Didisearch.com Removal Guide

Didisearch.com is a search engine that falls under the class of browser hijackers. It provides marketing services for third party websites. On its main window under “About”, it explicitly says that Didisearch.com is a privately owned company based in Asia, which specializes in online advertising, web traffic generation, helping website owners to generate revenue, etc. What about bringing the best user experience? Apparently, it only intends to make money from its users browsing and does not care about helping you with your searches.Neither does this hijacker care about the harm this search engine could inflict on the users. These ads that it displays might lead you to suspicious websites, where your computer could get infected with malware, such as Trojans, worms, etc. We strongly advise you to delete this browser hijacker from your PC and at the end of this article, you will find our recommended steps for its removal.

So basically, this search engine seeks to employ you, but it does not give you anything beneficial in exchange. More than anything, this browser hijacker needs your clicks, so to assure that it can get as many as possible, it changes Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer homepages into Didisearch.com. All this happens automatically and without your consent. Since this search engine’s appearance is similar to Google.com, you might not notice these changes at first. However, after it hijacks your browsers, it starts adding various ads and suggestions in your search results from different webpages that Didisearch.com promotes. This hijacker receives money from such advertising, so we can assume that it shows a lot of websites that it promotes. So searching for any information related to products or services on this engine might be difficult, because the search results are not objective, but based on what this hijacker wants you to see.

In addition, its generated ads and search results may harm your computer if you click on them. That is because “Didisearch has not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, posted to the Website, and cannot therefore be responsible for that material’s content, use or effects.” So it disclaims all responsibility in its End User License Agreement; also, it states that users have to protect themselves “from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content.” As they cannot control the content of the websites that they advertise, there is a chance that you might be infected if you enter them or do any activities while being there. Furthermore, in its Privacy Policy, it states that “Companies which advertise on our site may collect information from you if you click on their advertisements or access their sites. They may do this by using cookies.” Obviously, if you enter third party websites, you must be very careful because they may collect information about you without your consent and you will have no control over what information could be gathered or how it would be used.

Didisearch.com is a recent work of the same creator that brought us ELEX browser hijacker; as a result, their activities on the infected computer and spreading methods are quite similar. Didisearch.com hijacker can enter your system if you visit a suspicious file-sharing website and download some freeware from it. This browser hijacker hides behind your downloaded program. It can be visible in installation wizard’s advanced settings of that freeware you have chosen. However, if you rush and skip through these advanced settings you will not be able to see selection option. This is a very typical situation that lets unwanted programs, such as browser hijackers settle on user’s PC.

To summarize, Didisearch.com is a worthless tool that might redirect you to potentially harmful websites. So you should use more reliable search engines that are dependable. This way you will protect your computer and your privacy. Therefore, we urge you to remove this browser hijacker as soon as you can. You can erase Didisearch.com from your browsers using the instructions added below this article. In case you need any help with its removal, you can leave us a comment or write us via social media.

How to delete Didisearch.com manually

Google Chrome

1. Navigate to: C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default.
2. Find and delete these files: Preferences, Secure Preferences, Web Data.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Locate the following path: C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\{Unique Mozilla user ID}.
2. Find file named Prefs.js and open it with Notepad.
3. Locate and delete this line: user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://Didisearch.com/").

Internet Explorer

1. Press Windows Key+R.
2. Type regedit and click OK.
3. Locate the following path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main.
4. Search for Value Name Start Page on the right side.
5. Right-Click on Start Page and select Modify.
6. Replace Value Data with the page you like, e.g. google.com.
7. Click OK.