What is Get-search.com?

Get-search.com is a browser hijacker and a web site designed as a search engine. Once crawled to the browser, it becomes the home page and main search provider without your permission. It will also vitiate your efforts to remove Get-search.com tabs and toolbars, or to replace it with your usual search engine. Putting up with it is almost impossible, as the browser hijacker will bombard you with popups and other types of advertisement. These ads may lead to worsening of your computer condition as many of them lead to the third party malicious sites, or trick you to download fake updates for the software you use. Learn how to remove Get-search.com hijacker from your browsers.

How Get-search.com gets on your PC?

Being a browser hijacker, Get-search.com is distributed by standart methods of malware spreading. For hijacker developers it is a common practice to infiltrate computers under the pretence of search sites. It is safer to utilize the most reputable ones like Google, Bing, etc. But more often get-search.com is installed with other freeware. Its developers use a marketing tactics called ‘bundling’ and reckon on inattentive users to omit the EULA and options of installing the additional software, So, if it is possible, perform an installation in Advanced or Custom mode and uncheck the boxes with unwanted programs.

How to remove Get-search.com from your computer?

To uninstall Get-search.com remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.

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You can try both of these products to remove Get-search.com

Or uninstall Get-search.com manually.

Step 1: Remove Get-search.com from Control Panel

Windows XP:

1. Click Start.
2. Control Panel.
3. Then click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find Get-search.com.
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 Get-search.com 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 Get-search.com, 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 %Get-search.com% 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 Get-search.com from your browser.

Step 2: Remove Get-search.com from browsers

Google Chrome:

1. Open Google Chrome
2. Push Alt + F.
3. Click Tools.
4. Choose Extensions.
5. Find Get-search.com.
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 Get-search.com.
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 Get-search.com.
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. Go 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 Get-search.com:

Remove following registry entries:

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Remove following files:

%THREAT%.dll

Remove following folders

%PROGRAMFILES%\%THREAT%\