Searchfortplus.com hijacker virus - How to remove

Have you noticed that your web browser suddenly changed and all searches you submit directly to the URL bar are now processed through searchfortplus.com website? That is a clear sign that your web browser and computer is infected with Searchfort Plus virus.

This infection is operating as browser add-on and it can be installed directly to your current web browser. Although some malicious files related to this virus can be dropped to your computer as well.

Do not panic – you are in the right place because in this article we will provide you with essential information how to get rid of Searchfortplus.com hijacker and protect your computer from similar viruses in the future.

Searchfortplus.com – search hijacker

So as you might already know, Searchfortplus.com is categorised as browser hijacker, but to be more specific, we should say that it is search hijacker. That means no other settings of your browser will be modified, except default search provider. Without a doubt it is a newer version of SearchFort virus, so we can expect similar symptoms.

If it is operating on your web browser, your searches submitted to url bar will be processed through Searchfortplus.com and all results displayed on Yahoo search engine. Even though it seems like you can trust Yahoo since it is one of the most popular search engine, this time things are different – Searchfortplus.com can customise those results and insert various advertisements and sponsored links.

The biggest problem is that those ads and sponsored links might lead you to websites that you can not trust. Those websites can be owned by various cyber criminals, such as hackers or scammers, so you can get into some real trouble.

We also should mention that this infections is being distributed using deceptive methods. Eventhough the add-on is publicly available on extensions stores for various web browser, including but not limited to Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, usually this infections gets inside the computer as a bundle to other free software.

So when you download and install some free media player or documents converter, this extension can come as a free extra. We suggest you to be very careful during the installation of freeware – make sure you check all steps and in case you notice that some additional software that you are not aware of is being installed alongside – don’t allow this installation to be completed, because it can possibly be Searchfortplus.com or any other malware.

In addition to all those bad traits, Searchfortplus.com extension might also be responsible for slower work of your web browser or even overall decreased speed of your computer. You can also experience random freezes and crashes. Various redirects to other websites are possible too.

One of the most annoying features of this infection is banner advertisements that you are going to see on a results page.They look like this and most of the time have nothing to do with the search query you have submitted:

As you can see in the image above, we tried to search for our own website and the ads are about clothing and golf balls, so what kind of search quality do we have here? Not to mention that your search queries will be recorded and might be leaked to various third parties.

It’s definitely more than enough reasons to get rid of this extension right now. To do that, you will have to navigate to extensions window on your infected web browser and find “Searchfort Plus” extension. Disable and remove it.

Then, to make sure that the extension won’t be restored, download and scan your computer with SpyHunter Either one of those programs should be able to detect and remove all malicious files related to this infection.

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