How to uninstall the Less Notifications browser hijacker

What is Less Notifications?

Identical to Notifications Manager, the Less Notifications application supposedly operates as an 'ad blocker', however, after installation, it changes certain browser settings to find.lessnotifications.com. In summary, this app is a browser hijacker that promotes the address of a fake search engine.

Furthermore, applications of this type often gather information. Commonly, people download and install browser hijackers unintentionally. Therefore, these apps are classified as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

After installation, Less Notifications sets find.lessnotifications.com as the address of the default search engine, homepage, and new tab. Therefore, whoever has this app installed on their browsers are forced to visit find.lessnotifications.com when they open a browser, new tab and enter search queries into the URL bar.

This is a fake search engine, which does not generate any unique results. When used, it simply provides results generated by Bing or Google. I.e., it redirects to bing.com or google.com (depending on the user's geolocation). Note that most browser hijackers prevent users from removing the address of a promoted fake search engine from the aforementioned settings.

Typically, the only way to stop the browser from opening these bogus sites is to uninstall the browser hijacker. In this case, find.lessnotifications.com can be removed from browser settings by uninstalling Less Notifications. Furthermore, browser hijackers often gather data.

They usually target browsing data such as geolocations, entered search queries, addresses of visited pages, IP addresses, etc. Some collect personal, sensitive information as well. Developers sell the data to third parties (potentially, cyber criminals) who misuse it in other ways.

By having browser hijackers installed on browsers and/or operating systems, users risk becoming victims of identity theft, experiencing problems relating to browsing safety, privacy, and other issues. Therefore, remove all PUAs immediately.

Threat Summary:

Name	Less Notifications
Threat Type	Browser Hijacker, Redirect, Search Hijacker, Toolbar, Unwanted New Tab.
Browser Extension(s)	Less Notifications
Supposed Functionality	This app supposedly blocks ads.
Promoted URL	find.lessnotifications.com
Serving IP Address (find.lessnotifications.com)	13.249.134.7
Affected Browser Settings	Homepage, new tab URL, default search engine.
Symptoms	Manipulated internet browser settings (homepage, default internet search engine, new tab settings). Users are forced to visit the hijacker's website and search the internet using their search engines.
Distribution methods	Deceptive pop-up ads, free software installers (bundling), fake Flash Player installers.
Damage	Internet browser tracking (potential privacy issues), display of unwanted ads, redirects to dubious websites.
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Online Radio Streams, Reverse Phone Search and Get News Quickly Now are examples of other browser hijackers. Apps of this type usually promote the address of a fake search engine and collect various user-system information.

Browser hijackers are advertised as useful, legitimate apps that supposedly improve the browsing experience, deliver features, and so on, however, they are generally useless and simply cause problems. Therefore, remove Less Notifications and other apps of this type from the browser and operating system immediately.

How did Less Notifications install on my computer?

PUAs are distributed using a deceptive marketing method called "bundling". Developers use this technique to trick people into downloading and installing unwanted apps together with other software.

They include unwanted apps into the download/installation set-ups of other programs and hide offers to include additional apps in "Custom", "Advanced" and similar settings.

Many people fail to check and change these settings when they download and install programs, thereby inadvertently allowing PUAs to be downloaded and installed with the required programs. In some cases, download and installation of PUAs is caused by clicking deceptive ads that execute certain scripts.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications

It is not safe to download/install software through third party downloaders and installers, Peer-to-Peer networks (e.g., eMule, torrent clients), untrusted websites, and so on. These channels and sources are used to distribute unwanted apps. All files and programs should be downloaded from official websites and through direct links.

Check all download and installation settings ("Custom", "Advanced") and dismiss offers to download and install additionally-included apps (PUAs) before finishing the process. Do not click advertisements that are displayed on various dubious web pages, since these can open other untrusted websites or cause download/installation of various PUAs.

Remove all suspicious, unwanted extensions, add-ons and plug-ins already installed on the browser immediately. The same should be applied to programs of this kind that are installed on the operating system.

If your computer is already infected with Less Notifications, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate this browser hijacker.

Website promoting Less Notifications browser hijacker:

Notification stating that Less Notifications can read and change various data:

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Quick menu:

• What is Less Notifications?
• STEP 1. Uninstall Less Notifications application using Control Panel.
• STEP 2. Remove find.lessnotifications.com redirect from Internet Explorer.
• STEP 3. Remove Less Notifications browser hijacker from Google Chrome.
• STEP 4. Remove find.lessnotifications.com homepage and default search engine from Mozilla Firefox.
• STEP 5. Remove find.lessnotifications.com redirect from Safari.
• STEP 6. Remove rogue plug-ins from Microsoft Edge.

Less Notifications browser hijacker removal:

Windows 11 users:

Right-click on the Start icon, select Apps and Features. In the opened window search for the application you want to uninstall, after locating it, click on the three vertical dots and select Uninstall.

Windows 10 users:

Right-click in the lower left corner of the screen, in the Quick Access Menu select Control Panel. In the opened window choose Programs and Features.

Windows 7 users:

Click Start (Windows Logo at the bottom left corner of your desktop), choose Control Panel. Locate Programs and click Uninstall a program.

macOS (OSX) users:

Click Finder, in the opened screen select Applications. Drag the app from the Applications folder to the Trash (located in your Dock), then right click the Trash icon and select Empty Trash.

In the uninstall programs window: look for any recently installed suspicious applications (for example, "Less Notifications"), select these entries and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".

