What is Search.searchfpdf.com?
Search.searchfpdf.com is a featured search website that may show up in your browsers as an uninvited guest and pose a threat to your system security. This questionable search engine in indeed one out of many coming from the same creators, i.e., from the same family. This search engine is simply the exact clone of a previous one called Search.sonicpdfconverter.com. It is not unique in this family to have even three identical search websites under different URL addresses. You should know that searching the web with this seemingly innocent search page may lead to additional malware infections or worse, you could be scammed when engaging with a site this search engine may present to you. Our malware specialists at anti-spyware-101.com have categorized this potential threat source as a browser hijacker. This infection can modify your home page settings and this is how it can show up every time you launch your browsers. We recommend that you remove Search.searchfpdf.com immediately if you do not want to experience future complications and security issues.
Where does Search.searchfpdf.com come from?
Many users may still believe that their system can only be infiltrated by infections in some mysterious and stealthy way; however, the truth is usually way more simple. In fact, most of the time it is the user who infects the system. It is usually thanks to not being cautious enough. You may install such a browser hijacker when you click on a third-party pop-up that claims that you need to install a plugin to see certain web content or an urgent software update to protect your system. One click and you can install this hijacker without even realizing it. This is why most users do not even recall installing it in the first place. Another possibility for this kind of "amnesia" is that you may install a bundle that contains this browser hijacker among other malicious threats and potentially unwanted programs. This is possible when you download free files and programs from unreliable sources, such as suspicious torrent or shareware pages. You may also click on unsafe third-party ads while visiting other questionable sites that offer you quite some flashing banners and pop-ups. These are usually websites related to gaming, gambling, and file-sharing. Since you can infect your system with browser hijackers, adware programs, Trojans, fake alerts, and other malicious threats by installing a bundle, we highly recommend that you check your computer with a trustworthy malware scanner so that you can identify all the "nasties" on your system. But, as a first step, we suggest that you delete Search.searchfpdf.com from your browsers.
How does Search.searchfpdf.com work?
This malware infection tries to pose as a useful addition to your browsers as it offers easy access to a PDF converting webpage (cloudconvert.com), which, strangely enough, seems to be down at the moment. But this is actually not the only thing with regard to this browser hijacker that may not work momentarily; its main "attraction," the search engine does not seem to function either. This infection is supposed to forward all your queries made on this search page to a manipulated Yahoo search results page. However, instead of this, you end up on its own search page with an error message. Although this also means that you cannot infect your system through potentially unreliable ads and links on the manipulated search results page this hijacker would normally show you, it is not known when this web server or service will be back online. Therefore, you need to know about the risks of clicking on anything related to this search website since you could drop malicious threats or end up on fake websites run by cyber criminals. If you would like to avoid such potential incidents, we advise you to remove Search.searchfpdf.com from your computer right now.
How can I delete Search.searchfpdf.com?
The easiest way to clean this browser hijacker from your browsers is to change your home page settings. If you need assistance with this, you can follow our guide below this article. You can do a lot for the protection of your computer if you avoid suspicious websites and you do not click on random third-party ads either. You can try to manually detect other malicious programs on your system by going through your list of installed programs via Control Panel or your extension lists in your browsers. Of course, if you want to enjoy your virtual world with peace of mind, we suggest that you go for a professional anti-malware program, such as SpyHunter. This security software can automatically detect and erase any suspicious or malicious threat.
How to remove Search.searchfpdf.com from your browsers
Internet Explorer
- Press Alt+T.
- Go to Internet options.
- Choose the General tab and press Use default.
- Click OK.
Mozilla Firefox
- Press Alt+T.
- Select Options.
- In the left panel, pick General.
- Press Restore to Default.
Google Chrome
- Press Alt+F.
- Pick Settings.
- In the On Startup section, select Open a specific page or set of pages.
- Click Set pages.
- Add a new homepage URL.
- Delete the undesirable homepage URL.
- Click OK.
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