Additionalsearch.co.uk Removal Guide

Additionalsearch.co.uk is one of those search tools that try to reach users’ browsers by any means. Therefore, it is not surprising that it travels as a component in a browser hijacker infection. If this browser hijacker ever hijacks any of your browsers (it should be compatible with Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox), you will see your homepage and default search engine replaced by Additionalsearch.co.uk. Even though this search tool looks quite trustworthy, our researchers say that it would be a sin to let it stay on browsers. It is because it is a tool that can quickly cause harm to the computer by taking users to questionable third-party websites. Theoretically, it might violate your privacy as well because it records a bunch of different details about a user’s computer, activities, habits, and preferences. If you need some more time to decide what to do with this search tool, you should spend this time reading this article because the information you find in it will definitely have an impact on your final decision.

Even though you might not notice anything suspicious about Additionalsearch.co.uk when it appears on your browsers, it has become immediately clear for our researchers that this search tool is not trustworthy. First of all, it starts making the unwanted changes, i.e. altering your homepage and search engine the second it enters your computer. Secondly, specialists have noticed after entering a search query into the box of Additionalsearch.co.uk that it shows advertisements for users. If you have not found them yet, you should check the upper part of the search results page. They are usually placed below the label Ads related to: [entered search query]. Finally, it has become immediately clear after checking the Privacy Policy document that it is going to collect various details about users. You will find them all listed in the next paragraph.

Users give permission Additionalsearch.co.uk to record certain information about their privacy and device by installing it. It does not matter that this has been done without your direct permission. It has become clear after reading the Privacy Policy that it mainly focuses on the so-called technical information and non-personally identifiable information. As it is stated in the document, the following details are going to be recorded: IP address, various technical details like unique device IP, type of browser, connection type and speed, and operating system or platform. In addition, it is interested in your preferences and settings, URLs you visit, search queries, pages viewed, comments, and geographic information, e.g. location. The recorded information about you will be shared with third parties. Even though it is said that this will not be done without your permission, you should not believe what is written there blindly. In addition, since all these details Additionalsearch.co.uk collects might tell quite much about you, in our opinion, it is not very wise to allow an untrustworthy search tool to record so many different details. In other words, we see the only solution – deleting Additionalsearch.co.uk.

It is hard to say how a computer infection is distributed when it is not popular yet; however, according to our researchers, there is 99% probability that the Additionalsearch.co.uk browser hijacker is distributed in software bundles. It travels together with free applications in these software bundles, so it might be very true that you have not noticed how it has entered your system just because of that. Since it is not always easy to prevent undesirable software from entering the system, we highly recommend that you install security software. It is the only way to ensure the maximum protection of your computer. Also, you will not need to do anything else, except not to download software from bad websites, to protect your computer from dangers.

No matter how hard it is to erase Additionalsearch.co.uk, you need to do that right now for the sake of your computer’s safety. The quickest and easiest way to erase browser hijackers is to use an automatic malware remover. If you are keen on erasing programs manually, you can also delete Additionalsearch.co.uk yourself. Use our instructions that you can find right below this article to make sure that you do everything correctly and thus fully delete this infection.

Additionalsearch.co.uk manual removal instructions

Internet Explorer

1. Open your browser.
2. Press Alt+T and then click Internet Options.
3. Click on the Advanced tab and then select Reset.
4. In the confirmation box, click on the Reset button again.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Launch your Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. Open the Help menu and click Troubleshooting information.
3. Click Refresh Firefox.
4. Click Refresh Firefox again in the pop-up window.

Google Chrome

1. Open your browser and tap Alt+F simultaneously.
2. Click Settings.
3. Select Show advanced settings.
4. Locate the button Reset settings.
5. Click on it.
6. Click Reset.