After uninstalling the potentially unwanted applications that cause browser redirects to the find.lessnotifications.com website, scan your computer for any remaining unwanted components. To scan your computer, use recommended malware removal software.

Less Notifications browser hijacker removal from Internet browsers:

Video showing how to remove browser redirects:

Remove malicious add-ons from Internet Explorer:

Click the "gear" icon (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select "Manage Add-ons". Look for any recently installed suspicious extensions, select these entries and click "Remove".

Change your homepage:

Click the "gear" icon (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select "Internet Options", in the opened window remove hxxp://find.lessnotifications.com and enter your preferred domain, which will open each time you launch Internet Explorer. You can also enter about: blank to open a blank page when you start Internet Explorer.

Change your default search engine:

Click the "gear" icon (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select "Manage Add-ons". In the opened window, select "Search Providers", set "Google", "Bing", or any other preferred search engine as your default and then remove "Less Notifications".

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the find.lessnotifications.com redirect, reset your Internet Explorer settings to default.

Windows XP users: Click Start, click Run, in the opened window type inetcpl.cpl In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 users: Click the Windows logo, in the start search box type inetcpl.cpl and click enter. In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows 8 users: Open Internet Explorer and click the gear icon. Select Internet Options.

In the opened window, select the Advanced tab.

Click the Reset button.

Confirm that you wish to reset Internet Explorer settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "More tools" and click "Extensions". Locate "Less Notifications" and other recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons, and remove them.

Change your homepage:

Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "Settings". In the "On startup" section, disable "Less Notifications", look for a browser hijacker URL (hxxp://www.find.lessnotifications.com) below the “Open a specific or set of pages” option. If present, click on the three vertical dots icon and select “Remove”.

Change your default search engine:

To change your default search engine in Google Chrome: Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "Settings", in the "Search engine" section, click "Manage search engines...", in the opened list look for "find.lessnotifications.com", when located click the three vertical dots near this URL and select "Remove from list".

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the find.lessnotifications.com redirect, reset your Google Chrome browser settings. Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome) and select Settings. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen. Click the Advanced… link.

After scrolling to the bottom of the screen, click the Reset (Restore settings to their original defaults) button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Google Chrome settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious plug-ins from Mozilla Firefox:

Click the Firefox menu (at the top right corner of the main window), select "Add-ons". Click on "Extensions" and remove "Less Notifications", as well as all other recently installed browser plug-ins.

Change your homepage:

To reset your homepage, click the Firefox menu (at the top right corner of the main window), then select "Options", in the opened window disable "Less Notifications", remove hxxp://find.lessnotifications.com and enter your preferred domain, which will open each time you start Mozilla Firefox.

Change your default search engine:

In the URL address bar, type about:config and press Enter.
Click "I'll be careful, I promise!".
In the search filter at the top, type: "extensionControlled"
Set both results to "false" by either double-clicking each entry or clicking the button.

Optional method:

Computer users who have problems with find.lessnotifications.com redirect removal can reset their Mozilla Firefox settings.

Open Mozilla Firefox, at the top right corner of the main window, click the Firefox menu, in the opened menu, click Help.

Select Troubleshooting Information.

In the opened window, click the Refresh Firefox button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Mozilla Firefox settings to default by clicking the Refresh Firefox button.

Remove malicious extensions from Safari:

Make sure your Safari browser is active and click Safari menu, then select Preferences...

In the preferences window select the Extensions tab. Look for any recently installed suspicious extensions and uninstall them.

In the preferences window select General tab and make sure that your homepage is set to a preferred URL, if its altered by a browser hijacker - change it.

In the preferences window select Search tab and make sure that your preferred Internet search engine is selected.

Optional method:

Make sure your Safari browser is active and click on Safari menu. From the drop down menu select Clear History and Website Data...

In the opened window select all history and click the Clear History button.

Remove malicious extensions from Microsoft Edge:

Click the Edge menu icon  (at the top right corner of Microsoft Edge), select "Extensions". Locate any recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons, and remove them.

Change your homepage and new tab settings:

Click the Edge menu icon  (at the top right corner of Microsoft Edge), select "Settings". In the "On startup" section look for the name of the browser hijacker and click "Disable".

Change your default Internet search engine:

To change your default search engine in Microsoft Edge: Click the Edge menu icon  (at the top right corner of Microsoft Edge), select "Privacy and services", scroll to bottom of the page and select "Address bar". In the "Search engines used in address bar" section look for the name of the unwanted Internet search engine, when located click the "Disable" button near it. Alternatively you can click on "Manage search engines", in the opened menu look for unwanted Internet search engine. Click on the puzzle icon near it and select "Disable".

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the find.lessnotifications.com redirect, reset your Microsoft Edge browser settings. Click the Edge menu icon  (at the top right corner of Microsoft Edge) and select Settings.

In the opened settings menu select Reset settings.

Select Restore settings to their default values. In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Microsoft Edge settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

• If this did not help, follow these alternative instructions explaining how to reset the Microsoft Edge browser.

Summary:

A browser hijacker is a type of adware infection that modifies Internet browser settings by assigning the homepage and default Internet search engine settings to some other (unwanted) website URL. Commonly, this type of adware infiltrates operating systems through free software downloads. If your download is managed by a download client, ensure that you decline offers to install advertised toolbars or applications that seek to change your homepage and default Internet search engine settings.

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