Genieo

What is Genieo?

The Genieo browser hijacker is a malicious computer threat which should be deleted from the computer without any delay. Even though the clandestine threat is represented through a seemingly authentic search engine, you should not leave it running on the personal computer for another moment. And how can you discover a clandestine hijacker? According to Anti-Spyware-101.com experts, most web browser hijackers enter the targeted computer without prior warnings or authorization. In most cases, schemers utilize attractive freeware to slip in the devious threat; however, it is also possible that the program has been dropped by a malicious Trojan which is actively running on your PC right this moment. Of course, we recommend that you delete Genieo from the operating Windows system.

How does Genieo act?

The moment the malicious Genieo hijacker is infiltrated onto the personal computer, your home page and search engine settings are modified without your authorization. It is most likely that your home page will be changed to search.genieo.com, and it is not recommended that you trust this search engine. Even though the interface of the application does not raise any suspicions, you must recognize that schemers could use any legitimate search engine to perform malicious browser hijacker operations. Therefore, it would be best to terminate any browsing sessions, if you have noticed unauthorized modifications.

The Genieo search engine provides you with such search tools as Web, Images, Video, News, Shopping, Genieo Mobile and My Magazine. It has been researched that the News searches route you straight to the Google news search, and the shopping searches route you to savefront.com deals. This is not the only suspicious attribute, and you should be most careful about the sponsored search results. These are positioned at the top of each of the search result pages, and at first you may see no harm in clicking on them. Since the browser hijacker is malicious, it is possible that by clicking on these ads you will help schemers to open up even more security backdoors. Do you want to worry about additional malware removal? Then rush to delete Genieo browser hijacker.

How to remove Genieo?

Even though you may think that to remove the browser hijacker all that you need to do is change the home page and the search engine settings, in reality, this is not enough to get rid of the clandestine threat. We strongly recommend that you install automatic spyware detection and removal software to have Genieo deleted. Click the download button to initiate the installation of an authentic and reliable remover SpyHunter to have all of the threats deleted from the PC. Afterwards change your browser settings manually.

Delete from browsers

Delete from Mozilla Firefox:

1. Open the browser, simultaneously tap Alt+T and select Options.
2. Click the General tab and scroll down to Home Page.
3. Change/remove the provided URL and click OK.
4. Click the icon placed on the search box and select Manage Search Engines.
5. Select the unwanted search provider, Remove it and click OK.

Delete from Google Chrome:

1. Open the browser, simultaneously tap Alt+F and select Settings.
2. Under On Startup mark Open a specific page or set of pages and click Set Pages.
3. Overwrite/remove the provided URL and click OK.
4. Under Search click Manage search engines, remove (click X) the unwanted one and click OK.

Delete from Internet Explorer:

1. Open the browser, simultaneously tap Alt+T and select Manage Add-ons.
2. Select Search Providers and Remove the unwanted provider. Click Close.
3. Tap Alt+T again and select Internet Options.
4. Click the General tab, change/remove the provided Home Page and click OK.

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