How to remove ISearch search redirect [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

Every time, when you run your web browser the ISearch web site which you don’t remember installing as home page or search engine keeps annoying you? ISearch is a new hijacker infection from the big family of browser hijackers. It can end up on your PC system in various ways. In most cases is when you download and install another free application and forget to uncheck the box for the additional apps installation. Do not panic because we’ve got the solution. Here’s a guidance on how to remove annoying ISearch search redirect from any web-browsers, including the Mozilla Firefox, Edge, Google Chrome and IE.

The hijacker infection can also set up the ISearch web site as the Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, MS Edge and IE default search provider that cause search redirects via the web site. In this way, creators of the hijacker have an opportunity to display various advertisements together with the search results for your query. These undesired ads will be summarized in the redirected web-page. This can bring a lot of revenue for developers of the browser hijacker infection.

Also, adware (also known as ‘ad-supported’ software) may be installed on the system together with ISearch hijacker. It will insert a large number of ads directly to the pages which you view, creating a sense that ads has been added by the makers of the web-site. Moreover, legal ads can be replaced on fake advertisements which will offer to download and install various unnecessary and malicious apps. Moreover, the ISearch hijacker can gather your confidential info which can be later transferred to third parties.

Most often, the ISearch hijacker affects most common web browsers like Chrome, MS Edge, IE and Firefox. But such hijackers as well can infect other internet browsers by modifying its shortcuts (adding ‘http://site.address’ into Target field of web-browser’s shortcut). So every time you open the web browser, it will open ISearch webpage. Even if you setup your home page again, the annoying ISearch web-page will be the first thing that you see when you start the web browser.

Therefore it is very important to free your machine of hijacker infection ASAP. Follow the steps below to remove ISearch start page, as well as other malicious software and adware, which may be installed onto your personal computer along with it.

How to remove ISearch search redirect from Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge

In the steps below, we will try to cover the Microsoft Edge, Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer and provide general help to get rid of ISearch redirect. You may find some minor differences in your Microsoft Windows install. No matter, you should be okay if you follow the steps outlined below: delete all suspicious and unknown apps, reset browsers settings, fix web-browsers shortcuts, use free malicious software removal tools. Read it once, after doing so, please print this page as you may need to close your web browser or restart your personal computer.

To remove ISearch, perform the following steps:

1. How to remove ISearch without any software
   • Uninstall potentially unwanted programs through the MS Windows Control Panel
   • Clean up the web browsers shortcuts that have been affected by ISearch
   • Remove ISearch redirect from IE
   • Remove ISearch redirect from Google Chrome
   • Remove ISearch redirect from Firefox
2. Scan your computer and get rid of ISearch with free tools
   • Scan and clean your PC system of ISearch with Zemana Free
   • Scan your machine and get rid of ISearch with Hitman Pro
   • Delete ISearch start page with Malwarebytes
3. Run AdBlocker to block ISearch redirect and stay safe online
4. Don’t know how your web browser has been hijacked by ISearch browser hijacker?
5. To sum up

How to remove ISearch without any software

To remove ISearch browser hijacker, adware and other unwanted applications you can try to do so manually. Unfortunately some of the hijackers won’t show up in your program list, but some hijackers may. In this case, you may be able to get rid of it through the uninstall function of your Windows computer. You can do this by following the steps below.

Uninstall potentially unwanted programs through the MS Windows Control Panel

The best way to begin the computer cleanup is to remove unknown and suspicious programs. 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 applications can clean up the IE, Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge from pop ups hijackers and so on.

Carefully browse through the list of installed applications and get rid of all dubious and unknown applications. We recommend to click ‘Installed programs’ and even sorts all installed apps by date. Once you’ve found anything suspicious that may be the hijacker responsible for redirects to ISearch or other PUP (potentially unwanted program), then select this program and press ‘Uninstall’ in the upper part of the window. If the questionable application blocked from removal, then use Revo Uninstaller Freeware to fully remove it from your system.

