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Remove Get Search

Get Search (get-search.com) is a browser hijacker, this term is quite accurate because it hijacks your browser parameters in order to set its own. Before allegedly being a search engine, Get Search is a program that will change several keys on your Registry, which will allow them to also modify Internet Explorer’s configuration. If suddenly the home page welcoming you whenever you open your browser, is Get Search you have without a doubt been infected. Get Search won’t just set this page once, it will also install whatever it needs to make sure to be reinstalled after every restart. Browser hijackers such as Get Search usually take advantage of security holes or Active X installers.

To protect yourself from this kind of browser hijackers, make sure to verify the source of every free program you download. Even better stick to use only official websites whenever you find yourself in need of any kind of software.

If in this case it’s too late for precautions, you must clean your system from all traces of Get Search as soon as possible. By all traces we mean the icons and extensions it has most definitely installed in your system and browsers. Use the following guide to remove Get Search, if you happen to have any problems don’t hesitate to contact our expert panel by opening your own case in the forums.

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