Searchinguru.com Hijacker - How to remove

Searchinguru.com is a website that tries to take the place of your home page and your search engine. It wants to be able to control how you search the web, what results and ads you see. It does not provide any worthwhile features in exchange for hijacking your browser.

If you noticed that Searchinguru.com appears on your screen, then it might be good to find what’s causing it and delete the adware. The program causing Searchinguru.com to appear might be a desktop app or a browser extension. In some cases, it might be a setting in your browser.

Searchinguru.com is not connected to websearch.searchguru.info, despite their similar names.

About Searchinguru.com:

Classification	Adware, browser hijacker.
How Searchinguru.com affects browsers	It replaces the home page, it causes web search results to look strange, it tracks user data and shows targeted ads.
How search hijackers spread	Advertised online, bundled with free programs.
How to remove Searchinguru.com	Find and delete apps, programs, and browser add-ons that are causing Searchinguru.com to appear in your browser, remove them with anti-malware apps (Spyhunter for Mac, Combo Cleaner for Mac, Spyhunter for PC, and others) or manually, check the settings of your browser.

How Searchinguru.com works

Searchinguru.com replaces your new tab

Searchinguru.com is a newtab virus similar to Searchonlinepro.com, Searchresultsfinder.com, and Cmsnextgen.com. It also shares similarities with iStartSurf and FindWide.

Its home page has a search box in the middle; typing a query into the search box opens the search results page. Under the search box are ten links to various websites, some of them sponsored. Not very useful, either – I can’t see why clothing and real estate shopping sites would be put on a new tab page.

You can change the background pictures, pinned links, and default search engine used in your browser’s default new tab. But Searchinguru.com lacks these extremely basic features.

It takes over internet search results

Searchinguru.com’s search engine also lacks features, as it forwards visitors to Yahoo for all but the basic type of results. That, plus the numerous ads displayed on Searchinguru.com, cause the search results to load more slowly than they would on a better search engine site.

Searchinguru.com’s own search results are styled to look just like Google search results. However, the ads are delivered not by Google, but by Searchhill.com, Searchcspot.com, and other sites. While choosing anything other than text results on Searchinguru.com opens Yahoo.com.

Searchinguru.com tracks user data

Search engines like Searchinguru.com get access to a lot of valuable user data – people’s search terms. There are only a few search engines that don’t track people’s search activity.

Searchinguru.com’s privacy policy promises that your search queries are not used for any purpose other than providing relevant search results. That is reassuring, but it’s a little hard to trust a site that doesn’t even reveal what company is behind it.

Searchinguru.com also logs your PC specs (including checking whether you’re the admin). It wants to be able to identify your device. It says that it may use this data for advertising and other purposes.

How to remove Searchinguru.com

To stop Searchinguru.com from appearing in your browser, just find and delete the malicious program that is causing Searchinguru.com to show up. The program might be a desktop app, or it might be a browser add-on.

Browser hijackers tend to get installed without permission and this can happen in two main ways:

• hijackers are bundled with free programs,
• they are downloaded and installed by adware trojans,
• they are advertised online.

You can use anti-malware apps (like Spyhunter for Mac, Combo Cleaner for Mac, Spyhunter for PC, and others) to help you. However, some adware infections, especially browser extensions, might slip by security scanners without tripping any alarms. In that case, you should remove the infection yourself as described in the instructions below.

Remember that the adware that causes Searchinguru.com to appear might appear to be completely unrelated to Searchinguru.com. Use a security program to protect your computer from bundlers.

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How to remove Searchinguru.com Hijacker using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Searchinguru.com Hijacker 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 Searchinguru.com Hijacker . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Searchinguru.com Hijacker 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 Searchinguru.com Hijacker from macOS

Delete Searchinguru.com Hijacker from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Searchinguru.com Hijacker 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.

TopRemove malicious extensions from Internet Explorer

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

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

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

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

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

TopRemoving Searchinguru.com Hijacker from Chrome

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

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

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

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

TopRemoving Searchinguru.com Hijacker 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).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Searchinguru.com Hijacker 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.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Searchinguru.com Hijacker, 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.
  
• Choose Troubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

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

How to remove Searchinguru.com Hijacker from Microsoft Edge:Top

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

• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Searchinguru.com Hijacker. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Searchinguru.com Hijacker or other add-ons you want to remove.

• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.

• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.

• Restart Microsoft Edge.

TopRemoving Searchinguru.com Hijacker from Safari (Mac OS X)

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the Searchinguru.com Hijacker. 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.
  
• Restart Safari.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Searchinguru.com Hijacker, 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.
  
• 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.