Hoosearch.com virus - How to remove

Hoosearch.com virus is not some sort of mysterious computer virus – it’s just a plain simple browser hijacker. Nonetheless, this malware also can be the reason you are experiencing unpleasant activities on your computer, therefore needed actions should be applied.

If you noticed that your homepage website is www.hoosearch.com – it is a clear sign that your computer is infected. You might be wondering how this infection is able to make those unauthorised changes on your web browser. Well, since it is operating as a browser add-on, it can make various changes.

This add-on was probably added to your web browser when you installed some kind of free software downloaded from an unreliable website. During the installation you might get asked if you prefer to add some free tool to your web browser. This option goes as a default one, so if you just run through the installation without making any alternations, add-on like this will be added automatically.

Hoosearch.com add-on is compatible with all most popular web browsers out there, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge. Once it is inside, it will automatically set www.hoosearch.com as your homepage and default search engine.

This website itself is completely useless. It is presented as a search engine, however, it just doesn’t work. You can type in any search query but no results will be returned. It’s both irritating and time wasting attribute.

Now you might be thinking – what’s the point of hijacking a web browser and displaying a website that is not functioning properly? Well, there are a couple of possible scenarios. We have examined hoosearch.com website with a SimilarWeb analytics tool and there are nothing much about it – that’s a sign that the site is relatively new or simply unpopular. For that reason, it might be that this infection is still in the development mode and some new features will roll out in the future. However, it might also be that it is the final version of the virus and they are only doing it for your private data.

You see, every time you type in a search query into that search bar, they might record it. So basically, if you fill in some of your private information in there, it can be leaked really easily. For that reason it is not recommended to use this website or even keep it installed on your computer.

The biggest problem that users face after discovering that their computer is infected with a browser hijacker is that they can’t simply disable that malicious add-on and move on. Usually infections like this place some malicious files inside the computer, blocking the ability to remove the add-on. For this reason, you should scan your computer with anti-malware application. We suggest to use either Spyhunter for this task. Either one of them should be able to detect and eliminate the virus in no time. It will also protect your computer from similar infections in the future too.

However, it’s not enough to remove malicious files and the add-on from the web browser. You still need to change some settings on your computer to restore it to a previous state. If you don’t know where to begin, take a look at the removal instructions guide below this article, it will help you to sort things out regarding all problems with Hoosearch.com virus.

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How to remove Hoosearch.com virus using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Hoosearch.com virus from your applications.

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