What is Search.searchdirex.com?
When Search.searchdirex.com, or simply searchdirex.com, is set as the home page of your Internet browsers, it is a sign that your operating system is affected by a browser hijacker. If you are certain that you have not made any changes in the setting sections of your Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, you should be sure of taking action to remove Search.searchdirex.com for good. The search engine searchdirex.com may arouse no suspicion from the first sight, but later on some annoying features may hinder your browsing sessions or have an impact on the overall performance of the browsers and your browsing sessions.
The browser hijacker Search.searchdirex.com is not unique as there is a bunch of identical and very similar browser hijackers. Search.searchdirex.com is associated with Search.yourpackagesnow.com, Search.yourinterestscenter.com, Search.searchlttrn.com, Search.searchicc.com, and some others. Visually all these browser hijackers are very similar; only the toolbars below the URL address bars may slightly differ. The major common thing that they share is the attempt to obtain as much use of you and your computer as possible.
How does Search.searchdirex.com work?
To be more precise, Search.searchdirex.com is the start-up page of the Searchdirex search engine. It offers you a quick access to YouTube, Gmail, Amazon, Google Maps, TurboTax and some other websites. The shortcuts to these websites are displayed below the search box. Additionally, this browser hijacker displays a toolbar displaying weather forecasts and some extra buttons. These seemingly harmless features are likely to be present on the majority of start-up pages of browser hijackers, so it is worth going a bit deeper to understand what the intentions of this browser hijacker are.
The Search.searchdirex.com browser hijacker employs the Yahoo! Search, which means that you are provided with slightly more paid advertisements than when you are browsing, for example, Google. More important, Search.searchdirex.com may be programmed to generate links directing you to malicious websites, where the operating system could get infected with more dangerous infections. A single click may start a download of tracking software, adware or potentially unwanted programs (PUPs), resulting in sluggish performance of the operating system. In order to bypass all system performance-related troubles, you should remove Search.searchdirex.com from the computer as soon as you can.
How does Search.searchdirex.com infect your PC?
Like in many other cases with browser hijackers, Search.searchdirex.com is set as the home page of Internet browsers due to careless Internet browsing. The changes can be made during the installation of a software program, usually downloaded from a free software sharing website. There are many cases when the dialog box asks whether the user wants to have the settings changed, and such cases are sometimes regarded as browser hijacking. Unfortunately, we cannot pinpoint how your browsers got infected with Search.searchdirex.com as there are many different ways how your browsers can get modified. A questionable video and music player, video editor or any other free program available on an unreliable website may hide a browser hijacker or even more harmful piece of malware. Once you spot anything suspicious, like in the case with Search.searchdirex.com, it is advisable to scan the system to find out the actual state of it. The sooner you removeSearch.searchdirex.com or any other unreliable software program, the sooner you can prevent data loss and system’s malfunction.
How to remove Search.searchdirex.com?
The removal of Search.searchdirex.com can be performed manually, which requires close attention to minor details. It is possible to delete registry key and values on your own, but some files can remain unnoticed. The Search.searchdirex.com browser hijacker is already classified as a threat and added to the detections of our recommended antimalware program. If you are in doubt whether you will be able to remove Search.searchdirex.com by yourself, think out about your privacy and online security. There is no guarantee that the machine will not get infected after removing Search.searchdirex.com, and if you want to browse the Internet safely, take action right now. In case you are still wondering whether you are capable of eliminating Search.searchdirex.com, use the following instructions. Note that we do not take responsibility for the consequences of the changes, but we are here to answer your questions.
Search.searchdirex.com Removal
Google Chrome
- Access the %LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default directory.
- Delete these files: Preferences, Secure Preferences and Web Data.
Mozilla Firefox
- Follow the path %AppData%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*, whether the asterisk stands for a random symbol.
- Find the file prefs.js.
- Look for and delete the string user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://Search.searchdirex.com").
Internet Explorer
- To open Windows Registry, press Win+R and type in regedit.
- Press OK.
- Follow the path HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main|Start Page and edit or delete the value Main|Start Page.
- Follow the path HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A} and delete or edit these registry values: Favicon URL, FaviconURLFallback, TopResultsURL, and URL.
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