Remove Social2Search fully – Adware Removal Guide

What is Social2Search?

Social2Search belongs to a potentially unwanted adware infection. It vaunts itself by saying that it is helpful to make computer users having better surfing conditions. However, it has been proved that Social2Search does things like what other adware programs do – record your search terms and deliver many personalized ads to you when you are surfing the net.

Different kinds of browsers like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox will be infected by this adware while it can be added as a browser add-on. When this adware successfully invades your browsers, it will keep showing up a variety of ads from the website you are browsing. The forms of those nettlesome ads are various and complicated.

If you let this Social2Search program on your computer and use it, you may agree to give your consent to display all those third party ads, and give access to third party to monitor your online browsing activities and gather your precious data stored on the browser. A majority of commercial ads will appear on all the sites you are visiting after its secret installation.

Social2Search is able to collect your personal online data and share them with the advertisers, and that is the reason why you always receive so many ads matching your interests. For example, it’s able to send non-personally identifiable information (including search and URL history) to third-party to improve production operation and advertisement relevancy. Though it is not kind of virus, it still does harm to your computer so it should be delete from your PC.

How Can Social2Search Get inside Your Computer?

Commonly, Social2Search comes into a computer by attaching to free items from the internet, such as free software, videos, and system utilities. When you download and install a piece of freeware from the Internet, you may agree to install the adware on the PC. Take the followings as examples, most of us may select the I Agree or Accept button in the course of free software installing, however, other unwanted processes as Social2Search program will be installed at the same time.

Instructions on Manually Removing Adware

According to the description above, Social2Search is considered to be a potential unwanted process. If you already get this virus on your computer, you should take actions to remove it as quickly as possible. Here is the manual guide that you can follow.

Step 1: Remove the Social2Search related programs.

Windows XP
Go to Start, navigate to Settings and click on Control Panel, navigate to Add or Remove Programs, choose Programs and Features, find the adware related programs, and hit Remove.

Windows 8
Move mouse cursor to the bottom right corner of the screen. Click Settings on Charms bar and go to Control Panel. Select Uninstall a program and remove the adware related programs.

Windows 7/Vista
Go to Start, navigate to Control Panel, select Uninstall a program/Programs and Features, find the adware related programs, and click on Uninstall.

Step 2: Remove the adware related add-ons from the browsers.

Internet Explorer
Open IE and go to Tools or gear icon in IE9 and then to Manage Add-ons.
Select add-ons related to Social2Search or other which you find is unknown to you and remove it.
Restart IE.

Mozilla Firefox
Open Mozilla Firefox & click on Tools from the top menu.
Now go to Add-ons and select the unknown extensions from the list related to the adware.
Remove them by selecting and clicking on Remove button.
Restart the browser.

Google Chrome
Open Google Chrome, click 3-Horizontal Bar icon at the top left corner.
Now go to Tools and then Extensions.
Search for extension exact or similar to the adware and delete it by selecting and clicking Trash icon next to it.
Restart the browser.

Step 3: Remove all Social2Search related files and registry entries.

Go to the Local Hard Disk C to find out and delete any adware related files from your computer.
Click the “Start” button and choose the “Run” option. Type “regedit” in the “Open” field and click the “OK” button. Then the Registry Editor will open. Then, find out and delete the adware related registry entries.

Note: Manual removal requires certain level of virus removal. If you are not a PC expert, it is not suggested that you remove the adware manually. It is a cumbersome and risky process which does not be allowed to make any mistake. What is more, if you don't remove it completely, it will revive on your computer. However, the easiest and safest way is to get an advanced removal tool on your computer to help you scan and delete the threat automatically with ease.