Whizmarket Search Removal Guide

Whizmarket Search (http://thewhizmarket.co/search/) is an undesirable search tool which might be set on all your web browsers one day. This usually happens when users install an untrustworthy application, or it manages to enter their PCs without permission. If your browsers’ settings have not been changed, i.e. you see your old homepage and default search engine, but you still see a new search tool opened to you every time you launch any of your web browsers, there is a possibility that you have an untrustworthy third-party application installed on your system, and it keeps opening this website. No matter why you see http://thewhizmarket.co/search/, do not use this Whizmarket Search to perform web searches because it is not a search tool that will find the information you are looking for on the web for you or enhance your browsing experience in any way. It is more likely that its presence will result in a bunch of different problems. Therefore, we expect you to eliminate it from your browsers as soon as possible. Next two paragraphs will explain to you why Whizmarket Search cannot be considered fully trustworthy.

Although Whizmarket Search (http://thewhizmarket.co/search/) is far from legitimate search providers, we are sure that there are some users out there who decide not to do anything about its presence on their browsers. It is a huge mistake they make because this website only pretends to be a legitimate search engine. Yes, it returns search results when users enter any search query and, on top of that, it allows users to open such popular websites as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and others quicker by placing quick-access buttons opening these websites in the bar on the left side of the start page, but it is surely not one of those fully reliable search engines. Despite its legitimate-looking appearance, there is one negative feature that immediately makes it an untrustworthy search tool. Research carried out by specialists at 411-spyware.com has revealed that users might be provided with the modified search results if they use it. Although it is powered by Google Custom Search and displays Google search results, its developers can place these modified search results next to decent search results shown by Google. The so-called modified search results do not try to help users find information on the web quicker. They are displayed to users only to drive traffic to certain third-party pages. We cannot promise that all of them are trustworthy. Theoretically, you might even end up on a page with untrustworthy software, so we consider using this search tool as a default search tool a risky activity.

There is one more thing our researchers have found very suspicious. They could not find any official documents of Whizmarket Search. We are talking here about the Privacy Policy and End User License Agreement. The absence of these documents suggests that Whizmarket Search might perform other activities we do not know about on users’ computers. For example, it might record information (both personal and non-personally identifiable) about users and then share it with third parties. If it is true, it is only a question of time when privacy-related programs arise. Luckily, there is still one thing you can do to prevent this from happening – go to uninstall Whizmarket Search from all web browsers ASAP!

According to our specialists, Whizmarket Search is mainly distributed in malicious software bundles, so if you have recently downloaded software from the web, it is very likely that you have downloaded the entire software bundle with Whizmarket Search. As has been mentioned at the beginning of this article, another untrustworthy program which is not associated with the developer of this search tool in any way might keep redirecting you to http://thewhizmarket.co/search/ as well. It is very likely that this is the case if your browsers’ settings have not been changed, but this URL is loaded when you open your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox. There are hundreds of suspicious applications which might apply unauthorized changes to promote certain pages, so we suggest being always cautious. If you are not an experienced user, it is not very likely that you could protect your system from all the threats that will try to slither onto your PC. It does not mean that it is impossible to protect the system from harmful infections – install security software on your PC.

It should not be very problematic to remove Whizmarket Search because it will no longer be opened for you ever again if you simply reset browsers. Of course, this might not look simple at all if you have never tried resetting your web browsers to their default settings before. In this case, you should consult our manual removal guide (see below) or let an automatic scanner delete it.

How to delete Whizmarket Search

Mozilla Firefox

1. Start Mozilla Firefox.
2. Click on the menu button (top-right corner).
3. Click on the question mark next to Customize (bottom of the window).
4. Select Troubleshooting Information.
5. Find Refresh Firefox in the box located in the top-right corner.
6. Click on it.
7. Click Refresh Firefox in the confirmation window again.

Google Chrome

1. Double-click on the shortcut of Google Chrome.
2. Open its menu (Alt+F) and click Settings.
3. Go to the bottom of the page and click Show advanced settings.
4. Click on the Reset settings button.
5. Click Reset.

Internet Explorer

1. Start Internet Explorer.
2. On the Tools menu (you can open it by tapping Alt+T), click Internet Options.
3. Click on the Advanced tab in the Internet Options window.
4. Click Reset.
5. Select the Delete personal settings check box.
6. Click Reset.
7. Click Close.