Search.em-cmf.com - How to remove

Search.em-cmf.com might look like typical search engine at first sight, but you should not trust it. This application is listed as browser hijacker, so if your computer is infected with virus called Search.em-cmf.com your home page and default search engine on all your web browsers will be changed to www.search.em-cf.com. If you have noticed this occurrence and can’t remember changing those settings manually, it’s a clear indicator that your system is infected and you should take care of that.

The ultimate method to remove infection like Search.em-cmf.com is to do it automatically. Simply download reliable anti-malware application, such as Spyhunter or Malwarebytes, install it and then scan all files stored on your hard drive. One of these apps should detect and remove Search.em-cmf.com for good. If your computer is infected with some other similar viruses, it will detect and eliminate them as well. You can use other anti-malware software of your choice too.

In case you think that you would like to eliminate Search.em-cmf.com manually  – scroll down below this article and take a look at our step-by-step Search.em-cmf.com manual removal guide. We have developed it to assist you through this complicated process of virus removal, so just try to complete all steps correctly and you should be able to get rid of Search.em-cmf.com manually by your own.

If you have faced some difficulties during the removal, feel free to ask us for help in the comments section below and we will do our best to provide you with needed assistance. To learn more about specific features of Search.em-cmf.com please continue reading this article.

About Search.em-cmf.com browser hijacker

Search.em-cmf.com is described as regular search engine with some new benefits that could enhance your web browsing experience and allow you to find information faster and easier. While functionality of this add-on is highly questionable, it certainly has some unwanted side effects that you should know about.

First of all, Search.em-cmf.com enters computer immediately – you don’t need to install or add something on purpose, if your computer gets infected, settings on your web browsers will be changed automatically, without even bothering to ask or warn you about that. If you try to use this search engine, you will see a lot of sponsored results that are not relevant to your search queries, so you will waste your time.

We don’t recommend to click on those sponsored results displayed by Search.em-cmf.com because if you do so, 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.

Another unwanted attribute of Search.em-cmf.com is displaying ads. Once installed it will flood your web browsers with various ads in all kinds of forms, such as pop-up, pop-under, in-text, banner or contextual advertisements. New tab or even window with advertisement on it can be opened at any time as well.

Search.em-cmf.com works as browser add-on that can be added to all most common web browsers, including Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer or even Safari. That means Apple users can get infected with this virus as well.

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How to remove em-cmf using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Search.em-cmf.com 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 em-cmf . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Search.em-cmf.com 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 em-cmf from macOS

Delete Search.em-cmf.com from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the em-cmf 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 Search.em-cmf.com 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 Search.em-cmf.com, 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 Search.em-cmf.com 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 Search.em-cmf.com 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 em-cmf, 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 Search.em-cmf.com 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 Search.em-cmf.com, 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 Search.em-cmf.com from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall em-cmf 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 Search.em-cmf.com, 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.

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