Films Search Browser Extension - How to remove

Films Search is an unwanted extension for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers. The extension is advertised as a helpful service to access movie trailers, TV series and celebrity content all in one place. The extension is promoted through its official landing page safe.getawesome1.com, or via some other associated website. Some people think that enabling the extension will give them a lot of positive features, so they click on the “Accept and + Add” button as the landing page instructs.

Once Films Search extension is activated, people indeed have a chance to obtain access to some of the advertised functions, such as watching popular movies depending on the selected movie category. However, the extension additionally introduces a lot of unwanted browser modifications not appreciated by the majority of people.

Impact of Films Search on your browser preferences

Films Search is very similar to other third-party browser extensions. Probably some of its functions are beneficial, but there are other changes that occur with the browsers once Films Search is enabled:

• • modifying the browser startup page;
  • changing the default search engine into Yahoo, Bing or another third-party search service;
  • replacing the blank new tab with Films Search New Tab.

 

Some people may accept the fact that their home page got changed, but they are not really happy to find out that their default search engine got amended without their consent. This is because of Films Search controlling these important settings. When they submit certain search queries through the search box on their home page, they get redirected through Yahoo Search or Bing Search. Trying to change the browser settings back to Google Search does not help. The Films Search is in control of this parameter, so you will not be able to manually revert your browser to the original search preferences.

The danger of Films Search

Films Search additionally displays a wide range of advertisement banners and sponsored links. They may be located either on the hijacked home page or on top of the search results delivered by the extension. This way the distributors of Films Search get the revenue for promoting specific content through the extension enabled in many browsers. Unfortunately, many ads displayed by Films Search may lead you to the number of websites considered to be potentially unsafe, such as:

• websites promoting other unwanted browser extensions;
• fake Adobe Flash Player installers containing PUPs (potentially unwanted programs);
• fictitious surveys, questionnaire or lotteries attempting to collect your personal information.

It is absolutely clear that the number of negative browser alterations introduced by the Films Search extension exceeds the number of its positive features. In general, your browser will not function as fast as it was before the add-on got installed. You will not obtain the relevant information as long as Films Search is active. The negative feedback of users about it is also confirmed by several reviews on many security-related blogs. Considering these facts, it is recommended that you remove Films Search without hesitation.

How to uninstall Films Search

Disabling and deleting unwanted browser extension is the process that can be performed both manually and automatically. Let us discuss the manual method first. In Google Chrome, follow this sequence of steps:

• click on icon in the form of three vertical dots in the right-upper part of Google Chrome;
• select “More Tools”;
• click on “Extensions”;
• find the Films Search extension, disable and delete it.

The instruction for Mozilla Firefox is even simpler. Click on its button in the form of three horizontal lines, select “Add-ons”, then find Films Search, disable and uninstall it. Scanning your computer with a reliable anti-malware program is another important step. It is necessary because many malicious items may still remain in your system after the extension got removed. Your computer may still remain vulnerable before other threats, so refer to the help of Spyhunter to get it analyzed, cleaned and protected.

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How to remove Films Search Browser Extension using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Films Search Browser Extension from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Films Search Browser Extension 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 Films Search Browser Extension 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 Films Search Browser Extension, 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 Films Search Browser Extension 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 Films Search Browser Extension 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 Films Search Browser Extension, 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 Films Search Browser Extension 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 Films Search Browser Extension, 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 Films Search Browser Extension from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Films Search Browser Extension 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 Films Search Browser Extension, 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.