How To Remove Search-mood.com From PC

Proper Guide To Terminate Unwanted App

Search-mood.com is an unwanted application that can make your computer vulnerable by making unauthorized modifications in the web browser and by flooding you with hostile advertising content. The main function of this program is to create income through the online ads and page reroute that users have to cope with once the hijacker intrudes their machine. To further make its advertising doings more efficient, this notorious program replaces the search engine, the homepage and the new-tab page of the compromised web platform. By making these changes, it tends to significantly boost the number of visits that the promoted sites would obtain.

Quick Glance

Name: Search-mood.com

Category: Browser Hijacker, Redirect virus

Traits: Makes modifications to default browser’s settings without any consent and then causes regular ad-generation and page redirects to different sites

Danger level: Medium

Signs: Changes in browser settings, regular ads display, automatic page-redirects, etc.

Distribution: Typically gets spread via bundled freeware

Search-mood.com: Depth View

By introducing a new search provider, Search-mood.com will then provide search results to the victims that are manipulated in such a way so that sponsored websites would get advertised by being provided as the most applicable results. Apart from this, if this parasite is on your computer, different banners, pop-up ads and constant redirects are likely to flood your screen whenever you start you online sessions. Being a representative of the hijacker category, it will probably not perform any harmful doings on your system as it doesn’t include malevolent code that viruses or malware have in them. But still, it cannot be taken lightly.

Search-mood.com spams your screen with tons of annoying ads some of which could be leading to rather insecure web locations. You see, ads shown by this program are not filtered. So, there is always a possibility of interacting with the ones that are of dubious nature. If you click on such ads, you may unknowingly infect your device with a nasty cyber pest like Trojan or ransomware. Furthermore, you may also get rerouted to potentially hazardous web location that try to trick you into disclosing your personal data like credit card and banking details to online scammers. Therefore, remove Search-mood.com from the PC without delay to avoid landing on unsafe sites or infecting the machine with deadly malware.

Distribution Of Hijacking Application:

Browser-based parasite may sneak into your computer when you download free software off the internet and then decide to install it via the Quick or Recommended configuration wizard. You see, such installation method doesn’t reveal the program added to the software package, so by opting for this setting, you risk contaminating your PC with unwanted application. What you need to do instead is, always pick the Advanced or Custom configuration setting so as to see and untick the checkboxes next to any needless or questionable programs. Also, choose download sources more vigilantly and never trust random websites.

FAQs

Isn’t it good to have Search-mood.com in my PC?

Despite not being a major computer infection, this hijacking software piece may still lead to number of unkind issues. It can severely disrupt your online sessions with intrusive ad-generation and page-redirects to different sites, some of which can be quite harmful. So, don’t let the intruder to roam inside for long.

How to get rid of this program?

In order to avoid the annoying behavior of this browser hijacker, its removal from the computer is a must. For this purpose, we recommend employing our professional security app that will find and eradicate the program and all of its associated files from the computer once and for all.

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 Search-mood.com:

Remove the related items of Search-mood.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 Search-mood.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 (Search-mood.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 Search-mood.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 Search-mood.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 Search-mood.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 Search-mood.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 Search-mood.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.