Completely Remove Enhanced Search - Get Rid of Enhanced Search Efficiently

Enhanced Search is categorized as a browser hijacker that privately change browser settings to get users into craziness. Many users who are stuck with this stuff can be attributed to the installation of bundles appended to free applications. Occasionally, it can be dropped into computer via the assistance of spam email attachment, malicious link, game or porn sites. As long as it is installed, Enhanced Search will take over your homepage and set itself as the start page on your Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. Although Enhanced Search looks pretty similar to legitimate search engine, uses can not relax the vigilance. By tampering with web browser settings, it is able to mix search results with unreliable links that are linking to malicious programs such as fake antivirus software, adware, Trojan horse, worm or other annoying threats. Unexpectedly, the adding extension can turn out to be the risk to expose personal information to cyber crook. All in all, since Enhanced Search is a risky stuff to both computer files and privacy data that users need to get rid of it as soon as possible.

Enhanced Search screenshot

Points about Enhanced Search

• Enhanced Search is a browser hijacker that takes over your homepage firmly
• Enhanced Search is similar to legitimate search engine but it is poorly built 
• Enhanced Search adds browser with extension, add-on and plug-in to redirect search results constantly
• Enhanced Search is able to take note of your visiting websites and annoy you with advertisements
• Enhanced Search can also take you to malicious websites and bring computer with harmful programs

Best way to get rid of Enhanced Search completely

It is a bad luck to get interfered with Enhanced Search. However, what makes users really frustrated is that almost all the antivirus software won’t be able to find and terminate this tricky pest. It is true that Enhanced Search is very annoying to pop up on website once the browser is open. It conceals itself quite well on system that common security tools won’t be able to remove it thoroughly. Fortunately, manual removal method is very effective in handling this issue. Here are the step by step instructions as below.

Step by step removal guide to remove Enhanced Search completely

1. The related processes in the task manager Enhanced Search should be stop.

[random name].exe

2. The infected files to Enhanced Search listed below need to be removed:

%AppData%\<random characters>
%Windir%/System32/[RANDOM NAME].exe
%Temp%\[random].bat
%AllUsersProfile%\{random}


3. Find and delete the associated registry entries of Enhanced Search as below:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ Enhanced Search
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName = C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{28949824-6737-0594-0930-223283753445}\InProcServer32 "(Default)" = "<malware path>\<random>.dll"
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{750fdf0e-2a26-11d1-a3ea-080036587f03}\InProcServer32 "(Default)" = "<malware path>\<random>.dll"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\<random>\DefaultIcon "(Default)" = '%1'


4. Find and clean up toolbars and plug-ins from browsers:

Google Chrome:

Click the wrench icon, navigate to Settings, Manage search engines, click the X next to Enhanced Search.


Note: The files and registry entries are very important to the operating system. Users should be highly cautious or it will crash your system if any real system files would be deleted. In case you are not able to find the listed files, please click and get an online help here.