Remove safe. sear.ch Browser Hijacker Completely

What is safe. sear.ch?

Recently, our researchers reported that safe. sear.ch is a web browser hijacker infection after many tests. To cover up its real identity of a web browser hijacker, safe. sear.ch successfully masks itself as a helpful or common website because of its interface design. However, the fact is that safe. sear.ch has strong executive force of infecting all web browsers with a variety of infections , such as changing your browser settings secretly, misleading you to malicious websites and generating other security problems. With the infiltrating of safe. sear.ch, your system has been connected to lots of dangers including spyware, adware and roguware, which will allow hijackers to attack your computer from time to time.

How does safe. sear.ch get into your computer?

The way of safe. sear.ch infection distributing is through freeware bundles. Usually, it is not strange to see most of file-sharing websites which provides free download are related to advertisers. When you download a Media Player, Java Player, web browser update from some file-sharing websites, Most of unwanted programs will be installed on your system due to numerous programs are bundled with the installers. All these vicious programs will cause many issues to your computer like changing your homepage or system settings, endangering your system security and bringing more infections. Therefore ,you need to be more cautious when you install any software and never skip every step to deselect unwanted options.

What Risks Will safe. sear.ch Bring to You?

1. It can set itself as your default homepage and even search engine and always impede you to change it back.

2. It can connect remote servers to install more PUP or evil software which bring many damages.

3.It can help malware install on your system, you may be disturbed by tons of ads that may be related with scam.

4.It can redirect to spam web pages and collect your online data silently, and your sensitive information may be sent to cyber criminal.

There is no doubt that safe. sear.ch is a threat to your system, Once you find that safe. sear.ch appears at your browser startup screen, your system needs to be checked completely at once, then you need to get rid of safe. sear.ch under the assistance of below instruction to prevent troubles from spreading.

Plans to Erase safe. sear.ch Permanently and Safely

Plan I : Remove safe. sear.ch completely with the Strong Removal Tool Spyhunter (Popular)

Plan II: Remove safe. sear.ch Manually by Correctly Following the Manual Removal Steps

Plan I : Remove safe. sear.ch completely with the Strong Removal Tool Spyhunter (Popular)

How Can SpyHunter Benefit You?

★ Detect, remove safe. sear.ch and block spyware, rootkits, adware, keyloggers, cookies, trojans, worms and other types of malware.
★ Keep your system running at optimal performance and offer you PC intuitive real-tome protection.
★ Safely fix registry errors, clean up hard drive & speed up your PC
★ Clean, monitor & optimize your system memory

1. Download The Automatic Removal Tool to remove safe. sear.ch completely and end your nightmare

(You have 2 options for you: click Save or Run to install the program. You are suggested to save it on the desktop if you choose Save so that you can immediately start the free scan by clicking the desktop icon.)

2. The pop-up window box below needs your permission for the setup wizard. Please click Run.

Continue to follow the setup wizard to install the Automatic Removal Tool.

It may take a while to download all the files. Please be patient. 

No More Hesitation. Time to scan your PC. Please click Start New Scan/ Scan Computer Now!

Click Fix Threats to remove safe. sear.ch and other unwanted programs completely.

Plan II: Remove safe. sear.ch Manually by Correctly Following the Manual Removal Steps

Step 1. remove safe. sear.ch from browsers

    Remove safe. sear.ch from Google Chrome:

1. Start Chrome, click chrome menu icon →More Tools → Extensions.
2. In  Extensions, find safe. sear.ch and the unwanted extensions and select chrome-trash-icon to remove them.

     3. Then select Settings. Scroll down the page and click Show advanced settings.

   4. Find the Reset browser settings section and click Reset browser settings button.

(Reminder: please backup your personal Google data like account usernames, passwords and bookmarks before you choose to reset your browser, or you may lose the data.)

    5. select Manage Search Engines.  Remove safe. sear.ch and others but the search engine you like.

(Tips: If you don't want to reset any of your browsers and do it manually by yourself, you are kindly recommended to use SpyHunter to remove safe. sear.ch automatically for you. Thus, you won't have to backup your data on the browsers.)

   Remove safe. sear.ch from Firefox

1. Open Firefox, click on Mozilla menu (top right) → Add-ons. 
2. Search for safe. sear.ch extension and the unwanted ones to enable.

 Remove safe. sear.ch from Internet Explorer

1. Open Internet Explorer. Go to Tools → Manage Add-ons → Search Providers

2. Right click safe. sear.ch → click Disable suggestions → close the window

Step 2. Remove safe. sear.ch& other unwanted programs from Control Panel

You are suggested to use Windows utility to remove the unwanted application safe. sear.ch. Commonly, additional PUPs will come along with it. Search for safe. sear.ch as well as other unknown programs to remove them from Control panel. The way of accessing Control Panel is different on different Windows operating systems. Follow the steps below:

 Windows 8

- right click Start ( which is on the left corner of your PC) > open Quick Access Menue

- select Control Panel > click Control Panel > click Uninstall a Program

- search for safe. sear.ch and other suspicious programs > click Remove to get rid of them

 Windows 7

- click Start > Control Panel> Program and Features

- scroll through the program list and select safe. sear.ch ( and other junkware) > click Remove

 Windows XP

- click Start > Control Panel > search for and double click Add/Remove Programs 

- scroll through the program list and highlight safe. sear.ch application and the unwanted ones > click Remove

NOTE: 

You need to search for other suspicious programs and uninstall them to avoid safe. sear.ch re-installation. If you are not so familiar with it, you can ask help from Spyhunter to fix all the issues for you, including removing safe. sear.ch and other crapware, fixing system loopholes and speeding up your PC.


Step 3. Remove safe. sear.ch registry

Press Win+R keys together > input 'regedit' > click 'OK'

Search for the registries below to remove:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe 

http://www.safe. sear.ch/?type=sc&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Google Chrome\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "C:\Documents and Settings\test\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" http://www.safe. sear.ch/?type=sc&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe 

One Stone, Two Birds:

Correctly finishing all the steps above can help you remove safe. sear.ch completely. If you don't have the patience and courage to remove it all by yourself, you can choose the convenient method - the professional safe. sear.ch removal tool SpyHunter to help you remove it safely and easily. In addition, you can user SpyHunter to optimize your PC after the removal.