How to remove FindioSearch.com [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

If your Internet Explorer, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Chrome web browser startpage have replaced to FindioSearch.com somehow, and you have tried to revert back your homepage and search engine from web-browser settings, but it did not help, then you need to know that your browser is affected with the nasty malware from the browser hijacker group. The browser hijacker is an one type of undesired software which makes changes to settings of installed web browsers without your’s permission, to reroute you into undesired websites. The browser hijacker usually rewrite the Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer and Chrome current home page, search provider by default and newtab with its own.

Except that the FindioSearch.com may make certain undesired changes to internet browser’s start page and newtab page, it also changes your search engine, which leads to the fact that use of the internet browser’s search becomes uncomfortable. The reason for this is that the search results will consist of a large amount of ads, links to undesired and ad webpages and only the remaining part is search results for your query from well-known search engines such as Google or Bing.

Also, adware (sometimes called ‘ad-supported’ software) can be installed on the PC together with FindioSearch.com hijacker. It will insert a lot of advertisements directly to the pages that you view, creating a sense that advertisements has been added by the makers of the page. Moreover, legal advertisements can be replaced on fake advertisements that will offer to download and install various unnecessary and harmful apps. Moreover, the FindioSearch.com hijacker can collect lots of your confidential information that may be later sold to third parties.

The FindioSearch.com hijacker can change current settings of web-browsers, but often that the unwanted software may also infect all types of browsers by changing their desktop shortcuts. Thus forcing the user to see FindioSearch.com intrusive web-site every time open the web browser.

Therefore, the hijacker infection is quite dangerous. So, we advise you get rid of it from your personal computer immediately. Follow the guidance presented below to remove FindioSearch.com from the Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer.

Remove FindioSearch.com (removal instructions)

In order to remove FindioSearch.com from the Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer and set your favorite startpage and search engine, you need to reset the web-browser settings. Additionally, you should look up for other questionable entries, such as files, applications, internet browser addons and shortcuts. However, if you want to remove FindioSearch.com easily, you should use reputable anti-malware utility and let it do the job for you.

To remove FindioSearch.com, complete the following steps:

1. How to manually delete FindioSearch.com
   • Remove questionable programs using MS Windows Control Panel
   • Fix affected web-browsers shortcuts to delete FindioSearch.com redirect
   • Delete FindioSearch.com from Internet Explorer
   • Get rid of FindioSearch.com from Mozilla Firefox by resetting web-browser settings
   • Remove FindioSearch.com redirect from Chrome
2. FindioSearch.com search automatic removal
   • Delete FindioSearch.com redirect with Zemana Anti Malware (ZAM)
   • Scan and clean your personal computer of hijacker infection with Hitman Pro
   • Run Malwarebytes to get rid of FindioSearch.com
3. How to block FindioSearch.com redirect
4. Tips to prevent FindioSearch.com and other unwanted software
5. Finish words

How to manually delete FindioSearch.com

The guide will help you remove FindioSearch.com redirect. These FindioSearch.com removal steps work for the IE, Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge, as well as every version of Microsoft Windows operating system.

Remove questionable programs using MS Windows Control Panel

First, you should try to identify and delete the application that causes the appearance of undesired advertisements or web-browser redirect, using the ‘Uninstall a program’ which is located in the ‘Control panel’.

Make sure you have closed all web-browsers and other programs. Press CTRL, ALT, DEL keys together to open the MS Windows Task Manager.

Click on the “Processes” tab, look for something suspicious that is the hijacker that causes web-browsers to display unwanted FindioSearch.com web-site then right-click it and select “End Task” or “End Process” option. Most commonly, malware masks itself to avoid detection by imitating legitimate MS Windows processes. A process is particularly suspicious: it is taking up a lot of memory (despite the fact that you closed all of your applications), its name is not familiar to you (if you’re in doubt, you can always check the program by doing a search for its name in Google, Yahoo or Bing).

Next, delete any unwanted and suspicious software from your Control panel.

Windows 10, 8.1, 8

Now, click the Windows button, type “Control panel” in search and press Enter. Choose “Programs and Features”, then “Uninstall a program”.

Look around the entire list of programs installed on your PC. Most likely, one of them is the browser hijacker infection that reroutes your web browser to intrusive FindioSearch.com web-page. Select the dubious program or the application that name is not familiar to you and delete it.

Windows Vista, 7

From the “Start” menu in MS Windows, select “Control Panel”. Under the “Programs” icon, choose “Uninstall a program”.

Select the questionable or any unknown software, then click “Uninstall/Change” button to delete this unwanted program from your PC.

Windows XP

Click the “Start” button, select “Control Panel” option. Click on “Add/Remove Programs”.

