How to Get Rid of Ourwebsearch.com Redirect

Hi, Firefox was hijacked by Ourwebsearch.com and I don’t know how to get rid of it, what can I do now? Yesterday, I went into a website where said I need to update my Flash player then can continue viewing the video, but after I did that, I found Firefox acted abnormally. You see, it always goes into this website or its related websites whenever I restart Firefox. And I try to change homepage back, but it doesn’t work. Now popups are over there on webpages. It would be appreciated if you could help me out of this annoying issue.

Description of Ourwebsearch.com Hijacker

Ourwebsearch.com is not a reliable homepage and search engine provider as Google, Yahoo or Bing search tool, instead it is a fake and harmful webpage to redirect users’ browser to malicious webpage. Once this Ourwebsearch.com hijacker gets into your web browser, the web browser like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Firefox will be controlled by this redirect infection. The default homepage and search engine tool will be changed by this fake website, and it doesn’t allow you to modify it back. When you browse online with problematic browser, you will always be redirected to strange websites and cannot get correct search result. Browser sometimes will get stuck by those endless popups. On its associated website, many ads will show up again and again. Please don’t click on those popping up ads, it will just redirect you to deal webpage, discount product online store even worse bring you to virus-infected page. Cyber criminal also can insert some malicious extension into popup to attract you to open and then silently install virus programs into your computer. Ourwebsearch.com redirect will also spy on your online trace and record your important information online, and then transfer your info to remote hacker for illegal market profits.

Many online users very wonder how they can get this Ourwebsearch.com redirect infection into their computer without their permission even though they have installed advanced antivirus program. Actually browser hijacker cannot be classified as a virus but a kind of extension or plugin technically, so antivirus programs cannot detect it even kill this infection. Ourwebsearch.com redirect usually can get into targeted computer by visiting vicious and strange websites, bundling with free software installation package from unreliable resource, opening spam email attachments and receive strange files or links from unknown person and so on. so when you browse on the Internet, you should not go into those strange websites you think suspicious, or this browser hijacker even other threats will soon drop into system. What’s worse, Ourwebsearch.com hijacker has ability to open backdoor to bring other infections like Trojan horse, virus and malware into infected computer. So with coming of this browser hijacker, you may get other threats, and computer act slower than ever before. You may find computer become sluggish, gets stuck or freezes often.

Main Traits of Ourwebsearch.com Hijacker

-Can change your homepage or the default search engine and it totally prevents you from changing them back

-Can always redirect you to other websites

-Can pop up various advertisements and sponsored links randomly to interrupt your online activities

-Can create many junk files which occupy a lot of space in hard drive

-Can download other malicious programs into computer, which make further damage.

-Can collect and send data concerning your search history and other browsing activities.

-Your sensitive information can be tracked and stolen by hacker who can access to your computer with the help of Ourwebsearch.com browser hijacker.

NOTE: If you find any of these symptoms on your computer, that proves your PC is under attack and seriously infected with Ourwebsearch.com hijacker. If you are not a computer savvy, Please contact YooSecurity Online PC Experts to remove this browser hijacker for you.

The Screenshot of Ourwebsearch.com Hijacker

Manual Removal Guide of Ourwebsearch.com Browser Hijacker (For Computer Literate)

There is a removal guide of Ourwebsearch.com hijacker provided here; however, expertise is required during the process of removal, please make sure you are capable to do it by yourself.

Step 1: Find Ctrl, Alt, and Delete these 3 keys and then press them together to open task manager to end the process related to this Ourwebsearch.com hijacker, the name of the process of it is random.

Step 2: Try to find Folder Options in Control Panel, select the View tab, and then tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK.

Step 3: Click on Start button at the right lower corner, then click on Control Panel

Then you will come to the Control Panel windows, click on Add and Remove Programs

Then try to find the program which relates to Ourwebsearch.com hijacker, highlight it and choose Remove, the program’s name is random.

Step4: Change your homepage in your browser (Take Internet Explorer as an Example)

From the Navigation toolbar in Internet Explorer, click Tools and select Internet Options.

Then type the URL you want into the Home page box and then click OK

Similar video on browser hijacker removal:

Conclusion:

Ourwebsearch.com hijacker is a harmful redirect infection to the computer. It changes the homepage and search engine totally and prevents online users from changing back, redirects them to its URL or other malicious websites, steals their personal data and displays endless pop-ups on the screen to prevent them from getting online normally and smoothly. Don’t think this Ourwebsearch.com redirect infection is not as harmful as those stubborn viruses like Trojan horse, ransomware, worms, since this Ourwebsearch.com redirect can also bring those harmful viruses to infect the computer, which will greatly slow down PC and make it run as a snail and further harm to mess up system files and damage system severely.

Suggestion: To follow removal guide that mentioned above, a level of computer knowledge is needed. Still can’t get out of Ourwebsearch.com hijacker? Contact online experts for help now!

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on October 17, 2015 8:20 am