Remove Search Suggestor Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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Search Suggestor is a potentially unwanted adware program. It’s immensely deceptive and intrusive. It manages to sneak into your system undetected by resorting to trickery and finesse, and once it’s in, proceeds to wreak all sorts of havoc. The first issue you’ll be forced to deal with, courtesy of the application, will be the never-ending waterfall of pop-up ads it will throw your way. Each and every time you try to go online, your browsing experience will be interrupted by a continuous stream of pop-ups. Not only will that be incredibly infuriating, but it will also lead to further damages. Due to the incessant appearance of the ads, you’ll start to experience frequent system crashes, and your computer’s performance will slow down to a crawl. What’s more, as the ads are immensely unreliable, if you click on just one only once, you’ll inevitably end up agreeing to install more malware on your PC. But even the threat of more unwanted malevolent tools making their way into your system will pale in comparison to the severe security risk Search Suggestor places upon you. The program jeopardizes your personal and financial information as it spies on you. It starts as soon as it invades your system and ceases after it determines that it has collected a sufficient amount of data from you. Then it sends it to the unknown third parties that support it, who can use it as they see fit. Don’t take such a colossal gamble! Delete this useless, hazardous application the first chance you get! You won’t regret it.

How did I get infected with?

Search Suggestor relies on haste, naivety, and distraction to gain access to your system. In order to sneak in undetected, the tool resorts to the old but gold methods of invasion. That includes hitching a ride with freeware or hiding behind spam email attachments, corrupted links, or websites. It can also pretend to be a false system or program update. For example, you might be utterly convinced that you’re updating you Adobe Flash Player or Java, but, in reality, you’re giving the green light to a malicious adware. However, the tool’s most preferred and most commonly used way of infiltration is through freeware as it provides possibly the easiest entry point. That’s because users tend to rush its installation. Also, instead of carefully familiarizing themselves with the terms and conditions, they just agree to everything and hope for the best. Well, that’s a horrible idea that leads to horrendous repercussions. But by the time they realize the error of their ways, the damage is already done. If you wish to avoid getting stuck with an adware program like Search Suggestor, be sure to not rush and to be more careful! After all, a little extra attention can go a long way.

Why are these ads dangerous?

Search Suggestor doеsn’t flood you with so many pop-ups just for kicks. It does so because it is an ad-supported application, whose existence hangs in the balance. If the program is to continue its operations, it’s required to generate web traffic and pay-per-click revenue for the people that published it. If it fails to do so, it ceases to exist. How does it fulfill objective? Well, with the help of the never-ending pop-ups, of course. Each ad it tricks you into clicking on produces profits for these individuals. That’s why the tool leaves nothing to chance. Don’t think it throws random ads your way and hopes for the best. Oh, no. The ads you see are chosen specifically for you, and you alone. In order to determine the “appropriate” pop-ups for you, the program spends some time getting to know you. Once it invades your computer, it starts to observe your browsing activities so as to understand what you like and dislike, what appeals to you. After it determines what your preferences include, the bombardment begins. You are flooded with a constant stream of ads that are most likely to spark your interest and result in a click, i.e. cash. Whatever you do, do NOT click on the pop-ups! As was already mentioned, they only lead to more unwanted malware installs. When you add to that the grave security risk, it should become quite evident that the program is NOT worth keeping. Delete Search Suggestor as soon as you possibly can, and save yourself a ton of headaches and troubles.

How Can I Remove Search Suggestor Ads?

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Search Suggestor 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 Suggestor from your Add\Remove Programs

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

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

STEP 1 : Uninstall Search Suggestor from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Search Suggestor 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 Suggestor 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 Suggestor 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.