Process Detail
What is wisesearch.exe ?
Wisesearch is a browser hijacker, which is promoted via other free downloads, and once installed it will change your browser homepage http://Wisesearch.wisesearch.info/ and default search engine to localmoxie.com or some other websitesOur systems analysis:
wisesearch.exe is known as Wisesearch and it is developed by Unknown . We have seen about 2 different instances of wisesearch.exe in different location.
Something wrong with wisesearch.exe ?
Wisesearch will display advertisements and sponsored links in your search results, and may collect search terms from your search queries. The Wisesearch hijack is used to boost advertising revenue, as in the use of blackhat SEO, to inflate a site’s page ranking in search results.Wisesearch it’s technically not a virus, but it does exhibit plenty of malicious traits, such as rootkit capabilities to hook deep into the operating system, browser hijacking, and in general just interfering with the user experience. The industry generally refers to it as a “PUP,” or potentially unwanted program.
Wisesearch is an ad-supported (users may see additional banner, search, pop-up, pop-under, interstitial and in-text link advertisements) cross web browser plugin for Internet Explorer (BHO) and Firefox/Chrome (plugin) and distributed through various monetization platforms during installation. The browser extension includes various features that will modify the default or custom settings of the browser including the home page, search settings and in some cases will modify Internet Explorer’s load time threshold, place a lock file within Firefox to prevent competing software from changing its settings as well as disable the browser’s Content Security Policy in order to allow for cross site scripting of the plugin.
Wisesearch got on your computer after you have installed a freeware software (video recording/streaming, download-managers or PDF creators) that had bundled into their installation this browser hijacker.
For example, when you install VPlay, you will also agree to change your browser homepage http://Wisesearch.wisesearch.info/ and default search engine to localmoxie.com.
[Image: Wisesearch redirect]
However when you uninstall VPlay from your computer, your web browser’s default settings will not be restored. This means that you’ll have to remove Wisesearch and LocalMoxie.com from your favorite web browser manually.
You should always pay attention when installing software because often, a software installer includes optional installs, such as this Wisesearch browser hijacker. Be very careful what you agree to install.
Always opt for the custom installation and deselect anything that is not familiar, especially optional software that you never wanted to download and install in the first place. It goes without saying that you should not install software that you don’t trust..
How to remove wisesearch.exe
If you encounter difficulties with wisesearch.exe , you can uninstall the associated program (Start > Control Panel > Add/Remove programsWhat can you do to fix wisesearch.exe ?
Let try to run a system scan with Speed Up My PC to see any error, then you can do some other troubleshooting steps.If you think this is a driver issue, please try DriverDouble.com
Where do we see wisesearch.exe ?
Here is the list of instances that we see for the process: wisesearch.exe| Path | Product Name | Vendor | Version | Size | MD5 | |
| 1 | C:\Program Files\WiseSearch\wisesearch.exe | Wisesearch | Unknown | 1.00 | 24487 | 08D09A8B7454F7F70D7DDAB343A52008 |
| 2 | C:\Program Files\WiseSearch\wisesearch.exe | Wisesearch | Unknown | 1.00 | 24896 | 61DCB0E4A9C1C810B92FAA0291A4FF19 |
Comments about this process:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------By Paul 2013-12-25 03:29:09 I do not want wisersearch I want to know what happened to my google chrome!!! it was working this morning but now it does not exist on my computer and even my google earth is not working. Just what is going on here? I an also unable to locate wisersearch on my list of programs to add or delete. This is pissing me off big time!
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By Lorena 2013-12-31 00:54:07 Paul did you ever figure it out? Im having the same damn problem!
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By Paul 2013-12-31 01:37:21 Nope but I did switch to Norton anti virus and I reloaded my google chrome. so far so good but I still have that stupid wiser search.
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By Lorena 2013-12-31 01:39:58 I tried and it isn't coming off of my pc either. I found what I thought was going to help me remove it but the remove button was shaded and untouchable. It would not let me remove it. If anything comes up, keep me updated please :)