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Privacy Search Plus - How to remove

By Giedrius Majauskas

Privacy Search Plus is a computer virus and if your system is infected with it, we will provide you with instructions how to get rid of it. Since it’s based on web browsers, we will instruct you how to completely clean your web browsers and restore previous preferences.

Now, without further ado, let’s just skip to the removing procedures. First of all you have to decide whether to remove this infection manually or automatically. Automatic removal is faster and easier but requires some additional anti-malware software, as opposed manual removal can be performed by any user without additional tools.

Obviously, if this infection got installed on your computer, security of your system is weak and that means you could really use a good anti-malware tool. In this case we suggest to use either Malwarebytes or Plumbytes. Both of these programs have a big virus database and should detect the infection with no problems. In addition to that, application like this will prevent infections from your computer in the future, thus it’s wise to keep it installed.

Some of you might not want to download anti-malware software and for that reason we have developed a step-by-step Privacy Search Plus manual removal guide. It can be found below this article. Try to complete all steps correctly and you should be able to eliminate Privacy Search Plus manually by your own.

If there are any questions regarding this virus or its’ removal process, you are more than welcome to ask them in the comments section below. We will do our best to provide you with needed assistance. To learn more about Privacy Search Plus infection, proceed reading the article.

About Privacy Search Plus adware infection

Privacy Search Plus is only dangerous to users of Google Chrome web browser since it’s designed as an extension to it.

Developers of this add-on promise that if you add it to your Chrome web browser, your browsing history will be not detectable and no one will track it. However, we highly doubt that it is true. If you want to browse the Internet privately, simply open incognito window by pressing control+shift+n keys on your web browser. There is no need to install suspicious add-ons like this.

If Privacy Search Plus is installed on your web browser, you will experience various disturbing advertisements while browsing the Internet. Those ads are not only annoying, but might lead you to some more severe cyber security problems.

Usually ads delivered by Privacy Search Plus attract users with amazing offers to purchase some goods or services. However, it is not true and you shall not fall for that trick. Those offers are fake, they are just trying to get your attention and make you click on one of those ads this way. And we suggest not to do that.

If it happens so that you click on the advertisement displayed by Privacy Search Plus you will be immediately redirected to other websites that might be owned by various cyber criminals, such as hackers or scammers. This way your computer can get infected with other viruses or if you attempt to purchase something there you can even get scammed and lose your hard earned money.

Ads delivered by Privacy Search Plus can come in all kinds of different forms, such as pop-up, pop-under, in-text, banner or contextual advertisements. New tab or even window with ads on it can be opened at any time as well.

Distribution Methods of Privacy Search Plus adware

Privacy Search Plus usually travels bundled with other freeware that can be downloaded from the Internet. So when you download and install some free downloads manage or media player, there is a chance that Privacy Search Plus will be downloaded and installed alongside. To avoid this happening you should always pay close attention to the installation process of freeware and keep your computer secured with reliable anti-malware software all the time.


Automatic Malware removal tools

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(Win)

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Manual removal of Privacy Search Plus

How to remove Privacy Search Plus using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Privacy Search Plus 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). Open Control Panel by searching for it in the Start menu.
  • Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category). In Control Panel, select Uninstall a program.
  • Go through the list of programs and select entries related to Privacy Search Plus . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Privacy Search Plus easier to find. Find the program that you need to uninstall.
  • Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes. Click the Uninstall button after selecting the program to uninstall. Then 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. Spyhunter marking a program and its components as low-threat malware.

How to remove Privacy Search Plus from macOS

Delete Privacy Search Plus from your applications.
  1. Open Finder.
  2. In the menu bar, click Go.
  3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
  4. Find the Privacy Search Plus 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.
Open Applications and delete unwanted apps.

TopRemove malicious extensions from Internet Explorer

  • Press on the Gear icon→Manage Add-ons.
    Add-on
  • Go through Toolbars and extensions. Remove everything related to Privacy Search Plus and items you do not know that are made not by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle or Adobe.
    Disable add-ons
  • Close the Options.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Privacy Search Plus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

  • Press on the Gear icon->Internet Options.
    Internet options
  • Choose the Advanced tab and click on the Reset button.
    Reset settings
  • Select a Delete personal settingscheckbox and click on the Reset button.
    Reset approve
  • Click on the Close button on the confirmation box, then close your browser.
    Reset

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

TopRemoving Privacy Search Plus from Chrome

  • Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Google Chrome window. Select “Settings”.
    Open settings
  • Click “Extensions” on the left menu bar.
  • Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Privacy Search Plus. Click on the trash bin icon next to Privacy Search Plus or other add-ons you want to remove.
    Remove extensions
  • Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.
    Remove approve
  • If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
    Disable extension
  • Restart Chrome.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Privacy Search Plus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

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

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

TopRemoving Privacy Search Plus from Firefox

  • 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).
    Select add-on
  • Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Privacy Search Plus 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.
    Remove add-on
(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Privacy Search Plus, 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.
    Help button
  • Choose Troubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
    Troubleshooting
  • Click on the Reset Firefox button.
    Refresh firefox
  • Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
    Refresh firefox approve
If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove Privacy Search Plus from Microsoft Edge:Top


  • Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.
Open the menu and choose Extensions.
  • Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Privacy Search Plus. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Privacy Search Plus or other add-ons you want to remove.
Press Remove for the extensions you want to remove
  • Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.
Press Remove again.
  • If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
Press the switch to disable the extension.
  • Restart Microsoft Edge.

TopRemoving Privacy Search Plus from Safari (Mac OS X)

  • Click on the Safari menu.
  • Choose Preferences.
    Open preferences
  • Click on the Extensions Tab.
  • Click on the Uninstall button near the Privacy Search Plus. Remove all other unknown or suspicious entries too. If you are not sure whether you need the extension or not, you can simply uncheck the Enable check-box to disable the extension temporarily.
    Extensions
  • Restart Safari.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Privacy Search Plus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

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

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

Manual removal

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