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How to Completely Remove Native-search.com?(Step by Step Removal Guide)

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Information about Native-search.com

Native-search.com is an unreliable search engine. Being considered to be a browser hijacker, this insecure domain is capable of setting it to be the start page and default search engine forcibly. Such type of browser infection is distributed through the network.most of time, developers bundle its installation package to some free applications. While users download applications as freeware, shareware, games app and other types of downloads, this browser hijacker can be downloaded and installed at the same time. For this reason, the optional installation is not recommended while users are installing some internet resources, especially free resources coming from untrustworthy sites. Since most of cyber criminals take surveillance actions by using such kid of browser threat, as a result, using a security tool to combat such attacks is necessary for information security.

No doubt, apart form this Appstein, you will find more other third party programs are installed without your permission. The main purpose of creating this virus is to make money from victims who do not pay enough attention to their online activities when surfing the internet or downloading freeware or shareware form the network. Your privacy will be in danger if your computer is infected by this browser redirect threat. All your browser history, search information, cookies, online account (Facebook, yahoo, emails, twitter) as well as other crucial information as your sensitive files and folders will be recorded and copied by it. Then remote criminals will make use of those personal details to earn money. However, you will only get some troubles if you do not remove this browser redirect virus timely. Hence, it is advised to delete it as soon as possible.

Symptoms of being infected with Native-search.com:

You will be redirected to Native-search.com which will give you wrong information
Your default homepage and search engine will be changed to unknown sites.
Your computer performance will get poorer.
Your private information may be exposed.

Harms Native-search.com may bring to your PC

Native-search.com may not be so harmful as other malicious virus, it still affect your online life. First of all, due to its “function” to change your default homepage, every websites you visit may contain lots of bogus information so as to to attract you to click on it, then some unknown or dangers programs may get inside your computer. Your computer may at the risks of crashing down. What’s more, because of the numerous popups, the speed of your computer will be slowed down, and some useful information you want may be covered up. Those unknown programs may run in the background of your system and consume lots of system resources to slow down the speed of the computer. Besides, your personal information may be privately collected and sold to the third party.

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Native-search.com removal Instructions

Automatic Removal (Using Removal Tool SpyHunter)(Download Tools Now)

Please be aware that manual removal is a rather risky and complex process that requires a high level of computer troubleshooting skills. So it is only recommended to advanced PC users. If you are an average PC user, we sincerely recommend you to download SpyHunter on your computer and use it to remove Native-search.com. It is a professional and powerful removal tool which has the ability to detect and remove all types of unwanted programs and threats from your computer without causing any side effect. It can deeply scan your computer to find out and delete the browser hijacker automatically within a few minutes. Please follow the below steps to download it on your computer.

Step 1: Download SpyHunter on your computer by clicking on the below button.

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Step 2: Install it on your computer by following the installation wizard. When you finish the installation, launch the removal tool to perform a full system scan to find out the threat.

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Step 3: When the scan finishes, check the scan result and then click the Remove button to delete all the detected threats from your computer.

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Method 2. Manually remove Native-search.com from your computer.

Sometimes, you can restore the browser settings which are set by potentially unwanted programs back to the previous state you wish manually. Uninstalling the relevant programs and disable additional browser toolbars or extensions, changing the homepage and search engine can often fix browser hijacking issues. Follow the guide below and you will be able to get rid of the hijacker.

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Uninstall Mindspark products or relevant programs via Control Panel
Windows 8/8.1

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In the Programs and Features window, make sure that program you wish to remove is selected and then click Uninstall button.

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Windows 7/Vista

Click on Start button, click on Control Panel and then click on Uninstall a Program under Programs.

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Search for and click on the Mindspark application or relevant program and click on Uninstall button.

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Windows XP

Click on Start button, go to Control Panel and then double click on Add/Remove Programs. From the list of all programs installed on your system, select the program associated with the hijacker and click on Uninstall/Change button.

