Search120.com Redirects - How to remove

Search120.com is a web search engine that might be associated with a few potentially unwanted sites. Search120.com itself isn’t dangerous in any way. However, if it appears on your screen regularly without you opening it intentionally, then an adware virus or a browser hijacker might be causing this – and the infection should be removed.

Besides that, Search120.com is just a custom search engine that uses the results of other sites, like Google. It does display unusually many advertisements and is missing some necessary features, such as filtering results by type.

Search120.com in short:

Classification	Browser hijacker.
How Search120.com works	It’s a website that redirects to other websites, it might come with browser hijackers and adware viruses.
How adware viruses get installed	Bundled with free programs, advertised online.
How to stop Search120.com redirects	Uninstall all unwanted programs and browser extensions, check your device for malware (Combo Cleaner for Mac, Spyhunter for PC, others).

What is Search120.com?

I first encountered Search120.com while looking into Info.com, a potentially unwanted search engine that I always notice when looking at various browser hijackers.

Search120.com is a website and a search engine front that serves to redirect your searches to an affiliated link. The point of it is to take control of your search engine settings away from you.

It likely spreads with various malicious browser extensions and adware viruses. These infections can have a few unwanted effects on your browser:

• unfamiliar websites open in your browser on their own,
• ads pop up on your screen more than usual,
• lots of redirects in your address bar, with URLs switching from one to another.

Search120.com is similar to Sola-search.com, Bouncesearch.com, and Powerofsearches.com. It’s also very similar to Mybrowser-search.com, Mychromesearch.com, etc. It’s a big family of fake search engines.

Like them, Search120.com is also missing a lot of features that make a search engine worth using. For instance, it doesn’t have any buttons to let you choose to see pictures, videos, or other types of results. Search120.com also displays too many ads, including those that lead to adware sites like Zapmeta.

While Search120.com is not harmful, the ads it displays can land you on some potentially unsafe websites.

How browser hijackers infect computers

Adware programs might come included with the installers of other, unrelated programs. They’re like ads in the installer (InstallCore), offered and installed on your PC if you fail to refuse them. Such installers might be detected by antivirus scanners as Bundle, Adware, or even Trojan because they try to get you to install potentially unwanted programs.

Sometimes, you don’t even get a chance to refuse these optional offers. Therefore, it’s important to install freeware by choosing Advanced or Custom settings when they’re available – that way, you’ll get the chance to review all the optional offers.

It’s also possible for adware infections, especially browser extensions, to spread with the help of misleading advertisements. Pop-up ads that look like download links, fake update warnings, and similar deceptive websites trick people into installing malware.

Once the adware is installed, it can change your browser or network settings to force you to open Search120.com.

How to stop Bouncesearch.com redirects

To stop the Search120.com redirects, you need to get rid of adware infections, remove all suspicious programs and browser extensions that you have installed. If you remember the date on which the browser redirects and pop-ups started, then you can check which apps were installed on that date and consider if you trust all of them.

It’s helpful to get an anti-malware app, such as Combo Cleaner for macOS, Spyhunter, or others, to scan your computer and tell you if any potentially unwanted items were discovered.

Check the default search engine settings of your web browser and

Automatic Malware removal tools

Remove unwanted browser extensions

How to remove Search120.com Redirects using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Search120.com Redirects 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 Search120.com Redirects . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Search120.com Redirects 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 Search120.com Redirects from macOS

Delete Search120.com Redirects from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Search120.com Redirects 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 Search120.com Redirects 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 Search120.com Redirects, 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 Search120.com Redirects 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 Search120.com Redirects. Click on the trash bin icon next to Search120.com Redirects 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 Search120.com Redirects, 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 Search120.com Redirects 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 Search120.com 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.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Search120.com 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.
  
• 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 Search120.com Redirects 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 Search120.com Redirects. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Search120.com Redirects 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 Search120.com Redirects from Safari (Mac OS X)

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the Search120.com Redirects. 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 Search120.com Redirects, 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.