Search.cleanmybrowser.com virus - How to remove

Search.cleanmybrowser.com (or Cleanmybrowser.com) virus has been red-flagged for engaging in highly-disturbing activities: it is promoted by other malware samples like Searchanonymo.com, Polimva.com and Fooriza. The same developing company is expected to be behind all of these products, including Blasearch.com. Therefore, we presume that Socopoco.com virus is also closely-associated with the browser hijacker (1) we are analyzing in this article.

In-depth analysis of Search.cleanmybrowser.com malware

Due to the disruptive nature of this Search.cleanmybrowser.com redirect virus, its search platform has obtained the 629th position as the most visited domain in Pakistan (2). Launchpage.org has also been very active in Pakistan, meaning that this country is targeted by both of the extremely stubborn malware threats. Activity of this browser hijacker has also been persistent in United States, Egypt, Algeria and Canada.

These positions would not have been possible without referrals from a few other websites: Superadexchange, Pirateproxy.cc and many others. Also, the website is co-operating with a bunch ad-networks that will flood your operating system as soon as you install Search.cleanmybrowser.com hijacker. Adcash, Propeller Ads Media, AdsTerra, Adk2, Voluum and other companies have become partners of this infection. Even legitimate advertising companies can transmit infectious material (3).

Once you install the rogue Google Chrome add-on, Search.cleanmybrowser.com will commence its career as your new tab page, home page and custom search supplier. However, even though Search.yahoo.com will be noticed as the generator of results to keywords you enter into the search box, right before URLs and advertisements are combined, Feed.cleanmybrowser.com is momentarily seen in the address bar. This means that the browser hijacker delivers tainted results to search queries that might include some entries that have been selected due to your IP address.

Questionable third-party software requires certain permissions before it can be installed. We discovered this during the installation of this software (that we got from Chrome Web Store). In our opinion, it would be that such suspicious tool would not be promoted in this store. First of all, it stressed out the following privileges it demands:

• Read and change all content of your visited websites;
• Read and change your browsing history;
• To communicate with websites the extension is associated with;
• To control other programs, add-ons and themes.

Since extension will obtain a permission to contact websites of its partners, it can secretively install more potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) or introduce you to websites that will commence drive-by downloads (4). Other permissions also appear to threaten your security and could end in secretive gathering of your personally identifiable information.

Approaches that will help you get rid of this browser hijacker

If you have voluntarily downloaded Clean My Browser Chrome extension, we suggest you reject his application as soon as possible. On the other hand, its presence might have been noticed only after browsers’ settings have been remodeled to foster an individual search platform.

Whichever the case is applicable to you, we are recommending to run a scan with Spyhunter since the disturbing activities of this add-on might have invited more malware threats into your operating system. If you are mainly focused on removing the browser hijacker, we are providing you with guidelines for this objective.

We hope you will become more cautious online and resist the temptations to download from unknown websites. Also, peer-to-peer downloads have also been indicated as the perfect place to distribute Trojans or other malware. However, potentially unwanted programs usually come bundled together with other freeware samples.

During installation processes of various free-of-charge tools, we hope you will select advanced/custom modes. These options will adequately introduce you with the terms and conditions of your installation. Also, it will permit you to refuse supplementary applications.

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How to remove cleanmybrowser virus using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Search.cleanmybrowser.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 cleanmybrowser virus . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Search.cleanmybrowser.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 cleanmybrowser virus from macOS

Delete Search.cleanmybrowser.com virus from your applications.

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

References:

1. How to prevent and repair browser hijacking. Av-comparatives.org.
2. Analysis. Similarweb.com.
3. You say advertising, I say block that malware. Engadget.com.
4. What is a drive-by download? Bulguard.com.