Searchcore.net redirect - How to remove

Searchcore.net redirect is an unwanted adware program that installs itself to your browser as a toolbar. It can be added to Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Internet Explorer. When it starts working, you will notice your home page and default search engine changed to searchcore.net, which uses ask.com database to display results. The changes are made without your clear consent. Although the search page might look like many others you will not get the same results as using Google or Bing. Searchcore.net will show paid ads among top results and you will not be able to distinguish which of the matches are the ones you looked for and which ones are displayed only because it needs more traffic to be generated to the sites.

Besides the obvious inconveniences Searchcore.net redirect causes to an infected computer user, it might also record sites one visits this way breaching privacy rights. The toolbar might send this information to its makers’ server. The data later might be used for various purposes, such as for targeted marketing campaigns that would display more advertisements.

Searchcore.net redirect is distributed bundled with other software. Typically, it is installed by default and one has to uncheck some boxes to avoid the hijacker and other unwanted applications like adware to be added automatically.

To get rid of Searchcore.net redirect is not that simple because a common uninstall procedure does not remove all the changes this toolbar has made. If you haven’t installed it yourself and do not know how this application got into your computer, it is recommended to do a full system scan first. You should use anti-malware program like spyhunter for this. After the scan is completed and no trojans were detected, do the following:

1. Go to control panel. Uninstall Searchcore.net Toolbar.
2. Open your browser. Go to extensions/pluggins. Check out that there is nothing Searchcore.net related. Delete all extensions that are made by anything else than Microsoft, Adobe, Oracle, Sun or Google.
3. Reset your Search provider:

On IE:
Click arrow on the right of search box;
On IE8-9 choose Manage Search providers OR on IE7 click change search defaults;
Remove Searchcore.net from the list.

On Firefox :
In url field type “about:config” (without the quotes) and do following =>
Type “Keyword.url” in the search box. Right click it & reset it.
Type “browser.search.defaultengine” in the search box. Right click it & reset it.

On Google Chrome:
Click gear icon on browser toolbar;
Select Settings;
Select Basics ->Manage Search engines;
Remove Searchcore.net from list.

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