Search.searchbtorr.com - How to remove

Search.searchbtorr.com is displayed as a homepage on your web browser? Well, that means your computer is infected with this virus which is categorised as browser hijacker. Even though it is not very dangerous, it can sill bring you some cyber security problems and it should be eliminated from your computer as soon as possible.

There are two most common methods to eliminate the virus like this – it can be done either manually or automatically, thus it’s up to you which removal method to choose. If you have never done it before, we suggest to perform this removal automatically – it’s much easier and less time consuming. All you have to do is to download reliable anti-malware application, such as SpyHunter or Malwarebytes, install it on your computer and then run a full scan of all files stored on your hard drive. Either one of these programs should be able to detect and remove the virus. It will also protect your computer from similar infections in the future, so it’s worth to keep it installed. Other anti-malware programs can be used for this task too.

In case you don’t feel like downloading any additional anti-malware programs, there is a way to remove this infection manually by your own. This process might be complicated so we have developed a step-by-step Search.searchbtorr manual removal guide – it can be found below this article. Just do your best to complete all steps correctly and you should be able to eliminate this infection manually by your own.

To learn more about specific features of Search.searchbtorr.com please continue reading the article. If you have some questions regarding the removal process or virus itself, feel free to ask them in the comments section below and we will do our best to provide you with the right answer.

About Search.searchbtorr.com virus

As we have mentioned above, this virus is listed as browser hijacker, so once inside of your computer it will change both homepage and default search engine to Search.searchbtorr.com on all of your web browsers.

This website might look like legitimate search engine at first look, unfortunately it is not true and you should not trust it. First of all, if you try to search for something using Search.searchbtorr you will get a lot of sponsored results that are not even relevant to your search queries. This way you will simply waste your time. In addition to that, it might be dangerous to click on any of those links because if you do so, you will be immediately redirected to other websites that are owned by various cyber criminals, such as hackers or scammers. This way your computer can get infected with other viruses or if you attempt to purchase something there you can even get scammed and lose your hard earned money this way.

Search.searchbtorr.com is like advertising network for cyber criminals. Since they are banned from all legitimate advertising networksfa, they use malware like this to promote their websites and drive some traffic to them. This being said, if you keep Search.searchbtorr installed on your computer, various hackers and scammers will be able to reach you right on your web browsers on a daily basis and that’s very dangerous.

Distribution Methods of Search.searchbtorr.com virus

This virus most likely came to your computer bundled with other freeware that you have downloaded from the Internet. It is a common distribution methods of malware like this. So if you want to avoid this in the future, always pay close attention to the installation process of freeware and keep your computer secured with reliable anti-malware software all the time.

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Manual removal of Search.searchbtorr.com virus

How to remove searchbtorr using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete searchbtorr from your applications.

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

Manual removal