Do you know what Search.searchiswt.com is?
Under no circumstances download and install a program that goes by the name of Search.searchiswt.com. We firmly recommend doing so since its noting more than yet another browser hijacker that functions in an extremely intrusive manner. It can modify your web browser's default settings without any notification or authorization. Obviously, such changes will have an effect on your overall online experiences. Unfortunately, it will be an adverse effect, to say the least. In fact, surfing the web the way you are used to will be an almost impossible task for as long as this hijacker will be active on your operating system. What is even worse is the fact that in some instances this devious program could subject your operating system to questionable and even potentially harmful web content. To delete Search.searchiswt.com once and for all, make sure to follow the instructions that we provide below.
During our research, it has been discovered that Search.searchiswt.com is fully compatible with popular web browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Google Chrome. Such broad compatibility is the main reason that most Internet users must be aware of this hijacker's existence. The first major indication that the devious application in question is already active on your PC is a sudden change of your web browser's default settings. The main alteration triggered by it is of your default homepage. The hijacker achieves this by silently modifying certain file and registry values that are directly related to your web browser's settings. As you can image the alteration will not have a positive effect. In fact, you will have to use a questionable third-party website as your default homepage whether you want that or not. This change will remain in place for as long as this browser hijacker is fully up and running on your operating system. It should be more than obvious that due to this single alterations surfing the web the way you are use to will be an impossible task. It is also important to highlight the fact that the search field on a website set as your new default home page is quite worthless. That is so because the questionable search engine could present sponsored and otherwise irrelevant third-party results. To restore your browser's default settings so you could surf the web the way you are used to once again, you must delete Search.searchiswt.com. If you fail to do so, the intrusive change will continue to bother you.
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While the intrusive change triggered by Search.searchiswt.com is its most prominent feature, you must know that due to that change your personal computer could be subjected to questionable or even potentially harmful web content. During further analysis, our researchers have discovered that using the search box on the questionable third-party website appointed as your new homepage could be not only annoying but even dangerous as well. That is so because you might be presented with search results that host redirect links, which could lead you to devious third-party sites. For example, you could end up on fake online shops, which are infamously crafted by cyber crooks for a single reason - to steal your credit card data. There is also a chance that you could find yourself on a webpage running an arbitrary code execution exploit. This is a dangerous instance because this exploit can trigger a remote installation of some unknown malware. To put it in simple terms, just entering a site that runs the exploit in question might be enough to infect our operating system. Under no circumstances leave Search.searchiswt.com active on your PC as it is a major virtual threat. Make sure to execute its complete removal as soon as possible if it is already running on your PC.
It should be more than obvious that a complete removal of Search.searchiswt.com is essential if you consider yourself to be a security-conscious user. Make sure to follow each step with your full attention since a single mistake could mean that the whole removal procedure has been incomplete. In such a case the change triggered by this hijacker would remain intact. To avoid finding yourself in such a situation make sure to perform an analysis of your personal computer for any traces associated with Search.searchiswt.com once you are done with the manual removal. This way you will be sure that the termination procedure has been successful.
How to remove Search.searchiswt.com from your PC
- Open the File Explorer.
- Navigate to C:\Users\(your username)\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\(unique Mozilla profile ID).
- Locate and then delete a file called prefs.js.
- Go to C:\Users\(your username)\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default.
- Delete files entitled:
a) Preferences.
b) Secure Preferences.
c) Web Data. - Click the Windows button.
- Type regedit into a search box and then select it.
- Navigate to to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main.
- Right-click a registry value entitled Start Page and select Modify.
- Replace the unwanted URL with a new one and then click OK.
- Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}.
- Modify the unwanted URL's in the following registry values:
a) FaviconURL.
b) FaviconURLFallback.
c) TopResultURL.
d) URL. - Right-click your Recycle Bin and select Empty Recycle Bin.
In non-techie terms:
If you happen to be a user that finds manual removal and analysis of your PC a bit too complicated, do not worry. Simply follow the alternative removal guide below. This way you will be able to delete Search.searchiswt.com in an automated manner.