Search.searchtppp.com hijacker - How to remove

Search.searchtppp.com can be bothering you because it might be displayed as a new tab and in some cases as a homepage on the web browser you are using if your computer is infected with a browser hijacker. Also, in some cases domain name Search.searchtppp2.com can be used as well. However, it’s the same infection that should be treated the same too.

Clearly, it’s not that difficult to tell whether your computer is suffering from this virus or not – if you see that settings on your web browser are modified and you can’t recall doing that yourself, it’s a clear sign of infection.

Browser hijackers are not the most dangerous computer viruses out there, but that doesn’t mean you should ignore it. There are a lot of users that do absolutely nothing after they have their browsers hijacked and that’s not a good thing to do. Using web browser infected with Search.searchtppp.com hijacker might result in one or several of these symptoms:

• Excessive advertisements;
• Infiltration of other malware;
• Redirects to other websites;
• Loss of private information;
• Slower work of web browser and computer in general.

This post will help you to effectively remove Search.searchtppp.com hijacker from your computer and restore normal settings on the web browser, so please continue reading and learn how to do that by yourself. However, the very fact that this infection successfully found a way inside indicates that security of your computer is poor and you should strengthen it.

Why Search.searchtppp.com is considered to be malicious

First of all, we would like to mention that this tool was developed by Polarity Technologies LTD. The company is known for developing and distributing malware, especially browser hijackers. There are numerous hijackers that are almost identical to Search.searchtppp.com – Search.hmytemplates.co, Watchallsports.co, Search.hnotepadpro.co, and so on. They all employ the same scheme to operate. A free browser extension is created that offers some kind of benefits – the ability to watch movies online or simply search the web easier.

However, users are tricked and the only goal of Search.searchtppp.com is to modify settings on the infected web browser, build a web audience and then monetize it by displaying various advertisements or redirecting users to other websites.

Another reason why it is considered to be malicious – Search.searchtppp.com might steal your private information. Data such as your address, cookies information or even interests might be tracked and then leaked to third parties. This way your private information might end up in the hands of other cybercriminals, thus they can launch malvertising campaigns against you.

Last but not least, Search.searchtppp.com will bring excessive advertisements and disturb your web browsing this way. They get paid for every click you make on every of those ads and we don’t recommend to do that – you can get redirected to websites that are potentially dangerous.

Search.searchtppp.com website features

This website gets around 55K and most of them are direct. That’s because this malicious extension hijacks homepages/new tab pages and directs users to this website.

Searchtppp claims to provide easier methods to track packages. In reality, you will only be presented with several links to well-known tracking websites – that’s it. Also, the website features search function, that should allow you to access enhanced web search. Unfortunately, that feature is not legitimate as well and you should not be using it.

If you try to search for something using Search.searchtppp.com, you will be redirected to Yahoo results page. Even though Yahoo is search provider that can be trusted, Search.searchtppp.com will modify results and display links that are not relevant to your search queries. It will also bring additional advertisements along the actual results. This way you won’t only waste your personal time, but also might end up on a dangerous website.

Polarity might be affiliated with various cybercriminals – they are paid to bring traffic to their websites. That being said, if you keep Search.searchtppp.com hijacker installed on your computer, you will end up on a website owned by scammers/hackers, sooner or later.

Also, you might be offered to install other free tools. Don’t be fooled – it’s just a way to distribute malware and you should not accept any of those offers. We highly recommend switching to an alternative web browser until Search.searchtppp.com hijacker is completely removed.

Efficient removal of Search.searchtppp.com virus

You might already know that this particular infection is operating as a browser add-on. That means you need to remove it both from your web browser and computer – there might be some files stored on a hard drive.

Even though it sounds like a complicated task, you should be able to successfully complete the removal since we have developed a step-by-step removal guide – it can be found below.

In case you prefer to remove this infection really fast and effortless, get yourself professional anti-malware tool, such as Spyhunter. Scan your computer with either one of these and the virus will be removed automatically. If there are some other potentially unwanted programs or malicious applications operating on your system, you will be notified about that too.

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How to remove searchtppp hijacker using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Search.searchtppp2.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.searchtppp.com hijacker . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make searchtppp hijacker 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.searchtppp.com hijacker from macOS

Delete searchtppp hijacker from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Search.searchtppp2.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.searchtppp.com hijacker 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.searchtppp2.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.searchtppp.com hijacker 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.searchtppp.com hijacker 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.searchtppp2.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.searchtppp.com hijacker 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.searchtppp2.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.searchtppp.com hijacker 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.searchtppp2.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.searchtppp.com hijacker, 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.