Search-shield.com Virus - How to remove

Search-shield.com is a browser extension by ClientConnect Ltd. This extension has already been tagged as a rogue one and, consequently, has been given the title of a browser hijacker by cyber security experts. Furthermore, browser hijackers are ascribed to the category of PUPs – potentially unwanted programs. Thus, if you are redirected to search-shield.com when you launch your web browser, you should start thinking how to remove this PUP from your computer. Luckily, you are reading this article as we will give you recommendations on how to do that.

About Search-shield.com Browser Hijacker

Search-shield.com is a less deceptive browser hijacker in comparison with Search.qroficce.com, which does not display nor its developers neither the legitimate search provider it redirects you to. Contrary to Search.qroficce.com, Search-shield.com has a bing logo and title above the search bar, and the lower toolbar at the bottom of the page contains the name of the company which released this rogue browser extension. The upper toolbar at the top of the page even accommodates such declaration, ‘‘Results by Bing’’. But do not get fooled by such honesty of Search-shield.com browser extension. As such saying as ‘‘Honesty is the best policy’’ may be exploited for malicious deeds by this rogue search engine.

Search-shield.com fake search engine makes your default homepage, search engine and a new tab page to disappear forever. You will not get them back by restoring your previous browser settings. It will not work nor on Internet Explorer neither on Mozilla Firefox or any other web browser. This is because Search-shield.com application is not simply a browser extension, it can also perform system changes, affecting such operating systems as Windows or Mac. This program is closely related to malvertisers (i.e. illegitimate advertisers). Its job is to display the advertising material of this 3rd party. For this job Search-shield.com add-on is getting paid for. The other tasks it receives money for include the transmission of your NPII (non-personally identifiable information), which is needed for 3rd party to produce personalized ads, and the clicks the ads of 3rd party get. Accordingly, Search-shield.com plug-in is only concerned with pushing on you the scam advertising content of 3rd party. This manifests in the form of sponsored websites rendered and the ads appearing on the authentic results by Bing. We must warn you that these domains are danger zones not to be entered as regards the security of your computer’s system.

How does Search-shield.com Browser Hijacker Infect Your Computer?

Search-shield.com PUP is a bomb (to say it with a slight exaggeration) dropped by carriers known as the host programs. These encompass such apps as file converters, media players, etc. In order the installer was emptied from PUPs, perform the setup of free programs in Advanced/Custom mode. These settings will allow you yourself to chuck the unwanted programs off. If you cannot do this because Search-shield.com extension has already infected your device, employ automatic malware removal tools such as Spyhunter or Hitman. These will quickly tidy your computer’s system from any PUPs up. The tutorial for manual removal of Search-shield.com browser hijacker is given below.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Manual removal of Search-shield.com Virus

How to remove Search-shield.com Virus using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Search-shield.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-shield.com Virus 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-shield.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 Search-shield.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 Search-shield.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 Search-shield.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-shield.com Virus, 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-shield.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 Search-shield.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 Search-shield.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-shield.com Virus 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-shield.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.