How to Remove HIGHTSEARCH.COM Completely – Effective Removal Guide

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2. HIGHTSEARCH.COM is classified as a browser hijacker since it utilizes pop-up messages and advertisements designed to profit at the expense of computer users. And, it also displays alerts trying to convince computer users that their Web browser or other software is out of date, so that the users may allow the setup of Potentially Unwanted Programs and unsafe content from HIGHTSEARCH.COM. However, HIGHTSEARCH.COM does no good to a computer system. We recommend you remove HIGHTSEARCH.COM immediately once it is traced in your system.

3. HIGHTSEARCH.COM is used by cyber criminals specifically to make money. It generates web traffic, collects sales leads for other dubious sites, and will display advertisements and sponsored links within your web browser. It is used as a tracking website for their affiliate programs that before traffic is delivered to advertisers, HIGHTSEARCH.COM is used as a network referral ID to identify and qualify traffic sent by traffic partners.

4. If your browsing sessions have been transferred to untrusted websites, compromised files, it is very likely that computer viruses may have managed to penetrate into your virtual machine. Please follow the HIGHTSEARCH.COM removal guide below to walk through the trouble easily.

5. HIGHTSEARCH.COM is a browser hijacker which will set the homepage and search engine for your web browser to http://HIGHTSEARCH.COM/. It may seem similar to Google. Therefore, we can believe that HIGHTSEARCH.COM is legitimate. Actually, this fake search engine is promoted using dubious software ‘installers’ that are designed to modify web browser settings without users’ consent. What is more? This dubious website continually gathers information regarding Internet browsing activity. So you’d better scan your computer carefully, and get rid of HIGHTSEARCH.COM as fast as you can.

6. Browser hijacker usually targets the most popular web browsers including Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and so on. The default search engine, new tab URL, and homepage settings are assigned to HIGHTSEARCH.COM. Most fake Internet search engines (including HIGHTSEARCH.COM) are promoted using dubious installation setups. These installers stealthily hijack web browsers and modify the options. Developers hide all details about the modification within the ‘Custom/Advanced’ settings of download, or installation processes. Therefore, users who skip this section, often allow installers to modify various settings that are irrelevant to the installed software.

7. How to Remove HIGHTSEARCH.COM Completely – Effective Removal Guide

8. Uninstall HIGHTSEARCH.COM from Control Panel • As it was stated before, more likely that the hijacker appeared on your system brought by other software. So, to get rid of HIGHTSEARCH.COM you need to call to memory what you have installed recently.

9. How to remove HIGHTSEARCH.COM from Windows XP • Click the Start button and open Control Panel • Go to Add or Remove Programs • Find the application related to HIGHTSEARCH.COM and click Uninstall

10. How to remove HIGHTSEARCH.COM from Windows 7/Vista • Click the Start button and open Control Panel • Go to Uninstall Program • Find the application related to HIGHTSEARCH.COM and click Uninstall

11. How to remove HIGHTSEARCH.COM from Windows 8/8.1 • Right-click the menu icon in left bottom corner • Choose Control Panel • Select the Uninstall Program line • Uninstall the application related to HIGHTSEARCH.COM

12. How to remove HIGHTSEARCH.COM from Windows 10 • Press Win+X to open Windows Power menu • Click Control Panel • Choose Uninstall a Program • Select the application related to HIGHTSEARCH.COM and remove it • Remove HIGHTSEARCH.COM from browsers • Since some of hijacker threats use a disguise of a browser add-on, you will need to check the list of extensions/add-ons in your browser.

13. How to remove HIGHTSEARCH.COM from Google Chrome • Start Google Chrome • Click on Tools, then go to the Extensions • Delete HIGHTSEARCH.COM or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them

14. How to remove HIGHTSEARCH.COM from Internet Explorer • Launch Internet Explorer • Click on the Tools/Gear icon, then select Manage Add-ons • Delete HIGHTSEARCH.COM or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them

15. How to remove HIGHTSEARCH.COM from Mozilla Firefox • Start Mozilla Firefox • Click on the right-upper corner button • Click Add-ons, then go to Extensions • Delete HIGHTSEARCH.COM or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them

16. How to remove HIGHTSEARCH.COM from Microsoft Edge • Start Microsoft Edge • Click the three-dot button in the upper right corner • Choose Extensions • Click the gear icon near HIGHTSEARCH.COM or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them

17. Choose Remove • Reset your browsers • How to reset settings in Google Chrome • Click on the icon in the right-upper corner • Choose Settings • Click Show advanced settings • Click the Reset Settings button

18. How to reset settings in Mozilla Firefox • Click the icon in the upper right corner • Choose Help • Select Troubleshooting Information • Click the Reset Firefox… button

19. How to reset settings in Internet Explorer • Click on the Tools button • Go to Internet options • Go to the Advanced tab • Click Reset

