Aqovd.com Removal Guide

If you have realized that your regular search tools were replaced by Aqovd.com, there is no doubt that you are under an attack of a malicious browser hijacker. Of course, in some cases, this search tool could be installed with the permission of the browsers’ owner, but even then this suspicious search tool requires removal. The content that this search tool represents is highly unpredictable, which means that you might get into trouble every time you use it. Unfortunately, many users have no idea how to delete Aqovd.com. If you replace this search tool with the preferred one in a regular manner, you will find Aqovd.com restored the next time you launch your browser.

Aqovd.com can change the properties of the infected browser to stop you from removing this unreliable search tool. Our researchers have found 123rede.com, Top8844.com, gamegogle.com, and a bunch of other browser hijackers to work in the same manner. In fact, these infections were created by the same people who stand behind Aqovd.com, which is why we believe that they can be deleted using the same removal methods. If you have doubts that these threats are linked in any way, all you need to do is analyze the Privacy Policy. This document suggests that the privacy policies belong to top8844. This document also reveals another reason to remove Aqovd.com from your browsers. It is disclosed that this hijacker can use your personal data. Even though personally identifiable information can be protected, you MUST delete Aqovd.com-related tracking cookies to stop this hijacker from recording data about you.

Some users do not realize that Aqovd.com is an unreliable search tool, even if it takes over the browsers completely illegally. Just like any other reliable search engine, Aqovd.com presents such search tools as Web, Images, Videos, and News. It also offers a link to Games (jogotempo.com) and another one to Forum. On top of that, it suggests an array of links to popular websites placed according to categories, including Hot, Video, Games, and Shopping. Since these links usually route to familiar sites, users do not even think about removing Aqovd.com. What is more, if you enter keywords, you will be routed to google.com, which is a trustworthy search tool. Does that mean that you can postpone the removal of Aqovd.com? You cannot because the search results could still be modified! Do you want to interact with links, ads, and search results that are untrustworthy? If you do not, remove this hijacker ASAP.

It is essential that you install automatic malware detection and removal software as soon as malicious threats enter your PC. If Aqovd.com has corrupted your web browsers illegally, other infections might await removal as well. If other threats do not exist, it is high time you take care of protection. If you do not secure your operating system, it does not matter if you delete Aqovd.com successfully, as other threats will be able to attack. Unfortunately, you will have to perform the removal of Aqovd.com yourself. Even though the manual removal operation might seem daunting, we can guarantee that you will delete this browser hijacker if you follow our removal instructions cautiously.

How to delete Aqovd.com

Delete from Google Chrome

1. Right-click the infected browser and select Properties.
2. Click the General tab, go to Attributes, un-select Read only, and click Apply.
3. Click the Shortcut tab, go to Target, and remove the URL after chrome.exe”. Click OK.
4. Open the browser, simultaneously tap Alt+F, and select Settings.
5. Go to On Startup, select Open a specific page or set of pages, and click Set pages.
6. Remove/overwrite the undesirable search provider and click OK.
7. Go to Appearance, mark Show Home button, and click Change.
8. Remove/overwrite the undesirable search provider and click OK.
9. Go to Search and click Manage search engines…
10. Select a new default search provider and remove the undesirable option. Click Done.

Delete from Internet Explorer

1. Right-click the infected browser and select Properties.
2. Click the General tab, go to Attributes, un-select Read only, and click Apply.
3. Click the Shortcut tab, go to Target, and remove the URL after iexplore.exe”. Click OK.
4. Open the browser, simultaneously tap keys Alt+T, and click Manage Add-ons.
5. In the menu on the left click Search Providers and set the preferred default search provider.
6. Remove the undesirable search provider and click Close.
7. Simultaneously tap Alt+T one more time and select Internet Options.
8. Click the General tab, remove/overwrite the undesirable Home Page URL, and click OK.

Delete from Mozilla Firefox

1. Right-click the infected browser and select Properties.
2. Click the General tab, go to Attributes, un-select Read only, and click Apply.
3. Click the Shortcut tab, go to Target, and remove the URL after firefox.exe”. Click OK.
4. Open the browser and click the Search icon placed on the Firefox search box.
5. Select Manage Search Engines and Remove the undesirable search provider. Click OK.
6. Simultaneously tap Alt+T to access the Tools menu and click Options.
7. Click the General tab, remove/overwrite the unwanted Home Page URL, and click OK.