tools→Extensions
  
• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
  
• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select Settings
  
• Select Manage Search engines
  
• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list
  
• 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.
  
• Delete malicious search websites at a new Startup pages window by clicking “X” next to them.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to BrowserQuest.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.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

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

How To remove BrowserQuest.com virus 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).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything BrowserQuest.com virus 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.
  
• 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.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to BrowserQuest.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.
  
• ChooseTroubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on theReset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program to identify malicious entries.

How to remove BrowserQuest.com virus from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.

• Click on the three-dot menu on the browser toolbar and Select Settings

• Select Privacy and Services and scroll down. Press on Address bar.

• Choose Manage search engines.

• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list: open the three-dot menu and choose Remove.

• 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.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to BrowserQuest.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.

• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.

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

How to remove BrowserQuest.com virus from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall BrowserQuest.com virus and other suspicious 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.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings(older versions) If you are still experiencing any issues related to BrowserQuest.com virus, 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…
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

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

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