Search.watchtvnow.co - How to remove

Search.watchtvnow.co is described as useful and free tool that will provide you with the ability to watch TV online for free, but it is not true. While the functionality of this tool is highly questionable, it has some downsides that you should be aware of. First of all, this application is listed as browser hijacker, so it will bring some unwanted qualities to your system. Secondly, it can cause you some severe cyber security problems, therefore it is not worth to keep it installed.

If you have noticed that Search.watchtvnow is operating on your computer, but don’t know how to solve this problem, you have come to the right place. In this article we will provide you with detailed instructions how to remove it either manually or automatically, thus it’s up to you which removal method to choose. Since it’s much easier and less time consuming to perform it automatically, we suggest to go for this method. Simply download reliable anti-malware application, 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 be able to detect and remove the virus in no time. 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 feel like downloading any additional anti-malware software, this virus can be vanished manually. This process might be complicated, thus we have developed a step-by-step Search.watchtvnow.co manual removal guide to assist you – scroll down below this article and take a look at it. Do your best to complete all steps correctly and you should be able to eliminate the virus manually by your own.

If you have faced some difficulties during the removal, feel free to ask us in the comments section below and we will do our best to answer your questions. To learn more about specific features of Search.watchtvnow.co please continue reading this article.

About Search.watchtvnow.co browser hijacker

We have already mentioned that this browser hijacker is trying to create an image of useful free tool that will provide you with the ability to watch Tv right on your web browser. However, if you fall for this lie, you will notice that both homepage and default search engine on all of your web browser are set to www.Search.watchtvnow.co. That’s why this malware is listed as browser hijacker. Even if you try to change those settings on your web browsers manually, you will fail because the infection will set them back. And that’s why you need to remove the virus from your computer first.

In addition to hijacking homepage, Search.watchtvnow also features some attributes of adware infection. Once installed on your computer it will flood your web browsers with ads in all kids 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.

Usually those ads appear while you are paying a visit to e-commerce website, such as eBay or Amazon. You will be offered to purchase some particular goods or services at very appealing price rate. Do not fall for that trick – most of the time those offers are fake, they are just trying to win your attention and make you click on one of those ads this way. And we suggest not to do that.

If it happens so that you click on the ad delivered by Search.watchtvnow.co 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. This being said, if you keep Search.watchtvnow.co installed on your computer, cyber criminals will be able to reach you right on your web browser on a daily basis and that’s very dangerous.

This program is made by Eightpoint/Polarity – a double company that is responsible for many clones of this search under different names. Despite different uses, these searches look about the same.

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Manual removal of Search.watchtvnow.co virus

How to remove watchtvnow using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete watchtvnow from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Search.watchtvnow 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.watchtvnow.co 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.watchtvnow, 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.watchtvnow.co 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.watchtvnow.co 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 Search.watchtvnow, 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.watchtvnow.co 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.watchtvnow, 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.watchtvnow.co from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Search.watchtvnow 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.watchtvnow.co, 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