Coolsearch.info Uninstall Guide
What is Coolsearch.info?
Coolsearch.info is a browser hijacker that promotes a dubious search engine. If you suddenly find that your browser’s settings have been changed without your permission, you have a browser hijacker on your hands. It must have entered without you noticing when you were installing free software. It is not a malicious infection, a browser hijacker is merely going to change your browser settings so that it can redirect you to sponsored websites. Redirecting you to those websites is the main reason why a browser hijacker even exists. It generates traffic and thus makes pay-per-click revenue for those sites. It should be noted, however, that while Coolsearch.info is not malicious, it could redirect you to malicious websites and you might obtain malware if you are not careful. We suggest you take the time to delete Coolsearch.info from your computer as soon as possible.
How did my computer get infected with Coolsearch.info?
The reason you have Coolsearch.info on your computer is because you installed freeware that had the hijacker attached to it. In the future, when you install free software, you need to choose Advanced (Custom) settings. If something is added to free software, it will be hiding in Advanced (Custom) settings. If you choose Default, you will end up with all sorts of unwanted items. It’s how you ended up with Coolsearch.info in the first place. Always choose those settings, and you will not need to remove Coolsearch.info or similar unwanted items.
Why uninstall Coolsearch.info?
The reason you are probably reading this is because your browser’s settings have been changed and you are redirected to Coolsearch.info all the time. All your browser’s must have been affected (including Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox) and your homepage has been set to Coolsearch.info. The only way to undo the setting changes would be to remove Coolsearch.info from your computer. Coolsearch.info is a very basic website and does not provide any Terms of Services or Privacy Policy, so for all you know, it might be recording your clicks and gathering data about you. If you use the search engine provided, you will be presented with sponsored results among the legitimate ones. We do not suggest you use Coolsearch.info at all as is will merely use you to make pay-per-click income. You might even be led to dangerous sites where you could accidentally obtain malware. We suggest you uninstall Coolsearch.info.
Coolsearch.info removal
It should not be hard to delete Coolsearch.info, if you know where to locate it. If you are having trouble with manual Coolsearch.info removal, you can obtain a reliable removal tool and have it erase Coolsearch.info. This would be the easiest option as the program will take care to eliminate Coolsearch.info for you. Whichever way you choose, make sure you terminate Coolsearch.info fully so that it does not reappear again.
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