Search101.info Redirects - How to remove

Search101.info is a new tab page that appears in your browser thanks to a browser extension. It’s not a dangerous site, but its primary function appears to be advertising. If you notice Search101.info appearing on your screen and aren’t sure what’s causing it, it’s probably a browser extension. Remove the extension and Search101.info will disappear.

Search101.info in short:

Classification	Browser hijacker, potentially unwanted program.
How to remove Search101.info	Uninstall the extension, check for other malware and potentially unwanted programs (Spyhunter for PC, Combo Cleaner for Mac, others).
How Search101.info works	It replaces the new tab/home page in the browser, it directs search queries to Yahoo.
How it spreads	Included with browser extensions, installed by bundlers.

How to remove Search101.info

Since Search101.info’s appearance is caused by a browser extension, you can get rid of it by removing that extension. The instructions for doing this can be found below.

To find which extension is causing Search101.info to appear on your screen, you can disable each of your add-ons one by one until Search101.info disappears.

Review your browser settings also and change them if needed. Set whatever new tab page and default search engine you wish to use.

It’s also a good idea to scan your computer with antivirus tools (Spyhunter for Windows, Combo Cleaner for macOS, etc.) and check it for other potentially unwanted programs.

How Search101.info works

Search101.info is a website. It looks like a browser homepage – it has a search box, a few quick links to popular websites, and a big clock. The search box leads me to Yahoo (just like many other hijackers), but it might open other sites, too.

It seems like Search101.info spreads with various browser extensions, such as PDF Converter. This makes sense, as the extensions are made by the same company as Search101.info – an advertising company called Triplex.Media (not to be confused with the media creation company triPlex Media).

I think that PDF converters and other file converters should not take over your new tab. For document conversion, the extension pop-up should be enough. But then it could not offer you a search box, it wouldn’t have the option to redirect your search queries.

Search101.info is not necessarily bad. But it does look a lot like a browser hijacker. It’s why I got suspicious of it in the first place. On its About page, Search101.info is described as an advertising site, which is what a lot of newtab viruses and alternative search engines (Fastquicksearch.com, Info.com, others) are – advertising sites. Taking the form of search engines allows them to better target ads.

However, these sites usually fail to offer any useful features to their users. No additional functionality to make them worth using. Nothing to make up for the additional ads displayed in the search results.

How new tab replacers spread

Adware extensions are often advertised online. Other times, they’re embedded in the installers of other programs.

You might install an extension that seems useful and trustworthy without knowing that it directs your search queries to a potentially unwanted site. Such “features” are usually glossed over.

There’s something about Triplex.Media’s extensions – they have no reviews despite having tens of thousands of users. This is really common for those extensions that use dishonest messages to manipulate people into installing them in such a way that users don’t even realize what’s happening. Fake download buttons, other deceptive ads. But I can’t say if that’s going on with Search101.info or if there’s another reason for the lack of reviews.

Bundling with other programs is another way that potentially unwanted extensions spread. In such a case, you might not know that an add-on is being installed until after it’s been added to your browser.

It’s important to be careful about what extensions you install. You can look at a few aspects of an add-on to help you decide if it’s trustworthy:

• The style of reviews. Real reviews usually discuss the features of the extension and are they posted over a long period of time. Fake reviews tend to be short, lack details, and be posted over a short time of each other.
• The identity of the developer. Trustworthy developers should be honest about their business model.
• The privacy policy. Skim it, see what data is being collected and who it’s being shared with. Consider if you’re comfortable with that.

Luckily, even if a dubious extension does appear on your brower, it’s simple to remove.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Remove unwanted browser extensions

TopHow To remove Search101.info 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 Search101.info 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 Search101.info 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 Search101.info 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.

How To remove Search101.info 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 Search101.info 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 Search101.info 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.