Search-quick.com virus - How to remove

Search-quick.com virus is a browser hijacker that is distributed to random computer systems together with freeware applications. It infiltrates to Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari, and once there, changes the main settings of these browsers. The program replaces your homepage and default search engine to Search-quick.com and brings some more inconveniences.

This article covers the aims of this browser hijacker and explains how to get rid of it. To eliminate Search-quick.com virus automatically, scan your system with a reputable anti-malware program, like Spyhunter or StopZilla.

About Search-quick.com virus

If you make a search using Search-quick.com, you will see that it includes many sponsored links in your search results’ list. Moreover, you will notice a lot of ads among your search results that redirect to sponsored websites too. The creators of this hijacker earn money by displaying these messages and promoting commercial websites. Most of the users find it very annoying because it obviously disturbs your time on the Internet.

Search-quick.com is not a search engine to trust. You should replace it with a well-known search provider that can help you browse the Internet reliably. Unfortunately, it is not that easy to change your browser settings once Search-quick.com virus is there. If you don’t remove it from your computer fully, it will reappear every time you restart your system. You should also make sure you remove Search-quick.com virus from all browsers that were affected by it. At the end of this article, you will find a tutorial how to do it and how to restore the settings of Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari.

Search-quick.com virus is not a facility that should be taken as a gift to Internet users or as proper. It does not generate its own search results but employs Thesmartsearch.net for it: another browser hijacker that we exactly have already talked about. You read an article about it here. As the reliability of both of these searching facilities is on shaky grounds, we should inform you that these engines, if faced, should be confronted with an increased level of wariness. The results that they are going to serve you are not equal to the outcome which would be generated by Google.com.

This Search-quick.com virus has been noticed in 2015 and continues to pursue its “career” until late 2016. Over the year of development, the page has changed its logo. For now, if users enter this main page, they will be greeted by a nostalgic image of summer (even though its already fall). Another element of the Search-quick.com virus’ appearance is the banner which is going to be spotted below the search box. At the time of our specific visit, we noticed two kinds of advertisements: to play some sort of video or to scan our device with a security tool. You should not attempt to diagnose your system with diseases with the help from charlatans. If you are feeling like your device is undergoing some sort of crises or a tough time, please run a full security scan to nurse it back to heath.

Distribution Methods of Search-quick.com virus

Search-quick.com virus is distributed to computers together with various free programs from the Internet, like download managers, PDF creators, video and music players, etc. The program is not always clearly disclosed, so users should be extremely careful about installing freeware from the Internet. It is crucial to follow every installation step and refuse installing additional tools if you never heard about them before, especially if have doubts regarding the functions they offer. Never agree to change your homepage or search provider with little known or completely unknown websites either.

Remove Search-quick.com virus from your system if it has already taken over your browsers. A full tutorial how to do it is provided below. Don’t forget to restore the settings of all browsers that were affected.

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How to remove Search-quick.com virus using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Search-quick.com virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Search-quick.com 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-quick.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-quick.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-quick.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-quick.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 Search-quick.com 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-quick.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-quick.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-quick.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 Search-quick.com 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-quick.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.

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