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Recently I was plagued by cleanserp.net search engine taking over Google. I do a search and out comes cleanserp.net taking over Google.com, and that is even when you type Google.com in the web address!
I let this happen for a couple of days, until I got fed up. I was thinking that it was a bit difficult to remove this search engine browser hijacker, but my curiosity got the better of me.
So I did a search, and guess what? It is easy enough, easier than I expected, even if it were to be done manually.
I'm not telling anything anymore about what cleanserp.net is, of how it got into your computer, and what it does, and more.
So here are the steps:
1. Check the browser shortcut by doing right-click on it, then Properties. If after the .exe it shows "http://cleanserp.net", remove that. Then click on OK.
2. Change your startup page, it must not be "http://cleanserp.net".
3. Uninstall any program that may be related to anything rogue or questionable. Since you know your computer better, you know what you are installing, and anything that doesn't look like a legit program, you uninstall these.
Specific to Google Chrome, if changing the search engine throws out “This setting is enforced by your administrator”, try the following (this is what fixed my problem):
1. Open %WINDIR%\System32\GroupPolicy folder (just copy that path and paste into the address bar of Windows Explorer). Delete the contents of that folder.
2. Next, open %WINDIR%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers and delete all of its contents.
3. Finally, restart your computer.
There is a possibility that a few more minutes will be added than before to your computer's restart process, but that is just the first time reboot after doing the change. it would return to normal afterwards.
Some more info can be got here: How to Remove Cleanserp.net [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]
Hope this helps.
Thank you, and till then!
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