How to remove Mobisearch.co [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

The Mobisearch.co page appeared on your PC without any notice? After that, you’re faced with the fact that your browser is now rerouted to this intrusive web sites every time when you press web-browser’s home button, create a new tab or perform an Internet search. The cause of all your problems with your computer is browser hijacker that has been installed on many PC systems around the world without users permission, so you’re one of many. Most probably, you do not even know how and where the Mobisearch.co browser hijacker infection has got into your machine.

When you are performing searches using the internet browser that has been affected with Mobisearch.co, the search results will be returned from Bing, Yahoo or Google Custom Search. The authors of Mobisearch.co browser hijacker are most probably doing this to generate advertisement revenue from the advertisements opened in the search results.

The Mobisearch.co hijacker is not a virus, but the virus behaves similarly. As a rootkit hides in the system, makes changes to current settings of installed browsers, and blocks them from changing. Also this hijacker may install additional browser extensions and modules that will open ads and pop ups. And finally, the Mobisearch.co browser hijacker infection can be used to collect lots of personal data like what web pages you’re opening, what you’re looking for the World Wide Web and so on. This information, in the future, can be sold to third parties.

Therefore it’s very important to clean your PC system of hijacker ASAP. Follow the step-by-step guidance below to remove Mobisearch.co , as well as other malware and ‘ad supported’ software, which can be installed onto your computer along with it.

How to remove Mobisearch.co

Most often browser hijacker infections requires more than a simple uninstall with the help of Microsoft Windows Control panel in order to be fully uninstalled. For that reason, our team developed several removal ways that we have combined in a detailed guide. Therefore, if you’ve the unwanted Mobisearch.co browser hijacker on your system and are currently trying to have it deleted then feel free to follow the few simple steps below in order to resolve your problem. Read it once, after doing so, please print this page as you may need to exit your web-browser or reboot your PC system.

To remove Mobisearch.co, perform the following steps:

1. How to manually delete Mobisearch.co
   • Remove Mobisearch.co associated software by using Microsoft Windows Control Panel
   • Delete Mobisearch.co redirect from IE
   • Remove Mobisearch.co search from Firefox
   • Remove Mobisearch.co from Chrome
2. Mobisearch.co redirect automatic removal
   • Use Zemana AntiMalware to remove hijacker
   • Delete Mobisearch.co home page with Malwarebytes
   • Scan your computer and remove Mobisearch.co start page with AdwCleaner
3. Run AdBlocker to stop Mobisearch.co and stay safe online
4. How to prevent Mobisearch.co hijacker from getting inside your system
5. Finish words

How to manually delete Mobisearch.co

The following instructions is a step-by-step guide, which will help you manually delete Mobisearch.co search from the Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, IE and Edge.

Remove Mobisearch.co associated software by using Microsoft Windows Control Panel

The best way to start the computer cleanup is to uninstall unknown and suspicious applications. Using the Windows Control Panel you can do this quickly and easily. This step, in spite of its simplicity, should not be ignored, because the removing of unneeded software can clean up the Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and MS Edge from popup ads hijackers and so on.

1. If you are using Windows 8, 8.1 or 10 then click Windows button, next click Search. Type “Control panel”and press Enter.
2. If you are using Windows XP, Vista, 7, then click “Start” button and click “Control Panel”.
3. It will open the Windows Control Panel.
4. Further, click “Uninstall a program” under Programs category.
5. It will display a list of all programs installed on the PC system.
6. Scroll through the all list, and remove suspicious and unknown programs. To quickly find the latest installed programs, we recommend sort programs by date.

See more details in the video guidance below.

Delete Mobisearch.co redirect from IE

The Internet Explorer reset is great if your internet browser is hijacked or you have unwanted extensions or toolbars on your web browser, which installed by a malware.

First, open the Internet Explorer. Next, press the button in the form of gear (). It will display the Tools drop-down menu, click the “Internet Options” as displayed in the figure below.

In the “Internet Options” window click on the Advanced tab, then click the Reset button. The Internet Explorer will display the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” window as displayed on the image below. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box, then click “Reset” button.

You will now need to restart your machine for the changes to take effect.

Remove Mobisearch.co search from Firefox

If your FF browser startpage has modified to Mobisearch.co without your permission or an unknown search provider shows results for your search, then it may be time to perform the internet browser reset.

Press the Menu button (looks like three horizontal lines), and press the blue Help icon located at the bottom of the drop down menu as on the image below.

A small menu will appear, press the “Troubleshooting Information”. On this page, click “Refresh Firefox” button as on the image below.

Follow the onscreen procedure to restore your FF web browser settings to its original state.

Remove Mobisearch.co from Chrome

In order to be sure that there is nothing left behind, we advise you to reset Chrome browser. It’ll revert back Chrome settings including homepage, newtab page and search provider by default to defaults.

1. First, start the Google Chrome and press the Menu icon (icon in the form of three dots).
2. It will open the Google Chrome main menu. Select More Tools, then click Extensions.
3. You’ll see the list of installed extensions. If the list has the add-on labeled with “Installed by enterprise policy” or “Installed by your administrator”, then complete the following tutorial: Remove Chrome extensions installed by enterprise policy.
4. Now open the Google Chrome menu once again, press the “Settings” menu.
5. Next, click “Advanced” link, which located at the bottom of the Settings page.
6. On the bottom of the “Advanced settings” page, press the “Reset settings to their original defaults” button.
7. The Google Chrome will show the reset settings dialog box as shown on the screen above.
8. Confirm the browser’s reset by clicking on the “Reset” button.
9. To learn more, read the blog post How to reset Chrome settings to default.

