How to remove Goog.goodsearch.com

What is Goog.goodsearch.com

Goog.goodsearch.com is a dubious domain promoted by unwanted software known as browser hijackers. Browser hijackers can be installed on users’ systems in form of a browser extension, stealth desktop application, or even both and promote unhealthy browser changes. For instance, one of such innovations is usually the addition of suspicious domains like Goog.goodsearch.com that are supposed to act as standalone search engines and process users’ search entries/queries. In reality, the majority of such engines are fake and eventually lead to legitimate search portals like Yahoo, Google, Bing, and so forth. Another common symptom of browser hijackers can be a sudden redirection to promoted pages. Resources that get opened unwillingly (i.e. without users’ consent) often promote unwanted software, online scams, adult pages, and even malware infections. Furthermore, browser hijackers are sometimes also regarded as “data-stealers”. This is because some of them may access sensitive information in browsers (e.g. IP-addresses, geolocations, history, cookies, passwords, usernames, etc.) and collect it for selling or abuse purposes. Thus, if you see Goog.goodsearch.com constantly in your address bar, do not delay to scan your system and clear the browser (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Edge) from assigned changes – all the instructions are in our article below.

How Goog.goodsearch.com infected your computer

Countless stealth (drive-by) installations of potentially unwanted programs/extensions often occur when users get tricked into downloading fake Adobe Flash Player updates or third-party software installers. Users may be accidentally redirected to a fake website claiming their software is outdated or completely absent and encouraging to install/update it. Browser hijackers and other PUA/PUPs can also be distributed via free software installers (usually cracked or pirated). Such installers tend to conceal additional offers, often disguised as something “useful” or “worth having installed”. During the installation of the main program, the promotional offers get oftentimes skipped, essentially letting unwanted software like browser hijackers get installed without users’ consent. Many cybercriminals use the Pay-Per-Install (PPI) scheme, which brings money to the promoters upon each successful installation. Users should always be careful and look out for extra program offers to deselect their installation. It is also worth avoiding various ads and notifications that want you to click on or download something. Some malicious pages are equipped with executable scripts that infiltrate a non-rotected system in the background mode – therefore dodging detection by users. Beware of dubious and unverified pages and download software only from official resources. Read our guide below to learn protection basics against such software in the future.

1. Download Goog.goodsearch.com Removal Tool
2. Remove Goog.goodsearch.com from Control Panel and Applications
3. Remove Goog.goodsearch.com extensions from browsers
4. Reset browser search and homepage settings
5. Alternative way to remove Goog.goodsearch.com search redirects
6. Clean browser shortcuts from Goog.goodsearch.com
7. How to protect from threats like Goog.goodsearch.com

Remove Goog.goodsearch.com manually for free

Here is a manual step-by-step tutorial for full Goog.goodsearch.com removal from your computer. This works 99% and was checked with the latest versions of the Goog.goodsearch.com an installer on operating systems with the latest updates and browser versions.

Note: Goog.goodsearch.com can be installed as Google Chrome extension as Administrator (you may see Installed by enterprise policy inscription near it), and this will not allow removal. Therefore, before starting removal process, perform these actions:

1. Start the Command Prompt by clicking the Start menu button and typing command prompt (or just searching for “command prompt” in Windows 10 search field). Right click on the Command Prompt result and choose Run as Administrator.



2. Type in and execute the following commands:

   
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers"
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicy"
gpupdate /force

Remove Goog.goodsearch.com from Control Panel or Applications

To start removing Goog.goodsearch.com you should uninstall it using Control Panel. It can be present by different names – “Goog.goodsearch.com”. It should uninstall correctly, however, we recommend you to use IObit Uninstaller to clean leftover items after uninstalling. Here are instructions for Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11, or Mac.

Remove Goog.goodsearch.com from Windows XP:

1. Click on Start button.
2. Choose Control Panel.
3. Click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find Goog.goodsearch.com-related or other suspicious program.
5. Click Uninstall.

Remove Goog.goodsearch.com from Windows 7:

1. Click Start button.
2. Then go to Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find Goog.goodsearch.com-related or other suspicious program and click Uninstall.

Remove Goog.goodsearch.com from Windows 8:

1. Hover mouse pointer to the bottom-right corner to see Menu.
2. Click Search.
3. After that click Apps.
4. Then Control Panel.
5. Click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
6. Find Goog.goodsearch.com-related or other suspicious program, click Uninstall.

Remove Goog.goodsearch.com from Windows 10:

There are 2 ways to uninstall Goog.goodsearch.com from Windows 10

Way one

1. Click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Settings.
3. Click on the System tile.
4. Click Apps & features and locate Goog.goodsearch.com-related or other suspicious program in the list.
5. Click on it and then click Uninstall button near it.

Way two (classic)

1. Right-click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Programs and Features.
3. Locate Goog.goodsearch.com-related or other suspicious program in the list.
4. Click on it and then click Uninstall button above.

Remove Goog.goodsearch.com from Windows 11:

1. Right-click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Settings.
3. Click on the Apps tab on the left side.
4. Click Apps & features and locate Goog.goodsearch.com-related or other recently installed suspicious program in the list.
5. Click on 3-dots icon near it and then click Uninstall button near it.
6. Depending on the type of application (Windows Store app or classic Win32 app) it will be removed immediately or you will need to confirm the action and go through standard uninstall procedure.

Remove Goog.goodsearch.com from Mac:

1. In the Finder sidebar, click Applications.
2. Goog.goodsearch.com might have an Uninstaller.
3. Otherwise, drag Goog.goodsearch.com from the Applications folder to the Trash (located at the end of the Dock).
4. Then choose Finder > Empty Trash.

