Remove Search Fort Pro Malware

Can’t Remove Search Fort Pro? This page includes detailed Search Fort Pro Removal instructions!

The Search Fort Pro utility is a useful app. On the contrary, it prevents you from using your computer normally. The app is categorized as Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). Luckily, it is not a full-fledged virus, but an intrusive app. Don’t get too relaxed, though. The Search Fort Pro PUP is not to be underestimated. This utility uses deceptive and aggressive marketing strategies. Its goal is to turn you from a visitor into a customer. The PUP injects various advertisements on every website you open. You will notice that previously ad-free pages are now covered in banners, hyperlinks, and in-text ads. The intrusive PUP can redirect your browser directly to sponsored websites too. And this can be a big problem. How can you be sure that the PUP won’t open infected websites? You can’t! The Search Fort Pro utility has no security mechanism. Anyone willing to pay can use it to promote. All sorts of crooks use it to redirect web traffic to scam and infected pages. The pasty parasite may cause serious harm. Be very careful what you do online. With the PUP on board, you are more likely to be redirected to bogus web pages than to legitimate ones. The nasty PUP can manipulate the search results you are provided with. No matter which engine you use, the PUP can inject fake entries among the search results. These fake entries are also adverts. Yet, they are not marked as such. Numerous dodgy websites pay for their links to be displayed at the top. Keep this in mind the next time you sot an irresistible offer. Do not disclose sensitive information online. Your computer is compromised. You should not reveal financial nor personally identifiable information.

How did I get infected with Search Fort Pro?

The Search Fort Pro PUP did not materialize by magic. To reach its victims, this parasite uses classic distribution techniques. Torrents, spam emails, software bundles, fake updates, etc. All these methods share a common necessity. They rely on your carelessness and negligence. Were you a bit more careful, you wouldn’t have to deal with this adware infection. Let’s take the software bundles as an example. If you are presented with a choice between a Standard/Fast Setup and a Custom/Advanced Setup, which one will you select? If your answer is the Standard, change your habits. This process is completely automatic. Once started, you lose control over it. The Setup Wizard installs all programs that have been attached to the payload file. Your explicit approval is not needed, hence, you are not asked. Under the Advanced method, however, you will be presented with a list of all extras that are about to be installed. You can deselect all extras and still install the program you originally planned to set up. Deselect all suspicious programs. Read the Terms and Conditions/End User License Agreement. If you spot anything out of the ordinary, abort the installation.

Why is Search Fort Pro dangerous?

The Search Fort Pro PUP is a breach of your security. This parasite slipped into your computer unnoticed. It may help other malware do the same. The PUP has no verifying mechanism. Anyone willing to pay can use it to promote. All sorts of crooks do. They use the parasite to spread misleading and false advertisements, as well as to redirect web traffic to bogus websites. An unverified advertisement may arouse unwarranted expectations at best. At worst, it will redirect you to infected pages. One click is all it takes for a virus to be downloaded. The Search Fort Pro PUP is exposing your computer to numerous online threats. Unfortunately, it is exposing your privacy at risk as well. The nasty parasite collects information about your online activities. It knows your every online step. When the parasite has a sufficient amount of data, it exposes it. The crooks use the PUP and its resources to target victims like you. They use the data to prepare customized marketing campaigns and lure victims into online scams. Don’t underestimate these people. They are master deceivers. You are dealing with criminals. You can’t expect them to play fair. There is no way you can win against them. Your best course of action is the immediate removal of the Search Fort Pro PUP. The sooner it’s gone, the better!

How Can I Remove Search Fort Pro?

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

• Open your task Manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys simultaneously
• Locate the process of Search Fort Pro.exe and kill it

• Open your windows registry editor by typing”regedit” in the windows search box

Navigate to (Depending on your OS version)

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

and delete the display Name: Search Fort Pro

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Search Fort Pro 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.

Navigate to C:/Program Files and delete Search Fort Pro folder. Double check with any antimalware program for any leftovers. Keep your software up-to date!