Clean up the web browsers shortcuts that have been affected by ISearch

After the hijacker is started, it can also change the browser’s shortcuts, adding an argument like “http://site.address” into the Target field. Due to this, every time you open the web-browser, it will show an undesired web page.

Click the right mouse button to a desktop shortcut file which you use to start your browser. Next, choose the “Properties” option. Important: necessary to click on the desktop shortcut file for the web-browser that is rerouted to the ISearch or other unwanted website.

Further, necessary to look at the text which is written in the “Target” field. The ISearch hijacker and other internet browser’s harmful addons can change the contents of this field, which describes the file to be start when you run your web-browser. Depending on the web browser you are using, there should be:

• Google Chrome: chrome.exe
• Opera: opera.exe
• Firefox: firefox.exe
• Internet Explorer: iexplore.exe

If you are seeing an unknown text similar to “http://site.addres” which has been added here, then you should remove it, as shown below.

Next, click the “OK” button to save the changes. Now, when you open the browser from this desktop shortcut, it does not occur automatically reroute on the ISearch webpage or any other annoying websites. Once the step is finished, we recommend to go to the next step.

Remove ISearch redirect from IE

The Internet Explorer reset is great if your browser is hijacked or you’ve unwanted addons or toolbars on your internet browser, which installed by a malicious software.

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

In the “Internet Options” window click on the Advanced tab, then click the Reset button. The Microsoft Internet Explorer will show the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” window like below. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box, then click “Reset” button.

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

Remove ISearch redirect from Google Chrome

If your Google Chrome browser is redirected to undesired ISearch web page, it may be necessary to completely reset your internet browser program to its default settings.

1. First start the Chrome and click Menu button (small button in the form of three dots).
2. It will show the Google Chrome main menu. Select More Tools, then click Extensions.
3. You will see the list of installed extensions. If the list has the addon 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 Chrome menu once again, press the “Settings” menu.
5. You will see the Google Chrome’s settings page. Scroll down and press “Advanced” link.
6. Scroll down again and press the “Reset” button.
7. The Chrome will open the reset profile settings page as shown on the image above.
8. Next click the “Reset” button.
9. Once this process is done, your browser’s startpage, new tab page and default search provider will be restored to their original defaults.
10. To learn more, read the post How to reset Chrome settings to default.

Remove ISearch redirect from Firefox

If the Mozilla Firefox internet browser program is hijacked, then resetting its settings can help. The Reset feature is available on all modern version of Mozilla Firefox. A reset can fix many issues by restoring Firefox settings such as newtab page, start page and search provider by default to their default state. It’ll save your personal information such as saved passwords, bookmarks, auto-fill data and open tabs.

Click the Menu button (looks like three horizontal lines), and click the blue Help icon located at the bottom of the drop down menu as displayed in the following example.

A small menu will appear, press the “Troubleshooting Information”. On this page, click “Refresh Firefox” button as shown in the following example.

Follow the onscreen procedure to return your Mozilla Firefox web-browser settings to their default state.

Scan your computer and get rid of ISearch with free tools

Use malware removal utilities to remove ISearch automatically. The free applications utilities specially created for hijacker, adware and other potentially unwanted software removal. These tools can delete most of browser hijacker from Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer and Firefox. Moreover, it can remove all components of ISearch from Windows registry and system drives.

Scan and clean your PC system of ISearch with Zemana Free

Zemana is a free program for Microsoft Windows operating system to look for and remove potentially unwanted applications, ‘ad supported’ software, harmful web-browser extensions, browser toolbars, and other unwanted programs such as hijacker infection which cause ISearch website to appear, installed on your system.

Zemana Anti Malware can be downloaded from the following link. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.

When downloading is finished, run it and follow the prompts. Once installed, the Zemana Anti Malware (ZAM) will try to update itself and when this procedure is finished, press the “Scan” button . Zemana tool will start scanning the whole computer to find out hijacker that responsible for browser redirect to the annoying ISearch web-site.

While the Zemana Anti-Malware (ZAM) utility is scanning, you may see how many objects it has identified as being infected by malware. In order to remove all items, simply click “Next” button.

