How to Remove Search.gg Redirect Virus Completely

Brief Introduction of Search.gg

Search.gg is classified as a browser redirect virus that can change users’ Internet browser settings in order to take control over their browsers. Once gets into a target computer, the browser hijacker will force the user to visit its domain every time you open the infected browser. The main objective of this redirect virus is to disturb internet activities and get monetary benefit from victims. For short, making money from the insert advertisements and your browser usage is what they really want. However, if you have been infected by this browser threat, you're strongly advised to keep away from pop ups and sponsored links showed on those unsafe websites, any click may lead to secretly installation of computer virus.

Consequences of Search.gg

Once the redirect virus gets installed on the targeted computer, it will change the browser settings and DNS settings without any permission. Search.gg is able to hijack and change web browser, including Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. The redirect virus produces to disturb victims’ online experience and straightforward redirects all web searches to that website. Since being installed, Search.gg starts to bombard the screen with ads. These ads include coupons, deals and revenues coax, aiming at promoting bogus or non-existent products or services. To avoid the scanning of antivirus and security programs, it is capable of changing its name and location and even disabling your executable programs. It also collects confidential data of users to sell it to the third party for illegal commercial activities.

How to Remove Search.gg Redirect Virus Completely

Removing the Search.gg redirect virus is a complicated process, because not only the browser hijacker can change all default browser parameters, but also inject its malicious files on system or local disk to conceal its existent. Besides changing back the default browser settings modified by this threat, users still need to remove its related codes, files and registry from the affected system. In the case of Search.gg infection, we highly recommend computer users to remove it as soon as possible.

Search.gg Removal Guide

1. Remove the browser hijacker from the infected computer.
Click on the Start button and select Control Panel. Click on Uninstall a program under the Programs category.
Find out and locate the programs related to the browser hijacker. Click on the Uninstall button to remove them all.
2. Launch the infected browser and remove the add-ons or extensions related to the browser hijacker.
Internet Explorer:
Open IE, click on Tools and then select Manage Add-ons. When it opens a window, click on Toolbars and Extensions. Find out the extensions related to the browser hijacker and select them. Then, right-click them and click on the Disable option. Restart IE to finish the procedure.
Google Chrome:
Launch Google Chrome. Click on the Three-bar icon on top-right of the browser, select tools and then Extensions from the list. After that, click Extensions on the left side of the window. Locate the extension related to the browser hijacker, select it and click on the trash icon. Restart the browser to complete the procedure.
Mozilla Firefox:
Start Firefox and click on the tool menu from the top menu. Click on the Add-ons tab to open the configuration window. Then, click Extensions on the left side of this window. Now find out the extensions of the redirect virus and remove them from the browser. Restart the browser to complete the process.
3. Show hidden files and folders.
Go to Control panel again and click on Appearance and Personalization. Then double click on Folder Options. Hit the View tab, tick “Show hidden files, folders and drives” and deselect “Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)”. Click on the OK button to apply the changes.
4. Delete the malicious files of Search.gg from the local disk.
The files listed below are reference only because the virus may has the ability to changes the names and locations of its files.
%Program Files%\ random
%AppData%\Protector-[rnd].exe
%AppData%\Inspector-[rnd].exe
%AppData%\vsdsrv32.exe
5. Open Registry Editor and delete the registry entries of the browser hijacker..
Press Windows+ R keys simultaneously to open the Run window. Then type “regedit” in the run box and press Enter key to open Registry Editor.
After that, find out and delete all the registry entries of the redirect virus. The below registry entries are also for reference only.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[random].exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\browser hijacker name
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System ‘DisableRegistryTools’ = 0
6. Restart the infected computer to apply all changes.

Conclusion

Search.gg browser hijacker redirect virus sneaks into the target computer through many different channels, but it mainly comes bundled with freeware/shareware that victimized users are not able to recognize such intrusive virus. In addition, the threat is good at hiding itself in an ambiguous End-User License Agreement so that many cyber users may pay no attention to it and accept the installation of this unwanted program/service. In general, PC users may install the program by using default settings. So, they may unwittingly allow the redirect virus to get installed on their computers and further attack the browsers. It will usually redirect victimized PC users to some unexpected sites or even malicious sites that contain many different kinds of computer threats. It is important to remove Search.gg from the infected computers timely, if users want to avoid unnecessary problems and trouble. Don’t know how to delete it quickly? You can download our redirect remover.