How to remove Music Search Tool [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

Do you get Music Search Tool on your browsers instead of your start page or search provider? If yes, then you should known that most likely a browser hijacker infection (sometimes named hijackware) is active on your computer causing the undesired Music Search Tool site to appear. You should get rid of this browser hijacker as soon as possible. Here, in this post below, you can found the helpful guide on How to remove Music Search Tool from your machine for free.

Except that the Music Search Tool can make changes to web browser’s home page and newtab page, it also replaces your search provider, 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 lot of ads, links to unwanted and ad web-sites and only the remaining part is search results for your query from well-known search engines like Google or Bing.

It is not a good idea to have an unwanted application such as Music Search Tool hijacker on your computer. The reason for this is simple, it doing things you do not know about. The browser hijacker be able to collect lots of confidential data that can be later sold to third parties. You don’t know if your home address, account names and passwords are safe. And of course you completely do not know what will happen when you click on any ads on the Music Search Tool web page.

Therefore it’s very important to clean your PC of hijacker infection without a wait. Follow the few simple steps below to remove Music Search Tool startpage, as well as other malware and adware, which can be installed onto your system along with it.

How to remove Music Search Tool

Fortunately, it’s not hard to remove the Music Search Tool hijacker. In the following guide, we will provide two methods to free your PC of this browser hijacker infection. One is the manual removal solution and the other is automatic removal way. You can choose the method that best fits you. Please follow the removal steps below to remove Music Search Tool right now!

To remove Music Search Tool, execute the following steps:

1. Remove Music Search Tool without any utilities
   • Remove Music Search Tool related programs through the Control Panel of your PC system
   • Get rid of Music Search Tool redirect from Microsoft Internet Explorer
   • Remove Music Search Tool from Mozilla Firefox
   • Remove Music Search Tool from Google Chrome
2. Run free malware removal tools to completely remove Music Search Tool home page
   • Automatically delete Music Search Tool redirect with Zemana Anti-Malware
   • Run Hitman Pro to get rid of Music Search Tool start page
   • How to automatically remove Music Search Tool with Malwarebytes
3. How to block Music Search Tool redirect
4. How did you get infected with Music Search Tool browser hijacker
5. To sum up

Remove Music Search Tool without any utilities

Steps to delete Music Search Tool browser hijacker infection without any programs are presented below. Be sure to carry out the step-by-step instructions completely to fully get rid of this annoying Music Search Tool redirect.

Remove Music Search Tool related programs through the Control Panel of your PC system

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

Carefully browse through the list of installed apps and remove all questionable and unknown apps. We recommend to click ‘Installed programs’ and even sorts all installed software by date. Once you’ve found anything dubious that may be the browser hijacker infection that causes internet browsers to show unwanted Music Search Tool website or other potentially unwanted application (PUA), then select this application and click ‘Uninstall’ in the upper part of the window. If the questionable program blocked from removal, then use Revo Uninstaller Freeware to completely remove it from your computer.

Get rid of Music Search Tool redirect from Microsoft Internet Explorer

If you find that Internet Explorer internet browser settings such as start page, search engine by default and new tab page had been hijacked, then you may restore your settings, via the reset browser process.

First, open the Microsoft Internet Explorer. Next, click the button in the form of gear (). It will show the Tools drop-down menu, press 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 display the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” window as shown in the following example. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box, then press “Reset” button.

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

Remove Music Search Tool from Mozilla Firefox

The Mozilla Firefox reset will delete unwanted search provider and startpage such as Music Search Tool, modified preferences, extensions and security settings. When using the reset feature, your personal information like passwords, bookmarks, browsing history and web form auto-fill data will be saved.

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

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

Follow the onscreen procedure to revert back your Firefox internet browser settings to their original state.

Remove Music Search Tool from Google Chrome

If Chrome default search engine, homepage and newtab were hijacked by Music Search Tool then ‘Reset Chrome’ is a method {which} helps to revert back the browser to its factory state. To reset Chrome to the original defaults, follow the few simple steps below.

1. First launch the Chrome and click Menu button (small button in the form of three dots).
2. It will display the Google Chrome main menu. Choose More Tools, then press Extensions.
3. You will see the list of installed addons. If the list has the extension labeled with “Installed by enterprise policy” or “Installed by your administrator”, then complete the following steps: Remove Chrome extensions installed by enterprise policy.
4. Now open the Google Chrome menu once again, press the “Settings” menu.
5. You will see the Chrome’s settings page. Scroll down and click “Advanced” link.
6. Scroll down again and press the “Reset” button.
7. The Google Chrome will open the reset profile settings page as shown on the screen above.
8. Next click the “Reset” button.
9. Once this process is finished, your browser’s home page, search engine by default and newtab will be restored to their original defaults.
10. To learn more, read the blog post How to reset Chrome settings to default.

Run free malware removal tools to completely remove Music Search Tool home page

Use malware removal utilities to delete Music Search Tool automatically. The freeware utilities specially created for browser hijacker infection, adware and other potentially unwanted apps removal. These tools can remove most of hijacker from Microsoft Edge, IE, Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Moreover, it can remove all components of Music Search Tool from Windows registry and system drives.

Automatically delete Music Search Tool redirect with Zemana Anti-Malware

Zemana Anti Malware (ZAM) is a free application for Microsoft Windows operating system to search for and delete potentially unwanted programs, adware, malicious internet browser extensions, browser toolbars, and other undesired apps like browser hijacker infection that causes browsers to open unwanted Music Search Tool website, installed on your machine.

