Search.searchfastlm.com virus - How to remove

Search.searchfastlm.com – the product developed by infamous Polarity Technologies LTD, company responsible for releasing tons of malware lately. And this application, which is operating as browser add-on, is no exception. We have listed it as browser hijacker due to its’ malicious behaviour.

If your computer is infected with this virus, you will definitely notice that homepage and default search engine on your web browser (or even several of them) are changed to www.search.searchfastlm.com and this website appears every time you open a web browser. It’s a clear sign that your computer is infected and vulnerable, so keep reading the article to find out how to clean your system and get rid of malware.

This infection is a typical browser hijacker. Scheme behind this type of computer virus is to infect computer and then use web traffic to make money – either by displaying sponsored content or by redirecting users to affiliated websites. It might also collect and sell/use some of your private information, so it is a huge cyber security threat.

In this case, it seems like Search.searchfastlm.com is aiming to use generated web traffic and redirect it to affiliate websites – that’s their main goal. We could not discover any advertisements or hijacked search operations, since web searches are executed via Yahoo search engine. However, what we could find is additional toolbar on their website which links to various tools and that’s really important. Very similar to Home.emailaccountlogin.co (browser hijacker developed by the same company), is promoting Weatherly add-on. This add-on is supposed to provide users with weather forecast, yet they are really inaccurate and due to illegal distribution method we consider it to be malware as well.

Let’s take a closer look at mentioned toolbar:

Besides weather forecast tool, you are offered to find ‘news’ and Google Maps options. While Google Maps is legitimate and useful took, ‘News’ link will redirect you to a questionable website at www.news.mynewswire.co which is also developed by Polarity Technologies LTD.

The name ‘searchfastlm’ refers to search fast local maps and that’s the reason why we have two icons with maps service on their homepage. This tool is supposed to provide you with the ability to find various maps fast and effortless.

In case you are experiencing this infection on your computer and would like to get rid of it, we recommend to get yourself a reliable anti-malware tool, such as SpyHunter Of course, you can use other anti-malware programs of your choice as well. Simply scan your computer with one of them and it should detect and eliminate the infection in no time. It will also protect your computer from similar infections in the future therefore it is worth to keep it installed.

There is a way to eliminate this virus manually too and for that reason we have developed a step-by-step Search.searchfastlm.com manual removal guide – 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 this infection by your own.

Prevention is very important regarding cyber security so after you remove the virus, you have to make sure that this won’t happen again. To be able to do that, you have to know how software like this is distributed. Most popular way to spread browser hijackers is to bundled them with various freeware. For example, if you download and install some free flash game or system optimisation app, there is a chance that during the installation you will be offered to install additional tools. Those tools often happen to be malware like Search.searchfastlm.com.  So eventually, in order to avoid malware, you should be extremely careful during the installation of freeware. Also, it is worth to protect your computer with reliable anti-malware tools because they will alarm you about potential threats even before you install one of them on your computer.

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Manual removal of Search.searchfastlm.com

How to remove searchfastlm virus using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete searchfastlm virus from your applications.

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

Manual removal