Removing Cassiopesa from Chrome Is Simple, See How to Do!

What Is Cassiopesa Virus?

Before showing you a guide of removing Cassiopesa, let’s simply see an overview of Cassiopesa. Simply speaking, Cassiopesa is a browser hijacker that can happen on Google Chrome, Edge, or Firefox. In most cases, it is bundled with other programs that you download from the Internet. During the installation of an app, Cassiopesa comes to your computer but you don’t know.

After installing, Cassiopesa will modify the current browser’s settings and do some things:

1. Cassiopesa changes the home page and search engine to www.cassiopesa.com (sometimes Cassiopesa is spelled as Cassiopessa). When you use the website to search for something, you see the manipulated search results and it redirects you to pages with potentially unverified content.
2. The Cassiopesa malware inserts a crowd of online ads in the web pages you view.
3. It may also track personally non-identifiable information on your compromised PC to use it for marketing purposes.

Now, removing Cassiopesa is an urgent thing. Continue reading to find out how to get rid of this virus or malware.

How to Get Rid of Cassiopesa Search on Chrome, Edge or Firefox

Move 1: Uninstall Cassiopesa from Control Panel

Sometimes Cassiopesa has a usable Uninstall entry to remove it. Go to Control Panel, find recently unknown installed apps, and remove them from your computer.

Step 1: In Windows 11/10, type Control Panel into the search box and access this app.

Step 2: View all the items by Category and click Uninstall a program under Programs.

Step 3: Right-click on Cassiopesa or the one with a similar name, or a suspicious program and choose Uninstall.

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Move 2: Cassiopesa Search Remove from Web Browser

Speaking of removing Cassiopesa, you should consider deleting it from your web browser. You can choose to delete the Cassiopesa.com homepage and add-on or directly reset the browser to default settings. Here we show you how to reset Google Chrome, Edge, or Firefox to its default values:

On Google Chrome: Go to three dots > Settings > Reset settings > Restore settings to their original defaults > Reset settings.

On Firefox: Click the three lines to choose Help > Troubleshoot Mode > Restart > Refresh Firefox (click 2 times).

On Edge: Navigate to three dots > Settings Reset settings > Reset settings to their default values > Reset.

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Move 3: Delete Cassiopesa.com from Browser’s Shortcut

In terms of Cassiopesa Search removal, make sure the shortcut of your browser uses the correct .exe file. Just right-click on the shortcut of the hijacked web browser and choose Properties. Then, check the Target field under the Shortcut tab. If you find the cassiopesa.com string, delete the complete URL related to cassiopesa.com.

Move 4: Remove Cassiopesa Search from Registry

In addition to the above operations, you should clear registry items created by the Cassiopesa virus.

See the guide for removing Cassiopesa from the Windows Registry:

Step 1: Input regedit to the Windows 11/10 search box and click Registry Editor.

Step 2: Tap on Edit > Find, type Cassiopesa.com, and search for any items regarding this browser hijacker.

Step 3: If you find some, delete the Key/Value/Value-Data. Note that don’t delete the complete value data but only delete the Cassiopesa.com path if the rest doesn’t contain the Cassiopesa string.

Move 5: Remove Cassiopesa from Computer Services & Startup

Removing Cassiopesa from computer Services & Startup should be taken into account to completely get rid of the hijacker.

Step 1: Press Win + R to open Run, input msconfig, and click OK.

Step 2: Under the Services tab, uncheck the items that contain Cassiopesa and click Apply.

Step 3: Go to Startup > Open Task Manager and disable Cassiopesa.

These operations are manual options for removing Cassiopesa. Besides, you can run an automatic way – use AdwCleaner, HitmanPro, or Malwarebytes.

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Final Words

After reading this post, you find out what Cassiopesa is and how to get rid of Cassiopesa Search on Chrome, Firefox & Edge. Follow the given guide to easily delete this hijacker from your computer.

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