How To Delete Delta Search From Chrome?

Delta Search is a pseudo search engine that mimics popular search engines like Google. It’s a browser hijacker that takes over all the browsers in your system when it installs. It has various malicious properties due to which it has been classified by experts a Trojan, a PUP or potentially unwanted program, and a malware.

How do I infect with Delta Search?

Delta search installs in the system through 3^rd party freeware installation bundles. These installation bundles can be infected and may contain potential malware, adware or spyware. When you install these programs using the default installation procedure, the additional programs in the bundle are also installed without any separate permissions taken. Therefore, choosing the custom or advanced installation settings in this case helps in ensuring you are installing only the program you wanted. You can monitor each step in the installation process and deselect any optional, free or additional programs that you do not want, and the bundle is offering. Delta search malware can also be installed through infected websites that you may have visited. Just visiting these sites triggers the download of malware and gets you system infected. Alternatively, Delta search could be installed by another malware in your system. Either ways, a clean-up is most required.

What is Delta Search?

Delta search is a browser hijacking malware and overtakes all the browsers in your system. So if you have Chrome, Firefox and IE, it will install the Delta search toolbar, and change the homepage and search engine settings on all 3 of them. The default search engine and homepage will be changed and you will not be allowed to make any changes to revert back to the settings of choice. It will also constantly redirect you to various advertiser sponsored websites every time you conduct a search on its default search engine, delta-search.com. it will also show you advertiser’s sponsored links as the most relevant results to the searches you make. Delta search also tracks all of the your internet usage statistics, the URLs you visit the most, the search keywords etc. and makes this information, along with your personal information that you use on websites, available to advertisers.  Not only does Delta search prove to be highly annoying with all the redirects and browser hijacks, it also poses a serious threat to data security and privacy. It is thus highly recommended that the malware be deleted as soon as it is discovered.

How to Remove Delta Search from Chrome?

Delta search infects all browsers, and to restore them, you must first delete the malware from the Programs and Features tab in the Control Panel. Here in the list of all the programs installed in your system, look for Delta search and simply right click and uninstall. You must also keep a watch for any other suspicious programs that you may see here. Then you will need to go to Chrome to reset the settings in the browser. You must reset the homepage and default search engine; delete all cookies, cache and browsing history. Then, delete the additional Delta search extension added to the browser shortcuts to completely remove the malware.