The Zemana AntiMalware (ZAM) will get rid of ISearch browser hijacker infection and other browser’s malicious addons and add threats to the Quarantine.

Scan your machine and get rid of ISearch with Hitman Pro

Hitman Pro is a free removal tool that can be downloaded and use to delete browser hijacker infections, adware, malicious software, potentially unwanted software, toolbars and other threats from your computer. You may run this tool to detect threats even if you have an antivirus or any other security program.

Visit the following page to download HitmanPro. Save it directly to your MS Windows Desktop.

Download and run Hitman Pro on your computer. Once started, click “Next” button for checking your machine for the browser hijacker responsible for redirecting user searches to ISearch. A scan can take anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes, depending on the count of files on your PC system and the speed of your PC. While the utility is checking, you can see how many objects and files has already scanned..

After HitmanPro completes the scan, a list of all threats found is produced.

Review the results once the tool has finished the system scan. If you think an entry should not be quarantined, then uncheck it. Otherwise, simply press Next button.

It will open a prompt, press the “Activate free license” button to begin the free 30 days trial to delete all malware found.

Delete ISearch start page with Malwarebytes

We recommend using the Malwarebytes Free that are completely clean your machine of the hijacker. The free utility is an advanced malware removal application developed by (c) Malwarebytes lab. This program uses the world’s most popular antimalware technology. It is able to help you remove hijacker infections, potentially unwanted applications, malicious software, adware, toolbars, ransomware and other security threats from your computer for free.

Visit the page linked below to download the latest version of MalwareBytes Free for MS Windows. Save it to your Desktop.

When downloading is done, close all windows on your personal computer. Further, open the file called mb3-setup. If the “User Account Control” prompt pops up like below, press the “Yes” button.

It will show the “Setup wizard” that will allow you setup MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) on the PC system. Follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings.

Once installation is finished successfully, click Finish button. Then MalwareBytes will automatically start and you can see its main window as shown on the image below.

Next, click the “Scan Now” button to perform a system scan with this tool for the hijacker that cause a redirect to ISearch web-page. This task can take quite a while, so please be patient. During the scan MalwareBytes will detect threats present on your system.

Once MalwareBytes has finished scanning your PC system, you will be displayed the list of all detected items on your computer. Review the scan results and then click “Quarantine Selected” button.

The MalwareBytes Free will get rid of browser hijacker infection responsible for modifying your browser settings to ISearch and add items to the Quarantine. When that process is finished, you can be prompted to reboot your PC system. We advise you look at the following video, which completely explains the procedure of using the MalwareBytes to delete browser hijacker infections, adware and other malicious software.

Run AdBlocker to block ISearch redirect and stay safe online

In order to increase your security and protect your computer against new undesired ads and malicious websites, you need to run ad blocker program that stops an access to malicious advertisements and web pages. Moreover, the program can block the open of intrusive advertising, that also leads to faster loading of webpages and reduce the consumption of web traffic.

Click the link below to download AdGuard. Save it on your MS Windows desktop.

When downloading is done, run the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as shown on the screen below.

Follow the prompts. After the installation is done, you will see a window like below.

You can click “Skip” to close the setup program and use the default settings, or press “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 don’t need to change anything. Each time, when you start your computer, AdGuard will start automatically and stop unwanted ads, block ISearch redirects, as well as other malicious or misleading pages. 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.

Don’t know how your web browser has been hijacked by ISearch browser hijacker?

These days certain free applications creators bundle third-party applications which could be potentially unwanted programs like the ISearch hijacker, with a view to making some money. These are not free applications as install an unwanted programs on to your MS Windows machine. So whenever you install a new free program that downloaded from the World Wide Web, be very careful during setup. Carefully read the EULA (a text with I ACCEPT/I DECLINE button), select custom or manual installation option, uncheck all additional programs.

To sum up

Once you have finished the instructions outlined above, your computer should be free from browser hijacker that responsible for browser redirect to the unwanted ISearch page and other malware. The Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome will no longer display unwanted ISearch web site on startup. Unfortunately, if the instructions does not help you, then you have caught a new hijacker infection, and then the best way – ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.