How to remove Palikan Search browser hijacker from Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer

Palikan Search is a browser hijacker, that is advertised as a helpful browsing tool that can bring you closer to the web content you love. It was recently developed by Palikan Software and the developers saying that Palikan has a lot features to offer such as the latest search algorithms, tools, add-ons and extensions. All of that supposedly should enhance user’s web browsing and help to organize the best websites during Internet surfing. Unfortunately, same as the most of malware developers Palikan Software is trying to buy users with a large quantity of “useful”, but inexistent features. In fact, Palikan Search will provide you with only few features such as, changing your default home page and search engine to palikan.com, without your authorization, monitoring your browsing activities, collecting your personal data and transferring it to the third parties. Users who are using Palikan Search are being always redirected to third party websites and risking to get infected with malware. We strongly recommend to uninstall Palikan Search and all related products from your computer.

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Palikan Search is very dangerous browser hijacker, it can trick users into installation of potentially unwanted programs by redirecting to questionable websites where fake pop-up security alerts and update notifications will be displayed on the screen. Palikan Search is a great tool for generating web traffic to sponsored websites. The army of infected computers are the main source of the traffic and income for the Palikan.com developers. Therefore, Palikan Search hijacker will not miss a chance to increase the amount of infected users by running various gray schemes. One of the most popular schemes is distributing the infection through freeware applications. This method is also known as bundling and it can be easily avoided if users pay a little bit more attention while downloading and installing freeware/shareware programs. So, first of all, do not download software from unofficial websites, in 90% it will be bundled with adware, hijackers or any other malware that you don’t need. Secondly, during the installation of any program, even downloaded from official website, it is highly recommended to read the EULA and select custom installation, so you can prevent the installation of unwanted additional programs. These days, malware developers are using so many schemes that it is impossible to review in one article, however keep in mind the previous recommendations, keep your anti-virus updated and you might be safe.

Palikan Search virus can easily get into your system if you try to open a spam emails attachments, so keep that in mind and do not ever open those. Palikan Search can be easily removed from your computer if you follow our comprehensive removal guide written below. Just follow the steps and you will get rid of Palikan Search. We also recommend to download our automatic removal tool to scan your PC for additional threats that could’ve been installed by Palikan Search.

Palikan Search Removal Instruction

Automatic Removal for Palikan Search

Symptoms of Palikan Search infection on your computer can be: computer crashes, unusual homepage or search engine on your browser, unwanted pop-up ads and advertising banners. We recommend to download our automatic removal tool. This removal tool has been tested for Palikan Search threat removal and it is easy to use.

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Manual Removal Instruction for Palikan Search

Step 1
UNINSTALL PALIKAN SEARCH AND RELATED PROGRAMS
Windows XP / Vista / 7
  • Click on the Start button in the left lower corner and select → Control Panel. After that find the Programs and Features (if you are running Windows XP , then click on Add/Remove Programs).
    Palikan Search remove from Windows - step 1.1
Windows 8/8.1/10
  • If you are running Windows 8 or Windows 10 operating system , then right-click on the Start which is in the lower left corner of the screen. After that select Control Panel and go to Programs/Uninstall a Program.
    Palikan Search remove from Windows - step 1.2
Uninstall Palikan Search and related programs
  • In the list of installed programs find the Palikan Search or any other recently installed suspicious programs.
  • Click on them to select and then click on Uninstall button to remove them.
    Palikan Search remove from Windows - step 1.3
Step 2
REMOVE PALIKAN SEARCH FROM YOUR WEB BROWSERS
  • Step 3
Remove suspicious add-ons
  • Open Internet Explorer, click on the Gear icon (IE menu) on the upper right corner of the browser and select Manage Add-ons.
    Remove Palikan Search from Internet Explorer - Step 2.1
  • You will see a Manage Add-ons window. Now, find the Palikan Search and other suspicious add-ons. Disable them by right clicking and selecting Disable:
    Remove Palikan Search from Internet Explorer - Step 2.2
How to change your homepage if it was modified by browser hijacker:
  • Click on the gear icon (menu) on the upper right corner of the browser and select Internet Options.
  • On General tab remove unwanted URL and enter your desired domain name such as google.com. Click Apply to save changes.
    Remove Palikan Search from Internet Explorer - Step 2.3
Resetting Internet Explorer browser
  • Click on the gear icon (menu) again and chose Internet options. Go to Advanced tab.
  • Now click on Reset button, the new window should appear. Select the Delete Personal settings option and click on Reset button again. Now you have deteled Palikan Search completely.
  • Remove Palikan Search from Internet Explorer - Step 2.4
Remove suspicious extensions
  • Open Mozilla Firefox, click on the menu icon which is located in the top right corner. Now select Add-ons and go to Extensions.
  • Remove Palikan Search from Mozilla Firefox - Step 2.1
  • Now you can see the list of extensions installed within Mozilla Firefox, simply select Palikan Search and other suspicious extensions and click on remove button to delete them.
  • Remove Palikan Search from Mozilla Firefox - Step 2.2
Resetting Mozilla Firefox
  • Click on the Firefox menu icon which is on the upper left corner of the browser and click on the question mark. Now, choose Troubleshooting Information option.
  • Remove Palikan Search from Mozilla Firefox - Step 2.3
  • New windows will pop-up where you can see Refresh Firefox to its default state message and Refresh Firefox button. Click this button to remove Palikan Search completely.
  • Remove Palikan Search from Mozilla Firefox - Step 2.4
Remove suspicious extensions
  • Open Google Chrome, click on the menu icon in the upper right corner and select More Tools and then select Extensions.
  • Remove Palikan Search from Google Chrome - Step 2.1
  • Now, find the Palikan Search and other unwanted extensions and click on trash icon to delete them completely.
  • Remove Palikan Search from Google Chrome - Step 2.2
  • Click on menu icon once again and select Settings and then Manage Search engines it will be right under the Search section.
  • Remove Palikan Search from Google Chrome - Step 2.3
  • Now you will see all of the Search Engines installed in your browser. Remove any suspicious search engines. We advise you to leave only Google or your preferred domain name.
  • Remove Palikan Search from Google Chrome - Step 2.4
Resetting Google Chrome
  • Click on menu icon which is on the top right corner of your Google Chrome browser. Now select Settings. Click Show Advanced Settings...
  • Scroll down to the end of the page and find there Reset settings and click on it.
  • Remove Palikan Search from Google Chrome - Step 2.5
  • New window will pop-up where you click on Reset button to confirm the action and remove Palikan Search completely.
  • Remove Palikan Search from Google Chrome - Step 2.6
Step 3
FINAL PALIKAN SEARCH REMOVAL PROCEDURE

After performing all of the steps above you should have all of your web browsers clean of the PALIKAN SEARCH and other suspicious add-ons and extensions. However to complete the removal procedure we strongly advise to scan your computer with antivirus and anti-malware tools like SpyHunter, HitmanPro 32-bit, HitmanPro 64-bit or Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. Those programs might help to you find registry entries of malware and remove them safely.

Information added: 02/11/2016 06:08 PM;