Search.shockmute.com Virus - How to remove

Search.shockmute.com application has been developed by Shockmute developer, which specializes in producing software for Mac OS. Search.shockmute.com application is, actually, a browser extension. It follows, then, that this particular browser extension has been designed specifically for the Safari web browser. However, despite this fact, Search.shockmute.com add-on can also prove to be compatible with other web browser such as Explorer or Mozilla, for example. This software developing company promises its clients, the ones who use the services the software provides, better engagement with their audience, leading to higher revenues. This statement made by Shockmute clearly shows that the company is engaged in the advertising business. Consequently, the software products by Shockmute are clearly created for the display of advertising content. Thus, you can expect that Search.shockmute.com is the program developed for nothing more then the rendering of advertisements.

More about Search.shockmute.com App

Search.shockmute.com is, in fact, a browser hijacker, which means that the advertising campaign is carried out not by simply displaying advertisements, but incorporating them into the search results. This plug-in has the interface of a search engine, but is deficient in the functioning as such. The advertising content it displays is integrated into the search.yahoo.com search results, the module redirects to. This advertising content can take the form of promoted websites rendered and the advertisements inserted into the non-promoted websites. Normally, search.yahoo.com would not render such content, which is displayed through the redirection of search.shockmute.com. In other words, the latter application not only steals from you your default homepage but also the independent search results, which you would be supplied with, if you were using the unmodified yahoo.com.

From what has already been stated, it might look like the only unwanted feature Search.shockmute.com program has is the display of sponsored content, which is the unwanted advertisements. But, this is not the only undesirable effect Search.Shockmute.com application can cause to the user of the infected computer. It is the rendering of the thin content itself which takes enormous resources of the random memory and the processor, which makes the computer to perform the system processes at a lower speed. Thus, the computer gets slower in any task it implements, such as starting up, for example. Furthermore, advertising content, rendered by fake search engines are usually advertising scams, which apart from the display of scam content, can potentially be injected malicious codes, that can get easily downloaded on the computer, which IP addresses are among the ones, which users click such malicious ads. The same can happen when the user visits the suspicious flickering advertising sites, which can also be compromised by other malware than Search.shockmute.com. Thus, the user, whose computer contains the latter virus, should realize the overall effect of Search.shockmute.com hijacker and take actions to remove it.

Removing Search.shockmute.com Hijacker

As regards the antivirus software, which we would recommend using to remove Search.shockmute.com browser hijacker it would be the following applications: Spyhunter or Hitman, listed in the descending order of importance, meaning Malwarebytes should be your primary choice. Automatic method of removal is not exceptionally prescribed for the amateur users since the security software will remain to defend the computer’s system from viruses. It is practically impossible even for an advanced user to escape viral infections without running a working anti-malware software on the system.

Manual removal can come in handy to remove Search.shockmute.com hijacking malware as well. If you have no idea how to do that, our manual removal instructions will assist you, by telling exactly what you need to do. Find them at the bottom of this post.

Such unwanted programs as Search.shockmute.com, in the most of the cases of the infection, penetrate the computer’s system as a part of bundled software. The latter term is used to refer to free programs, which are pieced with malicious apps. The procedure of unbundling is performed in the Advanced or Custom settings, which are to be entered in each case of free downloading. It is not difficult to perform it, the user only needs to uncheck the pre-checked boxes next to each pre-added rogue app.

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Manual removal of Search.shockmute.com Virus

How to remove shockmute Virus using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Search.shockmute.com Virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the shockmute Virus 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.shockmute.com Virus 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.shockmute.com Virus, 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.shockmute.com Virus 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.shockmute.com Virus 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 shockmute Virus, 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.shockmute.com Virus 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.shockmute.com Virus, 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.shockmute.com Virus from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall shockmute Virus 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.shockmute.com Virus, 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.