What is Chromesearch.info?

Chromesearch.info is a browser hijacker that hijacks Chrome, Mozilla or Internet Explorer. At first glance, it looks like a regular search engine as Bing, Yandex, Google or Yahoo. This program promises to help the user to enhance browsing experience and to get the most relevant search results. Users think that Chromesearch.info is useful, but in fact, this is not true. After penetrating the computer, this hijacker changes your browser settings, homepage, search engine and more. It reduces computer and browser performance. Chromesearch.info collects personal information and transmits it to third parties. If the Chromesearch.info has infected your PC, remove it immediately.

How Chromesearch.info gets on your PC?

Malicious software, such as Chromesearch.info, comes to your computer bundled with a free program like archivers, players, converters and other freeware. Some ad sites and sites that distribute free programs can insert adware and malware into their download managers. Potentially unwanted programs come without the consent of the user, so users often do not know that their computer is infected. Always follow the installation process, read the user agreement and select “Advanced” installation type to avoid such problems. Take your time, do not press the “Next” button until then, until you are not convinced that the program is safe. If your computer is already infected, then use our instructions to get rid of Chromesearch.info completely.

How to remove Chromesearch.info from your computer?

To uninstall Chromesearch.info remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.

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You can try both of these products to remove Chromesearch.info

Or uninstall Chromesearch.info manually.

Step 1: Remove Chromesearch.info from Control Panel

Windows XP:

1. Click Start.
2. Control Panel.
3. Then click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find Chromesearch.info.
5. Click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.

Windows 7/Windows Vista:

1. Click Start.
2. Then Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find Chromesearch.info and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.

Windows 8/Windows 8.1:

1. Open the Menu.
2. Click Search.
3. After that click Apps.
4. Then Control Panel.
5. Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
6. Find Chromesearch.info, select it and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).

Windows 10:

1. Click on the Start button (or press the Windows key) to open the Start menu, click on the Settings at the top.
2. Click on App & features on the left menu.
3. On the right side, locate Chromesearch.info and click it, then click on the Uninstall button.
4. Click on Uninstall to confirm.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 10

Note: If you can’t find required program, sort programs by date in Control panel and search for last installed programs.

After that remove Chromesearch.info from your browser.

Step 2: Remove Chromesearch.info from browsers

To be able to remove Chromesearch.info from the browser you need to remove Windows Group Policies created by this hijacker. To do this you can download following BAT file from our website:

Download BAT file to remove Group Policies

or perform following instructions:

1. Start Command Prompt as Administrator
2. To do this in Windows 10/8 or Windows 7 click Start and in the search box type cmd. Right-click on the found result and choose Run as Administrator.
3. While in command prompt type:
   rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers"
   Press Enter button.
4. Then type:
   rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicy"
   Press Enter button.
5. Finally, type:
   gpupdate /force
   Press Enter button.

Google Chrome:

1. Open Google Chrome
2. Push Alt + F.
3. Click Tools.
4. Choose Extensions.
5. Find Chromesearch.info.
6. Click the trash can icon to remove it.

Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Open Firefox.
2. Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
3. Choose Chromesearch.info.
4. Click Disable or Remove button.

Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.

Internet Explorer:

1. Open IE.
2. Push Alt + T.
3. Click Manage Add-ons.
4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
5. Click Disable Chromesearch.info.
6. Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
7. Click Remove button.
8. If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.

Learn more about removing extensions from IE.

Step 3: Resetting your browser search and homepage settings

Reset browser setting in Google Chrome:

1. Click the Chrome menu (3 bar button) in the top right corner.
2. Choose Settings.
3. Click Show advanced settings.
4. Go to Reset browser settings section.
5. Click Reset browser settings.
6. In the dialog that appears, click Reset.

Learn more about resetting browser settings in Google Chrome.

Reset browser setting in Mozilla Firefox:

1. Open Mozilla Firefox.
2. Go to Help.
3. Go to Troubleshooting information.
4. Click Reset Firefox… button.

Learn more about resetting browser settings in Mozilla Firefox.

Reset browser setting in Internet Explorer:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click on the cogwheel in the right upper corner.
3. Click Internet options.
4. Got to Advanced tab.
5. Click Reset button.
6. Put a tick near Delete personal settings checkbox.
7. Click Reset button.

Learn more about resetting browser settings in Internet Explorer.

Step 4: Remove following files and folders of Chromesearch.info:

Remove following regitry entries:

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Written by Rami Douafi