Are you fed up to be permanently trying to get rid of search.hr from the home page of Google Chrome? Well, you’re definitely not alone. There are many other people today whose browsers got infected by this hijacker. According to our analysis, the virus mainly attacks Google Chrome, even though other browsers may become affected as well. Continue reading this tutorial and you will find out how to fix your browser for good.

Quick facts about search.hr hijacker.

What happens with your browser when search.hr hijacker is enabled?

Search.hr will produce a general negative impact on the performance of your computer. The hijacker will cause your system to be functioning extremely slow because it is additionally protected by certain potentially unwanted software that protects it. Hence, your browser modifications caused by search.hr are not simply the result of amending home page or default search engine parameters. There are many other unwanted side effects which became active after the system got infected with the hijacker.

Search.hr will display a lot of irrelevant advertisement banners in the home page of your hijacked browser. Well, even if these ads were relevant it still doesn’t really make any difference, since it wasn’t your personal desire to use search.hr page as your default search engine, was it? Apart of adverts, the hijacker will show many sponsored links together with pseudo search results to which it redirected you after you submitted some search queries through it. Clicking on these ads or sponsored links is strongly not advised. Your system may become even more severely damaged if you interact with such advertisements or links leading to third-party unwanted resources.

What caused search.hr hijacker to be enabled in your browser?

Interference of search.hr into your common way of surfing the web took place because of several factors. One of them is the truth that you or some of your relatives or friends who used your computer recently installed some free programs which were bundled with the installer of search.hr. Most likely it wasn’t clearly mentioned that there were some other additional programs suggested for default. Or even if it was mentioned you or your relatives did not notice this important detail. As a result, the hijacker got implanted.

Another factor which caused search.hr hijacker to be enabled is the poor protection of your computer by your available anti-virus software. Most likely it simply failed to perform the direct function of protecting your computer and allowed the hijacker to be installed. If you definitely know that your computer was furnished with some anti-virus before the attack of search.hr took place, then surely it’s time for you to trash that anti-virus and switch to some other program that can definitely protect you.

Tips to avoid search.hr hijacker intrusion.

The reason why it is so difficult to get rid of search.hr hijacker is because it is additionally furnished with some other potentially unwanted software which makes it really difficult for you to remove it. This could be some service set to be launched on the startup, or some process running in the background. As a result, changing the home page of your browser back to google.com will not really help you to get your browser fixed. What you should do right now is to scan your system with a reliable malware removal tool for complex detection and deletion of malware from your computer, including search.hr infection.

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Detailed search.hr hijacker removal instructions.

STEP 1. Scanning your computer with anti-malware software for search.hr detection.

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Follow recommended software installation steps in the slider below:

Detailed steps to remove search.hr using recommended anti-malware.

• Download anti-malware by clicking on the respective button above.
• Install the program and launch the application.
• Wait until the software gets duly updated.
• Run scanning with the software for search.hr detection.
• Remove detected malicious items with registered version of the software.
• Restart your PC.
• Repeat scanning with the anti-malware tool.
• Follow additional tips below to repair your browser infected by search.hr.

STEP 2. Remove search.hr from Google Chrome browser.

• Right-click on the Desktop shortcut of Google Chrome and select “Properties“.
• Click on the “Shortcut” tab. Check the parameters in the “Target” field. The destination to the main executable file of your browser should be set as “C:/Program Files/GoogleChrome/Application/chrome.exe”. If you see anything added after the path to the browser executable, get rid of it, then click on “Apply” and “OK“:



• Similarly, right-click on quick launch icon of Google Chrome, then right-click again on the name of Google Chrome browser and click on “Properties“:



• Click on the “Shortcut” tab. Check the parameters of Google Chrome in the “Target” field. The destination to the main executable file of Google Chrome should be set as “C:/Program Files/GoogleChrome/Application/chrome.exe” If you see anything added after the path to Google Chrome executable, get rid of it, then click on “Apply” and “OK” (similar to fixing Desktop shortcut of Google Chrome).
• In Google Chrome, click on its “Settings” button in the form of three vertical dots, then select “Settings“:



• Find “On start-up” settings, then click on “Set pages” link:



• Remove pages added by the hijacker by clicking on the “X” next to it. Add “google.com” as a new startup page, or any other page you prefer. Finally, click on “OK“:



• In Google Chrome, click on the menu button in the upper-right section of the screen which either looks like three vertical dots. Scroll down to the bottom of the drop-down menu and click on “Settings” (as shown in one of the images above).
• Select “Extensions” in the left part of the window. Uncheck suspicious extension, then click on the Trash icon next to it.



