What is Eticosearch.com?
Eticosearch.com is a search engine which is often identified as a browser hijacker because it can replace the existing home page/search provider tools. Even though it is unlikely that the program will install itself without your permission, it is possible that the potentially undesirable search provider modifications will be initiated by default when installing bundled software. If you do not want to worry about Eticosearch.com removal, you need to be extremely careful when installing browser extensions, computer applications, search tools and other software. Note that bundled software often hides silent installers, and if you have found the undesirable search tool, it is possible that you will need to delete other undesirable software as well. Needless to say, if dangerous malware is running on your computer, you want to locate and delete it right away.
How does Eticosearch.com work?
Most computer users who install Eticosearch.com onto their browsers are cautious enough to check the Privacy Policy or the Terms & Conditions documents. You are provided with links to these on the home page of the search provider. Unfortunately, these links are inactive and indicate that the requested pages were not found. This means that you cannot check information regarding the web cookies which may be installed to spy on you. What is more, these documents should reveal information about the affiliation to third parties. The search provider presents sponsored links; however, there is no way to tell if they are reliable and if you would not risk your own virtual security by clicking on them. You should be most careful with the proposed freeware installers because they could carry unreliable programs that may be difficult to delete after installation.
The non-existent privacy policy and the presented sponsored search results are not the only suspicious Eticosearch.com features. If you run an affected Mozilla Firefox browser and click the Email button displayed on the home page of the search engine, you will be warned that ‘This connection is Untrusted’. According to the warning, the search provider uses an invalid security certificate. If you proceed with the connection, you will be routed to buildbacklinkscheap.com/wp-login.php. This is yet another reason to delete the search tool.
How to remove Eticosearch.com?
In order to delete Eticosearch.com from the affected Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers, you can follow the manual removal instructions presented below. Unfortunately, these guides will be helpless if other dangerous threats are running on your computer. Remember that this is a risk related to bundled software that could be used to distribute the unreliable search tool as well. Dangerous applications are usually designed to circumvent removal, which is why we strongly recommend using authentic security software. If you do, all potentially existing security threats will be deleted automatically.
Remove Eticosearch.com from the browsers
Remove from Internet Explorer:
- Launch IE and simultaneously tap Alt+T.
- In the Tools menu select Internet Options.
- Click the General tab and find the Home Page.
- Overwrite/delete the unwanted URL and click OK.
- Tap Alt+T again and select Manage Add-ons.
- In the menu on the left select Search Providers.
- Add/choose a new default search provider.
- Remove the unwanted search provider and click Close.
Remove from Mozilla Firefox:
- Launch Firefox and simultaneously tap Alt+T.
- In the Tools menu select Options.
- Click the General tab and locate the Home Page.
- Overwrite/delete the unwanted URL and click OK.
- Move the cursor to the Firefox search box on the right.
- Click the search provider icon to open a menu.
- Select Manage Search Engines.
- Remove the undesirable search provider and click OK.
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