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10/30/2015

Best Way to Remove search.snapdo.com and Get Back Your Homepage


About search.snapdo.com


Your homepage is changed to suspicious web page? Your default search engine is no longer Google? You are always interrupted by some nasty pop-ups? If so, you must be infected by a web hijacker named search.snapdo.com. search.snapdo.com is deemed as a untrustworthy search provider that aggressively promotes web ranking and boosts web traffic by homepage hijacking and web-page redirecting.


search.snapdo.com cloaks itself in questionable profiles such as torrent file offered on forums, attachment of spam e-mails, freeware installer provided by third party file sharing websites or link exchange of phishing websites. Once careless computer users give it the chance to lurk into their devices, search.snapdo.com immediately modifies default settings of their Microsoft Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Opera,or IE without any notification, giving rise to its  constant occupation of screen.  Whatever users search for, it displays advertising-supported results which is full of fake information of costly but unworthy products.

Ill effect of search.snapdo.com


Do not think it is not a big deal to keep search.snapdo.com in the system, since it may bring serious consequences thereafter.

If users are convinced to click on its ad-sponsored results and purchase anything recommended, they will just waste money. Meanwhile, by tracing users search records, search.snapdo.com is able to assist its accomplices to customize their elaborately-designed ads and seduce users with them. However, users will suffer from low work efficiency and ruined on-line experience.
Moreover, search.snapdo.com paves way for hackers to break into computers. On one hand, sensitive information including e-mail, phone number, on-line transaction record and so on may be betrayed to frauds for illegal usage. On the other hand, users will sustain various system problems such as program corruption, system errors and files damages.

For the damages mentioned above, effective and prompt actions are suggested for removal of search.snapdo.com.


Paths to Remove search.snapdo.com Completely



>>> Path B: Manually Remove search.snapdo.com by Yourself



Path A: Automatically and Safely Remove search.snapdo.com  (Very Popular)


How will Spyhunter be your computer Safeguard?

Be prudent while downloading software from Internet though it is skilled at fooling.
Display warnings when encountering unknown and insecure links
Won’t release your confidential information (like account username, passwords, email address) to any illicit source.
Scan your email to check if it’s safe before your opening.
Scan and keep your computer up-to-date on a regular basis
Turn on safe browsing mode and enable pop-ups blocker features of your using web browser.
Chang your log-in details in every 60 days to maintain you privacy.



2.  Click Ctrl+J together to get the all the download files if you are using Google. Search for SpyHunter-Installer.exe.  In order to install the removal tool, you need to give your permission by clicking Run.



3. Please follow the pop-up box prompts to accomplish the SpyHunter Installation.

Choose Continue to click to get the Install option


Choose "I accept the EULA and Privacy Policy" and then click INSTALL.


You need to be patient when you are arriving 'downloading file'. It will take a while.


Start New Scan and delete all the detected files.


Friendly Tip: it takes more than 30 minutes to accomplish the scanning. You can go away to have a break for yourself.


Here comes the moment. Clicking ' Fix Threats', you are on the right track to remove search.snapdo.com and other malware.


Restart computer to take effect.


Path B: Manually Remove search.snapdo.com by Yourself



Step 1. remove search.snapdo.com from browsers

    Remove search.snapdo.com from Google Chrome:

  1. Start Chrome, click chrome menu icon More Tools  Extensions.
  2. In  Extensions, find search.snapdo.com 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 search.snapdo.com 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 search.snapdo.com automatically for you. Thus, you won't have to backup your data on the browsers.)

   Remove search.snapdo.com from Firefox


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




 Remove search.snapdo.com from Internet Explorer
1. Open Internet Explorer. Go to Tools → Manage Add-ons → Search Providers
2. Right click search.snapdo.com click Disable suggestions close the window




Step 2. Remove search.snapdo.com& other unwanted programs from Control Panel

You are suggested to use Windows utility to remove the unwanted application search.snapdo.com. Commonly, additional PUPs will come along with it. Search for search.snapdo.com 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 search.snapdo.com 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 search.snapdo.com ( 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 search.snapdo.com application and the unwanted ones > click Remove


NOTE: 

You need to search for other suspicious programs and uninstall them to avoid search.snapdo.com 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 search.snapdo.com and other crapware, fixing system loopholes and speeding up your PC.


Step 3. Remove search.snapdo.com 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.search.snapdo.com/?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.search.snapdo.com/?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 search.snapdo.com completely. If you don't have the patience and courage to remove it all by yourself, you can choose the convenient method - the professional search.snapdo.com removal tool SpyHunter to help you remove it safely and easily. In addition, you can user SpyHunter to optimize your PC after the removal.  






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