ColdSearch.com Removal Guide

If you find ColdSearch.com in your browsers upon launching them, there is a good chance that your computer has been infiltrated by a browser hijacker. This hijacker can make changes to your browser settings, for example, the home page, either if you let this take place knowingly or without your noticing it. As a matter of fact, a lot of users overlook the offers applications or bundled software make, i.e., certain browser setting changes, and they think that this hijacker has infected their computers without their permissions. But it does not really matter when it comes to browser hijackers whether you give your consent to the changes or not. What matters is that this application has the capability of making those changes. Once this hijacker finds a way to your computer, you will be exposed to its unreliable search engine page whenever you open your browsers. A lot of users do not even bother about a new home page that appears seemingly out of the blue and they keep it on board. However, you should know that this browser hijacker may expose you to potentially unsafe third-party content through the search results it displays. Therefore, it poses a threat to your system security. We advise you to remove ColdSearch.com after reading our article.

The first thing about this browser hijacker that makes you wonder about its intentions is its main distribution method. Reports show that this malware mostly uses bundled malicious installers to travel with on the web. This simply and sadly means that if you notice this search engine in your browsers, there may be other threats on board as well. Therefore, it is possible that you also notice third-party advertisements that may come mainly as banners and pop-ups whenever you go surfing the web. You need to understand that the presence of multiple malware threats can totally cripple your browsing experience or even your operating system before long. That is why it is important to know how these bundles may end up on your computer in the first place.

The most common way for you to infect your computer, i.e., allow malware programs on board, is to visit shady and unfamiliar websites, including pornographic, torrent, and shareware sites. Landing on such websites is very risky because simply loading such a page might execute malicious code in the background that might result in infections infiltrating your operating system. But, even if you are not that unlucky, new tab pages may open with more dangerous content, or you may be introduced to deceiving third-party ads. Clicking on any content on these sites could easily lead to downloading malicious bundles. Therefore, the solution is quite straightforward: you need to avoid browsing these sites and clicking on third-party ads.

It is also possible to download infected bundles if you have adware on your computer and you click on an unsafe third-party ad it displays. Therefore, if you are not sure how this browser hijacker appeared on your computer, you should delete ColdSearch.com and scan your system with a reliable online malware scanner to identify all possible threats.

This search engine is totally redundant as it uses a redirect to Google whenever you use it for web search. But we do not advise you to ever use it because we have found that the search results may be manipulated by this hijacker to include affiliated third parties’ advertisements and links to their websites disguised as search results. This search engine has nothing to do with providing you with fast and best matching results; its only focus is on promoting affiliates since clicking on these ads and links generate income for the publishers of this tool, which is not the real problem here, of course. Unfortunately, this hijacker can also collect information about your online activities, including your search keywords, and therefore display you targeted advertisements and links. However, the third parties behind these may not be trustworthy at all; in fact, they might even be cyber criminals. That is why it is possible that you click on a potentially harmful link and end up on a malicious website. This is what the EULA discloses about this:

… coldsearch shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any content, goods or services on or available through any such site [third-party website].

Criminals have sophisticated methods to trick you out of your money or into other scams. You should delete ColdSearch.com right now, if you do not want to experience any of these.

We believe that the best and safest method to remove ColdSearch.com is to reset your browsers, which would eliminate any leftovers that might remain if you only restore your home page settings. If you need assistance with this, please use our guide below as a reference. If you want proper protection for your PC against malware infections, we suggest that you consider installing an up-to-date antimalware application.

How to remove ColdSearch.com from browsers

Internet Explorer

1. Press Alt+T and go to Internet Options.
2. On the Advanced tab, press Reset.
3. Mark Delete personal settings and press Reset.
4. Click Close.

Google Chrome

1. Press Alt+F and go to Settings.
2. At the bottom, click Show advanced settings.
3. At the bottom, click Reset settings.
4. Click Reset in the pop-up.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Press Alt+H and go to Troubleshooting Information.
2. Press Refresh Firefox and in the confirmation window, press Refresh Firefox again.
3. Click Finish.