Home.packagesear.ch homepage hijacker - How to remove

Home.packagesear.ch might be showing up as a homepage on your web browser. Can’t recall setting it as a default option for a home screen? That means your computer has been hit with a browser hijacker virus and this problem should be solved.  By the end of this post you will learn how to completely remove this threat from your computer and stay away from the trouble next time.

You already are informed that Home.packagesear.ch is categorised as browser hijacker. We have encountered plenty of viruses like this, such as search.htrackyourpackages.com or Search.packageintransit.com. You know what they all have in common? All those websites are officially listed as browser hijackers and they all claim to provide users with easier way to track various packages. Do you really need this function to track packages right away, to keep it as your homepage and replace Google, Yahoo or other typical homepage? Probably not. The problem is that it is difficult to get rid of infections like this because it gets added on as an add-on to web browsers and also places some files on your computer.

Speaking about this website from usability standpoint, it might seem OK – there you can find a search box that redirects your searches to Yahoo search engine, as well as various useful links and top toolbar with tools to track packages. However, there are couple of things that you should be aware about. First of all, all searches filled through Home.packagesear.ch will be recorded and might be transferred to other parties. It is publicly disclosed in their Privacy Policy:

Other cookies may be stored to your computers hard drive by external vendors when this website uses referral programs, sponsored links or adverts. Such cookies are used for conversion and referral tracking and typically expire after 30 days, though some may take longer. No personal information is stored, saved or collected.

They claim that no personal information will be saved, however, the truth is that if you expose your sensitive data to their search field, it will be recorded and that is very dangerous.

Another red flag about this website – no source of origins. Usually you can find some contact information and data about the legal body behind the website you are visiting in the footer, but it’s not the case. All you can get from their “About us” page is their mailing address at PackageSear.ch PO Box 4028, San Bruno, CA 94066 and e-mail address at [email protected]. We tried to get some information from Whois service, yet registrar is hidden and that’s not a good sign as well.

Removing Home.packagesear.ch virus from your computer

Now when you know why Packagesear.ch is so unwanted and dangerous, we can talk about removing it from your computer. We have already mentioned that this infection is caused by malicious add-on that sticks to your web browsers. As far as we know, it can stick to any of most popular web browsers out there, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge. It might look like an easy task to simply disable the add-on from extensions list, but there are more things that needs to be done in order to get rid of it for good.

When downloaded and installed on your computer, Home.packagesear.ch will place some files on your operating system, so even if you disable it on your web browser, the add-on will come back the next time you restart the system, due to mentioned files. Those files can be difficult to detect and remove manually, therefore we recommend to use reliable anti-malware tool for this task – Spyhunter. Either one of those tools should be able to detect and remove all files associated with Home.packagesear.ch infection. You can use other anti-virus tools as well.

Lastly, if you need any other assistance, always feel free to ask us for help in the comments section below. You can also find detailed removal instructions for Home.packagesear.ch  browser hijacker below this article, thus look it up before deciding to do anything.

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How to remove packagesear homepage hijacker using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Home.packagesear.ch homepage 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 packagesear homepage hijacker . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Home.packagesear.ch homepage 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 packagesear homepage hijacker from macOS

Delete Home.packagesear.ch homepage hijacker from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the packagesear homepage 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 Home.packagesear.ch homepage 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 Home.packagesear.ch homepage 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 Home.packagesear.ch homepage 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 Home.packagesear.ch homepage 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 packagesear homepage 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 Home.packagesear.ch homepage 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 Home.packagesear.ch homepage 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 Home.packagesear.ch homepage 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 packagesear homepage 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 Home.packagesear.ch homepage 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.

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