FPSeek.com Removal Guide

FPSeek.com is a browser hijacker that will change your homepage and default search engine settings. At first, it will look as though this program is a decent search provider, but you should not be fooled by its sleek appearance. A browser hijacker is always an unwanted intruder because it performs browser settings modifications without user’s consent. To protect your computer from potential malware infections, you should remove FPSeek.com immediately. After that, you should run a full system scan with a computer security tool of your choice because such security threats seldom travel on their own, and you probably have a few other unwanted programs installed on your computer.

This browser hijacker comes from a big family of similar programs, and it is directly associated with the Conduit group. Our security researchers reached such conclusion because the program seems to be created by the Client Connect group, which is also responsible for developing the Conduit applications. Consequently, the browser hijacker is related to other potential security threats, such as Search.conduit.com, Trovi Search, Guard-Search.com, and so on. With so many potential security threats behind their belts, the Client Connect group surely knows how to squeeze out as much as possible from their programs.

Of course, browser hijackers will not steal your money. Even though they get installed on target systems to generate a financial profit, they do that via the pay-per-click system. It means that FPSeek.com and other similar programs make users click outgoing commercial links, and with each click, the program makes some money. Perhaps the most frustrating thing about this is that FPSeek.com does not care where you will land when you click a particular link. What’s more, it does not even check the legitimacy of the sites you get redirected to. So cyber criminals can easily make use of this program for malware distribution purposes.

After all, the hijacker completely takes over your browser by changing the settings. Even the Bing Search engine used by this application is modified to accommodate custom commercial content. It might seem that most of the content displayed via FPSeek.com is somehow related to your likes and preferences. That impression would be correct. The browser hijacker can easily track your online history, and the program will soon know your most frequently used keywords and the websites you visit the most often. With that information, the program can generate custom links you will be willing to click.

The chances of getting infected with malware through FPSeek.com are not too high, but you should take all the potential risks into consideration. Not to mention that there might be more undesirable applications on-board that could be slowing down your system or collecting information about your online activity. Either way, it is more than obvious that you should not tolerate such behavior any further.

Remove FPSeek.com right now by resetting your browser to default. If you think that this is not enough to terminate all the files associated with the browser hijacker, you should scan your system with the SpyHunter free scanner to determine just how many programs you should delete for good. Automatic software removal is always faster and more efficient than dealing with all the unwanted programs manually.

How to Delete FPSeek.com

Modify the Shortcut Target

1. Right-click the browser’s shortcut.
2. Choose Properties and click the Shortcut tab.
3. Locate the Target line.
4. Delete the address that is OUTSIDE of the quotation marks.
5. Click OK to save changes and close the utility.

Internet Explorer

1. Press Alt+T and open Internet options.
2. Click the Advanced tab and click Reset.
3. Mark Delete personal settings and press Reset.
4. Click Close.

Firefox

1. Press Alt+H and go to Troubleshooting information.
2. Press Refresh Firefox button on the new tab.
3. Click Refresh Firefox again and press Finish.

Chrome

1. Press Alt+F and open Settings.
2. Click Show advanced settings at the bottom of the page.
3. Click the Reset settings button at the bottom.
4. Press Reset on the confirmation box.