Incosic.com Removal Guide

Incosic.com is yet another search engine that you might notice set on your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox browsers one day. Most probably, it will not ask your permission to enter the system because Incosic.com is a browser hijacker that tends to sneak onto computers secretly. It is said that this search engine will deliver “more relevant and comprehensive results every time you search.” Therefore, it might seem, at first glance, that it is perfectly decent. Yes, it allows users to search for images, videos, news, and other types of information; however, it returns untrustworthy search results that might even cause harm to the system. We will provide you more reasons to delete Incosic.com browser hijacker from the system in the article. Of course, we will also explain to you how to eliminate it quickly and easily.

First of all, specialists working at 411-spyware.com do not think that Incosic.com can be trusted because it looks exactly like such well-known browser hijackers as luckysearches.com, mysites123.com, and luckybeginning.com. Secondly, it has been noticed that it is based on the Google Custom Search engine, which means that developers of Incosic.com can easily insert advertisements and sponsored links among the legitimate search results. The developer of this questionable search engine does not try to hide the fact that it shows ads because the information provided in the About page says that the search results you will receive will include the “top commercial (sponsored advertising) and non-commercial (algorithmic results) from the most popular search engines on the Web.” You will not even recognize these search results promoting third-party websites, so it is basically impossible to avoid them. It means that you might click on any of them one day and end up on an unreliable third-party website. Such a website might even contain malicious software, which means that you might cause harm to your PC if you decide not to erase Incosic.com browser hijacker.

It would be smart to remove Incosic.com and then set another search engine instead because you risk ending up on a corrupted website full of malicious software by using Incosic.com. Besides, it has been revealed that this search engine might also gather information about users. It is written in the Privacy Policy document that it mainly collects anonymous information, including search terms, links upon which a user clicks on, and a broad demographic information. You might think that this information is completely irrelevant; however, you should know that it might still tell some facts about you, so you should keep it to yourself. The only thing you can do to put an end to all the activities of this hijacker is to remove it from the system fully.

Researchers say that it might be rather difficult to delete Incosic.com browser hijacker from the system because it makes several changes. First of all, it has been noticed that this hijacker modifies the shortcuts (the Target line) of all the browsers in order not to be removed easily from the system. Secondly, it might install the browser extension, e.g. Fast Start, QuickStart, or SupTab to be able to change the settings of your New Tab page. As it makes these modifications, it will not be enough to set another homepage and search engine in order not to see it anymore.

Believe us; Incosic.com is not the only browser hijacker. There are hundreds of other similar threats, e.g. V9.com, Qone8.com, Sweet-page.com, and others that might sneak onto your PC if you are not careful enough. In most cases, hijackers travel bundled with freeware, so you need to be very cautious while installing free applications from the web. On top of that, you should acquire an antimalware scanner and enable it. You should especially do that if you are an inexperienced computer user.

Before you delete Incosic.com browser hijacker, you have to fix the shortcuts of browsers. If you can find its uninstaller in Control Panel, you should know that it will fix these shortcuts automatically; however, if it is not there, you will have to fix all the shortcuts yourself. Use instructions provided below. Once you do that, reset browsers you have on your PC one by one. If you do not know how to do that, refer to our instructions or scan your computer with an automatic scanner.

Delete Incosic.com

Fix shortcuts

1. Right-click on the shortcut and select Properties.
2. Open the Shortcut tab.
3. Locate the Target line.
4. Delete the address that comes after the quotation marks.
5. Click Apply.
6. Close the window.

Reset browsers

Internet Explorer

1. Open your browser and tap Alt+T.
2. Select Internet Options.
3. Click on the Advanced tab and select Reset.
4. Mark the Delete personal settings box.
5. Click Reset once again.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Open your browser and tap Alt+H simultaneously.
2. Click Troubleshooting information to open it.
3. Click Refresh Firefox.
4. Click on the Refresh Firefox button.

Google Chrome

1. Open your browser and tap Alt+F.
2. Select Settings.
3. Scroll down and click Show advanced settings.
4. Click Reset settings.
5. Click on the Reset button in the dialog box.