Mim-search2016.com Removal Guide

Mim-search2016.com is a potentially unreliable search engine that may show up in your most popular browsers, including Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer. Although, this search engine may not be too popular just yet, it is possible that it will soon spread more widely. Therefore, it is important that we share with you what we have found with regard to this browser hijacker that may change your home page or other browser settings. This search engine does not seem to do anything right now, i.e., it does not seem to show you any results for some reason for the time being. It is possible that it is under construction right now. In any case, we want to tell you what may happen when it actually works. But no matter if it functions or not, we believe that you should remove Mim-search2016.com from your browsers if you do not want to make your virtual security more vulnerable.

If you find this useless browser hijacker in your browsers, there is a good chance that you will find other malware programs on board as well. This is one of the reasons why you should not take this infection lightly. Such malware threats usually do not come alone. This can happen because this browser hijacker, for example, can travel the web in free software bundles. In other words, this infection can be found bundled with other malicious software installers (adware programs, hijackers, fake alerts, and Trojans) as well as potentially unwanted programs. Letting such threats onto your PC can cause several system security issues, including more infections on your computer and online scams. Preventing malware from entering your system is the most important thing if you want to feel secure while you are in your virtual world, i.e., every time you switch on your computer.

You can easily infect your PC with such threats. Yes, you, because it is the user most of the time who lets such “beasts” on board. One single click could lead to this; that is why it is important that you be more cautious when surfing the web. If you are introduced to misleading third-party advertisements, you may not even realize how risky it is to click on them. This is easier than you would think. For example, you may search the web for free music or movie files, games, or free programs to download, and the search results page returns containing malicious links. Even reputable search engines, such as Google, Bing, and Yahoo, can show you links leading to unreliable websites. If you are not experienced, you may click on a link in the hope of downloading your targeted file or program, but you will drop a bundle of malware threats onto your system instead.

Another option to be exposed to such unsafe advertisements is when adware programs are hiding on your computer. Not only can these infections display potentially corrupt third-party advertisements, but they can also hijack normal and reliable third-party ads and reroute you to malicious websites. This clearly means that if you have even just one such infection on your computer, you can never be safe when you are online and surfing the net. We suggest that you delete Mim-search2016.com as soon as possible.

This questionable search engine page does not remind us of the usual ones. This hijacker uses a colorful background, a sort of bluish green, as well as brown panels that represent categories, including Arts, Health, Science, and Sports. Each category contains five linked keywords. If you click on them, this search engine is supposed to show you the results directly; however, the problem is that this search engine does not seem to function right now. But you should still know that you cannot trust the results if this infection happens to work because it may redirect your queries to a possibly modified search results page. This page could contain unreliable third-party ads and links through which this browser hijacker is supposed to promote affiliates and generate income. If you do not want to end up on malicious websites and fall victim to online scams, now would be the best time to remove Mim-search2016.com.

If you do not mind losing your preferred settings and extensions, you could reset all your browsers to make sure that no leftovers remain. But, if you use our guide that we have included below this article, you can delete this browser hijacker manually, without losing anything else. As you can see, it really does not take too long to infect your system with malware threats. If you want to keep your computer clean and safe, you should consider using a trustworthy malware removal application. It is also important that you keep all your drivers and programs updated for best protection.

How to remove Mim-search2016.com from browsers

Internet Explorer

1. Tap Win+Q and enter regedit. Press the Enter key.
2. Replace the value data “http://mim-search2016.com” in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page (64-bit), HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page, and HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page registry keys.
3. Exit the editor.

Google Chrome

1. Tap Win+E.
2. Find the “C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default” folder.
3. Delete Preferences, Secure Preferences, and Web Data files.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Tap Win+E.
2. Find the “C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\” folder.
3. Open the {Unique Mozilla user ID} folder.
4. Open the prefs.js file to edit it.
5. Find user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://mim-search2016.com /") and replace “mim-search2016.com” with your preference.