Searchiu.com Virus Removal Guide

Even though you may think that searchiu.com is a reliable search engine, in reality this source is highly questionable. It has been discovered that the website is linked to a browser hijacker which is known as Searchiu.com Virus, and there is no doubt that you need to delete this malignant program from your personal computer at once. The infection can be slipped onto the PC via bundled downloads and other security vulnerabilities. Schemers who stand behind this infection can infiltrate it without any of your knowledge, which may allow them to attack you in surprise. Nonetheless, you should delete Searchiu.com Virus without any panic. Do you know how to remove the infection manually? Continue reading to find out.

It has been discovered that Searchiu.com Virus may affect Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browsers, all three of which are widely used all across the world. The source is supported through a pay-per-click system and it firstly produces links to the affiliate sites. There is no doubt that cyber crooks could pay money for Searchiu.com developers to display links to their sites at the top of the first search page. These suspicious links are unlikely to meet your search queries, and are much more likely to redirect you to sources linked to malware and virtual schemes.

If you do not remove Searchiu.com Virus, soon enough your home page and search page could be changed to Searchiu.com. You can fix these setting reconfigurations by following the instructions below. However, these manual removal guides will not help you delete infections which could be related to the virus. This is why after manual removal procedures you should install a free spyware scanner SpyHunter and check if there are no dangerous threats which you should delete from the computer.

How to remove Searchiu.com Virus from the PC?

Windows 8:

1. Right-click on the Metro UI start screen and select All Apps.
2. Click on Control Panel and go to Uninstall a program.
3. Detect the unwanted program, right-click on it and select Uninstall.

Windows Vista & Windows 7:

1. Open the Start menu and click on Control Panel.
2. Select Uninstall a program and find the unwanted program.
3. Right-click and select Uninstall.

Windows XP:

1. Navigate to the left of the Task Bar and click on Start.
2. Select Control Panel and double-click on Add or Remove Programs.
3. Now click on the program which requires removal and click Remove.

How to remove Searchiu.com Virus from the Internet browsers?

Internet Explorer:

1. Launch Internet Explorer and simultaneously tap Alt+T.
2. Click on Manage Add-ons.
3. Select Toolbars and Extensions from the menu on the left.
4. Click on the suspicious add-on and select the Disable button.
5. Select Search Providers from the menu on the left.
6. Change the default search engine and Remove the unwanted one. Close the window.
7. Simultaneously tap Alt+T again and now click on Internet Options.
8. Change the home page under the General tab and click OK.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Launch the browser and open the Help menu by tapping Alt+H simultaneously.
2. Click on Troubleshooting Information and move to the newly opened tab.
3. Click on the Reset Firefox button and confirm the choice by clicking Reset again.
4. Finally, click Finish or wait for the browser to restart on its own.

Google Chrome:

1. Launch the browser, simultaneously tap Alt+F, click on Tools and then select Extensions.
2. In the list of all extensions click on the trash icon placed next to the unwanted item and click Remove.
3. Now move to the menu on the left and click on Settings.
4. Under On Startup, click on “Open a specific page”, then click on Set Pages.
5. Navigate to the unwanted Startup page and select “x”. Click OK.
6. Under Search click on Manage search engines.
7. Add a new default page and select “x” for the unwanted one. Click OK.