22find.com Redirect

What is 22find.com?

The 22find.com website presents users with a search bar and various links to other popular websites such as Facebook, Gmail, Twitter, etc. The Search bar employed within 22find.com uses a customized Yahoo search engine returning legitimate search results.

Alone, this website appears legitimate, however, its creators use a deceptive promotion method, and many computer users report that they visit this website unwillingly (redirect issue).

Redirects to 22find.com are a consequence of reckless free software installation of an unwanted Internet browser extension, which self-installs itself together with freeware downloaded from the Internet. This unwanted browser add-on is called 22find and is installed on the Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browsers.

Note that, whilst redirects to this website are not caused by computer viruses or malware infections, there are no real benefits to using this site. Redirects to 22find.com are a direct consequence of unwanted browser add-on installation. To avoid redirect issues such as this, always closely inspect each installation window of any free software that you install on your computer.

Disallow any suggested changes your Internet browser settings and uncheck every option relating to the installation of additional software or browser extensions.

22find.com browser hijacker is especially rogue due to the fact that it installs a browser helper object "Wsys Control" that doesn't allow users to set their preferred browser settings; moreover, this adware also modified shortcut targets of all installed Internet browsers.

22find.com browser hijacker is identical to previously discovered adware which redirected Internet users to v9.com, webssearches.com and key-find.com websites.

Redirects to the mentioned websites could lead to malware infections (when clicking on shady sponsored Internet search results) and identity theft (these plug-ins are known to track user's Internet browsing).

To avoid installation of such browser hijackers computer users should be very attentive when downloading free software, if your download is managed by a download client be sure to opt-out of installing advertised browser extensions by clicking on a decline button.

When installing the already downloaded software use "custom" or "advanced" installation options instead of "quick" or "typical," this step will reveal installation of bundled adware. If your Internet browsers already redirect you to 22find.com website use the provided removal instructions and eliminate this browser hijacker from your computer.

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Quick menu:

• What is 22find.com?
• STEP 1. Uninstall "WPMI17.8.0.3325" application using Control Panel.
• STEP 2. Remove 22find.com redirect from Internet Explorer.
• STEP 3. Remove 22find.com redirect from Google Chrome.
• STEP 4. Remove 22find.com redirect from Mozilla Firefox.
• STEP 5. Remove 22find.com extension from Safari.
• STEP 6. Remove rogue plug-ins from Microsoft Edge.

22find.com redirect 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 "WPMI17.8.0.3325", select this entry and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".

After uninstalling the potentially unwanted program that causes browser redirects to 22find.com website scan your computer for any left unwanted components. To scan your computer use recommended malware removal software.

22find.com homepage and default search engine removal from Internet browsers:

Video showing how to remove browser hijackers:

Remove malicious add-ons from Internet Explorer:

 

Fix Internet Explorer shortcut target:

This browser hijacker changes the "Target" field of user's Internet Explorer shortcut. To fix this - locate your Internet Explorer shortcut on your Desktop and click the right mouse button over it. In the opened menu choose "Properties". In the opened window locate Target field and eliminate text (hxxp://www.22find.com/...) which is entered after "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe".

Change your homepage:

Click on the "gear" icon (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer) select "Internet Options", in the opened window remove hxxp://www.22find.com (at the time of testing it was do-search.com) and enter your preferred domain which will open every time you launch Internet Explorer.

Change your default search engine:

Click on 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, then remove "22find" (at the time of testing it was "do-search")

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the 22find virus, 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:

Fix Google Chrome shortcut target:

This browser hijacker changes the "Target" field of user's Google Chrome shortcut. To fix this - locate your Google Chrome shortcut on your Desktop and click the right mouse button over it. In the opened menu choose "Properties". In the opened window locate Target field and eliminate all text (hxxp://www.22find.com/...) which is entered after "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"

Remove 22find.com related Google Chrome extensions:

Click the Chrome menu icon (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "Tools" and click on "Extensions".  Locate: "Extended Protection" and "Lightning Newtab"  select these entries and click on a trash can icon.

Change your homepage:

Click the Chrome menu icon (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "Settings". In "On startup" section click "set pages," hover your mouse over hxxp://www.22find.com and click the x symbol. Now, you can add your preferred website as your homepage.

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 "Search" section click "Manage Search Engines...," remove "22find" (at the time of testing it was do-search) and add or select your preferred Internet search engine.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the 22find virus, 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 plugins from Mozilla Firefox:

Fix Mozilla Firefox shortcut target:

This browser hijacker changes the "Target" field of user's Mozilla Firefox shortcut. To fix this - locate your Mozilla Firefox shortcut on your Desktop and click the right mouse button over it. In the opened menu choose "Properties". In the opened window locate Target field and eliminate all text (hxxp://www.22find.com/...) which is entered after "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"

Change your homepage:

To reset your homepage click on the Firefox menu (at the top right corner of the main window), then select "Options," in the opened window remove hxxp://www.22find.com (at the time of testing it was do-search.com) and enter your preferred domain that will open every time you start Mozilla Firefox.

Change 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: "22find" (at the time of testing it was do-search.com)
Right-click on the found preferences and select "Reset" to restore default values.

Optional method:

Computer users who have problems with 22find virus 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 22find virus, 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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