What is OurSurfing.com virus?
OurSurfing.com by SmartWave Technology Limited is a suspicious search engine that should be used with carefulness. In fact, it would be better that you would stay away from this search tool that claims that it can improve your browsing on the web. No matter that it may look to you as good as Google, Yahoo or Bing, we don’t recommend trusting it. Oursurfing.com virus can easily show you sponsored search results that may redirect you to its affiliate websites. This is done with an intention to earn the money by helping third parties to improve the page rank or sales of their websites. Besides, it can try to track your browsing on the web and can collect your personally non-identifiable data, such as your search terms, mostly visited websites, data that you enter when visiting them and so on. This is mentioned in its Privacy Policy: “We collect some anonymous information each time you use our service so we can improve the overall quality of your online experience. We collect your IP address, referral data, and browser and platform type. You do not have to register with us before we can collect this anonymous information.” We don’t recommend revealing such data for unknown parties because there is no guarantee that they won’t try to use it for their own needs.
If you have been suffering from redirects to www.oursurfing.com/?type=sc&ts=1524875624&from=amt&uid=ST8542168DF_4VDSZ051XXXX5VFKH051 and similar URLs, it means that you have just installed a related freeware on your computer. For more information about the distribution of Oursurfing virus, you should check the next paragraph of this post. No matter that it is not considered malicious, security experts have already started categorizing it as a browser hijacker and potentially unwanted program (PUP) that is capable of altering such system settings as the start page, the default search engine and/or browser shortcuts. In order to avoid these system changes and decrease chances of landing on a malicious site or loosing your important information, you should remove oursurfing.com browser hijacker from your computer right away. For that you can use FortectIntego or other reputable anti-spyware.

How can OurSurfing.com hijack my computer?
Oursurfing.com redirects start bothering PC users as soon as this search engine manages to infiltrate their computers. Typically, it has been actively spread in a bundle with freeware and sharewares that are involved to the distribution of various PUPs for monetization purposes. That’s why it’s always recommended downloading free programs, such as various download managers, PDF creators, media players, etc., very carefully. You should try to check all accessible information about the free program that you need and make sure that it’s reliable. After that, you should select Advanced or Custom installation option because this will give you an ability to see all available check boxes including the ones that contain ‘optional downloads’, such as browser add-ons, plug-ins, toolbars, and extensions. The most important thing that you should not forget – unmarking check marks claiming that you agree to change your start page or the default search engine. If you would miss such check mark, you would allow OurSurfing infiltrate your computer..
How to remove OurSurfing virus?
In order to stay safe, you should remove oursurfing.com hijacker from your computer. For that, we recommend using one of our recommended anti-spyware programs that are given below or following a detailed removal guide. If you opted for this removal method, make sure that you get rid of these applications: Oursurfing, Go_Oursurfing, GoSave, MassTube, etc.
Uninstall from Windows
Uninstall from Windows 10/8:
- Type Control Panel into the Windows search box and open the result.
- Under Programs, select Uninstall a program.

Uninstall from Windows 7/XP:
- Click on Windows Start > Control Panel (Windows XP users should click on Add/Remove Programs).
- In Control Panel, select Programs > Uninstall a program.

Remove the unwanted program:
- In the Programs and Features window, look for any recently installed suspicious entries, select them, and click Uninstall.
- If User Account Control appears, click Yes to confirm, then complete the removal.

Delete from macOS
Remove the unwanted application:
- From the menu bar, select Go > Applications.
- In the Applications folder, look for any suspicious entries, then drag them to Trash (or right-click and pick Move to Trash).

Delete leftover files and folders:
- Select Go > Go to Folder.
- Enter /Library/Application Support and remove any suspicious folders related to the unwanted program.
- Repeat the same check in the /Library/LaunchAgents and /Library/LaunchDaemons folders, deleting any suspicious entries.

- Finally, empty the Trash to permanently remove the leftovers.
Remove from Microsoft Edge
Delete unwanted extensions from MS Edge:
- Select Menu (three horizontal dots at the top-right of the browser window) and pick Extensions.
- From the list, pick the extension and click on the Gear icon.
- Click Remove.

