Searchpig.net - How to remove

Searchpig.net is a website that says to be a global search engine. However, it was noticed to bring lots of problems to computer users, including false alerts and redirections to unknown websites. The program is installed to computers bundled with free programs from the Internet. Once inside, it alters the homepage to Searchpig.net without a user’s permission and brings up more inconveniences.

Although it works as a search engine, you should know that it includes lots of sponsored websites to the search results making your search less accurate. Searchpig.net also constantly redirects you to the websites you have never seen before and poses a  risk of getting your system infected as you never know if those pages are compromised or not. Finally, the program is able to track your browsing history. You should know that this information can be sold to third parties who need it for advertising and other marketing related campaigns.

The way how it gets into computers and the changes it causes, definitely makes it an unwanted application. You are highly recommended to remove Searchpig.net from your computer to avoid further damage. First of all, you have to uninstall it from Windows Control Panel. Go to Start -> Control Panel, click on “Uninstall Program” in Programs area. Look for Searchpig.net on a list and click on Uninstall/Change button next to it. Depending on which browser you are using you will also have to remove Searchpig.net add-ons and Extensions.

How to remove Searchpig.net from IE:

1. Open IE and go to ‘Tools‘ → ”Manage Add-ons’.
2. Choose ‘Toolbars and Extensions’ and uninstall everything related to Searchpig.net from the list.
3. Choose ‘Search Providers’ → choose the search engine you used before and make it your default search provider. Additionally, select ‘Web Search’, click ‘Disable suggestions’ to disable it.
4. Go ‘Tools’ → ‘Internet Options’ and select ‘General’ tab. Click ‘Use default’ or enter your own website name, google.com or other. Finally, click ‘OK’ to save the changes.

How to remove Searchpig.net from Mozilla Firefox:

1. Open Mozilla Firefox, go ‘Tools’ → ‘Add-ons’.
2. Choose ‘Extensions’ → Searchpig.net and click ‘Uninstall’.
3. Go ‘Tools’ → ‘Options’. Finally, reset the startup homepage or change it to google.com.

How to remove Searchpig.net from Google Chrome:

1. Click on the icon ‘Customize and control Google Chrome’, select ‘Options’.
2. Choose ‘Basic’ Options and change Google Chrome homepage to google.com or any other browser and then click the ‘Manage search engines…’ button.
3. Choose ‘Google’ and make it your default search engine.

Finally we recommend you to run a full system scan using a reputable antispyware program, for example, Spyhunter.

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