Remove ecosia.org

ecosia.org is a independent non-profit search engine endorsed by Bing and Yahoo whose support allows them access to a great deal of data. At least 80% of their ads revenue is donated for WWF’s tropical forest protection programs. Every search performed through ecosia.org is saving 2 m² of tropical land. As part of their interest to protect their user’s data, they make sure all search key words are erased within 48 hours of being used and never use it or sell it for commercial purposes.

The problem is that since the beginning of the year, ecosia.org has been using some of the same techniques used by browser hijackers to be installed in as many browsers as possible. Therefore ecosia.org has been offered along with freeware during their install process. Usually users such as yourself never realize this is happening until it’s done, you find yourself with ecosia.org as your homepage and naturally you think a virus is involved.

Uninstalling ecosia.org is quite easy because unlike real browser hijackers, ecosia.org does not install any measures to block any manual attempts on your behalf to remove it. However we still recommend you to perform all steps included in our guide, because there’s a chance that other unwanted programs might have been installed at the same time.

How to remove ecosia.org ?

Remove ecosia.org with AdwCleaner

The AdwCleaner program will scan your computer and web browser for ecosia.org, browser extensions and registry keys, that may have been installed on your pc without your knowledge.

• You can download AdwCleaner utility from the below button :
  Download AdwCleaner
• Before starting AdwCleaner, close all open programs and internet browsers, then double-click on the file AdwCleaner.exe.
• If Windows prompts you as to whether or not you wish to run AdwCleaner, please allow it to run.
• When the AdwCleaner program will open, click on the Scan button.
• To remove malicious files that were detected in the previous step, please click on the Clean button.
• Please click on the OK button to allow AdwCleaner reboot your computer.

Remove ecosia.org with ZHPCleaner

ZHPCleaner is a program that searches for and deletes Adware, Toolbars, Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUP), and browser Hijackers from your computer. By using ZHPCleaner you can easily remove many of these types of programs for a better user experience on your computer and while browsing the web.

• If Avast is installed on you computer you have to disable it during the process.
• You can download AdwCleaner utility from the below button :
  Download ZHPCleaner
• Select ZHPCleaner.exe with right mouse click and Run as Administrator.
• Accept the user agreement.
• Click on the Scanner button.
• After the scan has finished, click on the Repair button.
• Reboot your computer.

Remove ecosia.org with MalwareBytes Anti-Malware

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware detects and removes malware like worms, Trojans, rootkits, rogues, spyware, and more. All you have to do is launch Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Free and run a scan. If you want even better protection, consider Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Premium and its instant real-time scanner that automatically prevents malware and websites from infecting your PC.

• Download MalwareBytes Anti-Malware :
  Premium Version Free Version (without Real-time protection)
• Install MalwareBytes Anti-Malware using the installation wizard.
• Once installed, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will automatically start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program, and that a scan has never been run on your system. To start a system scan you can click on the Fix Now button.
• Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will now check for updates, and if there are any, you will need to click on the Update Now button.
• Once the program has loaded, select Scan now.
• When the scan is done, you will now be presented with a screen showing you the malware infections that Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware has detected. To remove the malicious programs that Malwarebytes Anti-malware has found, click on the Quarantine All button, and then click on the Apply Now button.
• When removing the files, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware may require a reboot in order to remove some of them. If it displays a message stating that it needs to reboot your computer, please allow it to do so.

Reset default homepage (if necessary)

• Chrome
• Firefox
• Internet Explorer