How to remove the Easy Recipes Search browser hijacker
Written by Tomas Meskauskas on (updated)
What is Easy Recipes Search?
The Easy Recipes Search application is designed to allow users to quickly find thousands of recipes. In fact, this app promotes a fake search engine (services.easyrecipessearch-svc.com) by modifying browser settings. Therefore, Easy Recipes Search is classified as a potentially unwanted application (PUA), a browser hijacker.
These apps are termed PUAs, since people usually download and install them inadvertently. Note that browser hijackers often collect various user-system information.
In most cases, browser hijackers promote fake search engines by modifying browser settings such as the address of a default search engine, new tab and homepage. They ensure that users visit a particular address when they open a browser/new window, new tab and enter search queries into the URL bar.
Easy Recipes Search assigns the aforementioned addresses to services.easyrecipessearch-svc.com. Like most fake search engines, services.easyrecipessearch-svc.com does not generate unique results - in this case, users are simply redirected to search.yahoo.com (and provided with results generated by Yahoo).
Search engines such as services.easyrecipessearch-svc.com are useless and often provide misleading results. Typically, it is impossible remove the address of the fake search engine from browser settings unless the browser hijacker is uninstalled from the browser and operating system.
Furthermore, browser hijackers often gather addresses of visited websites, entered search queries, geolocations, IP addresses, and other browsing data. In some cases, they also collect personal, sensitive information. Developers sell the information to third parties (potentially, cyber criminals) who misuse in other ways.
No browser hijacker (including Easy Recipes Search) should be downloaded or installed. People who have such apps installed on their browsers and/or operating systems risk experiencing problems relating to privacy and browsing safety. There is also a possibility that gathered information will be misused to steal their identities.
| Name | Easy Recipes Search |
| Threat Type | Browser Hijacker, Redirect, Search Hijacker, Toolbar, Unwanted New Tab. |
| Browser Extension(s) | Easy Recipes Search |
| Supposed Functionality | Quick location of various recipes. |
| Promoted URL | services.easyrecipessearch-svc.com |
| Serving IP Address (services.easyrecipessearch-svc.com) | 104.26.11.148 |
| 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. |
| Malware Removal (Windows) | To eliminate possible malware infections, scan your computer with legitimate antivirus software. Our security researchers recommend using Combo Cleaner. |
There are many browser hijackers on the internet. Some examples are Easy Forms Today, PDF2Docs and My Job Partner. These apps usually promote fake search engines and track information. Developers advertise this software, which supposedly delivers various features, improves the browsing experience, etc. In fact, these apps are useless and simply cause problems.
How did Easy Recipes Search install on my computer?
Some advertisements can cause download/installation of unwanted applications by running certain scripts, however, this happens only when people click the ads. People commonly download and install PUAs together with other, regular software when they are included into the set-ups as "additional offers".
The offers can usually be found in settings such as "Custom" and "Advanced", however, many people fail to check and change the settings when they download and install their programs. By leaving default settings unchanged, they agree with offers to download and install additional, potentially unwanted software. This PUA distribution method is called "bundling".
How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications
Third party downloaders, installers, untrusted, unofficial websites, Peer-to-Peer networks (e.g., torrent clients, eMule) are examples of the download, installation channels that often are used to distribute PUAs. It is possible that they might also be used to proliferate malicious programs.
Therefore, it is not safe to download or install any programs or files through these means. Software and files should be downloaded from official websites and via direct download links. Do not finish any download or installation without checking "Custom", "Advanced" and other settings of the setup.
Dismiss any offers to download or install unwanted software. Do not click intrusive ads that are shown on dubious, unofficial websites, since they can open potentially malicious websites or cause unwanted downloads/installations. Note that these ads sometimes also appear on legitimate web pages.
Remove any suspicious, unwanted, unknown extensions, plug-ins and add-ons installed on the browser. Also remove programs of this kind installed from the operating system immediately. If your computer is already infected with Easy Recipes Search, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate this browser hijacker.
Website promoting Easy Recipes Search browser hijacker:
Notification stating that Easy Recipes Search can read and change various data:
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Quick menu:
- What is Easy Recipes Search?
- STEP 1. Uninstall Easy Recipes Search application using Control Panel.
- STEP 2. Remove services.easyrecipessearch-svc.com redirect from Internet Explorer.
- STEP 3. Remove Easy Recipes Search browser hijacker from Google Chrome.
- STEP 4. Remove services.easyrecipessearch-svc.com homepage and default search engine from Mozilla Firefox.
- STEP 5. Remove services.easyrecipessearch-svc.com redirect from Safari.
- STEP 6. Remove rogue plug-ins from Microsoft Edge.
Easy Recipes Search 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, "Easy Recipes Search"), select these entries and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".
After uninstalling the potentially unwanted applications that cause browser redirects to the services.easyrecipessearch-svc.com website, scan your computer for any remaining unwanted components. To scan your computer, use recommended malware removal software.
Easy Recipes Search 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://services.easyrecipessearch-svc.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 "Easy Recipes Search".
Optional method:
If you continue to have problems with removal of the services.easyrecipessearch-svc.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 "Easy Recipes Search" 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 "Easy Recipes Search", look for a browser hijacker URL (hxxp://www.services.easyrecipessearch-svc.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 "services.easyrecipessearch-svc.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 services.easyrecipessearch-svc.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 "Easy Recipes Search", 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 "Easy Recipes Search", remove hxxp://services.easyrecipessearch-svc.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 services.easyrecipessearch-svc.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 services.easyrecipessearch-svc.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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