Brilliant Check – What is it?

“Brilliant Check” search hijacker is a potentially unwanted application (PUA)¹, that is distributed as a plugin for your web browser. It is typically advertised as an add-on for Chrome or Firefox, that helps to browse some special info, for instance, about sport events, make your browser a lot more secure, allow downloading of any kind of video, et cetera.

Nevertheless, the “Brilliant Check” plugin is rather useless because all such functions are already integrated to your web browser and/or system. Such marketing slogans are targeted at low-skilled computer users, for example, pensioners or schoolchildren. However occasionally even qualified users are getting caught on such an appeal. In certain instances, this hijacker is spread along with free programs.

Brilliant Check Search Hijacker

How harmful is Brilliant Check hijacker?

Besides its impracticality, Brilliant Check hijacker is also really hazardous for browser utilization. It alters your search engine to its particular – Brilliantcheck.com, and likewise modifies your background, adding its watermark on your background image (or, occasionally, changing it to default with the specified symbol).

In addition to aesthetic adjustments done by Brilliant Check hijacker, you may observe that many of your search inquiries are redirecting to the dubious websites, filled with links and promotions – so-called doorway sites. Such sites can include web links for malware downloads. The possibility of redirecting surges if you attempt to launch Google search page by force.

However all these activities are far more annoying than really harmful. The greatest danger, particularly for people who have a great deal of confidential information in their browsers, is embedded in data collecting capabilities. Cookie files, chats, often-visited websites, and other activities are easily gathered by Brilliant Check hijacker.

How to remove Brilliant Check search hijacker?

• Download and install GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
• Open GridinSoft Anti-Malware and perform a “Standard scan“.
• “Move to quarantine” all items.
• Open “Tools” tab – Press “Reset Browser Settings“.
• Select proper browser and options – Click “Reset”.
• Restart your computer.

Browser hijackers are generally rather simple to delete. In many cases, they have a separate app that can be found in the list of installed applications. Due to the certain marketing method of Brilliant Check hijacker, it can be simply tracked and erased manually. However, if you got Brilliant Check in the bundle with a free applications, your system can be contaminated with far more major malware – trojans, spyware and even ransomware. That’s why I’d advise you use anti-malware tools to deal with the Brilliant Check PUA and all various other malware.

You can make use of Microsoft Defender² – it is capable of detecting and removing various malware, including named hijacker. Nevertheless, serious malware, that may be present on your computer in the specified case, can disable the Windows antimalware program by editing the Group Policies. To keep away from such situations, it is better to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.

To detect and remove all unwanted programs on your computer with GridinSoft Anti-Malware, it’s better to use Standard or Full scan. Quick Scan is not able to find all the malware, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.

You can see the detected malware sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to choose any actions against malware, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.

To set the action for every detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of the detected malware. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.

Reset browser settings to original ones

To reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be counteracted by any virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.

After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be shown, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to the original.

Deleteing Brilliant Check hijacker manually

Besides using anti-malware software for browser restoration, you may choose the “Reset browser settings” function, which is usually embedded in all popular browsers.

1. Open “Settings and more” tab in upper right corner, then find here “Settings” button. In the appeared menu, choose “Reset settings” option :
2. After picking the Reset Settings option, you will see the following menu, stating about the settings which will be reverted to original :

1. Open Menu tab (three strips in upper right corner) and click the “Help” button. In the appeared menu choose “troubleshooting information” :
2. In the next screen, find the “Refresh Firefox” option :

After choosing this option, you will see the next message :

1. Open Settings tab, find the “Advanced” button. In the extended tab choose the “Reset and clean up” button :
2. In the appeared list, click on the “Restore settings to their original defaults” :
3. Finally, you will see the window, where you can see all the settings which will be reset to default :
   

1. Open Settings menu by pressing the gear icon in the toolbar (left side of the browser window), then click “Advanced” option, and choose “Browser” button in the drop-down list. Scroll down, to the bottom of the settings menu. Find there “Restore settings to their original defaults” option :
2. After clicking the “Restore settings…” button, you will see the window, where all settings, which will be reset, are shown :

As an afterword, I want to say that time plays against you and your PC. The activity of browser hijacker must be stopped as soon as possible, because of the possibility of other malware injection. This malware can be downloaded autonomously, or offered for you to download in one of the windows with advertisements, which are shown to you by the hijacker. You need to act as fast as you can.

References

1. More information about PUAs
2. Detailed review of Microsoft Defender