How to remove Searchsecurer.com browser hijacker

Steps to delete Searchsecurer.com from computer

Searchsecurer.com is identified as a piece of malicious software that has been categorized as browser hijacker. This nasty domain is capable to change the default settings of your main browser and redirect your browser’s search on shady or hacked websites constantly. It is designed to modify default browsers settings in order to promote fake search engines. This perilous threat is programmed by vicious cyber criminals in order to earn illegal revenue by manipulating victim’s online activities. Due to its infiltration methods, it is classified as potentially unwanted applications.

Detailed information about Searchsecurer.com

Furthermore, popular browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Google chrome, Opera, Safari and Edge are common targets of browser hijackers. Once it installed successfully, it will make several unwanted changes in your browser like altering default search engine, modifying homepage and new tab URL to the addresses of web searchers. Hence, once this browser hijacker gets installed, users are insisted to visit hijacker’s site when they open new browsing tab or enter any query into search box. Further, browser hijackers restrict users to access to the browser settings or reset any permitted changes made. Thus, in order to recover affected browsers, it is necessary to remove installed browser hijackers immediately.

Additionally, Searchsecurer.com also has data tracking abilities. They monitor users browsing habits and collect information including IP addresses, pages viewed, visited websites and other similar details. Sometimes, it might also collect your personal as well as financial information. Later, developers behind this share all gathered details with third parties who misuse it in order to make illegal online profit. Thus, presence of data tracking software on computer causes serious privacy issues, financial losses, browsing safety and also leads to identity exposure. So, keep system harmless and secured, you are advised to remove all suspicious applications and browser extensions immediately from the system upon detection.

How Searchsecurer.com infect your system?

Developers behind this use several different methods to infiltrate Searchsecurer.com into your computer without having user’s permission. Some of the most common methods used by them are:

• Bundled with freeware third party application.
• While using infected media drives like Pen Drive, USB drive and so on.
• While opening spam email attachments or web-links.
• While sharing files through peer to peer networks like torrent clients, eMule etc.
• Due to visiting porn websites or by clicking on suspicious links.

How to avoid installation of PUAs?

It is highly advised to research about products before downloading or installing it. All software should only be downloaded by using official and trustworthy websites as well as through direct download links. Other unreliable tools that are mentioned in above paragraph should be avoided as they can offer bundled or deceptive content. Further, it is important to read terms, explore all possible options, use custom or advance settings and opt out from additional apps while downloading/installing any program. Intrusive ads look legitimate and harmless as they cause redirect to highly questionable WebPages related to gambling, adult-dating and others. So, we suggest you not to click on such ads.

Remove Searchsecurer.com

Manual malware removal guide might be lengthy and complicated process as well as it takes lots of time to detect and delete this nasty threat. In such process, users also require advanced computer knowledge to perform removal process. So, we suggest you to use Spyhunter an automatic malware removal tool that has the ability to remove Searchsecurer.com completely and safely from the machine as well as also save your time.

Short description

Name: Searchsecurer.com

Type: Browser hijacker, unwanted new tab, Search hijacker, Redirect

Description: It is a suspicious domain but the developer presents it as genuine and useful webpage that are designed to modify browser settings in order to promote fake search engines. 

Infiltration: spam email attachments, updating system software, downloading unwanted programs, harmful websites, suspicious links and performing other online activities.

Symptoms: modifying web browser settings like default search engine, homepage and new tab URL. After that users are encouraged to visit hijacker’s websites in order to search any query by using their search engines.

Damage: display lots of unwanted and annoying advertisements, redirect to unreliable websites, loss of private information, internet browser tracking (possibly privacy issues).

Removal process: in order to keep the system web browser safe and secure from more issues, you are highly suggested to remove Searchsecurer.com by using strong antimalware tool.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Important Note: This malware asks you to enable the web browser notifications. So, before you go the manual removal process, execute these steps.

Google Chrome (PC)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the Menu button
• Select “Settings”. Scroll the mouse downward to choose “Advanced” option
• Go to “Privacy and Security” section by scrolling downward and then select “Content settings” and then “Notification” option
• Find each suspicious URLs and click on three dots on the right side and choose “Block” or “Remove” option

Google Chrome (Android)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the menu button and then click on “Settings”
• Scroll down further to click on “site settings” and then press on “notifications” option
• In the newly opened window, choose each suspicious URLs one by one
• In the permission section, select “notification” and “Off” the toggle button

Mozilla Firefox

• On the right corner of the screen, you will notice three dots which is the “Menu” button
• Select “Options” and choose “Privacy and Security” in the toolbar present in the left side of the screen
• Slowly scroll down and go to “Permission” section then choose “Settings” option next to “Notifications”
• In the newly opened window, select all the suspicious URLs. Click on the drop-down menu and select “Block”

Internet Explorer

• In the Internet Explorer window, select the Gear button present on the right corner
• Choose “Internet Options”
• Select “Privacy” tab and then “Settings” under the “Pop-up Blocker” section
• Select all the suspicious URLs one by one and click on the “Remove” option