Cannot uninstall Goog.goodsearch.com in Windows

In some cases, Goog.goodsearch.com won’t uninstall and gives you the message, that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Goog.goodsearch.com. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing the Goog.goodsearch.com folder and files. This happens because the process or service does not allow you to do it. In this case, I will recommend you to use SpyHunter 5 or Malwarebytes or uninstall Goog.goodsearch.com in Safe Mode. To boot in Safe Mode do the following:

1. Reboot your computer.
2. While it starts booting press F8 button.
3. This will open Advanced Boot Options menu.
4. Choose Safe Mode and wait until Windows loads.
5. Go to Control Panel > Uninstall a program and remove Goog.goodsearch.com or other suspicious program

>> See detailed instructions and video tutorial on how to boot in Safe Mode

Cannot uninstall Goog.goodsearch.com in MacOS

If you can’t uninstall Goog.goodsearch.com using instructions above, or it keeps coming back, you can use free AppCleaner for Mac to remove all residual data and libraries of Goog.goodsearch.com. Follow instructions below:

1. Download free AppCleaner.
2. Drag Goog.goodsearch.com from Applications folder to AppCleaner window.
3. Choose files and folders you want to remove along with Goog.goodsearch.com.
4. Click Delete button.

Remove malicious add-ons from your browsers

Uninstalling Goog.goodsearch.com from Control Panel or Applications often does not bring the desired effect. It sometimes has a browser extension and it may still be active in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Here are instructions on how to remove Goog.goodsearch.com-related extension from your browsers manually.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://extensions.
3. Find Goog.goodsearch.com related extension.
4. Click the Remove button to remove them.
5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:addons.
3. Find Goog.goodsearch.com related extension.
4. Click three-dots icon near it and choose Remove in the menu.
5. In opened dialog window click Remove button to confirm the action.
6. Remove all suspicious extensions from the list.

Safari:

1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
2. Click Extensions tab.
3. Find Goog.goodsearch.com extension.
4. Click Uninstall button to remove it.

Microsoft Edge:

1. Start Microsoft Edge browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) edge://extensions.
3. Find Goog.goodsearch.com related extension.
4. Click Remove link under the name of extension.
5. In opened dialog window click Remove button to confirm the action.
6. Remove all suspicious extensions from the list.

Internet Explorer (9, 10, 11):

Note: There is no feature to remove browser extensions from browser in latest version of Internet Explorer. To remove Goog.goodsearch.com from Internet Explorer, please, perform instructions for uninstalling program from Control Panel. To disable Goog.goodsearch.com, please, do the following:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click on gear/asterisk icon in the top-right corner.
3. In opened menu Manage Add-ons.
4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
5. Click Disable Goog.goodsearch.com or other suspicious extensions.
6. Also disable other suspicious extensions from the list.

Opera Browser:

Generally, Goog.goodsearch.com does not install in Opera browser however you can always double check. Do the following:

1. Start Opera browser.
2. Go to Tools > Extensions > Manage Extensions.
3. Find Goog.goodsearch.com or other suspicious extensions.
4. Click Uninstall button.
5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Reset browsers settings (homepage, default search)

Goog.goodsearch.com installs a search engine that hijacks your browsers. Here is the instruction to reset your browser’s homepage, new tab, and search engine to default values.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://settings.
3. On the left panel expand Advanced options.
4. Choose Reset and clean up.
5. Click on Restore settings to their original defaults link and confirm by clicking Reset button.

Google Chrome > Settings > Advanced

Reset and clean up

Reset Google Chrome

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:support.
3. Click Refresh Firefox… button.
4. Click Refresh Firefox button in opened dialog window to confirm.

Reset Safari:

1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
2. Go to the Privacy section of Safari’s preferences.
3. Click Remove All Website Data button.
4. In opened window click Remove Now button to remove data stored by websites in Safari.
5. Go to the Advanced section of Safari’s preferences.
6. Click the Show Develop menu in menu bar option.
7. In the menu click Develop and select Empty Caches from this menu.
8. Again, go to Safari menu and choose Clear History….
9. Choose to clear all history and click Clear History button.

Microsoft Edge:

1. Start Microsoft Edge browser
2. Click on 3-dots icon in the top-right corner and choose Settings.
3. On the left panel find and click Reset settings option.
4. Click on Restore settings to their default values link and confirm by clicking Reset button.

Internet Explorer (9, 10, 11):

1. Start Internet Explorer.
2. Click on gear/asterisk icon in the top-right corner.
3. In opened menu choose Internet options.
4. Click Advanced tab.
5. Click Reset button.
6. Choose Delete personal settings and click Reset.

Opera Browser:

1. Start Opera browser and click on Opera icon in the top-left corner.
2. Choose Settings and click Advanced on the left side and choose Browser.
3. Scroll down to the very bottom and click on Restore settings to their original defaults link.
4. Confirm by clicking Reset button.

Alternative way to remove adware browser extensions and reset browser settings

For safe and effective browser extension removal use avast! Browser Cleanup utility. Run it with administrator privileges and remove all extensions with bad rating including related to Goog.goodsearch.com. You can also reset your browser settings for each of your browsers: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox.

Download Avast Browser Cleanup

Cleaning browsers shortcuts

You can clean your browser shortcuts manually right-clicking on your browser icon, choosing “Properties” and removing hijacker address from “Target” field (leave just the path to your browser). However it is easier to use free Shortcut Cleaner from BleepingComputer. Download it here – its FREE:

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