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

Cse.google.com is a rogue search engine. The domain is designed to look reliable. The description of the website’s functionality sounds promising. Cse.google.com provides extended features for Google. The platform is aimed at online advertisers. The starter package includes search result enhancement, graphic design customization and the option to conduct advertising campaigns. The paid services give wider fine-tuning capability and special features for businesses. Cse.google.com has not been devised for end users and it does not take their interests into account. Research has revealed that the website is connected to a hijacker which can cause you security issues.

How does Cse.google.com put your security in jeopardy?

The hijacker uses the Cse.google.com website to make changes to the browser’s settings. It resets the homepage and default search engine. Using the given search provider will give you unreliable results. The hijacker inserts supported pages amid the regular search results. They might be irrelevant to your queries. The main concern is that they could be infected with malware. The Cse.google.com hijacker does not perform security scans. Any of the supported search results could lead to malicious domains.

The Cse.google.com hijacker has more than one way to bring supported content to your attention. The shady program generates pop-up ads, exhibiting bargain shopping deals. Your screen will be flooded with various kinds of advertisements, like banners, coupon boxes, in-text links, transitional, floating, interstitial, contextual, inline, comparison and full-page ads. Following the windows will forward you to sponsored websites. They may or may not be safe to visit. There is no way to find out whether they are. Our advice is to stay away from the advertisements altogether.

Apart from the unsolicited links the Cse.google.com hijacker provides, there is another threat around the furtive program you need to be on the lookout for. The hijacker will track your browsing sessions and record data on you. This includes your web history, cookies, IP address, email, country of origin, zip code, user names, passwords and other sensitive input. The owners of the rogue program can sell your data on dark markets without bothering to ask for your permission.

How did I contact the Cse.google.com hijacker?

Visiting Cse.google.com will not get you infected with the hijacker which exploits it for its malicious agenda. The insidious program uses indirect methods of distribution, dubbed as dark patterns. In most cases, the hijacker travels in a bundle with other programs. It can attach itself to freeware, shareware and pirated applications. When adding a program to your computer, you should check whether it has additional tools attached to it. If it does, you should deselect them. They could be unreliable.

The other propagation vector the Cse.google.com hijacker uses is spam emails. The secluded tool can lurk behind an attachment from a bogus message. The sender will ask you to open the file, stating it is an important document. Spammers can misrepresent reliable companies and entities, like the national post, courier firms, social networks, banks, government institutions and the federal authorities. Before believing the statements from a given email, check the sender’s contacts.

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