Download-Offer.com Removal Guide

Do you know what Download-Offer.com is?

Download-Offer.com “aims to provide the ultimate online search experience” as this search engine is promoted on its website, yet this supposedly “advanced technology” appears to be down for some reason. Still, it is possible that you notice this page in your browsers as your new homepage because, in fact, it is a browser hijacker. This malware infection, when working, has only one goal and that is definitely not providing you with legitimate and fast search results. Instead, this hijacker is used to promote affiliated third-parties through its made-up search results to generate traffic to their sites. Therefore, it is a totally unreliable tool that you should remove as soon as you find it in your browser. Of course, right now, since it is not working, it may not be your biggest worry. But let us not forget about the rest of the infections that this hijacker may be distributed with in the same bundle. Also, just because it is currently “out of order” it does not mean that this search engine will not be put back in business.Download-Offer.com Removal GuideDownload-Offer.com screenshot
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Our researchers have found that this hijacker is actually the same as other well-known useless hijackers, including holasearch.com, golsearch.com, and enhanced-search.com. Obviously, these all may use the very same server, so do not be surprised to find them unavailable as well. However, if you visit Download-Offer.com right now you will find the informational page there, the same as at info.download-offer.com. But do not get too excited about this page because once you want to check either the Privacy Policy or the EAULA, you will be redirected to a 404 error page, i.e., you will see a “page not found” default page. That is rather suspicious and might mean a number of things, including that the schemers behind this useless search engine has given up on their “child” or it might also mean that they will relaunch it soon, for example, under a different name. No matter what, if you find it on your computer, you need to remove Download-Offer.com because you cannot be sure what might happen in the near future and this hijacker might get exploited by criminals once it is installed and left on your system.

Unfortunately, if this hijacker has found a way to your computer, it had to come in a freeware bundle. According to our researchers, these bundles may be rather detrimental to your system health since they can be packed with a number of malware threats. Installing such a package may slow down your computer and keep you distracted with annoying third-party ads while you go surfing the web. An infected bundle most commonly may contain adware apps, browser hijackers, and potentially unwanted programs as well. All of these threats may be able to introduce you to unreliable web content. Therefore, it is important to eliminate all of these potential threats once you delete Download-Offer.com.

Even if this search engine is up and running, you can never be sure if you can trust any of the search results it provides you since they may be modified by this hijacker. Its presence on your computer can only lead to more infections and potential online scams. If you would like to manually take care of this infection, we advise you to uninstall it through Control Panel. You can use our instructions below if you do know how to do that. Also, remember that your PC will not be perfectly safe until you eliminate all the threats. That is why we recommend that you use a reliable malware removal application in order to deal with all the infections that may be present on your computer.

Download-Offer.com Removal from Windows

Windows 8/Windows 8.1/Windows 10

  1. Press Win+I and open Control Panel.
  2. Click Uninstall a program.
  3. Right-click on the application and select Uninstall.

Windows Vista/Windows 7

  1. Press Win+R and type in Control Panel. Hit OK.
  2. Access Uninstall a program.
  3. Select the application and click Uninstall.

Windows XP

  1. Open the Start menu and select Control Panel.
  2. Click Add or Remove Programs.
  3. Select the application and click Remove.

In non-techie terms:

Download-Offer.com is a worthless search engine that can appear in your browsers without your permission and offer you manipulated search results. Therefore, it has been categorized as a browser hijacker. This hijacker may put your system security at risk through its service even though currently its server seems to be down. Since it may come with other malware infections on board, you may be facing multiple threats. We recommend that you remove Download-Offer.com right now along with every other threat you can find on your system.