Microsoft Edge

• Open the Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots on the right corner of the screen to open the menu
• Scroll down and select “Settings”
• Scroll down further to choose “view advanced settings”
• In the “Website Permission” option, click on “Manage” option
• Click on switch under every suspicious URL

Safari (Mac):

• On the upper right side corner, click on “Safari” and then select “Preferences”
• Go to “website” tab and then choose “Notification” section on the left pane
• Search for the suspicious URLs and choose “Deny” option for each one of them

Manual Steps to Remove Searchsecurer.com:

Remove the related items of Searchsecurer.com using Control-Panel

Windows 7 Users

Click “Start” (the windows logo at the bottom left corner of the desktop screen), select “Control Panel”. Locate the “Programs” and then followed by clicking on “Uninstall Program”

Windows XP Users

Click “Start” and then choose “Settings” and then click “Control Panel”. Search and click on “Add or Remove Program’ option

Windows 10 and 8 Users:

Go to the lower left corner of the screen and right-click. In the “Quick Access” menu, choose “Control Panel”. In the newly opened window, choose “Program and Features”

Mac OSX Users

Click on “Finder” option. Choose “Application” in the newly opened screen. In the “Application” folder, drag the app to “Trash”. Right click on the Trash icon and then click on “Empty Trash”.

In the uninstall programs window, search for the PUAs. Choose all the unwanted and suspicious entries and click on “Uninstall” or “Remove”.

After you uninstall all the potentially unwanted program causing Searchsecurer.com issues, scan your computer with an anti-malware tool for any remaining PUPs and PUAs or possible malware infection. To scan the PC, use the recommended the anti-malware tool.

How to Remove Adware (Searchsecurer.com) from Internet Browsers

Delete malicious add-ons and extensions from IE

Click on the gear icon at the top right corner of Internet Explorer. Select “Manage Add-ons”. Search for any recently installed plug-ins or add-ons and click on “Remove”.

Additional Option

If you still face issues related to Searchsecurer.com removal, you can reset the Internet Explorer to its default setting.

Windows XP users: Press on “Start” and click “Run”. In the newly opened window, type “inetcpl.cpl” and click on the “Advanced” tab and then press on “Reset”.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users: Press the Windows logo, type inetcpl.cpl in the start search box and press enter.  In the newly opened window, click on the “Advanced Tab” followed by “Reset” button.

For Windows 8 Users: Open IE and click on the “gear” icon. Choose “Internet Options”

Select the “Advanced” tab in the newly opened window

Press on “Reset” option

You have to press on the “Reset” button again to confirm that you really want to reset the IE

Remove Doubtful and Harmful Extension from Google Chrome

Go to menu of Google Chrome by pressing on three vertical dots and select on “More tools” and then “Extensions”. You can search for all the recently installed add-ons and remove all of them.

Optional Method

If the problems related to Searchsecurer.com still persists or you face any issue in removing, then it is advised that your reset the Google Chrome browse settings. Go to three dotted points at the top right corner and choose “Settings”. Scroll down bottom and click on “Advanced”.

At the bottom, notice the “Reset” option and click on it.

In the next opened window, confirm that you want to reset the Google Chrome settings by click on the “Reset” button.

Remove Searchsecurer.com plugins (including all other doubtful plug-ins) from Firefox Mozilla

Open the Firefox menu and select “Add-ons”. Click “Extensions”.  Select all the recently installed browser plug-ins.

Optional Method

If you face problems in Searchsecurer.com removal then you have the option to rese the settings of Mozilla Firefox.

Open the browser (Mozilla Firefox) and click on the “menu” and then click on “Help”.

Choose “Troubleshooting Information”

In the newly opened pop-up window, click “Refresh Firefox” button

The next step is to confirm that really want to reset the Mozilla Firefox settings to its default by clicking on “Refresh Firefox” button.

Remove Malicious Extension from Safari

Open the Safari and go to its “Menu” and select “Preferences”.

Click on the “Extension” and select all the recently installed “Extensions” and then click on “Uninstall”.

Optional Method

Open the “Safari” and go menu. In the drop-down menu, choose “Clear History and Website Data”.

In the newly opened window, select “All History” and then press on “Clear History” option.

Delete Searchsecurer.com (malicious add-ons) from Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge and go to three horizontal dot icons at the top right corner of the browser. Select all the recently installed extensions and right click on the mouse to “uninstall”

Optional Method

Open the browser (Microsoft Edge) and select “Settings”

Next steps is to click on “Choose what to clear” button

Click on “show more” and then select everything and then press on “Clear” button.

Conclusion

In most cases, the PUPs and adware gets inside the marked PC through unsafe freeware downloads. It is advised that you should only choose developers website only while downloading any kind of free applications.  Choose custom or advanced installation process so that you can trace the additional PUPs listed for installation along with the main program.