Do you know what www-homepage.com is?
Were you routed to www-homepage.com without permission? Did you install this search tool hoping that it will enhance your browsing experience? Has it hijacked your browsers? All of these scenarios are probable, and you are likely to recognize at least one of them. Regardless of how this search tool was introduced to you, it is crucial that you not trust it. The advertisements and links presented via www-homepage.com could be highly misleading, and you might put your own virtual security at risk if you interact with them. As you can imagine, this is not the only reason why we suggest deleting www-homepage.com from your web browsers. If you want to learn more about this suspicious search tool and which removal methods work best for getting rid of it, you can continue reading.
If you were redirected to www-homepage.com once, it is possible that you simply clicked on the wrong link. However, if you keep getting redirected to this search engine, it is likely that malicious files were installed onto your PC. Our research team recommends using an automated malware remover to delete these files and stop the potentially dangerous activity. It is unlikely that you will have anything against the removal of www-homepage.com as well if this search tool replaces your search tools without your permission. As you know, this kind of activity is usually associated with browser hijackers, and, if you are sure that your browsers were corrupted without your permission, you should not hesitate for one moment to remove www-homepage.com. Needless to say, if you have installed this search tool willingly, you might be more reserved about the removal of this search tool.
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It is unlikely that you know much about www-homepage.com even if you have installed it yourself. The creators of this search tool have not shared a Privacy Policy or any other document of this kind. This means that users do not know how it collects and uses information about them, what kind of search services it provides, or which parties it works with. There is no doubt that this search tool serves third-party advertisers; otherwise, it would not show you ads and sponsored links, even if they are presented via Google custom search. Note that every banner ad, sponsored search result, and new story could lead you to an unreliable site, which is why it is important that you remove www-homepage.com.
Follow the guide below to delete www-homepage.com from your browsers. Once you are done with this part of the removal, install a trustworthy security tool to scan your operating system and delete the programs that are dangerous to your virtual security. Note that the suspicious search tool could have been installed bundled with other threats, which is why using automated malware removal software is strongly recommended.
Delete www-homepage.com
Delete from Mozilla Firefox:
- Open Firefox and simultaneously tap Alt+T.
- Select Options and move to the General menu.
- Overwrite/remove the undesirable Home Page.
- Move to the Search menu and select the desired search provider.
- Remove the undesirable search provider and restart Firefox.
Delete from Google Chrome:
- Open Chrome, and then{without this "then", I first read it as doing all 3 things simultaneously} simultaneously tap Alt+F.
- Select Settings and navigate to On Startup.
- Mark Open a specific page or set of pages and click Set pages.
- Identify the undesirable URL, remove/overwrite it, and click OK.
- Move to Appearance, select Show Home button, and click Change.
- Identify the undesirable URL, remove/overwrite it, and click OK.
- Under Search click Manage search engines and select the desired provider.
- Remove (click X on URL) the unwanted provider, click Done, and restart Chrome.
Delete from Internet Explorer:
- Open Internet Explorer, and then simultaneously tap Alt+T.
- Click Manage Add-ons and move to Search Providers.
- Select the desired search provider, Remove the undesirable search provider, and click Close.
- Tap Alt+T one more time and select Internet Options.
- Click the General tab and move to Home Page.
- Overwrite/remove the undesirable URL, click OK, and restart IE.
In non-techie terms:
Although www-homepage.com might look like a regular search tool at first, it does not provide important information about its functions, it shows suspicious advertisements, and it introduces potentially misleading search results. Needless to say, we recommend removing www-homepage.com, and the sooner you get rid of this search tool, the better. The guide above might help you replace undesirable homepage and search provider tools, but we cannot guarantee that the hijacker – if this is the threat you are dealing with – will be removed. Install a security tool to make sure that this hijacker and other infections are successfully eliminated from your PC.