Search.heasyspeedtest.co Virus - How to remove

Search.heasyspeedtest.co (a.k.a. Easy Speed Test) is a two-in-one website: you can check your Internet speed there and search the web. But did you know that it comes as a browser add-on? And once installed, it can be difficult to get rid of.

Because of this and several other issues related to security, Search.heasyspeedtest.co is considered to be a browser hijacker – a potentially unwanted application. It might appear as your homepage out of nowhere one day and that’s a clear sign that your computer is infected. By the time you finish reading this post, you will be provided with in-depth information about this virus and removal instructions to solve the problem, so just keep on reading.

Problems with Search.heasyspeedtest.co

Easy Speed Test hijacks web browsers

Easy Speed Test was developed by Polarity Technologies LTD, now better known as Eightpoint Technologies Ltd. This company is well-known for a wide distribution of malware and has been really active lately, producing malware like Home.emailaccountlogin.co and Search.hlocalweatherradar.co.

Antivirus vendors know it pretty well, too. This Easy Speed Test installer gets flagged by antivirus programs as Malware, Adware, even Trojan.

The people behind Easy Speed Test aim not to provide a unique good quality service – after all, they use a free widget by Openspeedtest.com to measure your internet speed. Rather, it’s to make money by displaying ads and redirecting web traffic to sites owned by Eightpoint.

Users who install Search.heasyspeedtest.co likely don’t do it on purpose. Extensions like Easy Speed Test come bundled with free software. They’re also advertised online with semi misleading ads. If you did not install the Search.heasyspeedtest.co new tab yourself, then this app should probably be removed from your computer as a potentially unwanted program.

It’s adware and a search hijacker

The Search.heasyspeedtest.co site might look alright at first glance – it has the speed test, the test works, there are quick links to useful sites…

Yeah, about those quick links. Totalvideos.tv, Thenewscorner.org, Netspeedtracker.com, Theweathernation.com, and Emailhelper.org are linked prominently on the Search.heasyspeedtest.co new tab and they are all Eightpoint-operated sites that are full of clickbait ads. If you visit them without an ad blocker, it’s nearly impossible to see anything but advertisements upon advertisements. It’s sort of like Search.heasyspeedtest.co putting a bunch of ads on your home page.

In addition, if you search for something via Search.heasyspeedtest.co, your search will be handled by Yahoo search, ignoring your browser’s search settings. Easy Speed Test butts in as a middleman and gets to read your search queries before sending them to Yahoo. This is risky, as it allows this browser hijacker to record your personal data – that is on top of your browsing history and your IP address. This data can be transferred to third parties and used for targeted advertising.

On top of that, Search.heasyspeedtest.co promotes the Weatherly add-on, the one related to Search.hlocalweatherradar.co.

The Search.heasyspeedtest.co add-on is compatible with all the common web browsers. It changes the homepage without and the only way to change that is to eliminate the Easy Speed Test extension.

How to remove the Search.heasyspeedtest.co homepage

Even though Search.heasyspeedtest.co is not very dangerous, it is still a potentially unwanted item. It steers users to clickbait sites full of potentially dangerous advertisements. The best thing for your online security is to remove Easy Speed Test, as well as any other adware that might also be installed.

We highly recommend cleaning your computer from infections. One way to do it is to scan your computer with anti-malware software. Anti-malware tools can recognize malware, adware, and potentially unwanted apps and help you delete them. You can use any trusted security program, such as Spyhunter for Windows, Spyhunter for Mac, Combo Cleaner for macOS, etc.

Check your browser settings as described below to make sure that all traces of Search.heasyspeedtest.co and other adware are truly gone.

In case downloading new security software sounds like an unattractive option, you can eliminate Search.heasyspeedtest.co manually. Below are the instructions for every popular web browser.

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Manual removal of Search.heasyspeedtest.co virus

How to remove heasyspeedtest virus using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Easy Speed Test 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 Search.heasyspeedtest.co Virus . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make heasyspeedtest 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 Search.heasyspeedtest.co Virus from macOS

Delete heasyspeedtest virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Easy Speed Test 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.heasyspeedtest.co 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 Easy Speed Test, 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.heasyspeedtest.co 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.heasyspeedtest.co 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 Easy Speed Test, 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.heasyspeedtest.co 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 Easy Speed Test, 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.heasyspeedtest.co 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 Easy Speed Test 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.heasyspeedtest.co 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.

Manual removal