Search.hquickdrivingdirections.com Hijacker - How to remove

Quick Driving Directions is a deceptive web browser extension that pretends to be a free and useful tool which should allow you to “search the web and access map content free from your new tab page”. Unfortunately, we have discovered that this description is not very accurate since this extension acts strangely and is going to change your new tab page to Search.hquickdrivingdirections.com. It is going to do that without your permission, so it is called hijacking. That is the reason why Search.hquickdrivingdirections.com is categorized as a browser hijacker.

Actually, it’s not a big of a surprise since this program was developed by Polarity Technologies LTD. This company is responsible for a lot of browser hijackers that were produced lately and that’s why there is no doubt that Search.hquickdrivingdirections.com is also malicious.

However, browser hijackers and adware are not the most severe malware infections, so you shouldn’t be too scared. This problem can be solved with the right kind of assistance. We are here to do that – provide you with detailed instructions on how to eliminate Search.hquickdrivingdirections.com once and for all.

Search.hquickdrivingdirections.com Specification

This infection might not be the most dangerous one, but we still recommend to switch to an alternative web browser until it is fully removed. Since it is operating on a browser extension and not some application that is installed directly on your computer, it is likely to affect only one of your web browsers. As far as we know, Search.hquickdrivingdirections.com is capable of being added to web browsers such as Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or even Safari.

When the extension is added, it immediately gets to work. To be more exact, it will change both your new tab page and default search engine to www.search.hquickdrivingdirections.com, so you will see this website every time you open a new tab or try to search for something by inputting the search query directly to the URL bar.

If you don’t have a problem with some random extension changing your personal settings, you will definitely have some problems with this website. We highly recommend not to use this ’search.

First of all, all search queries you provide to Search.hquickdrivingdirections.com will be definitely collected by Polarity. This way you can lose your sensitive data to third parties and that is very dangerous. Even though Search.hquickdrivingdirections.com claims that they use Yahoo search to provide results, that is just partially true. They can modify those result and they definitely take advantage of this possibility – various sponsored results are inserted in top results position. That means you will receive various results that are not even relevant to your search queries. It is not only a waste of time but also it might also lead you to websites that are possibly dangerous.

There are other bad qualities that can be presented due to the presence of Search.hquickdrivingdirections.com. Your computer can get infected with other viruses or you might experience various unwanted advertisements.

How Search.hquickdrivingdirections.com is installed on a computer

This malicious extension is publicly available at www.quickdrivingdirections.com website. However, itwould be an odd case if someone actually downloaded it from there – most of the time similar infections like Search.searchgmfs1.com, Search.downloadmyinboxhelper.com, or Search.searchmmd.com are distributed bundled with other free tools that can be downloaded from the Internet.

I.e. the installer of this potentially unwanted tool can be attached to the installer of other free software and instead of one application you intended to install, you will get another one that is obviously malicious. That’s why you should always be very careful and only download software from reliable sources.

However, it might be not enough to be careful – such software can still find a way to your computer. So if you want to avoid malware in the future, make sure to protect your computer with free anti-malware tool like PlumBytes or IObit Malware Fighter.

How To Eliminate Search.hquickdrivingdirections.com browser Hijacker

If you want to get rid of Search.hquickdrivingdirections.com fast and effortless, you should not hesitate to scan your computer with Spyhunter. That’s all you have to do, since such program will automatically detect and remove the virus and all files related to it.

Also, we have prepared a detailed instructions on how to eliminate Search.hquickdrivingdirections.com by yourself, so take a look at it below this article.

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How to remove hquickdrivingdirections Hijacker using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Search.hquickdrivingdirections.com Hijacker from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the hquickdrivingdirections Hijacker 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.hquickdrivingdirections.com Hijacker 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.hquickdrivingdirections.com Hijacker, 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.hquickdrivingdirections.com Hijacker 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.hquickdrivingdirections.com Hijacker 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 hquickdrivingdirections Hijacker, 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.hquickdrivingdirections.com Hijacker 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.hquickdrivingdirections.com Hijacker, 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.hquickdrivingdirections.com Hijacker from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall hquickdrivingdirections Hijacker 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.hquickdrivingdirections.com Hijacker, 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.