Search.searchucp.com virus - How to remove

Search.searchucp.com appears whenever you open a new tab on a web browser? Then that’s a straight forward sign that your computer is infected with a browser hijacker and this result is a consequence of it.

You are facing a malicious browser extension called “Unclaimed Property”. It was developed by Polarity Technologies LTD – the company is well known for distributing malware like this. During the past weeks we have discovered numerous infections produced by this company, such as Search.searchbfr.com or Search.searchvuzeau.com.

There are some bad aspects of Search.searchucp.com while there some that will make things much easier. Probably the best part of Search.searchucp.com  is its’ removal – you can do that relatively easy, only if you know how to do it and what tools to use. Keep reading the article and we will teach you how to remove Search.searchucp.com once and for all.

Tempting users with additional cash

The whole point of this browser extension is to help users find unclaimed cash. It is a really nice bait for all of those who are interested in easy money. As you could have guessed, none of this makes sense and you should not expect to actually get something from using Unclaimed Property browser extension. Vice versa, you are in a risk of losing your private data, time or even money due to it.

Under the nice image of free and useful application hides browser hijacker. As a matter of fact, this infection usually is distributed as a bundle to other free software that can be downloaded from the Internet, so you can be even not aware of the fact that it will be installed and notice it only when Search.searchucp.com is already appearing on your browser.

Once infiltrated into system, searchucp extension will make automatic changes and set your new tab page to www.search.searchucp.com. This website should provide you with the ability to claim back the money that state owns you. It’s a pity, but you will only be entitled to a toolbar with various links to governmental websites referring to this topic. Moreover, this toolbar will only appear on Search.searchucp.com website, i.e. it won’t stick to your browser in general and it looks like this:

Also, there are some links on this toolbar that you should not be clicking They can possibly lead you to websites affiliated with Polarity and pose threat to your system or private data. Your new tab page will also feature a search function, which will redirect you to Yahoo search engine to display results. Even though Yahoo is a tool that you can fully trust, in this case it can be dangerous because Search.searchucp.com has an ability to customise search results and insert sponsored links. Just take a look at how results look when we searched for our website using Search.searchucp.com:

As you can see, you are exposed to numerous banner ads that have nothing to do with your search query – it’s just a waste of time.

Get rid of Search.searchucp.com virus

To remove Search.searchucp.com from your web browser, you have to get rid of the malicious extension. It can be easily done manually – simply navigate to the extensions section on infected web browser, find Unclaimed Property extension, disable and remove it.

Now, to complete the removal, you must remove all files that might be associated to this infection from your computer, because they can be used to restore extension later on or even infiltrate other viruses into your system. To do that, you should scan your computer with Spyhunter. Either of those applications will automatically detect and remove the virus instantly, so you won’t have to worry about it no more.

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