What is Brass Search?
Brass Search – a browser extension that hijacks popular browsers, and can cause serious damage to your PC. Brass Search is a potentially unwanted program. When it comes, it starts to display a huge amount of advertising, coupons and banners. These banners may contain promotional offers online stores and more. These offers are false and are designed to ensure that you spend money on anything. Also worth noting is that Brass Search significantly reduces computer performance, increases traffic, change the settings of your browser and collects your personal information (browsing history, etc.). Brass Search is not a virus, but if you find it on your computer, remove it immediately.
How Brass Search gets on your PC?
Brass Search comes on the computer without the user’s consent. As a rule, potentially unwanted software come bundled with free software, such as players, archivers, converters and more. Most users do not notice the penetration of malicious software. Also, many antiviruses do not have such programs in their bases. You need to follow the rules, which can help you to avoid malicious software. Always read the Terms of Service. Follow the installation process and select only the “Advanced” installation type. Remove the check mark from components of the program, which is questionable. Use special software that can protect your PC. If your computer is already infected, then use our instructions to remove Brass Search now.
How to remove Brass Search from your computer?
To uninstall Brass Search remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.
In our view, there are 3 products that potentially have Brass Search in their database. You can try to use them for removing Brass Search.
Recommended Solution:
Norton is a powerful removal tool. It can remove all instances of newest viruses, similar to Brass Search – files, folders, registry keys.
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Alternative Solution:
Norton Antivirus – detects files, registry values and folders of viruses that show the same behavior as Brass Search.
You can try both of these products to remove Brass Search
Or uninstall Brass Search manually.
Removing from Control Panel
Windows XP:
- Click Start.
- Control Panel.
- Then click Add or Remove Programs.
- Find Brass Search.
- Click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.
Windows 7/Windows Vista:
- Click Start.
- Then Control Panel.
- Click Uninstall a Program.
- Find Brass Search and click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.
Windows 8/Windows 8.1:
- Open the Menu.
- Click Search.
- After that click Apps.
- Then Control Panel.
- Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
- Find Brass Search, select it and click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).
After that remove Brass Search from your browser.
Google Chrome:
- Open Google Chrome
- Push Alt + F.
- Click Tools.
- Choose Extensions.
- Find Brass Search.
- Click the trash can icon to remove it.
Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.
Mozilla Firefox:
- Open Firefox.
- Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
- Choose Brass Search.
- Click Disable or Remove button.
Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.
Internet Explorer:
- Open IE.
- Push Alt + T.
- Click Manage Add-ons.
- Select Toolbars and Extensions.
- Click Disable Brass Search.
- Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
- Click Remove button.
- If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.
Learn more about removing extensions from IE.
Remove following registry entries:
no information
Then remove following files:
Brass Search.dll
And following folders
%PROGRAMFILES%Brass Search
Written by Rami Douafi