I wrote this article to help you remove Nefryhok Search. This Nefryhok Search removal guide is working for Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer.

Nefryhok Search is an alternative search engine. The website is supposed to enhance your sessions by gathering the best results from Google. As per description, Nefryhok Search provides custom Google search. The presentation of the platform does not match its actual functionality. The results Nefryhok Search returns are supported. The user has no control over them. Rather than assisting people find the information they are looking for, the website works with online advertisers. The sponsored content is not guaranteed to be reliable. You could be taken to corrupted pages. The Nefryhok Search website is subservient to a hijacker.

How does Nefryhok Search pose a threat to my security?

The hijacker behind the website makes changes to the browser’s DNS settings. The insidious program can penetrate Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge. The hijacker resets the homepage and default search engine to nefryhok.xyz/nefryhok/nefryhok.php. Using this website to conduct your searches will give you fake results. Not only could they be irrelevant to your queries, but they can also be dangerous. The owners of the Nefryhok Search hijacker agree to promote the content of all paying parties without running them through a security check.

There are two ways for the Nefryhok Search hijacker to bring sponsored pages to users’ attention. The second way is more straightforward. The shady program generates pop-up advertisements, containing bargain deals for various consumer goods. The ads can appear in different formats, including pop-ups, pop-unders, in-text links, banners, coupon boxes, interstitial, transitional, floating, inline, contextual, comparison and full-page ads. Clicking on the windows can take you to a genuine shopping platform, but there is also a possibility of encountering malware. It is best to avoid the ads.

The other problem with the Nefryhok Search hijacker is the tracking activity it is set to carry out. The rogue program will monitor your activity and record all details you enter into your browser. If you use online financial accounts, the hijacker will register your user names and passwords. All personal data you disclose online will be recorded. The proprietors of the clandestine program can sell your details without asking for your permission or notifying you at all.

How did the Nefryhok Search hijacker enter my system?

There are a couple of ways to contact the hijacker behind Nefryhok Search. It should be noted that the website is not responsible for spreading the covert program. The hijacker prefers to travel in bundles. Freeware and shareware utilities are the usual choices for a download client. The furtive tool is added as a bonus with the main software from the bundle. You have to find where it is listed and deselect it. Make sure you read the terms and conditions of all programs you add to your system.

Spam emails are the other propagation vector the Nefryhok Search hijacker is known to make use of. The secluded program hides behind attachments, listed as documents. The sender can misrepresent a reliable entity, like the national post, a courier firm, a social network, a bank, a government branch or the police department. To check whether an email comes from a reliable person or entity, look up the contacts in the message.

Nefryhok Search 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 Nefryhok Search from your browser? Please, leave a comment below, describing what steps you performed. I will answer promptly.