ustart.org

What is ustart.org?

Ustart.org is a search engine that can be customized by the user according to his or her interests. This search engine presents results returned from Google search; however, in addition to hits relevant to your search keywords you will find advertisements which in some way may be related to what you are looking for. Ustart.org is promoted via various free applications, and due to the fact that a great number of computer users skip the information provided in the installation wizards, ustart.org is widely regarded as a browser hijacker or even a virus. In any case, it is advisable to remove ustart.org in order to prevent the redirection to insecure websites.

How does ustart.org work?

Once you access the website, you are offered to select topics which you are interested in. Moreover, an offer to install a uStart extension is provided. When you install the plug-in, the home page of your Internet Explorer, Google, or Mozilla Firefox, depending on the browser you use, will be changed to Ustart.org. Consequently, whenever you open the search engine in question, you will find the latest news related to the categories that you have selected in the beginning. Additionally, you will find three tabs, offering various options and links to different websites. The customized tiles present the latest news published by well-known sources such as BBC or Yahoo. Moreover, ustart.org has a tile containing links to Hotmail, Google Mail, Wikipedia, Facebook, MySpace, eBay and so other domains. If you do not want to be monitored and provided with advertisements or other unwanted contents, you should remove ustart.org from your computer as soon as you find that it is in your computer.

How to remove ustart.org?

When a browser add-on changes the home page or search provider of a browser, it is advisable to check the settings, alter the home page or remove the unwanted plug-in. However, if manual changes do not help, a spyware removal tool can help to resolve the problem. Below you will find our step-by-step instructions that will help you to alter the browser settings manually. If you do not want to follow the instructions, use SpyHunter which will remove ustart.org and protect the computer.

Ustart.org removal

Internet Explorer

1. Press Alt+T.
2. Click Manage Add-ons.
3. Click Toolbars and Extensions and remove the unwanted add-on.
4. Click Search Providers.
5. Select a new search provider and click Set as default.
6. Remove uStart.
7. To change the start page, press Alt+T.
8. Click Internet Options.
9. Under the General tab, type the URL of a new home page and click OK.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Press Ctrl+Shift+A.
2. In the Extensions list, find and remove the unwanted add-on.
3. To change the home page, press Alt+T.
4. Click Options.
5. Open the General tab and type a new URL in the Home Page box.
6. Press OK.
7. To change the search provider, open the drop-down menu next to the search box and click Manage search engines.
8. Remove the unwanted search provider and select a new one.

Google Chrome

1. Press Alt+F.
2. Go to Tools - > Extensions.
3. Remove the unwanted add-on related to ustart.org.
4. Click Settings.
5. In the On startup section, click Set pages.
6. Type the URL of your startup page.
7. In the Search section, click Manage Search Engines.
8. Remove ustart.org and set a new search provider.

Once you remove ustart.org from your browsers, you should install a scanner in order to make sure that the computer is running properly.

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