Powerofsearches.com virus - How to remove

Powerofsearches.com is a malicious program, operating as browser add-on. You should definitely not keep it on your computer nor use it. In case you just see it on your web browser and can’t figure out how to get rid of it, just keep reading the article and we will provide you with detailed instructions how to eliminate this infection for good.

It is described as browser hijacker because once inside of your computer it will change some settings on your web browsers without warning you about that. So homepage and default search engine on your web browsers (or only one of them) will be set to www.powerofsearches.com. That’s a clear sign that your computer is infected.

Intentions of this browser hijacker is to build search traffic and redirect it to the websites they are affiliated with. This infection is also related to search.facty.com search engine. However, if you try to search for something using Powerofsearches.com, your search will be executed via Bing search engine. That means you might experience random redirects to affiliated websites. The problem is that those websites can possibly be owned by various cyber criminals, such as hackers or scammers. Due to that, 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.

We suggest to take a look at their Privacy Policy. The company identified as Clientconnect LTD states that this website will definitely collect and store your personal information, as following: technical information, usage information, social networks information, registration related information, support related information. Is it worth to to share your personal data with someone that you can’t really trust? Perhaps not, especially when whey do not identify why they need this information and how it will be used. Even though they say that the data will be used to operate and update software and services, serve you with first and third party contextual and personalized content, improve their services, monitor your behaviour and provide you with needed support, that basically means your data will be used to display ads that are more relevant to you. In addition to that, your information can be transferred to unknown third parties.

The company itself is known for distributing another piece of malware called ‘Search protect by client connect LTD’ . Considering this, we do not expect this add-on to be anything other than another browser hijacker. As it often happens, browser hijackers also have some features of  adware infections. So if your computer is infected with this browser hijacker, you are likely to experience additional dose of web advertisements in all kinds of forms.

Now if you want to vanish this virus from your computer, you basically have two options – to do that manually or automatically. It is much easier and less time consuming to do it automatically, thus we suggest to go for this removal method. Download reliable anti-malware application, such as SpyHunter or Malwarebytes, install it on your computer and then run a full scan of all files stored on your hard drive. Either of these apps should detect and remove the virus from your computer. It will also protect your system from similar viruses in the future, so it’s worth to keep it installed. In case you prefer to perform this removal manually – scroll down below this article and take a look at our step-by-step Powerofsearches.com manual removal guide. Complete all steps correctly and the virus will be eliminated from your computer instantly.

In case you have some questions regarding this topic, you can always ask them in the comments section below the article.

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Manual removal of Powerofsearches.com virus

How to remove Search.facty.com using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Powerofsearches.com virus from your applications.

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