Rocket-find.com. How to remove? (Uninstall guide)
What is Rocket-find.com?
Rocket-find.com (also known as Rocket Search) is yet another suspicious search engine that may cause many problems during your searches on the web. We say so because this doubtful search site may appear on your screen out of nowhere and then may hijack each of your web browsers, including Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, etc. If you would google its name, you would find that many people are calling Rocket-find.com virus. In reality, it can hardly pose harm to your computer, so it shouldn’t be called like that. However, there are lots of suspicious activities that are related to it. If Rocket-find.com hijacks any of your web browsers, you may experience many unwanted changes. You may notice that this virus altered your home page or changed your default search provider to Rocket-find.com. Moreover, if you use this questionable search website, you may receive altered search results that may be filled with random pop-up advertisements and similar notifications that seek the only thing – redirect you to affiliate websites. Finally, this questionable search engine may start tracking your browsing on the web and may also collect personally non-identifiable information. To sum up, although this search site looks legitimate and safe, we highly recommend you not to use it. If possible, remove it as soon as possible because you may need to deal with much more serious issues. In order to remove this search engine with only one click, we recommend you to download Reimage, update it to its latest version and run a full system scan. It will help you to get rid of ALL suspicious programs, including this browser hijacker.
How can Rocket-find.com (virus) hijack my computer?
If your default search engine or your start page was changed to Rocket-find.com or other unknown search engine, you should check what programs have you recently installed on your computer. We say so because this program is usually traveling around together with free programs as an extra attachment. This marketing method is often misused by advertisers and even cyber criminals. In order to avoid Rocket-find.com virus or similar unwanted intruders, you should be very attentive what programs you are installing. First of all, if you are installing a free program, you should closely check whether it is safe enough. For that you should read EULA (end-user license agreement) policy section. Secondly, if you decide that this program is safe enough and you are going to install it, select advanced or custom installation method. If you do so, you will clearly see the entire installation process and what extra attachments are coming with it. Finally, follow the entire process closely, do not skip a single step and look for suspicious and unwanted attachments. Unmark them, if there is any, and continue with the freeware’s installation.
How to remove Rocket-find.com redirect virus?
Despite all of your efforts to avoid Rocket-find.com and similar intruders, they may slip unnoticed. Don’t worry, you can get rid of Rocket-find.com redirects, strange advertisements and doubtful search results by following these instructions:
You can remove virus damage automatically with a help of one of these programs: Reimage, Malwarebytes MalwarebytesCombo Cleaner, Plumbytes Anti-MalwareMalwarebytes Malwarebytes. We recommend these applications because they detect potentially unwanted programs and viruses with all their files and registry entries that are related to them.

To remove Rocket-find.com, follow these steps:
Uninstall Rocket-find.com from Windows systems
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Click Start → Control Panel → Programs and Features (if you are Windows XP user, click on Add/Remove Programs).
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If you are Windows 10 / Windows 8 user, then right-click in the lower left corner of the screen. Once Quick Access Menu shows up, select Control Panel and Uninstall a Program.
- Uninstall Rocket-find.com and related programs
Here, look for Rocket-find.com or any other recently installed suspicious programs. -
Uninstall them and click OK to save these changes.
- Remove Rocket-find.com from Windows shortcuts
Right click on the shortcut of Mozilla Firefox and select Properties. -
Go to Shortcut tab and look at the Target field. Delete malicious URL that is related to your virus.
Repeat steps that are given above with all browsers' shortcuts, including Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. Make sure you check all locations of these shortcuts, including Desktop, Start Menu and taskbar.
WindowsMac OS XInternet ExplorerMicrosoft EdgeFirefoxGoogle ChromeSafariGet rid of Rocket-find.com from Mac OS X system
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If you are using OS X, click Go button at the top left of the screen and select Applications.
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Wait until you see Applications folder and look for Rocket-find.com or any other suspicious programs on it. Now right click on every of such entries and select Move to Trash.
Delete Rocket-find.com from Internet Explorer (IE)
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Remove dangerous add-ons
Open Internet Explorer, click on the Gear icon (IE menu) on the top right corner of the browser and choose Manage Add-ons. -
You will see a Manage Add-ons window. Here, look for Rocket-find.com and other suspicious plugins. Disable these entries by clicking Disable:
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Change your homepage if it was altered by virus:
Click on the gear icon (menu) on the top right corner of the browser and select Internet Options. Stay in General tab. -
Here, remove malicious URL and enter preferable domain name. Click Apply to save changes.
