What is Mysearchengine.ru?
If your homepage on Firefox, IE, or Chrome was replaced by Mysearchengine.ru without your permission, you must realize that this search engine is unreliable. Unfortunately, some users install it themselves, and it might be harder for them to realize that the search tool is unreliable and, potentially, malicious. Anti-Spyware-101.com malware researchers warn that trusting this allegedly reliable search engine could be extremely dangerous, and you should not make that mistake. Hopefully, you already realize that you might be in trouble if you have found this report. If you continue reading, you will learn why this search engine is considered unreliable, what dangers you might face by interacting with it, and which methods can be employed to help you delete Mysearchengine.ru. We discuss both manual and automatic removal options. Please start a discussion in the comments section below if any questions come up.
How does Mysearchengine.ru work?
Mysearchengine.ru is one of many browser hijackers that use the Google Custom Search engine. Some other examples are Searchoko.com, Searchpause.com, and MyTrustSearch.com. Although this search engine was developed by Google with all the good intentions, more and more browser hijackers are exploiting it, and that puts careless users at serious risk. A careless user might assume that Google Custom Search offers the same services as Google Search, and that is not the case. Anyone can utilize this search engine, and the results shown via it could be adjusted to include advertisements. As you might have noticed already, Mysearchengine.ru shows banner advertisements on its home page, but it looks like it can showcase ads via the results show to you as well. Is it dangerous to interact with these ads? We believe it is because we do not know which parties and advertisers the hijacker is associated with. In the worst case scenario, schemers and cyber criminals users will use the platform to showcase misleading and malicious links, which is one of the reasons to delete the infection.
The biggest reason to remove Mysearchengine.ru from your browsers is the unknown. Did you notice that this hijacker is not supported by legal information? That is not something you can just ignore. Of course, most users do not pay attention to this information anyway, but that is dangerous. Privacy policies, license agreements, and other information can reveal a lot about the software you install. The absence of this information means that you do not know if Mysearchengine.ru can install data-tracking tools and what kind of information they might track. What if this hijacker records personally identifiable information, but it is unable to protect it reliably from malicious parties? You also do not know what advertising practices this hijacker exercises. Needless to say, the hijacker is exceptionally suspicious, and, unfortunately, there are more questions than answers. Due to this reason, our advice for you is to delete the browser hijacker from the infected browsers immediately.
How to delete Mysearchengine.ru
Mysearchengine.ru is a browser hijacker that is too suspicious and mysterious to trust. Although it looks like a normal search tool, it cannot be trusted because it might modify the search results shown to you via Google Custom Search. On top of that, there is very little information about the hijacker, which makes it completely untrustworthy. Our recommendation for anyone who has faced this hijacker is to delete it immediately. You can remove Mysearchengine.ru quite easily by modifying the homepage URL, as shown in the instructions below. We also add a guide that shows how to modify the shortcut Target. It was found that this malware could corrupt your browsers by changing the Target of the browser’s shortcut, which is something that stops many users from successfully eliminating dangerous hijackers. Also, keep in mind that the hijacker might be linked to malicious extensions and programs. Use anti-malware software to have these infections deleted and your operating system protected.
Removal Instructions
Internet Explorer:
- Launch IE and tap Alt+T.
- Select Internet options.
- Click the General tab.
- Overwrite the undesirable Home Page URL.
- Click OK and then restart the browser.
Google Chrome:
- Launch Chrome and tap Alt+F.
- Select Settings and go to On Startup.
- Mark Open a specific page or set of pages.
- Click the Set pages button.
- Overwrite the undesirable URL.
- Click OK and then restart the browser.
Mozilla Firefox:
- Launch Firefox and tap Alt+T.
- Select Options and move to the General menu.
- Overwrite the undesirable Home Page URL.
- Restart the browser.
How to fix the Shortcut’s Target:
- Right-click the infected browser’s shortcut.
- Select Properties.
- Click the Shortcut tab and find the Target.
- Change the target to represent the true location of the browser’s .exe and click OK.
- Change the Home Page.
tested removal of Mysearchengine.ru*
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