What is Protectedsesarch.com Search?
Protectedsesarch.com Search is a website that you get redirected to when you install a list of browser toolbars. Although none of the browser extensions related to Protectedsesarch.com Search are malicious, users report that they are being tricked into installing them without even realizing that. It could be explained by the fact that various browser toolbars are often distributed together with freeware applications that users download online. If you experience redirections to the previously mentioned website, you should remove Protectedsesarch.com Search and all the extensions related to it from your system at once.
How does Protectedsesarch.com Search work?
Even though Protectedsesarch.com Search presents itself as a useful search engine, the truth is that it uses a customized Google search engine, and you are redirected to this website because the creators of toolbars and extensions want money. When Protectedsesarch.com Search is bundled with freeware and you install it, each time you find yourself on the Protectedsesarch.com website, or click on an add that is embedded there, you generate a particular sum of money for the creators of these applications. Usually users claim that the changes in their browsers are being executed without their knowledge, but usually you can choose whether you want to install the Protectedsesarch.com Search search engine on your browser or not. Thus you need to be very attentive during each installation that you go through.
How to remove Protectedsesarch.com Search?
Due to the fact that Protectedsesarch.com Search is filled with commercial advertisements, it might be exploited as malware distributor by third parties. It is necessary to remove Protectedsesarch.com Search from your default search engines to protect your system from possible infections. To get rid of the redirections do the following:
Windows 8
1. Right-click the left bottom corner of the screen.
2. Select Control Panel.
3. Go to Uninstall a Program.
4. Remove programs related to iGeared LLC (e.g. eM Client Toolbar).
Windows Vista & Windows 7
1. Go to Start Menu --> Control Panel --> Uninstall a Program.
2. Remove programs related to iGeared LLC (e.g. eM Client Toolbar).
Windows XP
1. Go to Start Menu --> Control Panel --> Add or Remove Programs.
2. Remove programs related to iGeared LLC (e.g. eM Client Toolbar).
Terminate Protectedsesarch.com Search in your browsers:
Internet Explorer
1. Go too Tools --> Manage add-ons.
2. Remove toolbars and extensions related to iGeared LLC (e.g. eM Client Toolbar).
3. Go to Tools --> Internet options.
4. Under General tab home page section, delete protectedsearch.com and enter the home page address you prefer.
Mozilla Firefox
1. Click Firefox button and go to Add-ons.
2. Under Extensions tab, look for eM Client Toolbar and remove it.
3. Click Firefox button again and go to Options.
4. Under General tab, replace protectedsearch.com with a web page address you prefer and save changes.
Google Chrome
1. Click the three-icon and go to Tools --> Extensions.
2. Remove eM Client Toolbar and other toolbars that you don't remember having installed.
3. Click the icon again and go to Settings.
4. Under On Startup section select Open a specific page or set of pages option. Click Set pages.
5. Remove protectedsearch.com Search and enter a URL of a preferred website.
6. Click OK to save changes and exit the menu.
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