How to remove Search.primeinfospot.com [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

If your search engine, start page and newtab page has been modified to the Search.primeinfospot.com or you get lots of advertisements popping up on your system then it could mean that you unintentionally installed browser hijacker on your system. Browser hijacking is a form of unwanted software that alters current settings of all your typical web-browsers without a user permission, to redirect on harmful, intrusive and misleading webpages. Also, if you’re seeing that the existing start page, error page, or search page has been changed to Search.primeinfospot.com web-site, then you do not need to wait , you need to follow the tutorial below and remove Search.primeinfospot.com hijacker as quickly as possible.

The browser hijacker can also set up the Search.primeinfospot.com web-site as the Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, MS Edge and Mozilla Firefox default search provider that cause search redirections via the web-site. In this way, authors of the hijacker have an opportunity to show various advertisements together with the search results for your query. These unwanted advertisements will be combined in the redirected webpage. This can bring a ton of profit for developers of the hijacker.

Also, ‘ad-supported’ software (also known as adware) can be installed on the machine together with Search.primeinfospot.com hijacker. It will insert a huge number of advertisements directly to the websites which you view, creating a sense that advertisements has been added by the developers of the web page. Also legal advertisements can be replaced on fake ads which will offer to download and install various unnecessary and harmful programs.

Moreover, the Search.primeinfospot.com hijacker has the ability to gather a wide variety of personal data that can be later transferred third party companies.

By following step-by-step tutorial below it’s easy to delete Search.primeinfospot.com from Chrome, Firefox, Edge and IE and your computer. Learn how to scan and get rid of browser hijacker and other harmful apps, as well as how to run a full personal computer virus scan.

Remove Search.primeinfospot.com from Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge

There are a few solutions that can be used to get rid of Search.primeinfospot.com. But, not all potentially unwanted applications like this browser hijacker infection can be completely removed utilizing only manual methods. In many cases you are not able to remove any hijacker infection using standard MS Windows options. In order to remove Search.primeinfospot.com you need complete a few manual steps and run reliable removal utilities. Most IT security specialists states that Zemana Anti Malware, MalwareBytes Free or HitmanPro utilities are a right choice. These free programs are able to scan for and get rid of Search.primeinfospot.com from your system and restore your web browser settings to defaults.

To remove Search.primeinfospot.com, use the steps below:

1. Manual Search.primeinfospot.com removal
   • Delete potentially unwanted applications using MS Windows Control Panel
   • Remove Search.primeinfospot.com homepage from IE
   • Get rid of Search.primeinfospot.com from Mozilla Firefox by resetting web browser settings
   • Remove Search.primeinfospot.com from Google Chrome
2. How to automatically remove Search.primeinfospot.com browser hijacker
   • Scan and free your machine of Search.primeinfospot.com with Zemana Free
   • Use Hitman Pro to remove Search.primeinfospot.com
   • Scan and free your machine of browser hijacker infection with MalwareBytes Anti-Malware
3. Run AdBlocker to block Search.primeinfospot.com and stay safe online
4. How does your machine get infected with Search.primeinfospot.com hijacker
5. Finish words

Manual Search.primeinfospot.com removal

If you perform exactly the step-by-step instructions below you should be able to remove the Search.primeinfospot.com home page from the Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, MS Edge and Chrome web-browsers.

Delete potentially unwanted applications using MS Windows Control Panel

In order to remove Search.primeinfospot.com, first thing you need to do is to delete unknown and questionable programs from your computer using MS Windows control panel. When removing this browser hijacker, check the list of installed programs and try to find suspicious programs and delete them all. Pay special attention to recently installed programs, as it’s most probably that the Search.primeinfospot.com browser hijacker сame along with it.

Carefully browse through the list of installed applications and remove all questionable and unknown software. We suggest to click ‘Installed programs’ and even sorts all installed applications by date. When you’ve found anything dubious that may be the browser hijacker which reroutes your internet browser to intrusive Search.primeinfospot.com page or other potentially unwanted application (PUA), then choose this application and click ‘Uninstall’ in the upper part of the window. If the questionable program blocked from removal, then run Revo Uninstaller Freeware to fully delete it from your computer.

Remove Search.primeinfospot.com homepage from IE

The Internet Explorer reset is great if your internet browser is hijacked or you have unwanted plugins or toolbars on your web browser, which installed by a malware.

