How to Get rid of Searchitknow.com Hijacker

Suddenly Searchitknow.com took over your homepage and you cannot remove it.

Searchitknow.com is the nth PC program that you most certainly do NOT need in your life. Sneakily hidden behind the harmless facade of a decent search engine, in reality this is a nasty browser hijacker which is more than capable of wreaking havoc. You will personally experience most of searchitknow.com’s shenanigans if you keep it on board but it’s clear to see that this would be a colossal mistake. Why leave unattended a dangerous, resourceful and delusive cyber infection? This program will bring upon you nothing but trouble so the more time it spends as a part of your PC system, the more threats you will be exposed to. Apart from random browser modifications without your permission, the parasite also offers a rich variety of corrupted search results, potentially dangerous advertisements, an overall decrease of your PC’s performance and numerous privacy issues. It truly sounds attractive, doesn’t it? According to this program’s official website,searchitknow.com guarantees fast, adequate search results. According to our research team, however, the only thing searchitknow.com guarantees is a fast access to malware. If you aren’t feeling very anxious already after what you just learned about this malicious infection, you certainly should be. There isn’t even one beneficial trait to expect out of the searchitknow.com virus so if you want to regain control over your browsers, your computer and your overall PC experience, you have to remove the parasite. If you decide to do so manually, we have provided a simple and effective manual removal guide below this article.

How did I get infected with?

As you probably know already, PC infections have a great variety of distribution methods to choose from. Hackers don’t really tend to give up the oldest tricks in the book and after all, why would they? Some quite unoriginal infiltration techniques such as spam messages, spam email-attachments and third-party advertisements are still incredibly effective so even though PC users know exactly what to expect, they still fall victims to crooks’ deceit. Another trick you should always keep an eye out for is bundled freeware/shareware. Every time you install a bundle (especially from some unreliable website and especially for free), there is a great possibility that you might also be installing something else alongside the legitimate software. That is why it’s highly recommended to opt for the Advanced or Custom option in the Setup Wizard unless you’re deliberately trying to end up compromising your own machine. We’re assuming that’s not what you want. Also, it’s a good idea to read the Terms and Condition of the programs you’re agreeing to install because if you come across some nasty term or condition that you accepted without reading, you have no one to blame but yourself. In the cyber world rushing cannot be beneficial so take your time and don’t skip installation steps. Remain in control and make sure you outwit the hackers who are waiting for every single wrong move of yours in order to cause you trouble. Don’t jeopardize your own security.

Why is this dangerous?

All browser hijackers are quite dangerous and if searchitknow.com manages to spend enough time on your machine, it will inevitably cause you a headache. The more time, the bigger the headache – that could easily sum up searchitknow.com’s pile of manipulations and malicious consequences. Right after it gets installed (as we said, behind your back), the hijacker then proceeds to infecting your browsers. Being perfectly compatible with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer, the virus makes sure its trickery doesn’t remain unnoticed. After the parasite successfully takes down all your browsers, its impudence doesn’t end here. If anything, it’s just getting started. The hijacker replaces both your default search engine and default homepage with its own domain which is extremely unreliable and all search results it generates are sponsored. That means since the moment searchitknow.com sneaked in till the moment it will get deleted, you can no longer trust you browsers. Due to the parasite’s presence on the PC, you will be constantly redirected and no one could guarantee you safety on the websites you visit. The virus is completely ad-supported which makes it very dangerous even if it doesn’t appear to be that harmful on the surface. If you pay some close attention to the Privacy Policy of searchitknow.com, you will learn that the virus MAY share personal information, MAY use browser cookies and MAY share with third parties the data it collects. The number of times you will come across the word “may” in the EULA of this program is quite impressive; the only problem is that it doesn’t mean what it was supposed to. It goes without saying that searchitknow.com WILL steal and collect as much private data as it possibly could. Hackers will definitely use some questionable monetizing system to make money out of your personal information but no matter which one they go for, this whole scheme simply cannot end well for you. The entire idea behind searchitknow.com’s existence is to generate profit for crooks at your sole expense and there isn’t even a single reason why you should tolerate this malicious behavior. As we mentioned, the virus also spies on your browsing-related activities so your browsing history, search queries, passwords and usernames and other private data will no longer be private. In this particular situation financial scams and/or identity theft may seem like an unlikely scenario but, nevertheless, those are still possibilities. To put an end to searchitknow.com’s tricks and to make sure your PC is virus-free once again, please follow the manual instructions below and remove the hijacker.

How to Remove searchitknow.com virus

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the searchitknow.com infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. Please, consider to print this guide or have another computer at your disposal. You will NOT need any USB sticks or CDs.

The searchitknow.com adware is specifically designed to make money. It generates web traffic, collects sales leads for other dubious sites, and will display advertisements and sponsored links within your web browser.

STEP 1: Uninstall searchitknow.com from Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Clean searchitknow.com from Chrome Firefox or Internet Explorer

STEP 3: Permanently Remove searchitknow.com leftovers from the System

STEP 1 : Uninstall searchitknow.com from your computer

Simultaneously press the Windows Logo Button and then “R” to open the Run Command Window

 

Type “regedit”

 

navigate to HKCU\software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

Modify the string with a value data and set it to google.com for example.

STEP 2 : Remove searchitknow.com homepage from Chrome, Firefox and IE

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the searchitknow.com by clicking on the little recycle bin
• Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

• Open Mozilla Firefox

• Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
• Disable the unwanted Extension
• Go to Help
• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

• Open Internet Explorer

• On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
• Click on Internet options
• go to Toolbars and Extensions and disable the unknown extensions
• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset

• Restart Internet Explorer

How to Permanently Remove searchitknow.com Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify possible registry leftovers or temporary files.