Home.searchtp.com virus - How to remove

Home.searchtp.com virus is a browser hijacker that can take over your Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Safari. It’s an annoying program that can redirect to malicious websites where you can get your system infected. If your browsers have been hijacked, your homepage and default search provider will be replaced with Home.searchtp.com. Despite it looks like a regular search engine, the truth is it is not able to provide reliable search results. As already mentioned, it can also take you visit unsafe websites, so it is recommended to remove Home.searchtp.com virus a soon as possible.

We recommend running a full system scan with a reputable anti-malware program, like Spyhunter or StopZilla and eliminate this application automatically. You can also try doing it manually. In this case, follow the guide that we have provided below this article.

About Home.searchtp.com virus

Home.searchtp.com virus is not that easy to get rid of it. Once you notice it on your browsers, replace it with other search providers will be challenging. Even if you manage to do it temporarily, it will reappear after a while and you will not be able to run any search that would give you good search results. Home.searchtp.com virus displays numerous sponsored websites and displays dozens of ads among your search results. Clearly it tries to make users click on the links of sponsored pages, because its creators get paid for that.

What is more, you should avoid visiting any pages sponsored by Home.searchtp.com virus because you can never know if it tries to promote potentially dangerous pages. If you click on infected links you can easily get your system infected. On top of that, remember that some browser hijackers can be installed together with adware that are able track your browsing history and try to involve you into other marketing related projects, according to your interests that can be reflected in your search queries or mostly visited websites. This is another reason to remove Home.searchtp.com virus as soon as possible.

Distribution Methods of Home.searchtp.com virus

To protect your computer from Home.searchtp.com virus and similar hijackers, make sure you are more careful when downloading freeware from the Internet. Many free media players, PDF creators and other free try try adding various plugins or other potentially unwanted programs to your system or modify your browser settings to be able to promote certain applications. Always follow installation steps of your new downloads and never agree changing your homepage of modify other settings, if you are not sure about the consequences. Avoid visiting any suspicious websites or click on random, popups while browsing, as some of them may try to install adware, hijackers and other unwanted programs too.

To remove Home.searchtp.com virus, follow the guide below or simply scan your computer using a reliable anti-malware program.

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Manual removal of Home.searchtp.com virus

How to remove searchtp virus using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Home.searchtp.com virus install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to searchtp virus . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Home.searchtp.com virus easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

How to remove searchtp virus from macOS

Delete Home.searchtp.com virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the searchtp virus app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

TopHow To remove Home.searchtp.com virus from Google Chrome:

• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select More Tools→Extensions
  
• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
  
• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select Settings
  
• Select Manage Search engines
  
• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list
  
• Go back to settings. On Startup choose Open blank page (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).
• If your homepage was changed, click on Chrome menu on the top right corner, select Settings. Select Open a specific page or set of pages and click on Set pages.
  
• Delete malicious search websites at a new Startup pages window by clicking “X” next to them.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Home.searchtp.com virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on a Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on theReset browser settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How To remove Home.searchtp.com virus from Firefox:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (Or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Home.searchtp.com virus related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on the Firefox menu in the top right corner, select Options → General. Enter a preferable URL to the homepage field and click Restore to Default.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to searchtp virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• ChooseTroubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on theReset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program to identify malicious entries.

How to remove Home.searchtp.com virus from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.

• Click on the three-dot menu on the browser toolbar and Select Settings

• Select Privacy and Services and scroll down. Press on Address bar.

• Choose Manage search engines.

• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list: open the three-dot menu and choose Remove.

• Go back to Settings. Open On start-up.
• Delete malicious search websites at Open specific page or pages by opening the three-dot menu and clicking Delete.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Home.searchtp.com virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings

• Click on Edge's menu button and select Settings. Click on the Reset Settings button on the left.
• Press the Restore settings to their default values option.

• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove Home.searchtp.com virus from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall searchtp virus and other suspicious extensions.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences and choose General tab. Enter preferable URL to the homepage field.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings(older versions) If you are still experiencing any issues related to Home.searchtp.com virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari…
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

Manual removal