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Reset Internet Explorer
Click on the gear icon (menu) again and select Internet options. Go to Advanced tab. - Here, select Reset.
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When in the new window, check Delete personal settings and select Reset again to complete Rocket-find.com removal.
Erase Rocket-find.com from Microsoft Edge
Reset Microsoft Edge settings (Method 1):
- Launch Microsoft Edge app and click More (three dots at the top right corner of the screen).
- Click Settings to open more options.
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Once Settings window shows up, click Choose what to clear button under Clear browsing data option.
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Here, select all what you want to remove and click Clear.
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Now you should right-click on the Start button (Windows logo). Here, select Task Manager.
- When in Processes tab, search for Microsoft Edge.
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Right-click on it and choose Go to details option. If can’t see Go to details option, click More details and repeat previous steps.
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When Details tab shows up, find every entry with Microsoft Edge name in it. Right click on each of them and select End Task to end these entries.
Resetting Microsoft Edge browser (Method 2):
If Method 1 failed to help you, you need to use an advanced Edge reset method.
- Note: you need to backup your data before using this method.
- Find this folder on your computer:
C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe.
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Select every entry which is saved on it and right click with your mouse. Then Delete option.
- Click the Start button (Windows logo) and type in window power in Search my stuff line.
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Right-click the Windows PowerShell entry and choose Run as administrator.
- Once Administrator: Windows PowerShell window shows up, paste this command line after PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> and press Enter:
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml -Verbose}
Once these steps are finished, Rocket-find.com should be removed from your Microsoft Edge browser.
WindowsMac OS XInternet ExplorerMicrosoft EdgeFirefoxGoogle ChromeSafariRemove Rocket-find.com from Mozilla Firefox (FF)
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Remove dangerous extensions
Open Mozilla Firefox, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Add-ons → Extensions. -
Here, select Rocket-find.com and other questionable plugins. Click Remove to delete these entries.
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Change your homepage if it was altered by virus:
Click on the menu (top right corner), choose Options → General. - Here, delete malicious URL and enter preferable website or click Restore to default.
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Click OK to save these changes.
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Reset Mozilla Firefox
Click on the Firefox menu on the top left and click on the question mark. Here, choose Troubleshooting Information. -
Now you will see Reset Firefox to its default state message with Reset Firefox button. Click this button for several times and complete Rocket-find.com removal.
Eliminate Rocket-find.com from Google Chrome
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Delete malicious plugins
Open Google Chrome, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Tools → Extensions. -
Here, select Rocket-find.com and other malicious plugins and select trash icon to delete these entries.
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Change your homepage and default search engine if it was altered by your virus
Click on menu icon and choose Settings. -
Here, look for the Open a specific page or set of pages under On startup option and click on Set pages.
- Now you should see another window. Here, delete malicious search sites and enter the one that you want to use as your homepage.
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Click on menu icon again and choose Settings → Manage Search engines under the Search section.
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When in Search Engines..., remove malicious search sites. You should leave only Google or your preferred domain name.
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Reset Google Chrome
Click on menu icon on the top right of your Google Chrome and select Settings. -
Scroll down to the end of the page and click on Reset browser settings.
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Click Reset to confirm this action and complete Rocket-find.com removal.
Uninstall Rocket-find.com from Safari
- Remove dangerous extensions
Open Safari web browser and click on Safari in menu at the top left of the screen. Once you do this, select Preferences. -
Here, select Extensions and look for Rocket-find.com or other suspicious entries. Click on the Uninstall button to get rid each of them.
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Change your homepage if it was altered by virus:
Open your Safari web browser and click on Safari in menu section. Here, select Preferences as it was displayed previously and select General. -
Here, look at the Homepage field. If it was altered by Rocket-find.com, remove unwanted link and enter the one that you want to use for your searches. Remember to include the "http://" before typing in the address of the page.
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Reset Safari
Open Safari browser and click on Safari in menu section at the top left of the screen. Here, select Reset Safari.... -
Now you will see a detailed dialog window filled with reset options. All of those options are usually checked, but you can specify which of them you want to reset. Click the Reset button to complete Rocket-find.com removal process.