Select an undesired program, then press “Change/Remove” button. Follow the prompts.

Fix affected web-browsers shortcuts to delete FindioSearch.com redirect

Important to know, most anti-malware software that are able to remove browser hijacker that responsible for internet browser redirect to the intrusive FindioSearch.com web page, but unable to search for and recover modified shortcuts. So, you need to fix the desktop shortcuts for your Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Chrome web browsers manually.

Right click on the shortcut of affected web-browser as shown on the screen below.

Select the “Properties” option and it will open the shortcut’s properties. Next, click the “Shortcut” tab and then delete the “http://site.address” string from Target field like below.

Then press OK to save changes. Repeat the step for all internet browsers which are redirected to the FindioSearch.com unwanted web site.

Delete FindioSearch.com from Internet Explorer

First, start the Internet Explorer, press ) button. Next, click “Internet Options” as shown on the image below.

In the “Internet Options” screen select the Advanced tab. Next, click Reset button. The Internet Explorer will show the Reset Internet Explorer settings prompt. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box and click Reset button.

You will now need to restart your PC for the changes to take effect. It will remove browser hijacker that causes browsers to open intrusive FindioSearch.com site, disable malicious and ad-supported web browser’s extensions and restore the Internet Explorer’s settings such as home page, newtab page and search provider by default to default state.

Get rid of FindioSearch.com from Mozilla Firefox by resetting web-browser settings

The Firefox reset will keep your personal information such as bookmarks, passwords, web form auto-fill data and get rid of unwanted search engine and home page such as FindioSearch.com, modified preferences, extensions and security settings.

First, start the Firefox. Next, click the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It will display the drop-down menu. Next, click the Help button ().

In the Help menu click the “Troubleshooting Information”. In the upper-right corner of the “Troubleshooting Information” page press on “Refresh Firefox” button like below.

Confirm your action, click the “Refresh Firefox”.

Remove FindioSearch.com redirect from Chrome

Like other modern internet browsers, the Google Chrome has the ability to reset the settings to their default values and thereby recover the web browser start page, default search engine and newtab page that have been replaced by the FindioSearch.com browser hijacker infection.

First run the Chrome. Next, press the button in the form of three horizontal dots ().

It will show the Chrome menu. Select More Tools, then click Extensions. Carefully browse through the list of installed extensions. If the list has the addon signed with “Installed by enterprise policy” or “Installed by your administrator”, then complete the following guide: Remove Chrome extensions installed by enterprise policy.

Open the Google Chrome menu once again. Further, click the option called “Settings”.

The web-browser will display the settings screen. Another solution to display the Google Chrome’s settings – type chrome://settings in the web browser adress bar and press Enter

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and press the “Advanced” link. Now scroll down until the “Reset” section is visible, as shown in the following example and press the “Reset settings to their original defaults” button.

The Google Chrome will open the confirmation dialog box as displayed in the figure below.

You need to confirm your action, press the “Reset” button. The web-browser will launch the task of cleaning. Once it’s finished, the browser’s settings including newtab, startpage and default search provider back to the values that have been when the Google Chrome was first installed on your system.

FindioSearch.com search automatic removal

There are not many good free antimalware programs with high detection ratio. The effectiveness of malware removal utilities depends on various factors, mostly on how often their virus/malware signatures DB are updated in order to effectively detect modern malware, adware, hijackers and other potentially unwanted programs. We suggest to run several programs, not just one. These programs which listed below will help you remove all components of the browser hijacker from your disk and Windows registry and thereby remove FindioSearch.com .

Delete FindioSearch.com redirect with Zemana Anti Malware (ZAM)

We recommend you to run the Zemana Anti-Malware (ZAM) that are completely clean your system. Moreover, the tool will help you to delete potentially unwanted programs, malicious software, toolbars and adware that your PC can be infected too.

Installing the Zemana Free is simple. First you will need to download Zemana AntiMalware on your Microsoft Windows Desktop by clicking on the following link.

Once downloading is complete, close all software and windows on your PC. Double-click the setup file called Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup. If the “User Account Control” prompt pops up as displayed in the figure below, click the “Yes” button.

It will open the “Setup wizard” that will help you set up Zemana Anti-Malware (ZAM) on your system. Follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings.

Once installation is finished successfully, Zemana will automatically start and you can see its main screen as displayed in the following example.

Now click the “Scan” button to perform a system scan with this tool for the hijacker related to FindioSearch.com search. This procedure can take quite a while, so please be patient. During the scan Zemana Anti Malware (ZAM) will scan for threats present on your personal computer.

