Searchforfree.info - How to remove

Searchforfree.info might look legitimate search engine, but it is yet another malicious application that you should not keep installed on your computer. It is listed as a browser hijacker, so if you have noticed it on your computer, wait no more and eliminate it right now.

It’s not very difficult to indicate whether your computer is infected with Searchforfree.info or not because once inside it changes default search engine and home page to www.searchforfree.info on all of your web browsers. So if you have noticed this occurrence, your computer is definitely infected and you should take care of that.

There are two most common methods to eliminate malware like Searchforfree.info – you can do it either manually or automatically, so it’s completely up to you which removal method to choose. If you have no previous experience in eliminating viruses like this, we suggest to do it automatically because it’s much easier and less time consuming.

First of all, 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 apps should detect and remove Searchforfree.info from your computer just in a few minutes. It will also protect your computer from similar infections in the future, so it’s worth to keep it installed. However, anti-malware software can’t change settings on your web browsers, so you will have to change home page and search engine on your web browsers manually.

However, if for some reasons you don’t want to download any additional anti-malware software, you can eliminate Searchforfree.info manually by your own. This process might be complicated, so we have developed a step-by-step Searchforfree.info manual removal guide – you can find it below this article. Do your best to complete all steps correctly and you will be able to eliminate Searchforfree.info manually by your own.

To learn more about specific features of Searchforfree.info please continue reading this article. If you have some questions regarding this topic, feel free to ask them in the comments section below and we will do our best to answer them all.

About Searchforfree.info browser hijacker

It works as browser add-on that can be added to all most common web browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer or even Safari. That means Apple users can get infected as well.

We do not recommend to use Searchforfree.info as your search engine, because if you do so, you will get a lot of sponsored results that are not relevant to your search queries, so you will waste your time this way. Moreover, those sponsored links might lead you to malicious websites so we don’t recommend to click on any of them.

If you click on sponsored link displayed by Searchforfree.info you will be immediately redirected to other websites that might be 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.

Searchforfree.info also has some attributes of adware. Once inside it will flood your web browsers with various ads in all kinds of forms, such as pop-up, pop-under, in-text, banner or contextual ads. New tab or even window with advertisements on it can be opened at any time as well.

Distribution Methods of Searchforfree.info browser hijacker

Searchforfree.info is traveling the same way as most of other malware of this type – bundled with various freeware. So when you download and install some free PDF generator or media player from unreliable website, during the installation you might be asked to set your home page to www.searchforfree.info. That’s why you should always pay close attention to the installation process of freeware and keep your computer secured with trustworthy anti-malware software all the time.

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Manual removal of Searchforfree.info

How to remove Searchforfree.info using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Searchforfree.info from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Searchforfree.info 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 Searchforfree.info 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 Searchforfree.info, 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 Searchforfree.info 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 Searchforfree.info 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 Searchforfree.info, 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 Searchforfree.info 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 Searchforfree.info, 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 Searchforfree.info from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Searchforfree.info 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 Searchforfree.info, 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