First, run the Microsoft Internet Explorer, then click ‘gear’ icon . It will display the Tools drop-down menu on the right part of the web browser, then click the “Internet Options” as shown in the following example.

In the “Internet Options” screen, select the “Advanced” tab, then click the “Reset” button. The Microsoft Internet Explorer will open the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” prompt. Further, click the “Delete personal settings” check box to select it. Next, click the “Reset” button as displayed on the screen below.

After the procedure is finished, click “Close” button. Close the Internet Explorer and reboot your machine for the changes to take effect. This step will help you to restore your web browser’s newtab, search engine and startpage to default state.

Get rid of Search.primeinfospot.com from Mozilla Firefox by resetting web browser settings

This step will allow you get rid of Search.primeinfospot.com, third-party toolbars, disable malicious extensions and revert back your default startpage, new tab and search engine settings.

Start the Mozilla Firefox and click the menu button (it looks like three stacked lines) at the top right of the browser screen. Next, click the question-mark icon at the bottom of the drop-down menu. It will open the slide-out menu.

Select the “Troubleshooting information”. If you are unable to access the Help menu, then type “about:support” in your address bar and press Enter. It bring up the “Troubleshooting Information” page as displayed in the figure below.

Click the “Refresh Firefox” button at the top right of the Troubleshooting Information page. Select “Refresh Firefox” in the confirmation prompt. The Firefox will start a process to fix your problems that caused by the Search.primeinfospot.com hijacker. Once, it is finished, click the “Finish” button.

Remove Search.primeinfospot.com from Google Chrome

Reset Chrome will reset your startpage, newtab page, search provider, and other web-browser settings infected by Search.primeinfospot.com hijacker infection. All unwanted and malicious addons will also be uninstalled from the browser. However, your saved bookmarks and passwords will not be lost. This will not affect your history, passwords, bookmarks, and other saved data.

1. First launch the Google Chrome and press Menu button (small button in the form of three dots).
2. It will display the Chrome main menu. Choose More Tools, then click Extensions.
3. You will see the list of installed addons. If the list has the plugin labeled with “Installed by enterprise policy” or “Installed by your administrator”, then complete the following guidance: Remove Chrome extensions installed by enterprise policy.
4. Now open the Google Chrome menu once again, click the “Settings” menu.
5. You will see the Chrome’s settings page. Scroll down and press “Advanced” link.
6. Scroll down again and click the “Reset” button.
7. The Chrome will display the reset profile settings page as shown on the image above.
8. Next press the “Reset” button.
9. Once this task is finished, your web browser’s default search provider, startpage and new tab will be restored to their original defaults.
10. To learn more, read the blog post How to reset Chrome settings to default.

How to automatically remove Search.primeinfospot.com browser hijacker

There are not many good free antimalware programs with high detection ratio. The effectiveness of malicious software removal tools depends on various factors, mostly on how often their virus/malware signatures DB are updated in order to effectively detect modern malicious software, adware, hijacker infections and other potentially unwanted apps. We recommend to run several programs, not just one. These programs that listed below will allow you remove all components of the browser hijacker from your disk and Windows registry and thereby delete Search.primeinfospot.com startpage.

Scan and free your machine of Search.primeinfospot.com with Zemana Free

We suggest using the Zemana Anti Malware. You can download and install Zemana Free to scan for and get rid of Search.primeinfospot.com startpage from your personal computer. When installed and updated, the malicious software remover will automatically scan and detect all threats exist on the machine.

Now you can setup and use Zemana Anti Malware to delete Search.primeinfospot.com from your web-browser by following the steps below:

Visit the page linked below to download Zemana Anti-Malware (ZAM) installer named Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup on your computer. Save it on your Desktop.

Start the setup file after it has been downloaded successfully and then follow the prompts to install this tool on your machine.

During installation you can change some settings, but we recommend you don’t make any changes to default settings.

When installation is finished, this malicious software removal utility will automatically run and update itself. You will see its main window as displayed on the image below.

Now press the “Scan” button to begin checking your PC for the hijacker that causes web browsers to show annoying Search.primeinfospot.com website. A system scan can take anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes, depending on your PC. While the Zemana utility is checking, you can see how many objects it has identified as being affected by malicious software.

