Searchbunnie.com virus - How to remove

Searchbunnie.com virus is a browser hijacker that is distributed to random computer systems together with freeware applications. It infiltrates to Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome and once there changes some of the settings of these browsers. The program replaces your homepage and default search engine to searchbunnie.com and brings some more inconveniences.

Once on your browser, the application will start displaying tons of advertisements which contain various sponsored links. If you click on them, you will be immediately redirected. Searchbunnie.com virus also interrupts when you are trying to make a search. The program displays a bunch of sponsored websites in your search results. Moreover, it can track what websites you are visiting and other information that you enter on the Internet. This data can be later sent to the remote server and used for marketing related aims.

Searchbunnie.com virus poses risk to your system to be infected and it can also create some issues about your privacy. You can avoid getting such application by being more careful about your downloads from the Internet. Always follow installation steps and if you see any additional program bundled, refuse installing it, unless you know it’s a legitimate and useful tool.

To remove Searchbunnie.com virus from your computer, go to Control Panel -> Add and Remove programs list and uninstalling it from there. It is important that you remove all other programs installed with the hijacker, as some of them might redownload or reset back browser settings. Scan with Spyhunter as it identifies such programs quite well.

You should also check browser extensions for Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. If you do not see Searchbunnie.com listed, you should use antimalware tools like SpyHunter and scan your computer with it. Uninstalling the program from your computer doesn’t change your search providers. You will have to do it manually by yourself. Depending on the browser you are using, follow the instructions below:

On Internet explorer:

1. Click arrow on the right of search box.
2. Do the following: on IE8-9 choose Manage Search Providers, on IE7 click Change Search Defaults.
3. Remove Searchbunnie.com from the list.

On Firefox :

1. Enter “about:config” in url bar. This will open settings page.
2. Type “Keyword.url” in the search box. Right click it & reset it.
3. Type “browser.search.defaultengine” in the search box. Right click it & reset it.
4. Type “browser.search.selectedengine” in the search box. Right click it & reset it.
5. Search for “browser.newtab.url”. Right-click and reset. This will make sure that the search page won’t launch on each new tab.

On Google Chrome:

1. Click 3 horizontal lines icon on browser toolbar.
2. Select Settings.
3. Select Basics ->Manage Search engines.
4. Remove unnecessary search engines from list.
5. Go back to Settings. On Startup choose Open blank page ( you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).

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