Installing the Zemana Free is simple. First you will need to download Zemana Anti-Malware (ZAM) on your MS Windows Desktop from the link below.

When downloading is complete, close all programs and windows on your PC. Double-click the set up file called Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup. If the “User Account Control” prompt pops up as on the image below, click the “Yes” button.

It will open the “Setup wizard” which will help you install Zemana Anti Malware on your computer. Follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings.

Once install is finished successfully, Zemana will automatically start and you can see its main screen as displayed on the screen below.

Now click the “Scan” button to perform a system scan for the browser hijacker infection responsible for redirecting user searches to Music Search Tool. Depending on your PC, the scan may take anywhere from a few minutes to close to an hour.

When Zemana has completed scanning, Zemana will show you the results. Make sure all threats have ‘checkmark’ and click “Next” button. The Zemana AntiMalware (ZAM) will get rid of browser hijacker related to Music Search Tool start page and add threats to the Quarantine. Once the process is complete, you may be prompted to reboot the machine.

Run Hitman Pro to get rid of Music Search Tool start page

HitmanPro is a portable program that requires no hard installation to identify and remove hijacker infection that cause Music Search Tool web site to appear. The program itself is small in size (only a few Mb). Hitman Pro does not need any drivers and special dlls. It is probably easier to use than any alternative malware removal utilities you have ever tried. Hitman Pro works on 64 and 32-bit versions of Windows 10, 8, 7 and XP. It proves that removal tool can be just as effective as the widely known antivirus programs.

Visit the page linked below to download the latest version of Hitman Pro for Microsoft Windows. Save it to your Desktop.

When the downloading process is finished, open the folder in which you saved it. You will see an icon like below.

Double click the HitmanPro desktop icon. Once the utility is started, you will see a screen like below.

Further, click “Next” button . HitmanPro tool will begin scanning the whole computer to find out browser hijacker which redirects your browser to annoying Music Search Tool web-site. Once the scan is finished, HitmanPro will display a list of all items found by the scan as shown in the following example.

Once you’ve selected what you want to delete from your machine click “Next” button. It will display a prompt, press the “Activate free license” button.

How to automatically remove Music Search Tool with Malwarebytes

Manual Music Search Tool startpage removal requires some computer skills. Some files and registry entries that created by the browser hijacker can be not completely removed. We recommend that run the Malwarebytes Free that are completely free your PC of browser hijacker. Moreover, the free program will help you to remove malware, PUPs, adware and toolbars that your system may be infected too.

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

Once the download is finished, close all windows on your system. Further, start the file named mb3-setup. If the “User Account Control” prompt pops up as shown in the figure below, press the “Yes” button.

It will open the “Setup wizard” that will help you setup MalwareBytes on the machine. Follow the prompts and don’t make any changes to default settings.

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

Next, press the “Scan Now” button to find out hijacker infection related to Music Search Tool . This task can take some time, so please be patient. While the MalwareBytes Free is checking, you can see number of objects it has identified either as being malicious software.

When MalwareBytes Anti-Malware completes the scan, MalwareBytes will show a list of all items found by the scan. Review the report and then click “Quarantine Selected” button.

The MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM) will delete browser hijacker infection responsible for redirecting user searches to Music Search Tool and add threats to the Quarantine. Once the clean up is done, you can be prompted to reboot your PC. We suggest you look at the following video, which completely explains the process of using the MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM) to get rid of hijackers, adware and other malicious software.

How to block Music Search Tool redirect

It’s important to use ad-blocker applications like AdGuard to protect your computer from harmful webpages. Most security experts says that it is okay to stop ads. You should do so just to stay safe! And, of course, the AdGuard can to stop Music Search Tool and other annoying web-sites.

Please go to the link below to download the latest version of AdGuard for Windows. Save it on your Desktop.

After downloading it, double-click the downloaded file to start it. The “Setup Wizard” window will show up on the computer screen as displayed in the following example.

Follow the prompts. AdGuard will then be installed and an icon will be placed on your desktop. A window will show up asking you to confirm that you want to see a quick instructions as displayed below.

Click “Skip” button to close the window and use the default settings, or click “Get Started” to see an quick instructions which will assist you get to know AdGuard better.

Each time, when you start your system, AdGuard will run automatically and block ads, Music Search Tool redirect, as well as other malicious or misleading sites. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, which may be found on your desktop.

How did you get infected with Music Search Tool browser hijacker

A hijackers may be spread with the help of trojan horses and other forms of malware, but in many cases, the hijacker like Music Search Tool gets on your system in the composition, together with some free software. Many makers of free applications include bundled applications in their installer. Sometimes it is possible to avoid the installation of any hijackers like Music Search Tool: carefully read the Terms of Use and the Software license, choose only Manual, Custom or Advanced setup type, unset all checkboxes before clicking Install or Next button while installing new free programs.

To sum up

Now your system should be clean of the Music Search Tool browser hijacker infection and other web browser’s harmful extensions. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you stop unwanted popup ads and annoying harmful web pages) and Zemana Free (to periodically scan your PC for new malicious software, browser hijacker infections and adware). Make sure that you have all the Critical Updates recommended for Microsoft Windows OS. Without regular updates you WILL NOT be protected when new browser hijackers, malicious apps and adware are released.

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