Search.SearchGeniusinfo.com - How to remove

Search.SearchGeniusinfo.com is not a legitimate website as it might look like at first look. It is listed as browser hijacker, so this infection can cause you some serious cyber security problems. That’s why you should eliminate it as soon as possible.

It’s not that hard to tell if your computer is infected with this virus or not – once inside Search.SearchGeniusinfo.com will change your home page and default search engine to www.search.searchgeniusinfo.com. So if this is the case, your computer is definitely infected and you should take care of it right now.

Browser hijacker like this can be easily removed with reliable anti-malware application. So if you do not already have it, go get one – we suggest to use either Spyhunter or Malwarebytes. Simply install one of them and then run a full scan of all files stored on your hard drive. It should detect and eliminate this infection right away. It will also protect your computer from similar infections in the future, so it’s worth to keep it installed.

However, if for some reasons you don’t want to download any additional anti-malware software, you can get rid of Search.SearchGeniusinfo.com manually as well. This process might be complicated, thus we have developed a step-by-step Search.SearchGeniusinfo.com  manual removal guide to assist you – scroll down below this article and take a look at it. Try to complete all steps correctly and you will be able to eliminate Search.SearchGeniusinfo.com manually by your own.

If you have faced some difficulties during the removal of Search.SearchGeniusinfo.com, feel free to contact us in the comments section below and we will do our best to provide you with needed assistance. To learn more about specific features of Search.SearchGeniusinfo.com please continue reading this article.

About Search.SearchGeniusinfo.com browser hijacker

If you think that this website is good enough for you to use it, think twice. Even though it uses the same search engine as Google, you can’t trust it. The main reason for that is sponsored links. Every time you search something on Search.SearchGeniusinfo.com, you will get at least couple of sponsored results. Those results tends to be not relevant to your search queries. Moreover, if you click on one of them, 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.

Another unwanted attribute of Search.SearchGeniusinfo.com is advertisements. 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 advertisements.

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.

Distribution Methods of Search.SearchGeniusinfo.com browser hijacker

Search.SearchGeniusinfo.com can enter your system when you download and install some freeware from the Internet. For instance, when you download and install some PDF generator or media player, there is a chance that Search.SearchGeniusinfo.com will enter your computer alongside, because it travels bundled with freeware. That’s why you should always pay close attention to the installation process of freeware and keep your system secured with reliable anti-malware application, as we have mentioned above.

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Manual removal of Search.SearchGeniusinfo.com virus

How to remove SearchGeniusinfo using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Search.SearchGeniusinfo.com from your applications.

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

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