Remove FetchSearch.com from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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

FetchSearch.com is a browser hijacker. If you’ve had any previous experience with this kind of parasites, you know that the situation goes very ugly very fast. If you are yet to meet the nasty world of hijackers, you’d better prepare for a rich assortment of issues. The FetchSearch.com virus surely doesn’t shine with originality but we cannot deny the fact that it’s extremely effective nevertheless. How does the scheme work? First of all, the developers of FetchSearch.com do their best to convince you that their creation is a perfectly safe search engine. It isn’t. Secondly, once you’ve taken the bait, FetchSearch.com’s manipulations quickly begin. The parasite proceeds straight to modifying your browser and it doesn’t waste time asking for permission. Generally speaking, your consent about your own computer is no longer relevant once the hijacker gets installed. FetchSearch.com redirects you to some questionable web pages that may or may not be relevant to your search queries. What is important for the parasite’s developers is generating revenue and as you can imagine, your browsing experience doesn’t matter. To keep the virus on board practically means to expose yourself to immense cyber danger so why would you do such a thing? FetchSearch.com is also known to be monitoring your entire browsing-related information and on top of it all, the PC speed will also be affected by the parasite’s presence. It’s quite obvious that the only thing FetchSearch.com fetches are problems. Trust us on this one; this program is not something you want and/or need in your life.

How did I get infected with?

We assume that you don’t really know how the hijacker entered your PC system. Why so? Because even though FetchSearch.com’s developers support a decent webpage, there is no download button to be found there. This is a huge red flag concerning a program’s reliability and it’s one of the signs that you’re dealing with something malicious. The sole fact that you can’t download the hijacker voluntarily means that FetchSearch.com used sneaky and secretive methods to get installed. That leaves us with numerous possibilities because, unfortunately, hackers nowadays have way more infiltration tricks than they should. You may have clicked on some corrupted web link or a third-party advertisement, you might have been careless enough to open a spam email-attachment or a spam message from an unknown sender. The most plausible scenario is that you downloaded some free programs off of the Internet and you didn’t pay attention to what you were actually agreeing to install. Freeware bundles could easily cause you a headache if you let them. That’s why you should always make sure you remain the one in control of the installation process unless you’re deliberately trying to install malware. It’s highly recommended to select the advanced or custom option because that way you will be able to spot and deselect any potential intruder on time. Remember, various kinds of parasites might be trying to sneak in along the legitimate programs that you were originally going for. It’s your job to make sure they fail.

Why is this dangerous?

If you check out the Privacy Policy of FetchSearch.com on its official website, you will learn that “in no event shall our company be liable for any damages”. And there will be damages. What the developers are trying to tell you is that your safety is not their responsibility. Why would you tolerate a program that can’t be trusted in the first place? Once it gets installed,  the FetchSearch.com hijacker attacks your browsers and you should know that it’s compatible with all the most popular browsers out there. That means Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer will inevitably have some modifications. Without bothering to search for your consent, FetchSearch.com automatically replaces both your default homepage and your search engine with its own domain. Then it starts redirecting you. No matter how harmless or practical FetchSearch.com may seem to be, keep in mind that this is a virus. Whatever it displays is unreliable and potentially dangerous, including web links, advertisements, software updates, etc. This is an ad-supported program and it exists so it could generate profit for hackers. That is exactly what it does. It goes without saying that you will not be able to find what you’re searching for online. However, that’s just a tiny inconvenience compared to the constant danger you’re exposing yourself to because some of the results on your computer screen WILL be corrupted. As long as the hijacker is still present, you’re always one click away from installing more malicious programs including Trojans, ransomware, etc. Not a particularly happy thought, is it? In addition, you should also know that due to the parasite’s manipulations, the PC will experience numerous issues and the device might start occasionally crashing and freezing. It’s clear that FetchSearch.com brings along a never-ending pile of issues so unless you’re willing to experience all of them, you will remove the hijacker. In order to delete the parasite manually, please follow the instructions you will find down below.

How to Remove FetchSearch.com virus

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the FetchSearch.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 FetchSearch.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 FetchSearch.com from Add\Remove Programs

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

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

STEP 1 : Uninstall FetchSearch.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 FetchSearch.com homepage from Chrome, Firefox and IE

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the FetchSearch.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 FetchSearch.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.