Wixite.com Removal Guide

Wixite.com is a search engine that is known to be a browser hijacker. It is very popular in the U.S; however, it might sneak onto your computer no matter where you live. The first symptom that it has found a way to your computer is the altered settings of Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. The only way to make Wixite.com disappear is to eliminate the browser hijacker from your system fully. If you do not know where to start, you should definitely read our article. Researchers from 411-spyware.com will provide all the necessary information for you, and you will be able to eliminate the browser hijacker from your computer.

Once a browser hijacker promoting Wixite.com sneaks onto your computer, you will notice very quickly the changes applied to your browsers. Researchers at 411-spyware.com have already revealed that this browser hijacker will change the homepage, search engine, and New Tab page settings. In other words, you will be forced to use this search engine to find the information on the web. Unfortunately, it will not disappear from your browsers. The only way not to see it anymore is to delete the browser hijacker. According to our researchers, this has to be done ASAP because Wixite.com is known to be a search engine that might redirect to third-party websites promoting malicious software. To be honest, Wixite.com has not been developed to enable users to find the information on the web easily and quickly. Researchers say that it is used to promote third-party websites mainly. Users end up on these websites when they click on the sponsored link or some kind of advertisement that are usually inserted among the legitimate search results. You should know that you might end up on a completely unreliable website too if you use this questionable search engine as the primary tool for searching the web.

Our researchers believe that Wixite.com might also gather information about users because it uses the modified open source proxy called Privoxy, which claims to be a non-caching web proxy. In other words, when you use the search box placed on Wixite.com, it might be true that developers of this browser hijacker can access your search queries and find out what you look for on the web. If you submit personal information accidentally too, this browser hijacker might record it as well. Believe us; Wixite.com cannot be trusted, so it would be very wise to eliminate it from browsers and then set another trustworthy search provider instead.

Let us tell you how this browser hijacker sneaks onto computers in order to help you to prevent similar threats from entering your system again. Specialists say that this threat is installed silently, i.e. users are not informed that their browsers’ settings are going to be altered, and they cannot disagree with that. To be honest, it is not the only browser hijacker that acts like that. You might encounter another one very quickly too if you browse the Internet daily but do not have security software installed on your computer. To make sure that this does not happen to you, you need to 1) install security software, 2) surf the web more carefully, e.g. do not click on questionable links in the future, and 3) always download software which you know is 100% trustworthy from websites which you know are fully reliable. If you find it hard to decide which security tool to install, you should give SpyHunter a try (its free diagnostic version can be downloaded from our webpage).

It is not very easy to uninstall Wixite.com browser hijacker. It has been noticed that this infection can be erased through Control Panel; however, only its main folder NetSecure will disappear from %PROGRAMFILES(x86)% (%PROGRAMFILES%). Users who wish to eliminate the browser hijacker from browsers too will have to reset them one by one. If it is a hard task for you, you should use our manual removal instructions or scan the system with an automatic malware remover. Of course, the quickest and easiest method is to eliminate this infection automatically.

Remove Wixite.com

Windows XP

1. Click on the Start button.
2. Select Control Panel.
3. Click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Select the program and click Remove.

Windows 7 and Vista

1. Open the Start menu.
2. Click Control Panel and open Uninstall a program.
3. Find and select the undesirable software.
4. Click Uninstall.

Windows 8/8.1/10

1. Tap Win+R simultaneously.
2. Enter Control Panel in the dialog box and click OK.
3. Click Uninstall a program.
4. Find the application you wish to remove.
5. Click Uninstall.

Internet Explorer

1. Open your browser and tap Alt+T.
2. Select Internet Options and open the Advanced tab.
3. Click Reset.
4. Check the box alongside Delete personal settings.
5. Click Reset again.

Mozilla Firefox

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