After Zemana has finished scanning, Zemana Free will display a screen that contains a list of malware that has been found. Review the results once the utility has complete the system scan. If you think an entry should not be quarantined, then uncheck it. Otherwise, simply click “Next” button.

The Zemana Anti Malware (ZAM) will get rid of browser hijacker that causes web-browsers to display annoying Search.primeinfospot.com web-site and move threats to the program’s quarantine. Once finished, you can be prompted to reboot your system to make the change take effect.

Use Hitman Pro to remove Search.primeinfospot.com

If Zemana AntiMalware (ZAM) cannot get rid of this browser hijacker, then we suggests to run the Hitman Pro. The Hitman Pro is a free powerful, professional removal utility for malicious software, adware, PUPs, toolbars as well as Search.primeinfospot.com browser hijacker and other web-browser’s malicious addons. It completely removes all traces and remnants of the infection.

1. Download Hitman Pro on your Microsoft Windows Desktop from the link below.
   
   

   HitmanPro
   12066 downloads
   Author: Sophos
   Category: Security tools
   Update: June 28, 2018
   
2. After the download is complete, double click the Hitman Pro icon. Once this utility is launched, click “Next” button . HitmanPro program will scan through the whole system for the hijacker responsible for redirecting your web-browser to Search.primeinfospot.com web page. This procedure can take quite a while, so please be patient. While the utility is scanning, you can see number of objects and files has already scanned.
3. Once HitmanPro has finished scanning your computer, HitmanPro will show a scan report. When you are ready, press “Next” button. Now click the “Activate free license” button to begin the free 30 days trial to remove all malware found.

Scan and free your machine of browser hijacker infection with MalwareBytes Anti-Malware

If you are still having problems with the Search.primeinfospot.com redirect — or just wish to check your personal computer occasionally for browser hijacker and other malicious software — download MalwareBytes. It’s free for home use, and detects and removes various undesired applications that attacks your machine or degrades PC performance. MalwareBytes Free can delete adware, potentially unwanted programs as well as malicious software, including ransomware and trojans.

Visit the following page to download the latest version of MalwareBytes AntiMalware for Microsoft Windows. Save it to your Desktop.

Once the downloading process is finished, run it and follow the prompts. Once installed, the MalwareBytes AntiMalware will try to update itself and when this procedure is complete, press the “Scan Now” button to perform a system scan for the Search.primeinfospot.com browser hijacker and other browser’s harmful extensions. When a threat is found, the number of the security threats will change accordingly. In order to delete all threats, simply press “Quarantine Selected” button.

The MalwareBytes is a free application that you can use to remove all detected folders, files, services, registry entries and so on. To learn more about this malware removal tool, we recommend you to read and follow the instructions or the video guide below.

Run AdBlocker to block Search.primeinfospot.com and stay safe online

If you surf the Web, you can’t avoid malvertising. But you can protect your browser against it. Download and run an ad-blocker application. AdGuard is an ad blocking that can filter out a large amount of of the malvertising, stoping dynamic scripts from loading harmful content.

Download AdGuard on your PC system by clicking on the link below.

Once downloading is complete, start the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as shown in the following example.

Follow the prompts. After the installation is complete, you will see a window like below.

You can click “Skip” to close the installation application and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” button to see an quick tutorial that will help you get to know AdGuard better.

In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you start your system, AdGuard will launch automatically and stop popup ads, pages such as the Search.primeinfospot.com, as well as other malicious or misleading webpages. For an overview of all the features of the application, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, that is located on your desktop.

How does your machine get infected with Search.primeinfospot.com hijacker

The Search.primeinfospot.com like other PUPs can get installed to your web-browser or computer when you visit a webpage and click an Install button, or when you download and run a questionable program, or when you install free program that includes a PUP (potentially unwanted program). Be very attentive when installing any software and make sure you deselect any options for optional applications that you do not want.

Finish words

Now your system should be clean of the hijacker infection related to the Search.primeinfospot.com. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you block unwanted pop-ups and intrusive harmful sites) and Zemana (to periodically scan your PC system for new malware, browser hijackers and adware). Make sure that you have all the Critical Updates recommended for Windows operating system. Without regular updates you WILL NOT be protected when new browser hijackers, harmful apps and adware are released.

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