When that process is finished, Zemana will create a list of undesired and adware. When you’re ready, click “Next” button. The Zemana Free will begin to remove browser hijacker responsible for FindioSearch.com redirect. Once the task is finished, you may be prompted to restart the system.

Scan and clean your personal computer of hijacker infection with Hitman Pro

Hitman Pro is a completely free (30 day trial) tool. You don’t need expensive ways to remove hijacker infection which cause FindioSearch.com web-page to appear and other malicious applications. HitmanPro will remove all the unwanted apps like ‘ad supported’ software and browser hijackers at zero cost.

Installing the Hitman Pro is simple. First you’ll need to download Hitman Pro on your PC system by clicking on the following link.

When the downloading process is done, open the directory in which you saved it and double-click the Hitman Pro icon. It will launch the HitmanPro tool. If the User Account Control prompt will ask you want to launch the application, click Yes button to continue.

Next, click “Next” to perform a system scan with this utility for the browser hijacker which cause FindioSearch.com page to appear. A system scan can take anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes, depending on your system. When a malicious software, ad-supported software or PUPs are detected, the count of the security threats will change accordingly. Wait until the the checking is finished.

When the checking is finished, HitmanPro will open a list of detected threats as shown in the figure below.

Review the report and then click “Next” button. It will open a prompt, click the “Activate free license” button. The Hitman Pro will remove hijacker responsible for redirects to FindioSearch.com and move threats to the program’s quarantine. Once finished, the tool may ask you to restart your computer.

Run Malwarebytes to get rid of FindioSearch.com

You can remove FindioSearch.com homepage automatically with a help of Malwarebytes Free. We recommend this free malicious software removal tool because it may easily delete hijackers, adware, potentially unwanted apps and toolbars with all their components such as files, folders and registry entries.

1. Click the link below to download the latest version of MalwareBytes AntiMalware for MS Windows. Save it to your Desktop.
   
   

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2. After downloading is finished, close all applications and windows on your personal computer. Open a file location. Double-click on the icon that’s named mb3-setup.
3. Further, press Next button and follow the prompts.
4. Once installation is complete, click the “Scan Now” button to look for hijacker responsible for modifying your web browser settings to FindioSearch.com. This procedure can take quite a while, so please be patient. While the MalwareBytes Free program is checking, you can see number of objects it has identified as threat.
5. Once MalwareBytes Anti Malware completes the scan, MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM) will produce a list of undesired and ‘ad supported’ software. You may remove threats (move to Quarantine) by simply press “Quarantine Selected”. Once disinfection is finished, you can be prompted to restart your computer.

The following video offers a few simple steps on how to remove browser hijacker infections, ‘ad supported’ software and other malicious software with MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM).

How to block FindioSearch.com redirect

To put it simply, you need to use an ad blocker tool (AdGuard, for example). It will block and protect you from all intrusive sites like FindioSearch.com, ads and {pop-ups}. To be able to do that, the ad-blocker program uses a list of filters. Each filter is a rule that describes a malicious web-page, an advertising content, a banner and others. The ad blocker program automatically uses these filters, depending on the webpages you are visiting.

Visit the following page to download the latest version of AdGuard for MS Windows. Save it on your Desktop.

After downloading is done, start the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as displayed in the following example.

Follow the prompts. When the installation is complete, you will see a window as on the image below.

You can press “Skip” to close the installation program and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” button to see an quick tutorial which will help 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 run your system, AdGuard will launch automatically and block popup advertisements, FindioSearch.com redirect, as well as other malicious or misleading web-sites. For an overview of all the features of the application, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, which is located on your desktop.

Tips to prevent FindioSearch.com and other unwanted software

The FindioSearch.com hijacker usually spreads along with various freeware. Most often, it can be bundled within the installers from Softonic, Cnet, Soft32, Brothersoft or other similar web-pages. So, you should run any files downloaded from the World Wide Web with great caution, read the User agreement, Software license and Terms of use. In the process of installing a new application, you should select a Manual, Advanced or Custom installation type to control what components and third-party programs to be installed, otherwise you run the risk of infecting your computer with an hijacker like FindioSearch.com.

Finish words

Now your system should be clean of the hijacker responsible for modifying your internet browser settings to FindioSearch.com. We suggest that you keep Zemana Anti Malware (ZAM) (to periodically scan your system for new hijackers and other malicious software) and AdGuard (to help you stop unwanted popup advertisements and malicious webpages). Moreover, to prevent any browser hijacker, please stay clear of unknown and third party software, make sure that your antivirus program, turn on the option to find out PUPs.

If you need more help with FindioSearch.com related issues, go to our Spyware/Malware removal forum.