Goqrench.net

Developers of Goqrench.net promote this Internet search engine as a legitimate search tool, but we have to tell you the truth – it is far from a legitimate search provider. What makes it an untrustworthy search tool and even a browser hijacker is the unauthorized changes it applies after slithering onto computers without permission. Consequently, specialists at pcthreat.com are sure that it will not display improved search results to enhance the users’ browsing/web searching experience. Instead, it will apply changes to all their browsers. There is no doubt that a browser hijacker has slithered onto your computer successfully if you see your default homepage and, in some cases, a search tool gone. It seems that Goqrench.net imitates a legitimate search tool Google – it uses the same colors; however, we can assure you that it is not a reputable search provider. To be frank, both privacy and security-related problems might arise if you do not do anything soon to remove this dubious search tool from your web browsers. If you need more reasons to delete Goqrench.net, you should read the rest of this article – it will tell you more about this search tool and what it is capable of.

Goqrench.net is called an untrustworthy search tool and a browser hijacker not without reason. Research recently carried out by specialists at pcthreat.com has clearly shown that it does not act like legitimate search providers do. Yes, it does not differ much from Yahoo!, Google, or other decent search engines the way it looks and, on top of that, it, technically, works quite well, i.e. it opens the page with search results when users enter something in its search box; however, these search results slightly differ from those legitimate search tools show to users. Some of them are typical modified search results, specialists say. That is, these are search results redirecting users straight to third-party pages for promotional purposes. Our researchers have not found it surprising at all that Goqrench.net displays the modified search results to users because they have noticed that it redirects searches to plusnetwork.com, which cannot be called a legitimate search provider, the first thing after they started carrying out research about it. A bunch of search tools that look like genuine search providers but act like browser hijackers have been developed to drive traffic to certain third-party pages, so never trust search tools you discover set on your web browsers without your knowledge. We can assure you – legitimate search providers will never replace your preferred URLs without getting permission from you in advance.

We are sure that you have not set Goqrench.net as your homepage/default search tool because research has revealed how this infection is usually spread and how it manages to enter computers unnoticed. In has turned out that it does not have an official website where it could be downloaded from by users. Instead, it is usually disseminate through malicious software installers/bundles. Bundles are such “packages” containing software. They might contain several applications next to the one users download willingly from the web, e.g. a video player, a free picture editor, or another beneficial application. These extra applications are usually presented to users as additional offers, but, unfortunately, they tend to skip installation steps quickly by clicking the Next button and, consequently, do not notice the information about additional software presented to them. Most probably, you have agreed with the installation of the Goqrench.net browser hijacker without realizing that either. Be more vigilant the next time!

There are two ways to delete Goqrench.net from all web browsers without the special tool. First, you can reset your browsers to default settings one by one. Second, you can delete the undesirable search tool from your browsers by deleting certain files and undoing changes made by it in the system registry. We believe you know how to reset browsers to default settings, so we have asked our specialists to prepare the removal guide explaining how to get rid of this browser hijacker completely manually. If you do not like any of these methods, or do not have time for deleting threats yourself, perform a full system scan with an automated malware remover to have this browser hijacker deleted for you automatically. Other active infections will be erased from your PC as well.

How to delete Goqrench.net

Internet Explorer

1. Tap Win+R to open the Registry Editor.
2. Enter regedit.exe in the box and click OK.
3. Open HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main.
4. Locate the Start Page Value.
5. Right-click on it and select Modify.
6. Delete Goqrench.net from the Value data field, enter a new URL, and click OK.
7. Close the window.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Tap Win+E to open the Windows Explorer.
2. Type %AppData%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles in the URL bar and tap Enter to open this directory.
3. Search for a folder containing the file prefs.js (the name of this folder will consist of random symbols).
4. Open the prefs.js file with Notepad (right-click on the file, select Open with, and select Notepad).
5. Delete the following line: user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://Goqrench.net"); .
6. Save the changes.

Google Chrome

1. Open the Windows Explorer (tap Win+E).
2. Open %LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default (type it in the URL bar and tap Enter).
3. Locate three files and remove them one after the other: Preferences, Web Data, and Secure Preferences.
4. Empty the Trash bin.