Do you know what Hotsearchresults.com is?
Whether or not Hotsearchresults.com has hijacked your browsers without your knowledge, you have to remove this unreliable search tool from your homepage as soon as possible. According to our research, this infection is not incredibly malicious, but it can enable unfamiliar parties to expose you to misleading content. Because of this, we do not recommend trusting this search tool, interacting with the search results shown by it, or keeping it active. What you should do is delete Hotsearchresults.com, and we have found that it is not very difficult to remove this infection. In fact, it is a two-step process, and we are ready to explain it. Before we initiate the removal of this hijacker, we want to explain why this is necessary.
Hotsearchresults.com screenshot
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Hotsearchresults.com was created by the same people that created Searchingrightnow.com, Reeturn.com, Resultforquery.com, and other hijackers that we recommend removing. Some of these hijackers do not work at all, but even the ones that appear to work are useless. The search results shown to you are modified, and they are meant to promote third-party services. This is why every time you click the button routing to the next search results page you will find the same links. Hotsearchresults.com also fails to show useful photos, videos, news, or shopping results. Although most users will realize that they need to delete this hijacker as soon as it corrupts their browsers without permission, there is no doubt that the rest will initiate the removal as soon as they find that this hijacker does not work as a useful search tool it claims to be. On top of that, this infection can record information about you, which is why you should not postpone the removal operation.
If Hotsearchresults.com has hijacked your browser, it is most likely that you executed its installer when downloading other programs. It is believed that this infection can travel in malicious bundles, and the programs installed along with it might be even more malicious. It is crucial that you identify these potential threats, and we advise using a malware scanner. An automated malware removal tool is an irreplaceable tool that can help you remove Hotsearchresults.com-related malware and then protect it from malware attacks in the future. Needless to say, automatic removal is far more beneficial than manual removal. On top of that, we cannot guarantee that every bit of Hotsearchresults.com will be gone if you just replace the homepage.
Delete Hotsearchresults.com
Delete from Google Chrome
- Simultaneously tap Alt+F.
- Select Settings to open a menu and then move to On Startup.
- Mark Open a specific page or set of pages and click Set pages.
- Remove/edit the undesirable URL, click OK, and restart Chrome.
Delete from Internet Explorer
- Simultaneously tap Alt+T.
- Select Internet options and click the General tab.
- Remove/edit the URL in the Home Page box.
- Click OK and restart Internet Explorer.
Delete from Mozilla Firefox
- Simultaneously tap Alt+T.
- Click Options and navigate to the General menu.
- Remove/edit the URL under Home Page and restart Firefox.
In non-techie terms:
Hotsearchresults.com is not what it looks like. It looks like a search tool, but, in reality, it just an advertising tool that can corrupt your browsers illegally. Remove Hotsearchresults.com using the guide below and using a security tool that will delete leftovers and the remaining malware. Once your operating system is clean, you have to make sure to reinforce the protection so that you would not need to worry about malware in the future. An authentic security tool is most beneficial in this situation, and you should keep it installed and updated at all times.