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Updated on 2025-04-06

IE default search engine is modified

There is a search engine tool button in the toolbar of IE browser, which can realize online search. After being tampered with, just click the search tool button and will link to the tampered website. This phenomenon occurs because the following registry is modified:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search\CustomizeSearch

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search\SearchAssistant

Solution:

Run the Registry Editor, expand the above subkeys in turn, and change the key values ​​of "CustomizeSearch" and "SearchAssistant" to the URL of a certain search engine.