Remove Searchbetter.com from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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

Searchbetter.com is categorized as a browser hijacker. This is an extremely malicious, dangerous, and harmful tool that sneaks into your system by means of slyness and finesse, and then wreaks all kinds of havoc. The first issue you’ll experience, the one that give its presence away, is the fact that it replaces your preferred homepage and search engine. But don’t think the changes stop there. Oh, no. Once this hijacker latches onto your computer, it can implement any and all changes it so desires. It’s no longer bound to seek your approval, or even inform you. It can do whatever it feels like doing, and simply surprise you. As if that’s not “fun” enough, the application also places your personal and financial information in harm’s way. That’s because it’s designed to keep track of your browsing activities and catalog every move you make until it determines it has collected enough data from you. After that, it proceeds to send all the gathered information to the unknown third parties the published it. Are you willing to risk granting access to your private life to strangers with agendas that do not have your best interests in mind? Think long and hard before you answer.

How did I get infected with?

Searchbetter.com is required to seek your permission before installing itself on your computer, but don’t think that this tiny detail will help you see it coming. Because it won’t. The hijacker is so masterful at deception that it not only successfully deceives you into giving it the green light, but it also does so without you even realizing it. Yes, the program keeps you utterly oblivious to the fact that you have allowed a malevolent, intrusive, and damaging infection to invade your computer. More often than not, the tool sneaks in undetected by hiding behind freeware, corrupted links or websites, or spam email attachments. It can also infiltrate your PC by pretending to be a bogus system or program update. For example, you might be thinking that you’re updating your Java or Adobe Flash Player, but you’d be mistaken. In reality, you’ll be installing Searchbetter.com. That’s what the hijacker does. It uses your haste, naivety, and distraction to its advantage. So, if you wish to avoid getting stuck with a browser hijacker and dealing with its ever-growing, daily messes, be sure to not be in a rush and to be more attentive.

Why is this dangerous?

What makes Searchbetter.com so dangerous is the fact that it can perform all the changes it feels like performing. As was already mentioned, once the hijacker gains access to your system, it no longer has to seek your approval before implementing changes. Think on that for a while. The possibilities are endless and quite frightening. For example, if the application so desires, it can reshuffle your system settings in a manner that will block you from visiting your favorite websites. But what’s worse, it can choose to install more malware. And if one malicious tool can cause so much damage, just try to imagine what five more can do. How long do you think your computer will last before The Blue Screen of Death? But the issues continue. The hijacker displays one of the most infuriating traits of adware. Yes, as you might have guessed, it’s the never-ending display of pop-up advertisements. Shortly after Searchbetter.com slithers into your system, it commences a bombardment of unreliable pop-ups with one primary objective – to make money off of you. The application uses you and attempts to trick you into clicking on its ads in order to generate web  traffic and produce pay-per-click revenue for the individuals behind it. Avoid clicking on the pop-ups! They’re highly unreliable, and a click will only lead to more unwanted malware installations. Once you add the previously stated security risk to all of the other troubles, do you think Searchbetter.com is worth holding on to it? Weight the pros and cons of having the hijacker on your PC thoroughly before you provide your answer. Your safety relies on it.

How to Remove Searchbetter.com virus

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Searchbetter.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 Searchbetter.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 Searchbetter.com from Add\Remove Programs

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

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

STEP 1 : Uninstall Searchbetter.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 Searchbetter.com homepage from Chrome, Firefox and IE

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Searchbetter.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 Searchbetter.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.