Search.surfharvest.xyz Hijacker - How to remove

Search.surfharvest.xyz is a website that hijacks browsers and opens unexpected websites. It is most likely to hijack internet search and change which website delivers your search results.

If Search.surfharvest.xyz shows up regularly in your browser, then adware (a bad browser extension or a malicious app) might have infected your computer. You can stop the redirects by deleting the infection.

Search.surfharvest.xyz in short:

Type of threat	Adware, browser hijacker.
Hijacking symptoms	Your browser opens unexpected websites, you can often see sites redirecting from one to another in your address bar.
What makes Search.surfharvest.xyz dangerous	It can track your search history, which might include private information,
How to remove Search.surfharvest.xyz	Find and remove malware and potentially unwanted items – if needed, use anti-malware apps, such as Combo Cleaner for Mac or Spyhunter for PC, check the settings of your default search engine.

What causes Search.surfharvest.xyz redirects?

Search.surfharvest.xyz is adware

Search.surfharvest.xyz is an obscure website. It doesn’t really have a face or an identity. Despite that, it gets tens of thousands of visits each month from people in countries all over the globe, including United States, Brazil, and France. Search.surfharvest.xyz is not advertised and it doesn’t show up in web search results. It appears that people visit it directly – likely, their web browsers are hijacked by a malicious add-on or application.

Search.surfharvest.xyz doesn’t seem to have any content of its own as it redirects traffic from sites like Safer-surfer.com, My-search.com, Searchbaron.com, Multi-tab.xyz, etc. to real search engines, such as Bing.com.

Redirects in one web browser are often caused by malicious browser add-ons. But if the same problem shows up in multiple browsers (let’s say, both Safari and Chrome), then a malicious app might have infected your computer (Apple’s malware problem is getting worse). Sometimes it’s difficult to find the cause of the Search.surfharvest.xyz redirects. Your browser might not have anything suspicious in its extensions or settings and there might be no obvious threats in your apps and programs.

Search.surfharvest.xyz is bad for privacy

Sites like Search.surfharvest.xyz can help hijack people’s internet searches. This is very useful for the malicious actors who are in control of the malicious sites:

• This can be used to track people’s search histories. Data that is usually encrypted and only shared between users and their search engines (Bing, Google, etc.) becomes accessible.
• This can also be used to show people ads. Relevant search queries can trigger ads instead of web search results.
• Search.surfharvest.xyz can also forward searches to affiliate links which can help the people in control of the site make money.

Not to mention that people lose control over their web searches, they might have to deal with pop-up ads and their data being logged. It is important to find what’s causing the Search.surfharvest.xyz redirects and to get rid of that malware.

How to remove Search.surfharvest.xyz

If the Search.surfharvest.xyz redirects are being caused by a browser extension, you can try using a private window – use the keyboard shortcut Cmd+Shift+N on macOS or Ctrl+Shift+N on Windows. By default, most browser extensions don’t work in private windows.

If you suspect that an extension is responsible for the Search.surfharvest.xyz redirects, then find all suspicious browser extensions and remove or at least disable them. Keep in mind that even extensions that didn’t use to cause any problems could turn evil (Particle Chrome Extension Sold to New Dev Who Immediately Turns It Into Adware).

After removing all suspicious extensions, check your default search engine settings. Remove all traces of Search.surfharvest.xyz and other unwanted sites.

What if Search.surfharvest.xyz won’t go away even if you have no suspicious extensions?

MacOS users should also check their configuration profile settings as described below. Search.surfharvest.xyz may be related to adware that so commonly attacks Mac devices and that can be so tricky to remove.

It can also be helpful to scan your computer with an anti-malware app, for example, Combo Cleaner for macOS, Spyhunter for Windows, etc. Security programs can help find harmful files and programs that could be difficult to find when searching manually (sometimes, malicious files hide in hidden folders and in the folders of trusted programs). If security apps do find something suspicious, remove the flagged items.

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How to remove surfharvest Hijacker using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Search.surfharvest.xyz Hijacker from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the surfharvest 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.

TopHow To remove Search.surfharvest.xyz Hijacker 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.surfharvest.xyz Hijacker, 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.surfharvest.xyz Hijacker 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.surfharvest.xyz 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.
  
• 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 surfharvest 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.
  
• 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.surfharvest.xyz Hijacker 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.surfharvest.xyz Hijacker, 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.surfharvest.xyz Hijacker from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall surfharvest Hijacker 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.surfharvest.xyz Hijacker, 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.