Remove websearch.fixsearch.info – Uninstall Guide

Did your search settings and home page in Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer just change to websearch.fixsearch.info? No worries, I’ll show how to remove websearch.fixsearch.info from your computer.

websearch.fixsearch.info

I found the unwanted websearch.fixsearch.info search engine while testing out some downloads. The downloaded files were digitally signed by Igor Kramoren and Alexey Kurilenko, publishers that have previously bundled unwanted software with their downloads.

How did you get fixsearch.info on your computer? Please share by posting a comment.

So, the websearch.fixsearch.info removal. One way to do the removal is to use the FreeFixer tool.

  1. Download and install FreeFixer.
  2. Click the Start scan button. It should complete in about 5 minutes.
  3. Check the websearch.fixsearch.info items in the scan result.
  4. Click the Fix button.
  5. Restart your web browsers.

You can also use the reset function in Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer. The reset feature restores many settings of the web browser to its default state. The problem is that it may do a little to much.

How to reset Mozilla Firefox settings:

  1. Click the menu button firefox menu button in the upper-right corner of the browser.
  2. Then click the Help button firefox help button at the bottom of the Firefox menu.
  3. From the Help menu, choose Troubleshooting Information.
  4. If you cannot access the Help menu, type about:support in the address bar to open up the Troubleshooting Information page.
  5. Click the Reset Firefox… button in the upper-right corner of the Troubleshooting Information page.
    firefox reset button
  6. A dialog will pop up explaining what settings Firefox tries to preserve. Notice that everything else will be removed! To continue, click the Reset Firefox button in the confirmation window that opens.firefox reset button confirm.
  7. Firefox will close and reset itself. When the reset is done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and you’re done.

How to reset Google Chrome settings:

  1. Click the Chrome menu chrome menu button in the upper-right corner of Chrome.
  2. Select Settings.
  3. Click Show advanced settings and locate the “Reset browser settings” section. chrome reset browser settings button
  4. Click the Reset browser settings button.
  5. In the confirmation dialog that appears, review the changes the reset feature performs, then click Reset. chrome reset confirm

 How to reset Internet Explorer settings

  1. Start Internet Explorer.
  2. On the Tools menu, ie tools button that appears in the upper-right corner of the browser, click Internet options. If you can’t see the Tools menu, press Alt on your keyboard.
  3. In the Internet Options window, click the Advanced tab. ie advanced tab
  4. Click Reset… If you’re using Internet Explorer 6, click Restore Default.
  5. In the Reset Internet Explorer Settings dialog box, click Resetie confirm reset
  6. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you want to reset home pages, search providers and accelerators. Delete temporary Internet files, history, cookies, web form information, ActiveX Filtering data, Tracking Protection data, Do Not Track data and passwords.
  7. When Internet Explorer has finished applying the default settings, click the Close button.
    ie reset progress
  8. Reboot your machine.

Hope that helped you remove websearch.fixsearch.info.

Thank you for reading.