Wednesday, 21 October 2015

Explorednow.com Browser hijacker Removal

Explorednow.com is a potentially unwanted program (PUP) that gets into the system through third party installers. When user downloads songs, software or anything else from suspicious site then Explorednow.com also gets installed in the system as a bundle. It enters the system without user’s knowledge and starts making unwanted changes in the settings.


Explorednow.com is classified as a browser hijacker. Once it has entered the system, it starts making changes in the browser settings such as homepage, search engine, new tab and may also install a browser hijacker. The main intention behind all this is to set Explorednow.com as a default search engine and use Explorednow.com domain whenever you try making a search query.

Once you found this browser hijacker in your system, remove it as soon as possible, as it can also open the door for other malware to get into your system. Here are some simple steps for Explorednow.com browser hijacker removal from different browsers.

Removing Explorednow.com browser Hijacker from your Browser

Mozilla Firefox



  1. Start Mozilla Firefox and open the Menu window.
  2. From the Menu, select “Add-ons”.
  3. Select Explorednow.com and click “Remove”.
  4. After removing Explorednow.com, restart Firefox

Google Chrome



  1. Start Google chrome and open Menu window.
  2. Take your cursor over Tools and from the extended menu choose “Extensions”.
  3. From Extensions menu locate Explorednow.com and then click on the “garbage bin” icon on its right.
  4. After the removal is done, restart chrome by closing it from the red “X” at the top right corner.

Internet Explorer



  1. Click on “Tools” to open drop menu and here select “Manage Add-ons”.
  2. In the ‘Manage Add-ons’ window, make sure that in the first window ‘Add-on Types’, the drop menu ‘Show’ is on ‘All add-ons’.
  3. Select Explorednow.com to remove and click “Disable”.
  4. After Explorednow.com is removed restart Internet Explorer.
With the above tips you can get rid of Explorednow.com browser hijacker and can successfully remove it from your system.

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