Searchi Incognito browser hijacker - How to remove

Searchi Incognito also known as Searchiincognito.com is nothing more than a filthy browser hijacker. This virus might cause you some unwanted cyber security problems so if you have noticed that it is operating on your computer, wait no more and eliminate it from your system as soon as possible.

If you are looking for a way to perform this removal fast and effortless, we recommend to get some decent anti-malware tools and do it automatically. Simply download reliable anti-malware software, such as Spyhunter, install it on your computer and then run a full scan of all files stored on your hard drive. Either one of these programs should successfully detect and eliminate the infection in no time. It will also protect your computer from similar infections in the future, thus it’s worth to keep it installed.

In case you prefer to perform this removal manually – scroll down below this article and take a look at our step-by-step Searchi Incognito manual removal guide. We have developed it to assist you through this complicated process of virus, so just do your best to complete all steps correctly and you should be able to remove the virus manually by your own.

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

About Searchi Incognito browser hijacker

Searchi Incognito is described as free and useful tool that will provide you with the ability to browse the web anonymously. However, the functionality of this tool is highly questionable, besides – you can use an incognito mode on any of web browsers.

Once inside of your computer Searchi Incognito will change some settings on your web browsers – both homepage and default search engine will be set to www.searchiincognito.com. From now on, this website will be the very first thing that you see on a web browser.

Even though this website might look like legitimate search engine to you, it is not true and you should not trust it. First of all, if you attempt to search for something using Searchi Incognito you will notice tons of sponsored links that are not relevant to your search queries – this way you will waste your time. Moreover, those links might lead you to unreliable websites, therefore we do not recommend to click on any of them.

If it happens so that you click on a sponsored link by Searchi Incognito 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.

Searchiincognito virus also has some features of adware infection. It might display additional advertisements on your web browsers in all kinds of forms, such as pop-up, pop-under, in-text, banner or contextual advertisements. New tab or even window with ads on it can be opened at any time as well.

Distibution Methods of Searchi Incognito virus

This browser hijacker is traveling the same way as most of other malware of this type – bundled with various freeware that can be downloaded from the Internet. I.e. when you download and install some PDF generator or media player from the Internet, there is a chance that this virus will come bundled with it. To avoid this happening, you should always pay close attention to the installation process of freeware and keep your computer secured with reliable anti-malware software all the time.

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How to remove Searchiincognito.com using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Searchi Incognito browser hijacker 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 Searchiincognito.com . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Searchi Incognito browser hijacker 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 Searchiincognito.com from macOS

Delete Searchi Incognito browser hijacker from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Searchiincognito.com 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 Searchi Incognito browser hijacker 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 Searchi Incognito browser hijacker, 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 Searchi Incognito browser hijacker 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 Searchi Incognito browser hijacker 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 Searchiincognito.com, 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 Searchi Incognito browser hijacker 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 Searchi Incognito browser hijacker, 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 Searchi Incognito browser hijacker from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Searchiincognito.com 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 Searchi Incognito browser hijacker, 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