Remove Hightsearch.com from Chrome/Firefox

Suddenly Hightsearch.com took over your homepage and you cannot remove it.

Hightsearch.com is a pretty obnoxious and invasive website. One day, it will begin to take over your screen every single time you attempt to go online, search the web, or open a new tab. It will plague you incessantly, and quickly become the bane of your browsing. And, there’s reason for its meddlesome invasiveness. There’s an infection, lurking somewhere on your computer. Oh, yes. If you come across the page, you are in trouble as your system is no longer virus-free. There is a pesky browser hijacker, hiding in the shadowy corners of your system, wreaking havoc. And, here’s the deal: the longer you allow it to remain, the worse your predicament will get. That’s why you mustn’t delay and take action immediately! The sooner you accept the problem and address it, the better! Once the site rears its ugly head and begins making a mess, do some damage control as soon as you can! Find the malicious tool’s hiding place on your PC, and when you spot it – delete it! Get rid of it immediately upon detection, and you’ll save yourself a ton of troubles and grievances. You won’t regret its removal, plus you’ll earn the gratitude of your future self. Understand this: you’ll gain nothing but unpleasantness by allowing the hijacker to stay. So, why leave it on your PC at all? Delete it now.

How did I get infected with?

Hightsearch.com cannot appear n your screen unless there’s a browser hijacker on your computer, which is forcing it to do so. The site’s endless display is the infection’s way of introducing itself to you. When it begins to throw the site your way so continuously, it’s cluing you into its existence. Prior to that, you were utterly oblivious to its presence. But how do you suppose that is? How do you think a cyber threat managed to invade your system without you even realizing it? Well, it’s rather straightforward. It used your carelessness against you and snuck past you. Infections, like the one lurking behind Hightsearch.com, employ deceit and finesse to slither their way in. They have to if they wish to get you to permit their installment. Oh, yes. Such nasty tools are bound to ask for and receive your permission on their install, or they cannot enter. And, since you’re currently stuck with the menace that is a hijacker, evidently, it asked, and you obliged. But don’t be too hard on yourself. After all, it didn’t just openly pop up and ask for your approval. What if you had denied it, and said ‘no’? That’s unacceptable. So, it turned to trickery, and you were duped into consenting to install a dangerous tool. Usually, hijackers resort to hiding behind spam email attachments, freeware, corrupted links, or sites. They can also pretend to be bogus updates. To prevent nasty infections from slithering into your PC, don’t give into carelessness. Be more vigilant and thorough, and always do your due diligence.

Why is this dangerous?

Hightsearch.com may look like a regular search engine, but don’t be fooled. Appearances can be deceiving. And, in this particular case, they certainly are. It will mess up your searches in a way that it will display sponsored links and bombard you with pop-up advertisements. It will redirect you to Hightsearch.com each time you try to browse the web. And, do you know why it will force this infuriating intrusion on you? Because the nasty tool, which you’re stuck with, is ad-supported. In other words, it’s required to generate web traffic and pay-per-click revenue for the third parties that published it. And, if it fails to produce profits for these people, they take it down. Naturally, the hijacker does everything in its power to avoid the fate of oblivious. It replaces your default homepage and search engine with Hightsearch.com and redirects you to it every chance it gets. Plus, it showers you with an entire waterfall of pop-ups each time you go online. And, not just any ads! Don’t think you see random ads because you don’t. Each ad that comes your way has been carefully selected for you, and you alone. That’s because the tool doesn’t immediately begin the bombardment. It spends some time studying you and learning about your browsing habits. The pesky cyber threat monitors your online activities in the hopes of understanding what your unique preferences include, and when it does – the flood of appropriate ads commences! However, no matter how appealing the ads may seem, do NOT press a single pop-up! If you do, you’ll regret it. By clicking on an ad, you unknowingly agree to install more malicious tools. That’s right. The advertisements are bundled with cyber threats, and to click a pop-up, is to consent to the installment of the malware, which it’s hiding. Add to the malware risk the severe security issue, which you’ll be presented with due to the hijacker’s presence, and it should be pretty evident what you must do. Oh, yes. Apart from everything else it puts you through, the infection also places your personal and financial information in jeopardy. It doesn’t just monitor your browsing. It also catalogs every single move you make online, and then sends the data to the unknown individuals behind it. Unless you wish to hand over your private life to strangers, find and delete the tool, responsible for Hightsearch.com continuous presence! It’s the best course of action you can take. So, take it now!

How to Remove Hightsearch.com virus

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Hightsearch.com infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. Please, consider to print this guide or have another computer at your disposal. You will NOT need any USB sticks or CDs.

The Hightsearch.com adware is specifically designed to make money. It generates web traffic, collects sales leads for other dubious sites, and will display advertisements and sponsored links within your web browser.

STEP 1: Uninstall Hightsearch.com from Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Clean Hightsearch.com from Chrome Firefox or Internet Explorer

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Hightsearch.com leftovers from the System

STEP 1 : Uninstall Hightsearch.com from your computer

Simultaneously press the Windows Logo Button and then “R” to open the Run Command Window

 

Type “regedit”

 

navigate to HKCU\software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

Modify the string with a value data and set it to google.com for example.

STEP 2 : Remove Hightsearch.com homepage from Chrome, Firefox and IE

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Hightsearch.com by clicking on the little recycle bin
• Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

• Open Mozilla Firefox

• Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
• Disable the unwanted Extension
• Go to Help
• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

• Open Internet Explorer

• On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
• Click on Internet options
• go to Toolbars and Extensions and disable the unknown extensions
• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset

• Restart Internet Explorer

How to Permanently Remove Hightsearch.com Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify possible registry leftovers or temporary files.