Search-7.com Redirects - How to remove

Search-7.com is a search engine that shows a lot of ads, some sponsored results, and has no features that would make it worth using. Search-7.com redirects appear unexpectedly and it’s not always clear what causes them but, most likely, it’s a browser extension that was deceptively installed. For Search-7.com redirects to stop, this extension needs to be found and deleted, other malware needs to be removed, and browser and system settings might need to be checked.

Details on Search-7.com:

Classification	Adware, browser hijacker.
How Search-7.com redirects affect the browser	Search results are delivered by Search-7.com, changing the search settings does not work, some websites are inaccessible.
How the browser got hijacked	Deceptive ads, free programs that carry junkware in their installers, malware that downloads and installs other malware.
Removing Search-7.com	Find and delete malware manually and with an antivirus scanner (Spyhunter for PC, Combo Cleaner for Mac, etc.), remove suspicious browser extensions.

Search-7.com – a potentially dangerous search engine

Browser hijacker

Search-7.com is a search engine – a website that searches the internet and lists search results. Search-7.com is “enhanced by Google” and the browser tab with Search-7.com search results is titled ” which doesn’t mean that it’s directly related to Google. Search-7.com is separate and under control of an entirely different company. Google allows people to create custom search engines for free, to customize the results, as well as to add advertisements. Unfortunately, there are a lot of actors who abuse this to create and monetize search engines.

Why be suspicious of Search-7.com? For one, because it looks a lot like Conduit and especially Qxsearch.com. Qxsearch is part of a family of malicious browser hijackers that use deceptive ads to infect people’s computers. Browser extensions that are responsible for these hijackings are Kalox APP, Power App, Kano APP, and similar ones.

In the case of Search-7.com, it’s Convlus App, AdPop Block, PopStop, and others.

Ads and redirects

Another suspicious thing is that Search-7.com got very popular very suddenly: according to an estimation by a web analytics site, it went from zero to almost four million visits in two months. But there’s no way that Search-7.com got popular on its own merits as it lacks any useful features. Not only does Search-7.com fail to offer unique search features, it doesn’t have basic stuff like language or date filtering. It doesn’t appear to be advertised anywhere, either.

What Search-7.com does have is a great number of advertisements. They appear above the real search results. Search engines make money off of ads, sure, but Search-7.com seems worse than normal. In my experience, it shows more ads and more dangerous ads (including adware links). Some links may also not lead to where they should. If you try going to Google.com, for example, you can. But trying to use it to search the internet just opens Search-7.com again.

How to stop Search-7.com redirects

Find and delete malware

When you search the internet for something, if it’s Search-7.com that returns the results, the culprit is probably a browser hijacker. In short, you need to:

• Find and remove all malware.
• Delete malicious browser extensions.
• Check network settings.

Browser hijackers are usually bad browser extensions. They get installed without your permission, without even your knowledge – or they turn evil after becoming popular enough. They hide themselves in the browser, not being too intrusive, but stealthily logging data, injecting ads, and redirecting searches.

The fastest way to get rid of the malware that’s behind the Search-7.com redirects is to use an anti-malware app. Spyhunter for Windows, Combo Cleaner for macOS, and others. They can usually recognize malicious and potentially unwanted programs. But you might want to check your browser manually, too, in case the antivirus programs miss some things.

It shouldn’t be a problem. These guys who had Search-7.com redirect issues were able to fix them by finding and remove malicious extensions. An anti-malware scan is still advisable to find malware that may have come together with Search-7.com.

In detail about the malware behind Search-7.com

Some signs that a search-hijacking browser extension is installed on your browser:

• To the right of your browser’s address bar and to the left of the three-dot menu button, there should be all the icons of browser extensions that you have installed. If they’re not there, there should be an icon that looks like a puzzle piece. Click on it to see all extensions. You can bring up the context menu of the extension (right-click it or click the three-dot menu) and then choose the “Remove” option to uninstall it.

• Browser search engine settings may indicate which extension is behind the Search-7.com redirects. Open your browser, click on the three-dot menu, Settings, Settings again, Search Engine. If an extension controls this setting, it should be listed there.
  The problem is, some malicious extensions, including Convlus App, aren’t displayed like that. And changing the search engine by choosing another one may not work. Search-7.com would still load, regardless of your settings.
• Examining each extension’s details can help you find the culprit. When you open extension settings, press the Details button for each of them. You’ll see what permissions each extension has. Read and change your data on all the sites you visit? Read your browsing history?
  However, malicious add-ons straight up do not allow you to check their details. They just load another page. If you can’t even see an extension’s details, you can be sure that it’s malicious.

If you can’t find which extension is responsible, disable every single one of the extensions that are installed. If one of them was behind the Search-7.com redirects, this should stop it. If the extension refuses to be deleted, read this article on the abuse of enterprise policy.

If disabling extensions and scanning your computer with antivirus programs doesn’t work, then try checking your Network settings:

• On macOS, go to System Preferences -> Network -> Advanced -> Proxies. If SOCKS is ticked and you didn’t do it, untick it and save.
• On Windows, go to Settings -> Network & Internet -> Proxy. Check if the settings are as you want them to be.

Read this post for more information on how to solve Search-7.com redirects: how to fix Google redirects.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Review browser settings

TopHow To remove Search-7.com Redirects 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-7.com Redirects, 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-7.com Redirects 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-7.com Redirects 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-7.com Redirects, 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-7.com Redirects 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-7.com Redirects, 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.