Start-pagesearch.com Virus - How to remove

Start-pagesearch.com is a browser hijacker associated with another one under the title of Homepage-web.com. The two of them share similar interface as regards the visual side of the programs. As concerns their functionality, we can observe similar features as well.

About Start-pagesearch.com Browser Hijacker

Once Start-pagesearch.com app is on your computer’s system, it steps into the shoes of your default homepage, search engine and a new tab page. This metamorphosis takes place silently and it can occur on almost any web browser, including Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, etc. The developers of Start-pagesearch.com browser extension are kept nameless. There is an explanation for that. Keep reading to receive it. This browser extension puts on a false front of a legitimate search engine. However, it will redirect you to Google Search. The developers of this fake search engine solemnly declares:

With Start Search you get search results from trusted search providers, ensuring you reliably find the information you’re looking for in an instant. Stop wasting time and start getting answers with Start Search’s uncompromising search offering.

Too solemn an oration given to such a shoddy program as Start-pagesearch.com is. We cannot argue about Google’s trustworthiness, but this rogue search engine does not reroute you to the pure results of Google Search. It spoils them with scam advertising sites of 3rd party. Moreover, the authentic websites rendered by Google are tainted by the scam ads of 3rd party. What do you think about the reliability of Start-pagesearch.com search provider now? Moreover, when we tested this search engine, we have noticed that sometimes its search bar is disabled and it is impossible to enter any search terms in the field. Accordingly, the promise of a fast search given by this fake search engine is an ivory tower, which can easily be demolished. Above all, the web traffic to the scam domains of 3rd party is encouraged by rendering you personalized offers, customized for you by tracking your online activities.

Note, that this website does not provide real contact information like physical address or business name. That is sure sign that something is not ok and they try to hide from people forced into using this search engine.

Apart from personalized offers, Start-pagesearch.com extension tries to attract users by providing a feature of background customization. This feature is to be found at the right bottom corner of its main search page, if you click on the ‘‘Settings’’ button. However, it is better to have a smoothly running system and a responsive browser rather than to be able to change the background color or theme of the main search page of your search engine.

How does Start-pagesearch.com Browser Hijacker Get on Your Computer?

Start-pagesearch.com program is distributed by such popular free apps as a Flash Player, for instance. It has almost become a rule to insert some PUPs (potentially unwanted programs) in the installers of freeware to make money in an indirect way. If not from the distribution, then through bundling, – this could stand as a motto of the distributors of freeware. Nevertheless, there is a way to download and install a free app without getting any PUPs along with it. You will only have to set the installation wizard into the Advanced/ Custom mode. These settings will guide you through a junk-free installation.

Your machine can be restored to its previous state by removing Start-pagesearch.com hijacker with the acknowledged automatic malware removal tools: Spyhunter, Malwarebytes or Hitman. We recommend to use these utilities to perform a permanent elimination of this malevolent app. The guide for manual removal of Start-pagesearch.com browser hijacker is delivered below.

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Manual removal of Start-pagesearch.com Virus

How to remove Start-pagesearch.com Virus using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Start-pagesearch.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 Start-pagesearch.com Virus . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Start-pagesearch.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 Start-pagesearch.com Virus from macOS

Delete Start-pagesearch.com Virus from your applications.

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