Search.becovi.com Ads and Redirects - How to remove

Search.becovi.com is an alternative search site. If your search results show ads from it, that’s probably caused by adware. Other symptoms include proxy being turned on and your web search results showing other unfamiliar ads and links. The problem might be a malicious browser extension, a bad desktop program, or both.

Search.becovi.com links and redirects are signs of adware:

Classification	Browser hijacker, adware.
Infection symptoms	Browser redirected to Search.becovi.com, web search results page has too many ads.
How Search.becovi.com got on your computer	Fake installers and updates, bundles, misleading advertising for browser extensions.
Remove Search.becovi.com adware	Disable or remove suspicious browser extensions, scan your computer for malware (Combo Cleaner for Mac OS, SpyHunter for Windows, Malwarebytes, etc.).

Search.becovi.com infection symptoms

When you search for something on the internet (using Google.com or another search engine), the results look normal at first, but the page refreshes after a second or two and then is full of ads – links to various websites, such as Search.becovi.com, Zapmeta, Izito, Amazon, and others.

If you use Google, your search may be redirected to cse.google.com, where “CSE” means custom search engine – a site that’s based on Google but created and controlled by some random person. The creator of your particular CSE can claim some ad revenue, spy on your search keywords, and control what sites your search results come from.

FocusProvide 1.0 and similar Mac adware and Qxsearch.com hijackers also could be connected to Search.becovi.com ads and redirects. There are tons of adware sites, apps, and extensions, but many of them are connected and belong to the same companies. Which means that they promote each other.

It’s explained in Search.becovi.com’s privacy policy what data on you is tracked and what it’s used for. In short:

• your IP address,
• the sites that you visited,
• search terms (as long as they don’t contain personal data),
• your language, browser, operating system, etc.

Your non-personal data collected by Search.becovi.com or its browser extension (the privacy policy references an extension) can be used to show you relevant ads.

How was Search.becovi.com adware installed?

It’s a good idea to learn how Search.becovi.com may have made it on your computer so that you know what to look for when you’re removing it.

Did you recently install Flash Player or another software update? Maybe you saw a warning about your computer being infected and got a “security program”? These installers often carry adware in them and that adware may have caused Search.becovi.com to appear in your browser.  Online warnings about viruses and software updates are quite often a scam.

Alternatively, Search.becovi.com may have got on your device with bundled freeware. Maybe you downloaded a program that had optional offers and you failed to notice some of them. Not noticing them, you didn’t take off the checkmarks from the checkboxes that allowed the offers to be installed. Bundling is often used to spread malware and adware.

Search.becovi.com may have come with a random extension that you installed on your browser. Becovi is directly connected with Rapid Speedtest (this extension has been removed) on and Track Parcels/Parcel Tracker.

Programs and browser extensions don’t tell you that they’re malicious when you install them, but a scan with an anti-malware tool may reveal the truth. Whatever the cause of Search.becovi.com ads is, it needs to be removed.

How to remove Search.becovi.com ads and redirects

It’s almost certain that Search.becovi.com ads and proxy shenanigans are caused by a malicious browser extension. To find the culprit, you can use an anti-malware scanner (Combo Cleaner for Mac, SpyHunter for PC, , etc.) or just find it yourself:

• disable all of your browser extensions,
• if Search.becovi.com goes away, just enable the extensions one-by-one until the problem reappears,
• when you find the extension that triggers Search.becovi.com ads, remove it.

Do not spare even one of your extensions from this test. There are many fakes that use the name of a known extension to steal people’s trust. Besides, updates can turn a benign add-on evil, so it doesn’t have to be a new extension, either. Any of them could be the culprit. Of course, it may not be so easy. On Chrome, a fake Enterprise Policy constraint may make it hard to remove the extension. Or the extension could get reinstalled by malware. In that case, a good security program may be necessary to remove the problem from your computer completely.

But what if Search.becovi.com does go away with extensions? Then, start your computer in safe mode (Windows, Mac OS) and scan it with an anti-malware program. That should find and remove the cause of Search.becovi.com redirects.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Manual extension removal instructions

TopHow To remove Search.becovi.com Ads and Redirects 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.becovi.com Ads and Redirects, 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.becovi.com Ads and Redirects 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.becovi.com Ads and Redirects 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 becovi Ads and Redirects, 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.becovi.com Ads and Redirects 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.becovi.com Ads and Redirects, 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.