This particular type of malware is called a browser hijacker, which redirects your traffic to Bing without your permission and also puts you at risk for more malware and other issues. Luckily removing it is easy. We’ll cover all the steps so you can regain control, like resetting your browser, using an antivirus, and clearing caches.

“Bing redirect virus” is a somewhat misleading term that most people use to describe malware that is technically not a virus but a browser hijacker. It takes over your browser (Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Safari, for example) and changes the settings without your consent — including the default search engine.

If your web browser is randomly being redirected to the “ Results by Bing ” homepage then it is possible that your computer is infected with a browser hijacker. This type of malware will hijack your installed web browser homepage and search engines so that it will display their homepage and search engine instead of your normally configured ones.