If you have been scanning your PC for adware and found a potentially unwanted program (PUP), you may have noticed certain search providers tailoring your results to their sites. This is where rogue search providers come into play, and they can be a hassle to remove from Google Chrome.
In this post, we’ll show you how to remove rogue search providers using AdwCleaner. It’s a free software that you can download, and it’s definitely worth taking a look at if you’re having problems with your PC.
First, run AdwCleaner to scan your PC for any rogue search providers. The software will go through your entire system, and if it detects any search providers, it will show up in the scan results.
Once you’ve identified the rogue search providers, you can attempt to quarantine them. However, this may not be a permanent solution since the search providers may keep reappearing every time you reboot your system.
To properly remove the rogue search providers, you need to go into your Google Chrome settings. Click on the three dots in the top right-hand corner, and then go to “Settings.” Scroll all the way down to the “Search Engine” section and make sure that the default search engine is Google.
Next, go into “Manage Search Engines” to see all of your search engines. If you have any rogue search providers in there, you can remove them by clicking on “More Options” and then “Remove from this list.”
If you have any other search engines that you don’t recognize, feel free to remove them as well. However, if they are needed, they will come back eventually.
That’s it! Following these steps should successfully remove any rogue search providers from your Google Chrome browser. We hope this post has been helpful to you. If you have any comments or questions, feel free to leave them in the comment section below.