Blasearch.com

Blasearch.com is a search tool created by BlaSearch Ltd. Is this company real? Our research team is not familiar with this company, and so it is possible that it is new. It is also possible that a well-known company hides behind this name. We do not know if the suspicious search tool has clones, but that is always possible. Our research has revealed that the threat is only capable of modifying the homepage URL on Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browsers, but it could be upgraded to target different browsers. So, was your homepage modified with or without your permission? If you gave the permission to have your homepage replaced, you probably think that the browser hijacker is genuine and reliable. If your homepage was modified without your permission, you must already realize that this threat must be deleted. Read this report, and you will learn why you might want to remove Blasearch.com from your browsers.

If your homepage was taken over by Blasearch.com without your knowledge, it is most likely that this hijacker has slipped in hiding behind other programs. Have you executed a software bundle right before you noticed the modification? Unfortunately, if one potential threat manages to slither in unnoticed, other threats could be just as clandestine. In case you were introduced to the hijacker before installing it, you must have been attracted to it in some way. In any case, it is likely that Blasearch.com was offered to you along with third-party software, and it is crucial to inspect it. We advise installing an automated malware scanner to check if other threats have invaded your operating system. This tool will also help you uncover silent infections if they manage to slither in without any of your notice. Hopefully, more dangerous threats do not exist on your computer; otherwise, you will have to take care of them first. Although we advise deleting the hijacker, it certainly is not as dangerous as some other kinds of malware.

The only feature of Blasearch.com is web search, but it uses Yahoo Search to deliver you what you expect, and that is something to worry about. As you might realize by now, the hijacker redirects you to this third-party search engine without your knowledge, and that can be recognized as illegal activity. On top of that, modified search results could be displayed, which means that interacting with these results could be risky. Another thing to consider is the collection of private information. The Privacy Policy statement at blasearch.com/help/privacy.html informs that “personal information at various times” can be recorded whenever you use its services. Are you willing to put your virtual security at risk just because an unfamiliar search tool can route you to Yahoo Search to display potentially unreliable results? We are sure that you do not want that. The good news is that the removal of this browser hijacker is not at all complicated. In fact, we believe that most users will be able to get rid of this infection manually.

Follow the steps in the guides below to delete Blasearch.com from your browsers. Hopefully, no traces of this infection will remain active, but you should not rely on hope. Instead, run a full system scan one more time to make sure that the hijacker was erased completely. Does the scanner detect other infection? If it does, you need to make sure that they are eliminated as soon as possible. If the first system scan revealed that dangerous malware was running on your computer, the best thing to do would be to install anti-malware software that is capable of erasing existing threats automatically. Even if you can eliminate the hijacker yourself, why waste time if you are going to install anti-malware software anyway? If you are hesitant to install it for the removal of existing malware, think about the protection of your operating system. Anti-malware software can start protecting your PC as soon as all threats are eliminated.

Blasearch.com Removal

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Tap Win+E keys to access Windows Explorer.
2. Enter %AppData%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ into the bar at the top.
3. Open the folder representing your Firefox profile.
4. Open the file called prefs.js (we recommend using Notepad).
5. Find the hijacker’s URL in the user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://Blasearch.com"); string and replace it with the preferred URL.
6. Save the file and then close it.

Google Chrome:

1. Tap Win+E keys to access Windows Explorer:
2. Enter %LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome\User Data\ (enter %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\ if you are on Windows XP) into the bar at the top.
3. Open the Default folder (or the folder representing your Chrome profile).
4. Open the file called Preferences (we recommend using Notepad).
5. Find the hijacker’s URL, replace it with the desired URL, and then save the file.
6. Open the file called Secure Preferences and repeat step 5.
7. Open the file called Web Data and repeat step 5.