ColdSearch.com

ColdSearch.com is not what it seems to be. Most users will see this engine as a reliable search tool, and this is exactly what its creators what you to think. Of course, if this engine has replaced your regular homepage without your acknowledgement, you must realize that it is a browser hijacker that deserves removal. As a matter of fact, whether or not you have acquired this search tool yourself, it is important that you delete it, and we are ready to explain why this is necessary. Once you complete reading this report, we recommend removing ColdSearch.com as soon as possible.

Although you could be routed to ColdSearch.com in some suspicious, potentially illegal manner, we have found that most users encounter this search tool as a hijacker. Hijackers are always installed silently, and it usually happens when downloading attractive software. Needless to say, if this has happened, the chances are that the programs installed along with ColdSearch.com deserve removal as well. Hopefully, this is not the case, but you should trust a malware scanner to be completely sure. If malware deserving removal is found, do not panic, and research the infections detected. ColdSearch.com is just a browser hijacker, and there are plenty of more malicious threats that might deserve immediate removal.

We do not identify ColdSearch.com as a critical infection because it is unlikely to expose you to many security issues. Of course, the removal of ColdSearch.com is important because this program can track your personal information and show sponsored links. Do you understand why this is considered dangerous? Hijackers like this one work with different parties, including parties serving the ads and parties paying money for the information that is collected. Because this hijacker looks like a normal search tool that promotes links to third-party sites, cyber criminals can use it to promote malicious links to corrupted websites. This is a huge reason to remove this hijacker ASAP.

The Privacy Policy associated with ColdSearch.com reveals that personal information can be recorded with the help of “cookies and other technologies.” This information is meant to help the creators of this hijacker, as well as the advertisers involved, to show the so-called tailored ads. Although the document reveals the collection of personal data, there is no further information explaining how this data is protected or used, and this is disconcerting. If you do not want information about you leaked or used in scams, you have to delete ColdSearch.com.

If you delete ColdSearch.com now, you will not need to worry about private data leaks, unless there are other malicious programs capable of breaching your security in the same way. We offer instructions that will help change the homepage on the most popular browsers. Obviously, these instructions have nothing to do with the removal of malware associated with ColdSearch.com. Since most users are unequipped and inexperienced to delete malware manually, we advocate for the use of antimalware software. Use this software to protect you and, at this moment, clean your Windows operating system.

ColdSearch.com Removal

Remove from Google Chrome:

1. Launch Chrome and tap Alt+F.
2. Click Settings and find the On Startup section.
3. Mark Open a specific page or set of pages and click Set pages.
4. Overwrite/delete the URL of the unwanted startup option.
5. Click OK and restart the browser.

Remove from Internet Explorer:

1. Launch IE and tap Alt+T.
2. Select Internet options and click the General tab.
3. Overwrite/delete the Home Page URL, click OK, and restart IE.

Remove from Mozilla Firefox:

1. Launch Firefox and tap Alt+T.
2. Select Options, move to the menu on the left, and click General.
3. Overwrite/delete the URL under Home Page and restart the browser.