Delta Search is a program that installs a toolbar and search engine on your computer. The installation is typically done when you install one or more free programs.
This guide will give you a complete walkthrough on how to remove Delta Search (and all associated programs) from your computer.
What is Delta Search?
Delta is the name of a program that offers (or forces!) 2 things:
A search engine (delta-search.com or just Delta Search)
A toolbar (Delta Toolbar)
Delta Toolbar and Delta Search are promoted and installed together with other free programs (such as Mixi.DJ). Often you will have to deselect them during installation – but since they are well hidden in the installation process, you typically don’t notice them and install them unknowingly.
What does Delta Search do?
Once installed on your computer, Delta programs do 2 things:
- They replace (hijack) your browser’s homepage with their own
- They replace the search engine you normally use with their own (your preferred search engine)
Delta’s homepage and search engine now display ads and sponsored links that send you to SPAM-like websites that try to get you to buy or download a lot of useless stuff. The ads and sponsored links are designed to look like Google search results and are therefore highly misleading.
How to remove Delta Search
Step 1: Remove Delta Search from your computer
Delta Search has installed several programs that need to be removed from your computer. Proper uninstallation of Delta Search is done through your computer’s control panel – if you don’t know how to do this, first find out what version of Windows you have and then follow the guide below.
Windows 7 e Windows Vista
- Fare clic sul pulsante Start e selezionare Pannello di controllo. In Programmi selezionare Disinstalla un programma
- Selezionare/segnare i seguenti programmi:
- Delta Chrome Toolbar
- Delta toolbar
- Yontoo
- BrowserProtect
- Mixi.DJ
- Fare clic su Rimuovi/Modifica
Windows 8
- Fare clic sull'angolo inferiore sinistro dello schermo (il cosiddetto angolo caldo, dove nelle versioni precedenti di Windows si trovava il pulsante Start), selezionare Pannello di controllo e quindi Rimuovi un programma.
- Selezionare/segnare i seguenti programmi:
- Delta Chrome Toolbar
- Delta toolbar
- Yontoo
- BrowserProtect
- Mixi.DJ
- Fare clic su Rimuovi/Modifica
Windows XP, Windows 95 e Windows 98
- Fare clic sul pulsante Start e selezionare Pannello di controllo. Selezionare Aggiungi o rimuovi programmi
- Selezionare/segnare i seguenti programmi:
- Delta Chrome Toolbar
- Delta toolbar
- Yontoo
- BrowserProtect
- Mixi.DJ
- Fare clic sul pulsante Rimuovi
- Quando si apre una finestra di dialogo: Seguire le istruzioni fino al completamento della disinstallazione.
NOTE: Be aware that Delta program names may vary slightly and in some cases may be called something completely different; therefore, also check who the publisher of the program is and remove anything with the name Delta. In addition, it is recommended that you remove all unwanted, unknown or suspicious programs – just be careful about removing programs you don’t know what they do (do a Google search first).
Step 2: Remove Delta Search from your browser
Delta Search has made 3 changes to your browser:
Installed an extension (add-on, extension or add-on) developed by Monera Technologies
Changed your homepage to delta-search.com
Changed your preferred search engine
Below you will find instructions on how to remove Delta Search from the most popular browsers:
Mozilla Firefox
1. Remove Delta extensions
- Fare clic sul pulsante arancione Firefox nell'angolo in alto a sinistra del browser.
- Select Add-ons and then the Extensions tab
- Click the Remove button next to the following:
- Delta Toolbar
- Mixi.DJ
- Yontoo
2. Set your preferred search engine and remove Delta Search
- Click the orange Firefox button in the top left corner of the browser
- In the search bar at the top right of the browser (to the right of the address bar), your preferred search engine will appear; click on the search engine logo (the small downward pointing arrow) and select Manage search services
- Your preferred search engine should be the first in the list (move up and down the search engines using the buttons on the right side)
- Remove Delta Search by selecting it and clicking the Remove button on the right side
3. Cambiare la pagina iniziale
- Fare clic sul pulsante arancione Firefox nell'angolo in alto a sinistra del browser.
- Select Options and click the Restore default button or set a new homepage and click the Use current homepage button
Google Chrome
1. Remove Delta extensions
- Fare clic sul menu nell'angolo in alto a destra del browser e selezionare Strumenti e poi Estensioni.
- Under the Extensions menu item: Remove the Delta Toolbar, Mixi.DJ and Yontoo extensions by clicking the small trash can to the right of each extension
2. set your preferred search engine and remove Delta Search
- Fare clic sul menu nell'angolo superiore destro del browser e selezionare Impostazioni.
- Sotto la voce Ricerca: Fare clic sul pulsante Gestisci motori di ricerca > Fare clic sul motore di ricerca desiderato (ad es. Google) > Fare clic sul pulsante Rendi predefinito a destra
- Remove Delta Search by clicking the cross on the right side
3. Cambiare la pagina iniziale
- Fare clic sul menu nell'angolo superiore destro del browser e selezionare Impostazioni.
- Sotto l'intestazione Avvio: Fare clic sul pulsante di opzione accanto a Aprire una pagina specifica o un intervallo di pagine.
- Quindi fare clic sul link Imposta pagine e specificare la pagina che si desidera come pagina iniziale.
Free programs that can remove Delta Search
Instead of uninstalling Delta Search manually (as described above), you can use a free program to do this.
- The argument for using free programs is that it’s a quick and easy way to remove Delta Search – especially if you’re not that technically inclined
- The argument against using free programs is that it is unnecessary (“shooting sparrows with guns”) to install new programs to remove others (especially when you can easily uninstall them manually)
Programs that can be used to uninstall Delta Search include Hitmanpro, Malwarebytes, and AdwCleaner.