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How to remove browser redirects to broadband-search.com?

What is broadband-search.com?

Broadband-search.com is another kind of a fake website which states as a correct result providing Internet searching website. But in real this website is being promoted by those free software “installers” and makes changes to the Internet browsers preferences without letting user about the changes and without taking user acceptance. This website is used to take capture the software and hardware information related with the internet surfing of any user.

The installers bundled with this website used to change the default search engine, new tab URL and homepage of the browsers by applying the broadband-search.com to all. Moreover, browser add-in are also applied to protect the revert of changes made by this broadband-search.com website. All this things are done without being in knowledge of the user, whenever any search is made it is managed by broadband-search.com ,fake and promoted results are being shown instead of the correct ones. And the results which are provided can lead to the websites which are unreliable and can make your computer infectious and malicious things to be entered into system.

Be informed that every activity which is done using your browsers are monitored. This browser hijacker saves the IP Addresses, visited web addresses, viewed WebPages, search content and more Internet surfing dependent information. Many users take this as that these information is not important but these information can lead to personally identifiable information leak.

The websites which are same alike Broadband-search.com are kilosearch.com, myclassfiedsxp.com, smartshopping.com and search.resultshub.com. All these websites says that they are trustable but these are just a trick to attract users to install those installers.

The installation of broadband-search.com browser hijacker can be avoided and prevent to change your browser settings, user should wisely install any freeware and check for any promotional opt-outs. Make sure to install any software in its advanced mode as it will ask for each step and it could be checked if any adware is getting installed with it or not.

If you are also facing the problem with the braodband-search.com browser hijacker then use this guide to wipe out it from your browsers.

Broadband-search.com redirect removal steps:

Windows 7 users:

 Click Start (Windows Logo at the bottom left corner of your desktop), choose Control Panel. Locate Programs and clickUninstall a program.

Windows XP users:

Click Start, choose Settings and click Control Panel. Locate and click Add or Remove Programs.

Windows 10 and Windows 8 users:

Right-click in the lower left corner of the screen, in the Quick Access Menu select Control Panel. In the opened window choose Programs and Features.

Mac OSX users:

Click Finder, in the opened screen select Applications. Drag the app from the Applications folder to the Trash (located in your Dock), then right click the Trash icon and select Empty Trash.

In the uninstall programs window: look for any recently-installed potentially unwanted applications, select these entries and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".

After uninstalling the potentially unwanted program that causes browser redirects to the broadband-search.com website, scan your computer for any remaining unwanted components.

Broadband-search.com homepage and default Internet search engine removal from Internet browsers:

Remove malicious add-ons from Internet Explorer:

Remove broadband-search.com related Internet Explorer add-ons:

Click the "gear" icon  (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select "Manage Add-ons". Look for any recently-installed suspicious browser extensions, select such entries and click "Remove".

Fix Internet Explorer shortcut target:

This browser hijacker changes the "Target" field of the Internet Explorer shortcut. To fix this, locate the shortcut on your Desktop and click the right mouse button over it. In the opened menu, choose "Properties". In the opened window, locate the Target field and eliminate text (hxxp://www.broadband-search.com/...), which is entered after "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe".

Change your homepage:

Click the "gear" icon  (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select "Internet Options", in the opened window, remove hxxp://www.broadband-search.com and enter your preferred domain, which will open each time you launch Internet Explorer.

Change your default search engine:

Click the "gear" icon  (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select "Manage Add-ons". In the opened window, select "Search Providers", set "Google", "Bing" or any other preferred search engine as your default, then remove "broadband-search".

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the broadband-search.com , reset your Internet Explorer settings to default.

Windows XP users: Click Start, click Run, in the opened window type inetcpl.cpl In the opened window click the Advancedtab, then click Reset.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 users: Click the Windows logo, in the start search box type inetcpl.cpl and click enter. In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows 8 users: Open Internet Explorer and click the gear icon. Select Internet Options.

In the opened window, select the Advanced tab.

Click the Reset button.

Confirm that you wish to reset Internet Explorer settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

Remove broadband-search.com related Google Chrome extensions:

Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "Tools" and click "Extensions". Locate any recently-installed suspicious add-ons, select these entries and click the trash can icon.

Fix Google Chrome shortcut target:

This browser hijacker modifies the "Target" field of the Google Chrome shortcut. To fix this, locate the shortcut on your Desktop and click the right mouse button over it. In the opened menu, choose "Properties". In the opened window, locate the Target field and eliminate all text (hxxp://www.broadband-search.com/...), which is entered after "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"

Change your homepage:

Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "Settings". In the "On startup" section, click "set pages", hover your mouse over hxxp://www.broadband-search.com and click the x symbol. Now, you can add your preferred website as your homepage.

Change your default search engine:

To change your default search engine in Google Chrome: Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "Settings", in "Search" section, click "Manage Search Engines...", remove "broadband-search.com" and add or select your preferred Internet search engine.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the broadband-search.com , reset your Google Chrome browser settings. Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome) and select Tools. From the opened menu, select Extensions. In the opened window, select Settings (at the left corner of the screen). Scroll down to the bottom of the screen. Click the Show advanced settings… link.

After scrolling to the bottom of the screen, click the Reset browser settings button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Google Chrome settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious plug-ins from Mozilla Firefox:

Remove broadband-search.com related Mozilla Firefox add-ons:

Click the Firefox menu  (at the top right corner of the main window), select "Add-ons". Click "Extensions", in the opened window, remove any recently-installed suspicious browser plug-ins.

Fix Mozilla Firefox shortcut target:

This browser hijacker changes the "Target" field of the Mozilla Firefox shortcut. To fix this, locate the shortcut on your Desktop and click the right mouse button over it. In the opened menu, choose "Properties". In the opened window, locate the Target field and eliminate all text (hxxp://www.broadband-search.com/...), which is entered after "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"

Change your homepage:

To reset your homepage, click the Firefox menu  (at the top right corner of the main window) then select "Options", in the opened window, remove hxxp://www.broadband-search.com and enter your preferred domain, which will open each time you start Mozilla Firefox.

Change default search engine:

In the URL address bar, type about:config and press Enter.
Click "I'll be careful, I promise!".
In the search filter at the top, type: "broadband-search.com"
Right-click on the found preferences and select "Reset" to restore default values.

Optional method:

Computer users who have problems with broadband-search.com removal can reset their Mozilla Firefox settings.

Open Mozilla Firefox, at the top right corner of the main window, click the Firefox menu,  in the opened menu, click the Open Help Menu icon, 

Select Troubleshooting Information.

In the opened window, click the Reset Firefox button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Mozilla Firefox settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious extensions from Safari:

Make sure your Safari browser is active and click Safari menu, then select Preferences...

In the preferences window select the Extensions tab. Look for any recently installed suspicious extensions and uninstall them.

In the preferences window select General tab and make sure that your homepage is set to a preferred URL, if its altered by a browser hijacker - change it.

In the preferences window select Search tab and make sure that your preferred Internet search engine is selected.

Optional method:

Make sure your Safari browser is active and click on Safari menu. From the drop down menu select Clear History and Website Data...

In the opened window select all history and click the Clear History button.

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