webswitch.tk Removal Guide

If your system is unprotected and you surf the Internet on a daily basis, you might notice that webswitch.tk has replaced your homepage and search provider one day. This search engine is very suspicious ant it is even classified as a browser hijacker by many researchers because it can make the changes without a user’s permission. Remove webswitch.tk as soon as possible if you have already noticed its presence on your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. It is necessary to remove this search engine because it is untrustworthy and you might even end up on various untrustworthy websites if you keep this dubious search engine. Many computer users cannot remove webswitch.tk themselves because it is impossible to delete this search engine via Control Panel. Do not worry; we will explain you how to remove it in this article.

At first sight, webswitch.tk looks like a normal search engine. It allows computer users to search for the information on the web and even such specific websites as Wikipedia and YouTube. What is more, it will allow you to bookmark various websites and even save search results. Actually, it is not known whether it will really allow you to do that. In addition, it has been observed that webswitch.tk shows various advertisements. If you click on them, you might easily download malware on your computer. Advertisements offering to download Video Converter and other programs are especially dangerous because you might install adware, potentially unwanted applications, and other suspicious programs on your system instead of useful software.

It is very likely that webswitch.tk browser hijacker comes bundled with other unreliable programs. Thus, if this search engine has already appeared in the place of your homepage and search provider, there is a slight possibility that other malicious programs have entered your system as well. Make sure that you check your system’s condition after the removal of webswitch.tk browser hijacker because it might not be the only infection. The easiest way to do that is to scan the system with a diagnostic scanner.

It is impossible to remove webswitch.tk via Control Panel; however you will be able to get rid of this search engine if you reset your browsers. It is not a difficult process,but we have still prepared the removal instructions and placed them below this article. You should not forget that it is also possible to remove infections automatically. If you decide to leave all the work for an antimalware tool, you will have to acquire SpyHunter or a similar trustworthy tool, install it, and then scan your system. All malicious applications will disappear from your system very quickly if you use an automatic tool.

Remove webswitch.tk from your browsers

Internet Explorer

1. Open your browser and tap Alt+T.
2. Select Internet Options.
3. Open the Advanced tab and click Reset.
4. Check the box placed next to Delete personal settings.
5. Click the Reset button again.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Launch your browser.
2. Tap Alt+H.
3. Select Troubleshooting Information from the menu.
4. Click Reset Firefox (or Refresh Firefox) button.
5. Click on the same button in the dialog box again.

Google Chrome

1. Open your browser.
2. Tap Alt+F using your keyboard.
3. Select Settings.
4. Scroll down and click Show advanced settings.
5. Click Reset browser settings.
6. Click the Reset button.