Mobisearch.co redirect automatic removal

If you are unsure how to remove Mobisearch.co hijacker infection easily, consider using automatic browser hijacker infection removal programs that listed below. It will identify the browser hijacker which cause a redirect to Mobisearch.co web-site and delete it from your machine for free.

Use Zemana AntiMalware to remove hijacker

We suggest using the Zemana AntiMalware that are completely clean your system of the browser hijacker. The utility is an advanced malware removal program designed by (c) Zemana lab. It’s able to help you remove PUPs, hijackers, adware, malware, toolbars, ransomware and other security threats from your PC system for free.

Download Zemana Anti-Malware by clicking on the following link. Save it on your Windows desktop or in any other place.

When the downloading process is finished, start it and follow the prompts. Once installed, the Zemana will try to update itself and when this process is done, click the “Scan” button to perform a system scan for the browser hijacker responsible for redirects to Mobisearch.co.

A system scan may take anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes, depending on your personal computer. When a threat is found, the number of the security threats will change accordingly. Make sure all threats have ‘checkmark’ and click “Next” button.

The Zemana Anti Malware (ZAM) will remove browser hijacker that cause a redirect to Mobisearch.co web-site.

Delete Mobisearch.co home page with Malwarebytes

You can remove Mobisearch.co automatically with a help of Malwarebytes Free. We suggest this free malware removal utility because it can easily remove browser hijacker infections, ad-supported software, PUPs and toolbars with all their components such as files, folders and registry entries.

1. Visit the following page to download the latest version of MalwareBytes AntiMalware (MBAM) for Windows. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.
   
   

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2. At the download page, click on the Download button. Your web browser will show the “Save as” dialog box. Please save it onto your Windows desktop.
3. When the downloading process is complete, please close all applications and open windows on your PC. Double-click on the icon that’s called mb3-setup.
4. This will run the “Setup wizard” of MalwareBytes Free onto your system. Follow the prompts and don’t make any changes to default settings.
5. When the Setup wizard has finished installing, the MalwareBytes will open and show the main window.
6. Further, click the “Scan Now” button to perform a system scan with this utility for the browser hijacker that made to redirect your internet browser to the Mobisearch.co page. A scan can take anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes, depending on the number of files on your personal computer and the speed of your personal computer. While the tool is checking, you can see count of objects and files has already scanned.
7. Once finished, a list of all threats detected is produced.
8. When you are ready, click the “Quarantine Selected” button. When disinfection is complete, you may be prompted to restart the PC system.
9. Close the AntiMalware and continue with the next step.

Video instruction, which reveals in detail the steps above.

Scan your computer and remove Mobisearch.co start page with AdwCleaner

AdwCleaner is a free removal utility which can scan your PC for a wide range of security threats like adware, malware, PUPs as well as hijacker that developed to redirect your web-browser to the Mobisearch.co web page. It will perform a deep scan of your PC including hard drives and MS Windows registry. After a malicious software is found, it will help you to get rid of all detected threats from your system by a simple click.

Download AdwCleaner on your Windows Desktop by clicking on the link below.

After the download is finished, open the file location and double-click the AdwCleaner icon. It will launch the AdwCleaner tool and you will see a screen as displayed in the figure below. If the User Account Control prompt will ask you want to start the program, press Yes button to continue.

Next, press “Scan” to perform a system scan for the hijacker which reroutes your internet browser to unwanted Mobisearch.co page. Depending on your system, the scan can take anywhere from a few minutes to close to an hour. While the utility is checking, you can see how many objects and files has already scanned.

Once AdwCleaner has finished scanning your PC, AdwCleaner will open a list of all threats detected by the scan as displayed on the image below.

When you are ready, press “Clean” button. It will open a dialog box. Click “OK” button. The AdwCleaner will delete browser hijacker responsible for changing your web-browser settings to Mobisearch.co. When that process is done, the tool may ask you to reboot your system. After restart, the AdwCleaner will display the log file.

All the above steps are shown in detail in the following video instructions.

Run AdBlocker to stop Mobisearch.co and stay safe online

We advise to install an ad blocker application which can stop Mobisearch.co and other undesired pages. The ad blocking tool like AdGuard is a application that basically removes advertising from the Internet and blocks access to malicious sites. Moreover, security experts says that using ad-blocking applications is necessary to stay safe when surfing the World Wide Web.

Download AdGuard program from the link below. Save it directly to your MS Windows Desktop.

After downloading is finished, start the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as shown below.

Follow the prompts. When the install is finished, you will see a window as shown on the image below.

You can click “Skip” to close the install program and use the default settings, or click “Get Started” button to see an quick tutorial that will assist you get to know AdGuard better.

In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you start your machine, AdGuard will run automatically and stop advertisements, web sites such Mobisearch.co, as well as other harmful or misleading web-pages. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, that is located on your desktop.

How to prevent Mobisearch.co hijacker from getting inside your system

The Mobisearch.co browser hijacker usually gets onto personal computer by being attached to another program in the same setup file. The risk of this is especially high for the various free programs downloaded from the Internet. The creators of the software are hoping that users will run the quick setup mode, that is simply to click the Next button, without paying attention to the information on the screen and don’t carefully considering every step of the installation procedure. Thus, the hijacker infection may infiltrate your personal computer without your knowledge. Therefore, it is very important to read all the information that tells the program during install, including the ‘Terms of Use’ and ‘Software license’. Use only the Manual, Custom or Advanced installation mode. This method will help you to disable all optional and unwanted software and components.

Finish words

After completing the instructions shown above, your personal computer should be free from browser hijacker which cause Mobisearch.co web-site to appear and other malware. The Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Internet Explorer will no longer display intrusive Mobisearch.co home page on startup. Unfortunately, if the steps does not help you, then you have caught a new hijacker, and then the best way – ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.