Remove MyWay Search Hijacker Effectively

What is MyWay Search?

MyWay Search (also found as Search.myway.com, Myway.com) is a browser hijacker program distributed by Mindspark that usually disguises itself as a search tool. It is usually bundled with the free applications that you download off of the Internet and it will be inserted on your computer during the installing process without your knowledge. You can not figure out its name, because it varies in names.

When MyWay Search is installed in your PC, it will change your browser default settings and change your search engine. For instance, search tool like Google will be frequently changed into MyWay Search as the above picture shows. This engine will collected your browsing activities or mislead you to certain unsafe websites. Also, you will be provided unwanted massages, sponsored ads with links. This is really annoying. Meanwhile, MyWay Search hijacker will often redirect you to MyWay Search.com. When computer users surfing the Internet, their home pages will be somehow rerouted to MyWay Search.com or related sites which are filled with promoted products. Through this way, the publisher can gain web traffic and earn profits. The inconveniences caused by MyWay Search is not the worst, but what matters is that your personal data like your bank account will be in a state of great danger. Cyber criminal will take advantage of MyWay Search to steal what they want.

Thus, it is highly suggested that you get rid of any unwanted program like MyWay Search hijacker timely. If you have no idea about how to deal with it, you could take a minute to read the solutions listed below.

Removal Guide

Solution One: Manually Remove MyWay Search from your PC

Important notes: This method require a certain level of computer skills if you are not an experienced computer user, turn to Method Two please, for wrong operations will cause you much more problems of your PC.

Solution Two: Remove MyWay Search with SpyHunter Effectively

About SpyHunter: It is a powerful, real-time anti-spyware application certified by West Coast Labs’ Checkmark Certification System and designed to assist the average computer users in protecting their computers from malicious threats.

Solution One

Step 1 Uninstall MyWay Search related programs from your computer.

 Windows 7/ Vista 

(1) Click on "Start" button placed at the bottom left corner of your PC.

(2) Choose "Control Panel" option in the Start menu

(3) Locate "Programs and Features" option in the Control Panel menu

(4) Scroll through the program and find out MyWay Search related program. Then click "Uninstall"

 Windows 8

(1) Right click "Start" button to open the "Quick Access Menu".

(2) Select "Control Panel"

(3) Locate and Click "Uninstall a Program"

(4) Select suspicious program and click "Uninstall" button.

Windows XP

(1) Click on "Start" button at the bottom left corner on your PC.

(2) Select "Control Panel" .

(3) Find and double-click on "Add / Remove Programs" option .

(4) locate unwanted program and click Remove".

When this step is finished, scan your PC for any remaining unwanted components by SpyHunter.

You should pay close attention to any suspicious program and remove them because MyWay Search may vary disguise in other names.

Step 2 Remove unwanted browser add-ons from Internet browser

Note that MyWay Search can be generated by other programs so in the Manage Add-ons window, find out and remove all suspicious browser add-ons.

Internet Explorer

Click the "gear" icon (at the top-right corner of IE), select "Manage Add-ons". Find out MyWay Search, select this entry and click "Remove".

Google Chrome

(1) Click the Chrome menu icon (at the top-right corner of Google Chrome), select "Tools" and click on "Extensions".

(2) Find out MyWay Search, select this entry and click the trash can icon. 

Mozilla Firefox

Click the Firefox menu (at the top-right corner of the main window) Select "Add-ons" and click on "Extensions", in the opened window remove MyWay Search. 

Step 3 If you are still unable to get MyWay Search removed completely, reset your Internet browser. 

Note:
Your Internet browser will be reset into its initial state and the information stored in the browser will disappear.

Internet Explorer:

(1) Click on "Settings" ("wrench" icon) in the right top corner of Internet Explorer.

(2) Click on "Internet Options".

(3) Click on tab "Advanced".

(4) Find "Reset" button and click it to reset to its initial state.

(5) Restart your browser.

Google Chrome

(1) Click on the browser "Menu button" (three bars in the right top corner) in Google Chrome home page.

(2) Select "Settings" .

(3) Find a link "Show advanced settings" and click it.

(4) Locate and click "Reset browser settings" button.

(5) Click on "Reset" or simply remove unwanted extensions.

Firefox

(1) Click on "Menu" (tree bars in the right top corner) in Firefox home page.

(2) Select "Help" and click "Troubleshooting information".

(3) Click on "Reset Firefox".

(4) Click on "Reset Firefox" again to reset the browser to its initial state.

(5) Click on "Finish" to restart Firefox.

Solution Two：Remove MyWay Search from your PC with SpyHunter completely and safely

Step 1 Click the Download Button to obtain Spyhunter.

Step 2 When the download is finished, double click Spyhunter-Installer.exe then follow its installation instructions.

Step 3 When Spyhunter is successfully installed, click Start New Scan button to detect MyWay Search and other related programs.

Step 4 Remove all the detected potentially harmful programs by clicking Fix Threats button.

Suggestions:

1. MyWay Search can make your browser lose control so you'd better eliminate it as soon as possible rather than keep it on your PC.

2. If you are not an experienced computer user, you could think about download this useful SpyHunter to help you get rid of the nasty MyWay Search virus once and for all. This program is of great use and you can use it to scan malware for free.

3.Anything doing harm to your PC like MyWay Search should be removed timely. 

Hope the above tips can walk you through how to get rid of MyWay Search with efficiency.