If you ever observe that your search engine has been set to golsearch.com, there is no doubt that you have installed Search-Gol Toolbar on your system. Most people download and install it onto their PCs because the software promises to provide the “ultimate online search experience”. It is known that this application is aimed at a wide range of people, which is why it is compatible with Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. Unfortunately, you should not expect anything very beneficial from this browser plugin and its search engine golsearch.com because their presence on your system might just mean that it will be infected sooner or later. Thus, our specialists recommend that you get rid of golsearch.com. You will have to erase Search-Gol Toolbar as well in order to do that.
The main drawback of golsearch.com search engine is the fact that it is going to show you advertisements on its start page. In addition, you might be also provided with sponsored links together with normal search results. It is better not to click on them in order not to increase the possibility to infect the system. If you wonder how sponsored links and ads are able to cause you security-related problems, you should know that not all these links are reliable, which mean that you might be taken to websites that contain malicious software. Browsing on them might be disastrous, which is why it is better to reduce a chance of visiting these unreliable websites by getting rid of golsearch.com.
Do not expect that the toolbar is going to act somehow very beneficially. You will see only advertisements and a search field on it. In addition, it has been found out that this piece of software might violate your privacy by recording and transferring the collected data to third party advertisers. The publishers of this application seek to display you ads that might interest you; thus, in most cases all those commercials are based on your search queries and other relevant data. Of course, you might feel like somebody is spying on you, which is why you should remove Search-Gol Toolbar and golsearch.com without any further considerations.
If you do not know anything about the removal of undesirable programs, you should know that you can let an antimalware tool do its job. We have also provided the manual removal instructions for you below; however, you should know that they are more suitable for those computer users that haves some experience in malware removal.
Windows XP
Windows 7 and Vista
Windows 8
Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome