Search.searchsinfo.com Hijacker - How to remove

Search.searchsinfo.com, or Search Info, is a browser hijacker that gets installed without your permission. It redirects searches to Yahoo or another unexpected site. It also harms your privacy by tracking your internet browsing data. It’s recommended to remove Search.searchsinfo.com by uninstalling suspicious browser add-ons and removing adware viruses from your PC.

About Search.searchsinfo.com:

Threat type	Browser hijacker, adware.
How Search.searchsinfo.com affects browsers	It changes web search settings and the home page, it doesn’t protect the privacy of its users.
What causes browser hijackers to be installed	Adware bundlers, online ads.
How to remove Search.searchsinfo.com	Uninstall Search Info and other potentially unwanted browser extensions, find and remove unwanted and malicious items with antivirus programs (Spyhunter for PC, Combo Cleaner for Mac, others), review and fix your browser and network settings.

Problems with Search.searchsinfo.com

It makes unwanted changes to web browsers

Search.searchsinfo.com is a website that includes a search field and links to its privacy policy and terms of service. Using the search box on leads to Yahoo.com, a legitimate search site that is often used by search hijackers.

The site is related to the Search Info browser extension. Remove the extension, check your settings, and Search.searchsinfo.com will disappear. After all, it does nothing useful. In fact, it’s a little harmful:

• It restricts how you can search the web.
• It takes away new tab features like background pictures and custom links.
• It fails to encrypt your search traffic.

All this means that your web browsing is less private and more restricted for as long as Search.searchsinfo.com is in your browser. At best, it’s frustrating and hurts your productivity. At worst, it causes redirects to unwanted sites and opens unsafe webpages.

It gets installed without permission

No useful features offered by Search.searchsinfo.com means that it’s not installed for its value to users. Instead, it might be included with other programs and installed as an optional offer.

Programs that install other programs without warning you usually do this for advertising. Tools like InstallCore download and include promoted software in installers in such a way that you might allow them on without realizing.

Some antivirus programs can recognize adware bundles and warn you about them. But since they’re not outright malicious (as frustrating as Search.searchsinfo.com is, it’s not actually dangerous), not all antivirus tools flag them. To protect yourself, it’s recommended to use an anti-malware tool that’s sensitive to PUPs (potentially unwanted programs). You’ll have to deal with more security warnings, but you’ll also be safer.

Search.searchsinfo.com might also be advertised online. Search Info is made by Polarity and we’ve seen many browser hijackers by this company advertised online. The ads are often a bit misleading and they sometimes lead straight into the installation of another extension.

It’s recommended to check your device for other potentially unwanted programs and browser add-ons.

How to remove Search.searchsinfo.com

Uninstall Search Info and related extensions. The instructions for this can be found in the following section. Manually removing extensions is as simple as going into your browser settings.

There can be problems – some hijackers are more persistent than others. If you can’t remove some of your installed extensions, like if the “Remove” button just doesn’t work, read the post on removing extensions that were “Installed by enterprise policy”.

In addition, check your computer for adware and other malware with antivirus programs, like Spyhunter for Windows, Combo Cleaner for macOS, and others. If any files or programs are flagged as being malicious, suspicious, or potentially unwanted, consider deleting them. Bundlers might smuggle in programs that are difficult to notice once they’re installed, such as RelevantKnowledge.

Review your browser settings – your default search engine and your new tab page. With no browser hijackers, you are in control of these settings. You can also customize your new tab page to make it much better than Search.searchsinfo.com, Search.searchutilities.co, Hlogincenter.co, and other browser hijackers.

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Remove unwanted extensions manually

How to remove searchsinfo Hijacker using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Search.searchsinfo.com Hijacker from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the searchsinfo 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 Search.searchsinfo.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 searchsinfo 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 Search.searchsinfo.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 searchsinfo Hijacker. Click on the trash bin icon next to Search.searchsinfo.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 searchsinfo 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 Search.searchsinfo.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 searchsinfo 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 Search.searchsinfo.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 Search.searchsinfo.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 searchsinfo Hijacker. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Search.searchsinfo.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 searchsinfo 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 Search.searchsinfo.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 searchsinfo 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.