Remove Piesearch.com Hijacker from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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

Piesearch.com is a browser hijacker. Rather, Piesearch.com is just the website that’s hijacking your browser. It’s just the ‘face’ of your issue. The actual threat is hiding behind the page, using it as a front. That’s the problem you need to address. If you get rid of the tool that’s forcing the website upon you, the website itself will stop plaguing you. If you don’t, you better get used to seeing it incessantly. And, not just Piesearch.com, but also an entire myriad of unpleasantries. The first one will be the overtaking of your preferred homepage and search engine by Piesearch.com. That’s a change implemented by the hijacker that has slithered into your computer. But it only gets worse from there. The tool behind the site is free to do any reshuffle it so wishes without bothering to ask for your permission or inform you prior to making it. Does that sound like a pleasant experience? Hardly. Holding onto the hijacker behind the Piesearch.com page would be a grave mistake that will only lead to trouble and headaches and an overall abundance of horrible repercussions. Why don’t you do yourself a favor, and get rid of the hijacker as soon as the opportunity presents itself? Protect yourself and your PC by deleting the tool lurking behind the page immediately after you first encounter the Piesearch.com website when you attempt to browse the web. You won’t regret it.

How did I get infected with?

The tool using Piesearch.com as a front is quite resourceful. It’s a master in the arts of deceit, and through finesse and trickery, it dupes you into agreeing to install it. And, do you know what? It even manages to keep you oblivious to its presence. Oh, yes. You have no idea there’s a hazardous infection hiding somewhere in the corners of your PC until it decides to clue you in by revealing itself. Usually, the ‘reveal’ occurs shortly after infiltration when unrequested reshuffles start making an appearance. Just like, the unapproved and unwanted replacement of your default homepage and search engine. More often than not, the tool hiding behind Piesearch.com sneaks in undetected by pretending to be a bogus program or system update. For example, you may be utterly convinced you’re updating your Java or Adobe Flash Player, while, in actuality, you’ll be installing a hijacker. Do you know what’s your best chance at preventing that from ever occurring? Be more careful! A little extra attention goes a long way. Don’t give into your naivety, haste, and distraction, and you just might manage to keep your PC infection-free.

Why is this dangerous?

Piesearch.com is quite an intrusive website. It will pop up every single time you try to go online, without fail. But it’s just the extent of your real issue, its consequence. As was already mentioned, your actual problem is using it as a front. It hides in the shadows and wreaks havoc. The hijacker begins causing trouble shortly after it slithers into your system and doesn’t stop unless you forcibly remove it. And, until you do, it has all but free rein in your system. Why? Well, it can do anything and everything it so desires as it’s not bound by the restriction of asking for your permission first. The tool can merely surprise with its reshuffles. And, what a ‘fun’ surprise it would be to turn on your computer and find it utterly overrun with malware. Oh, yes. The hijacker can do that. It can approve the installation of as many malevolent tools as it wishes. And, you’ll just have to accept it and deal with the repercussions. What’s more, the hijacker will not only redirect you to Piesearch.com every single time you try to use your browser, but it will also flood you with pop-up ads. But the bombardments and the redirects won’t just infuriate you to no end. Due to these continuous interruptions, your system will start to crash frequently, and your computer’s performance will slow down to a crawl. But the grievances don’t end there. Oh, no. The hijacker also presents you with a severe malware threat with the help of the pop-up advertisements, which are immensely unreliable. They’re bundled with all kinds of malicious tools, and if you click on a single one, you end up agreeing to install more unwanted malware without even realizing it. What’s worse, you’ll also be faced with a security risk, courtesy of the tool behind Piesearch.com. The hijacker spies on you from the moment it invades your system. It keeps a thorough record of every move you make online and then sends the collected information to the unknown individuals that support it. That includes personal and financial details. Are you willing to risk handing your private life to strangers with agendas? Don’t. Do what’s best for you and your system, and delete the hijacker as soon as it first forces Piesearch.com upon you. It’s the best course of action you can take.

How to Remove Piesearch.com virus

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

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

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

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

• Open Google Chrome

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