Remove Search Fairy Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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Search Fairy is a malicious and intrusive adware application. It’s published by the infamous entity Results Media Ltd. Above anything else, this tool is incredibly harmful. It may present itself as useful, but the reality of the matter is that the negatives far outweigh the positives. If you don’t remove Search Fairy from your system as soon as you first realize it has slithered its way in, you’ll be forced to deal with a whole bundle of troubles. The first one will show up shortly after infiltration. That’s when this potentially unwanted program commences a full-on bombardment of pop-up ads. Each and every time you try to go online, you’ll be interrupted by an entire waterfall of pop-ups. They will continue to plague your browsing experience until you finally decide to get rid of the tool altogether. If you don’t, you’ll regret it as the obnoxious pop-ups are just the tip of the iceberg. For one, due to their continuous disturbance, you’ll be forced to endure a slower computer performance, and frequent system crashes. Also, as they’re immensely unreliable, if you click on even one, by choice or accident, you’ll end up installing more malware without even realizing it. But that won’t be your biggest concern, courtesy of Search Fairy. Even the grave malware threat you’ll be faced with will seem like a non-issue compared to the severe security risk the application places upon you. The tool spies on you in an attempt to steal your personal and financial information and send it to strangers with malicious intentions. The question is, are you going to let it? The choice is yours.

How did I get infected with?

Search Fairy resorts to the old but gold methods of invasion to gain access to your system. The tool has no problem sneaking in undetected as it’s immensely resourceful and skilled in the arts of deceit. It prays on your haste, naivety, and distraction. More often than not, the application hitches a ride with freeware as it provides possibly the easiest entry point. That’s because, for some reason, users seem to think that it’s a grand idea to not pay any attention whatsoever when going through its installation. They skip reading the terms and conditions and just agree to everything. That’s a horrible idea that results in horrendous repercussions. If you wish to keep Search Fairy away from your computer, be sure to not rush and to be more careful. After all, a little extra attention can go a long, long way. Other preferred ways of infection the tool often turns to include hiding behind spam email attachments, corrupted links, or websites or posing as a bogus system or program update.

Why are these ads dangerous?

Search Fairy presents itself as a helpful tool. It claims that it’s a widget that assists you in searching all the better search engines much faster and more efficiently. However, when you look past the smoke and mirrors of marketing, it becomes quite evident that this program harms you much more than help you. It’s ad-supported, which should explain the incessant waterfall of pop-ups coming your way. Each ad the tool tricks you into clicking on generates web traffic and pay-per-click revenue for the people behind it, which, in turn, helps it proceed with its operations. Yes, if the application is to continue its existence, it has to fulfill its primary objective – to use you to make money off of you. If it fails to do so, it simply ceases to exist. That’s why it leaves nothing to chance! It does everything in its power to increase its likelihood of success. Instead of throwing random ads your way and hoping for the best, the program spends some time getting to know you better. It observes your browsing habits so as to understand what you like and dislike, what your preferences include. When it determines what appeals to you, it picks ads that correspond to your interests and floods you with them. Do NOT click on them! The program’s pop-ups are immensely unreliable, and a click would only lead to more unwanted malware installations. When you add to that the severe security risk Search Fairy presents you with, it’s quite clear that it’s not worth the gamble. Protect yourself and your computer, and delete this hazardous infection as soon as you first become aware of its presence. You won’t regret it, and your future self will thank you for it.

How Can I Remove Search Fairy Ads?

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Search Fairy 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.

STEP 1: Uninstall Search Fairy from your Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Delete Search Fairy from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Search Fairy from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Search Fairy from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Search Fairy program and click on uninstall/change. To facilitate the search you can sort the programs by date. review the most recent installed programs first. In general you should remove all unknown programs.

STEP 2 : Remove Search Fairy from Chrome, Firefox or IE

Remove from Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools—> Extensions
• Remove any unknown extension by clicking on the little recycle bin
• If you are not able to delete the extension then navigate to C:\Users\”computer name“\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\and review the folders one by one.
• Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

• If you are using the latest chrome version you need to do the following
• go to settings – Add person

• choose a preferred name.

• then go back and remove person 1
• Chrome should be malware free now

Remove from Mozilla Firefox

• Open Firefox
• Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
• Disable and remove any unknown add on
• Open the Firefox’s Help Menu

• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

Remove from Internet Explorer

• Open IE
• On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
• Go to Toolbars and Extensions
• Disable any suspicious extension.
• If the disable button is gray, you need to go to your Windows Registry and delete the corresponding CLSID
• On the Upper Right Corner of Internet Explorer Click on the Gear Icon.
• Click on Internet options

• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset.

• Check the “Delete Personal Settings Tab” and then Reset

• Close IE

Permanently Remove Search Fairy Leftovers

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