I wrote this article to help you remove Mans-find.org. This Mans-find.org removal guide works for Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer.

Mans-find.org is a website with double functionality. The platform features a search provider and a news feed. You can find the most relevant news from across the globe on Mans-find.org. The listed articles are in Russian. The website would be convenient for users from Russia. Mans-find.org may seem to be reliable at first glance. The platform publishes truthful news items and appears to have a regular search provider. Security experts have given another verdict on Mans-find.org. Researchers have discovered a connection between the domain and a malware program. The rogue software was determined to be a browser hijacker. It can cause a wide array of security problems. You should take measures on the removal of the infection as soon as you discover its presence on your computer.

The first sign for the presence of the clandestine program is the most obvious. You are sure to notice the interventions. The hijacker resets the homepage and default search provider to Mans-find.org. It prevents people from reverting back to their custom settings. The hijacker is scheduled to make the changes again, if the user tries to undo them. You should not settle for the website the rogue program tries to make you use. Mans-find.org is an unreliable search engine. It does not select the results like reliable platforms, such as Google, Yahoo, Bing, and MSN. The domain forwards to the websites of paying advertisers. Supporting third party content is a legal practice, given that the adequate security measures are taken. The Mans-find.org hijacker does not make an effort to protect users from risks.

The owners of secluded program get paid to support third party content. They receive commissions, based on the number of sponsored links users follow. To score as many clicks as possible, the shady program displays enticing ads. The advertisements show bargain deals for various consumer goods. The product palette includes garments, technological devices, sports gear, accessories, decorations, furniture, gardening equipment, toys, games, and many others. The Mans-find.org hijacker displays various types of ads. It decorates them with special effects, like flash animations, cursive fonts, and colorful patterns. These are visual tricks, aimed to stimulate your senses and acquire your attention.

The ads may not seem suspicious at first glance. The Mans-find.org hijacker makes them look like genuine offers. It may even state a source site for some of them. Even if the source for a given ad is listed, the offer may turn out to be fake. The windows could contain redirect links to compromised websites. The Mans-find.org hijacker produces advertisements in various formats. Some ads can be misleading. The covert tool often embeds them within pages. You can come across an ad when you browse the Internet. Some of the windows can look like a suggestion from the site you are viewing. The embedded ad formats include pop-unders, banners, interstitial, floating, contextual, transitional, and inline ads. To stay on the safe side, you should avoid advertisements in general.

Another security threat the Mans-find.org hijacker exposes users to is having their personal details recorded. The clandestine program can track people’s browsing history, keystrokes, and geographic location. It can access your IP address, email, telephone number, area code, physical address, user names, and passwords. The owners of the Mans-find.org hijacker sell the gathered information on darknet markets. They do not ask for people’s permission to collect and sell their details. Since the Mans-find.org website does not list an end user license agreement (EULA) or a privacy policy, the renegade developers can avoid legal repercussions.

The Mans-find.org hijacker can penetrate your computer in a couple of ways. The first propagation vector is bundling. The furtive program merges its executable with the setup file of another tool and tries to get installed in parallel with it. The hijacker will be offered as a bonus with your program of choice. You have to locate the option for additional programs and deselect it. Reading the terms and conditions of the software you add to your system should be mandatory. The other dark pattern the Mans-find.org hijacker uses is spam emails. The program travels concealed in an email. The sender behind the bogus message gives false information. He tries to convince the recipient that the file is a document. In many cases, spammers write on behalf of existing entities to lead people astray. To be sure that an email is legitimate, you need to check the contacts. If the message is stated to be from a certain company or entity, the sender should have written from an official contact email.

Mans-find.org Removal

Before starting the real removal process, you must reboot in Safe Mode. If you are familiar with this task, skip the instructions below and proceed to Step 2. If you do not know how to do it, here is how to reboot in Safe mode:

For Windows 98, XP, Millenium and 7:
Reboot your computer. When the first screen of information appears, start repeatedly pressing F8 key. Then choose Safe Mode With Networking from the options.

For Windows 8/8.1
Click the Start button, next click Control Panel —> System and Security —> Administrative Tools —> System Configuration.‌

Check the Safe Boot option and click OK. Click Restart when asked.
For Windows 10
Open the Start menu and click or tap on the Power button.

While keeping the Shift key pressed, click or tap on Restart.

Here are the steps you must follow to permanently remove from the browser:

Remove From Mozilla Firefox:

Open Firefox, click on top-right corner , click Add-ons, hit Extensions next.

Look for suspicious or unknown extensions, remove them all.

Remove From Chrome:

Open Chrome, click chrome menu icon at the top-right corner —>More Tools —> Extensions. There, identify the malware and select chrome-trash-icon(Remove).

Remove From Internet Explorer:
Open IE, then click IE gear icon on the top-right corner —> Manage Add-ons.

Find the malicious add-on. Remove it by pressing Disable.

Right click on the browser’s shortcut, then click Properties. Remove everything after the .exe” in the Target box.

Open Control Panel by holding the Win Key and R together. Write appwiz.cpl in the field, then click OK.

Here, find any program you had no intention to install and uninstall it.

Run the Task Manager by right clicking on the Taskbar and choosing Start Task Manager.

Look carefully at the file names and descriptions of the running processes. If you find any suspicious one, search on Google for its name, or contact me directly to identify it. If you find a malware process, right-click on it and choose End task.

Open MS Config by holding the Win Key and R together. Type msconfig and hit Enter.

Go in the Startup tab and Uncheck entries that have “Unknown” as Manufacturer.

Still can not remove Mans-find.org from your browser? Please, leave a comment below, describing what steps you performed. I will answer promptly.