• NOTE. Final optional steps. Use these steps only if the above-mentioned methods to remove search.hr from Google Chrome did not help. When in Google Chrome settings mode, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on “Show advanced settings“:



• Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on “Reset settings” button:



• In the pop-up window, click on “Reset“:

STEP 3. Remove search.hr from Mozilla Firefox browser.

• Right-click on the Desktop shortcut of Mozilla Firefox and select “Properties“.
• Click on the “Shortcut” tab. Check the parameters in the “Target” field. The destination to the main executable file of your browser should be set as “C:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe”. If you see anything added after the path to the browser executable, get rid of it, then click on “Apply” and “OK“:



• Similarly, right-click on quick launch icon of Mozilla Firefox, then right-click again on the name of Mozilla Firefox browser and click on “Properties“:



• Click on the “Shortcut” tab. Check the parameters of Mozilla Firefox in the “Target” field. The destination to the main executable file of Mozilla Firefox should be set as “C:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe” If you see anything added after the path to Mozilla Firefox executable, get rid of it, then click on “Apply” and “OK” (similar to fixing Desktop shortcut of Mozilla Firefox).
• Click on Mozilla Firefox “Settings” button in the form of three horizontal lines in the right upper part of the windows. Click on “Options“:



• In the “Home Page” field, change the parameter to “google.com” or any other home page you like. Or you may simply click on “Restore to Default” button:



• In Mozilla Firefox, click on the icon that looks in the form of three horizontal lines in the upper-right section of the browser window. Click on “Add-ons“:



• Click on the “Extensions” tab in the left part of the windows. Check suspicious extensions. If you identify them, click on “Disable“, then on “Remove“:



• NOTE. Final optional steps. Use these steps only if the above-mentioned methods to remove search.hr from Mozilla Firefox did not help. Click on the icon that looks in the form of three horizontal lines in the upper-right section of Mozilla Firefox and select the question-mark icon at the bottom of the drop-down menu:



• Click on “Troubleshooting information” in the slide-out menu:



• Select the “Refresh Firefox” button at the top right of the new web page:



• Finally, click on “Refresh Firefox” again to confirm the action.

STEP 4. Remove search.hr from Internet Explorer browser.

• Fix Desktop shortcuts and quick launch items of Internet Explorer similar to fixing procedures for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Note that the path to Internet Explorer executable should be “C:/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe”.
• Click on Internet Explorer settings icon in the upper-right part of the browser in the form of a gear-wheel. Then click on “Internet options“:



• In the “General” tab, click on “Use default” or change home page manually to google.com or other start page of your choice. Then click on “Apply” and “OK“:



• Click on Internet Explorer settings icon in the upper-right part of the browser in the form of a gear-wheel. Select “Manage add-ons“:



• Find suspicious toolbar or extension. Click on it (make it highlighted). Then click on “Disable” button related to this particular toolbar or extension.



• NOTE. Final optional steps. Use these steps only if the above-mentioned methods to remove search.hr from Internet Explorer did not help. Click on Internet Explorer settings icon in the upper-right part of the browser in the form of a gear-wheel. Select “Internet Options“.
• Select “Advanced” tab, then click on “Reset“:



• Select appropriate reset options, then click on “Reset“:

STEP 5. Remove search.hr from Microsoft Edge browser.

• Fix Desktop shortcuts and quick launch items of Microsoft Edge similar to fixing procedures for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.
• Click on Microsoft Edge settings button in the form of three horizontal dots, then click on “Settings“:



• Delete suspicious home page added by search.hr and enter google.com as your new home page or some other start page of your choice:

STEP 6. Remove search.hr from Opera browser.

• Fix Desktop shortcuts and quick launch items of Opera browser similar to fixing procedures for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Note that the path to Opera executable should be set as “C:/Program Files/Opera/launcher.exe”.
• In Opera, click on its “Opera” button and select “Settings“:



• Click on “Set pages“:



• Add “google.com” as the new startup page, or any other page of your choice. Click on “OK“:



• Click on “Opera” menu in the upper-right part of the browser. Select “Extensions“, then click on “Manage extensions“:



• If you find anything suspicious, disable and delete it.

STEP 7. (optional) Removing malware from Safari in Mac OS X.

To clean Safari browser please follow this guide.