How to remove Search.lexside.com browser hijacker from Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer

If you start your computer and open a browser and the first page that you see is the Search.lexside.com it means that your computer was infected with browser hijacker. Whatever you do, this malware program will stay in your system memory and every few seconds will pop-up Search.lexside.com annoying website with numerous advertisings.

Search.lexside.com pop-up windows are not the worst thing that can happen. Furthermore, it can be worse. This browser hijacker can completely take control over your browser, change home page, new tab page and even replace your search engine that you are using by default. Moreover, Search.lexside.com redirect can affect shortcuts on your desktop, so that when you try to run the program the web browser will be automatically opened with this malicious website.

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Technically, the malware that opens Search.lexside.com is not a virus. But it behaves very similar. Same as the virus it will hide in your system and make various unauthorized and harmful actions, and other than that it can block or impede its removal. The cause of this annoying infection in Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox is not the infection of your computer by some Trojan, most of the times it is some malware or some potentially unwanted program that hiding in your system. These programs are absolutely unnecessary for the normal operation of the computer and doesn’t perform any useful functions. All their activities are reduced to one – to show you annoying advertisements or open different, misleading and irrelevant websites. To get infected you don’t need to visit some questionable websites or install some Trojans, often it is enough to download and run some freeware application downloaded from unofficial website.

The infection process of Search.lexside.com is quite common and starts from the step where user is looking for some freeware program on Google. After introducing a search query, user clicks on the first link and getting redirected to one of the major file hosting website. The website usually looks legitimate and doesn’t cause any suspicion. After that user downloads the installer, which is usually packed with additional programs such as Search.lexside.com browser hijacker. In most of the cases the installation of additional programs can be disabled by simply attentively reading of user agreement and choosing custom or advanced installation option. Forget the automatic installation!

Anyhow, if you already have been infected by Search.lexside.com and want to quickly and easily get rid of it from your computer, we recommend to use our comprehensive removal guide written below. Follow the manual removal steps and you will be able to completely uninstall Search.lexside.com redirect virus from your computer. Afterwards it is recommended to scan your computer with our automatic removal tool to make sure that you don’t have any other infection installed on your computer.

Search.lexside.com Removal Instruction

Automatic Removal for Search.lexside.com

Symptoms of Search.lexside.com 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 Search.lexside.com threat removal and it is easy to use.

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Manual Removal Instruction for Search.lexside.com

Step 1
UNINSTALL SEARCH.LEXSIDE.COM 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).
    Search.lexside.com 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.
    Search.lexside.com remove from Windows - step 1.2
Uninstall Search.lexside.com and related programs
  • In the list of installed programs find the Search.lexside.com or any other recently installed suspicious programs.
  • Click on them to select and then click on Uninstall button to remove them.
    Search.lexside.com remove from Windows - step 1.3
Step 2
REMOVE SEARCH.LEXSIDE.COM 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 Search.lexside.com from Internet Explorer - Step 2.1
  • You will see a Manage Add-ons window. Now, find the Search.lexside.com and other suspicious add-ons. Disable them by right clicking and selecting Disable:
    Remove Search.lexside.com 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 Search.lexside.com 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 Search.lexside.com completely.
  • Remove Search.lexside.com 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 Search.lexside.com from Mozilla Firefox - Step 2.1
  • Now you can see the list of extensions installed within Mozilla Firefox, simply select Search.lexside.com and other suspicious extensions and click on remove button to delete them.
  • Remove Search.lexside.com 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 Search.lexside.com 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 Search.lexside.com completely.
  • Remove Search.lexside.com 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 Search.lexside.com from Google Chrome - Step 2.1
  • Now, find the Search.lexside.com and other unwanted extensions and click on trash icon to delete them completely.
  • Remove Search.lexside.com 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 Search.lexside.com 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 Search.lexside.com 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 Search.lexside.com from Google Chrome - Step 2.5
  • New window will pop-up where you click on Reset button to confirm the action and remove Search.lexside.com completely.
  • Remove Search.lexside.com from Google Chrome - Step 2.6
Step 3
FINAL SEARCH.LEXSIDE.COM REMOVAL PROCEDURE

After performing all of the steps above you should have all of your web browsers clean of the SEARCH.LEXSIDE.COM 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: 02/13/2016 11:01 PM;