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Remove Native-search.com from Internet Explorer
Step1. Remove the MyWay New Tab extension from IE

Click on the gear icon in the top right corner of the IE browser or click on Tools and then click on Manage add-ons.

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Click on Toolbars and Extensions on the left and search for the add-on you want to delete and click Remove button.

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(Please note that the extensions are not listed under the MyWay brand and they could be under the brand name of the extension, such as Filmfanatic, FromDocToPDF and Weatherblink, that is installed on your computer. This applies to Firefox add-ons and Chrome extension which you need to remove as mentioned below.)

Step2. Remove MyWay homepage from IE

Click on the gear button/Tools and then click on Internet Options.

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In the General tab, delete Native-search.com from the Home page section and then type the address of the site you prefer, such as www.google.com into the box.

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Click Apply button and save the changes and then click on OK button.

Step3. Disable the unwanted search engine in IE

Click on the gear icon/Tools and click on Manage add-ons, click on Search Provides under Add-on Types in the left, select the provider you don’t want and click Remove. If you want to set Google as your default search engine, highlight it and then click on Set as default button.

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Delete Native-search.com from Google Chrome
Step1. Remove MyWay New tab from Chrome browser

Click on the Customize and Control Google Chrome button at the top right corner, click on More tools and then click on Extensions.

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From the list of installed extensions, search for the extension you wish to remove and click on the trashcan icon to delete it.

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Step2. Delete Native-search.com homepage from Chrome

Click on the Customize and Control Google Chrome button and then click on Settings from the drop-down menu.

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In the Chrome Settings page, check Open a specified page or set of pages under Startup section and then click Set pages.

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Delete the unwanted item and type the address of the site you want in the editable field and click OK.

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Under Appearance section, check Show Home button and then click on Change.

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Type the address of the site you’d like in the editable filed next to Open this page and then click OK.

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Step3. Remove the search engine you don’t want from Chrome.

In the Chrome settings menu, locate to Search section and click on Manage search engines… button.

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In the pop-up Search engines screen, highlight the search engine you want and click on Make Default. Locate the unwanted search engine and click X button to remove it then click Done button.

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Clean up Native-search.com from Mozilla Firefox

Step1. Remove MyWay New tab from Firefox browser

Click on button or click on Tools and then click on Add-ons from the drop-down menu.

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In the Extensions tab, search for the add-on you wish to remove and click Disable or Remove button.

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Sometimes, you are allowed to check the option that remove the MyWay home page and restore to your previous settings when the extension uninstall confirmation dialog appears. This will easily restore your homepage without letting you to manually delete the MyWay homepage from the browser. If this option doesn’t occur, follow the step below to continue.

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Step2. Delete the unwanted homepage from Firefox.

Click on button or click on Tools and then click on Options in the drop-down menu.

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In the Firefox Options page, make sure you select General tab on the left, then delete Native-search.com and type the address of the desired site in the Home Page editable filed.

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Alternatively, you can open the website you prefer then click on Use Current Pages button to set that page as your homepage.

Step3. Remove the unwanted search engine from Firefox.

In the Firefox Options page, click on Search tab on the left and then select a desired search engine such as Google under Default Search Engine section.

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To remove the unwanted search engine, search for it under Once-click Search Engines section and select it then click Remove button to clean up it.

Summary:

Once your computer is infected by Native-search.com. Your browser can not be safe. This browser hijack redirect can do dangerous thing on your infected computer, such as track your action online and steal your personal information. This redirect can slow down your computer so that you need to take more time to start it and run a program. The redirect can be one of the most annoying things, if you can not remove it completely from your computer, it may do further damage to your computer. Something this redirect can hide itself so that the anti-virus may not remove it completely, and it is the reason that it can be very nasty to the victims. Do not hesitate, you just need to remove this browser hijack redirect completely from your computer before it causes further damage.

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Attention: Is your computer infected with browser hijackers or other malware? Searching for an effective method to get rid of the cyber threats? Please download and install SpyHunter on the PC and it will help you fix the malware issues and protect the system effectively.


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