What is Searcheh.com? It keeps redirecting you to its own website Searcheh.com when you are using the browser? You get nothing on the scan report of the antivirus program in your computer? How to stop it? Please read the post for more detailed information about Searcheh.com redirect.
Searcheh.com can be categorized as an annoying browser hijacker which pretends to be a legitimate search engine and redirects you to its own website or some other unwanted websites it promotes. It is usually bundled with spam email attachments, some free downloads from unsafe sources and malicious websites. Your computer may be infected by Searcheh.com redirect easily if you are careless when surfing the Internet. In addition, this browser hijacker is able to infect all major web browsers including Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.
As soon as Searcheh.com infiltrates into your computer, it begins to modify Windows registry entries, essential system settings and browser settings. You will find that the default homepage as well as the search engine of your browser are changed and locked to prevent you from changing back. All the search results are redirected to those unsafe websites full of unreliable information and advertisements. Furthermore, Searcheh.com makes the infected computer run slower and some advertisement windows may pop up suddenly when you are using the computer. What is more terrible, this hijacker is able to record your Internet using trace and collect personal information. Thus, it is advisable to get rid of Searcheh.com immediately.
Since no antivirus can find out the trail of Searcheh.com in the computer, users may feel that it is difficult to remove this hijacker. Manual removal can be the best choice but it is complicated to proceed. If you haven’t sufficient expertise in dealing with PC issues, it may lead to some mistakes damaging your system.
Searcheh.com is a high-risk browser hijacker which will change the homepage and browser settings, and redirect your web search results to random sites containing lots of illegal advertisements, even Trojan, rootkit or other malware virus. Sometimes the antivirus software cannot identify the computer threat accurately and timely or remove it permanently, therefore, manual removal is the best choice to uninstall it completely from your computer. Users can follow the manual guide here to have this virus removed instantly.
1. Clean cookies
* Internet Explorer: Tools → Internet Options →the General tab, Delete the Cookies button can be directly seen in IE6, IE7 is to click the Delete Browsing History button then tick Cookies and click Delete.
* Firefox: Tools → Options → Privacy → Remove Individual Cookies → Delete corresponding cookies in the cookies showing box.
* Opera: Tools → Preferences → Advanced → Cookies →Delete corresponding cookies in Management Cookies.
2. Clean add-ons and extensions
* Internet Explorer:
(1). Click Start, type: Manage browser add-ons
(2). Hit Enter on your keyboard
(3). Click Manage add-ons and disable all the suspicious add-ons.
* Firefox:
(1). Click the Firefox menu and click Add-ons
(2). Click Extensions, select the related browser add-ons and click Disable.
* Google Chrome:
(1). Click the Customize and Control menu button → Tools → click Extensions
(2). Select the related Extension and click Disable.
3. Show hidden files
(1). Click on the Start button and then on Control Panel
(2). Click on the Appearance and Personalization link
(3). Click on the Folder Options link
(4). Click on the View tab in the Folder Options window
(5). Choose the Show hidden files, folders, and drives under the Hidden files and folders category
(6). Click OK at the bottom of the Folder Options window.
4. Delete virus files
Find out and remove the associated files of this browser hijacker virus.
%AllUsersProfile%\random.exe
%Temp%\random.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~r
In a word, Searcheh.com is a nasty browser redirect which keeps causing annoying redirects and presenting unwanted ads. You cannot use your browser normally and safely anymore with this redirect in your computer. It enables cyber criminals to gather your personal information for illegal use. Therefore, Searcheh.com shall be eliminated as soon as possible.
If you have no idea of how to do that, please contact experts from YooCare Online Tech Support for further help.
Published by on March 10, 2013 10:36 am, last updated on April 5, 2013 9:34 am
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