Clear cookies and other browser data:
- Click on the Menu (three horizontal dots at the top-right of the browser window) and select Settings > Privacy, search, and services..
- Under Clear browsing data, pick Choose what to clear.
- Select Cookies and other site data and Cached images and files. (apart from passwords, although you might want to include Media licenses as well, if applicable) and click on Clear.

Restore new tab and homepage settings:
- Click the menu icon and choose Settings.
- Then find On startup section.
- Click Remove next to any suspicious startup page.
Reset MS Edge if the above steps did not work:
- Press on Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager.
- Click on More details arrow at the bottom of the window.
- Select Details tab.
- Now scroll down and locate every entry with Microsoft Edge name in it. Right-click on each of them and select End Task to stop MS Edge from running.

Instructions for Chromium-based Edge
Delete extensions from MS Edge (Chromium):
- Open Edge and click select Settings > Extensions.
- Delete unwanted extensions by clicking Remove.

Clear cache and site data:
- Click on Menu and go to Settings.
- Select Privacy, search and services.
- Under Clear browsing data, pick Choose what to clear.
- Under Time range, pick All time.
- Select Clear now.

Reset Chromium-based MS Edge:
- Click on Menu and select Settings.
- On the left side, pick Reset settings.
- Select Restore settings to their default values.
- Confirm with Reset.
- This will disable extensions and reset startup pages but will not delete bookmarks, saved passwords, or browsing history.

Remove from Mozilla Firefox (FF)
Remove dangerous extensions:
- Open Mozilla Firefox browser and click on the Menu (three horizontal lines at the top-right of the window).
- Select Add-ons.
- In here, select the unwanted extension and click Remove.

Reset the homepage:
- Click three horizontal lines at the top right corner to open the menu.
- Choose Settings.
- Under Home, set your preferred homepage and new tab settings.
Clear cookies and site data:
- Click Menu and pick Settings.
- Go to Privacy & Security section.
- Scroll down to locate Cookies and Site Data.
- Click on Clear Data...
- Select Cookies and Site Data and Temporary cached files and pages, then click Clear.

Reset Mozilla Firefox
If clearing the browser as explained above did not help, reset Mozilla Firefox:
- Open Mozilla Firefox browser and click the Menu.
- Go to Help and then choose Troubleshooting Information.

- Under Give Firefox a tune up section, click on Refresh Firefox...
- Once the pop-up shows up, confirm the action by pressing on Refresh Firefox.

Remove from Google Chrome
Delete malicious extensions from Google Chrome:
- Open Google Chrome, click on the Menu (three vertical dots at the top-right corner) and select More tools > Extensions.
- In the newly opened window, you will see all the installed extensions. Uninstall all suspicious extensions related to the unwanted program by clicking Remove.

Clear cache and web data from Chrome:
- Click on Menu and pick Settings.
- Under Privacy and security, select Clear browsing data.
- Select Browsing history, Cookies and other site data, as well as Cached images and files.
- Click Clear data.

Change your homepage:
- Click menu and choose Settings.
- Look for a suspicious site in the On startup section.
- Click on Open a specific or set of pages and click on three dots to find the Remove option.
Reset Google Chrome:
If the previous methods did not help you, reset Google Chrome to eliminate all the unwanted components:
- Click on Menu and select Settings.
- In the Settings, scroll down and click Advanced.
- Scroll down and locate Reset and clean up section.
- Now click Restore settings to their original defaults.
- Confirm with Reset settings.

Delete from Safari
Remove dangerous extensions:
- Open Safari, click Safari in the menu at the top-left of the screen, and select Preferences.
- Go to the Extensions tab, look for any suspicious entries, and click Uninstall to remove them.

Clear history and website data:
- Click Safari in the menu and pick Clear History.
- Set Clear to all history and confirm with Clear History.

Reset Safari:
- Click Safari in the menu and select Preferences > Advanced.
- Enable Show Develop menu in menu bar.
- From the menu bar, click Develop and select Empty Caches.

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