20. How to reset settings in Microsoft Edge • Start Microsoft Edge • Click the three-dot button in the upper right corner • Choose Settings • Under the Clear browsing data category select Choose what to clear • Select everything and click Clear

21. Delete files and registry entries added by HIGHTSEARCH.COM • Sometimes removal via Control Panel is not enough since the built-in application can leave some files that shortly will restore the hijacker. So, you need to find all of the following items and delete them • Remove HIGHTSEARCH.COM files and folders: • C:\Program Files (x86)\[random]\ • C:\Program Files (x86)\[random]\DeElevator.dllh7o • C:\Program Files (x86)\[random]\reakaph.xhtm5h7o • C:\Program Files (x86)\[random]\ • C:\Program Files (x86)\[random]\[random]mpp.dll • C:\Program Files (x86)\[random]\ • C:\Program Files (x86)\[random]\JtsLncs.xhtm5 • C:\Program Files (x86)\[random]\JtsLnctes.exe • C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\[random] Launcher

22. Remove HIGHTSEARCH.COM registry entries: • HKCU\Software\[random] • HKCU\Software\Mozilla\Firefox\{EB52F1AB-3C2B-424F-9794-833C687025CF}\hp http://www.HIGHTSEARCH.COM/?z=[id]&from=epf1&uid=[computer_id]&type=hp&mode=ffsengext • HKCU\Software\Mozilla\Firefox\{EB52F1AB-3C2B-424F-9794-833C687025CF}\tab http://www.HIGHTSEARCH.COM/?z=[id]&from=epf1&uid=[computer_id]&type=hp&mode=ffsengext • HKCU\Software\Mozilla\Firefox\{EB52F1AB-3C2B-424F-9794-833C687025CF}\sp http://www.HIGHTSEARCH.COM/search/?q={searchTerms}&z=[id]&from=epf1&uid=[computer_id]&type=sp • HKCU\Software\Mozilla\Firefox\{EB52F1AB-3C2B-424F-9794-833C687025CF}\surl http://www.HIGHTSEARCH.COM/search/?&z=[id]&from=epf1&uid=[computer_id]&type=sp&q= • HKCU\Software\Mozilla\Firefox\{EB52F1AB-3C2B-424F-9794-833C687025CF}\uid [random]

23. HKCU\Software\Mozilla\Firefox\{EB52F1AB-3C2B-424F-9794-833C687025CF}\s HtTp://d2jeaw7c5nmwo6.cloudfront.net/kww7yc2r?uid=%s&update0=version,%s&update1=sys,%s&update4=ref,%s&update5=mode,%s&update6=sys0,%s&update7=sys1,%s&update8=sys2,%s&update9=sys3,%s&update10=sys4,%s • HKCU\Software\Mozilla\Firefox\{EB52F1AB-3C2B-424F-9794-833C687025CF}\spname trotux • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{6710C780-E20E-4C49-A87D-321850ED3D7C} • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\EnableShellExecuteHooks 1 • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tasks\{A7BD9EC3-FCFC-4AD6-8AB6-8D6C89FCD7D8}

24. HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\[random] Launcher • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\help http://www.HIGHTSEARCH.COM/?z=[id]&from=epf1&uid=[computer_id]&type=hp • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\{EB52F1AB-3C2B-424F-9794-833C687025CF} • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\{EB52F1AB-3C2B-424F-9794-833C687025CF}\hp http://www.HIGHTSEARCH.COM/?z=[id]&from=epf1&uid=[computer_id]&type=hp&mode=ffsengext • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\{EB52F1AB-3C2B-424F-9794-833C687025CF}\tab http://www.HIGHTSEARCH.COM/?z=[id]&from=epf1&uid=[computer_id]&type=hp&mode=ffsengext • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\{EB52F1AB-3C2B-424F-9794-833C687025CF}\sp http://www.HIGHTSEARCH.COM/search/?q={searchTerms}&z=[id]&from=epf1&uid=[computer_id]&type=sp

25. HKLM\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\{EB52F1AB-3C2B-424F-9794-833C687025CF}\surl http://www.HIGHTSEARCH.COM/search/?&z=[id]&from=epf1&uid=[computer_id]&type=sp&q= • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\{EB52F1AB-3C2B-424F-9794-833C687025CF}\uid [random] • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\{EB52F1AB-3C2B-424F-9794-833C687025CF}\s HtTp://d2jeaw7c5nmwo6.cloudfront.net/kww7yc2r?uid=%s&update0=version,%s&update1=sys,%s&update4=ref,%s&update5=mode,%s&update6=sys0,%s&update7=sys1,%s&update8=sys2,%s&update9=sys3,%s&update10=sys4,%s

26. HKLM\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\{EB52F1AB-3C2B-424F-9794-833C687025CF}\spname trotux • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{CDF7DA52-A297-4646-89F9-CE1DAC96612B} • HKLM\SOFTWARE\{8C4CE252-7DB2-4F8E-8E76-BAD0E5826A83} • HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\JtsLncs

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