How to Remove Ultimate Searcher

Can’t Remove Ultimate Searcher hijacker virus? This page includes detailed Ultimate Searcher Removal instructions!

If you have opened your web browser and discovered that the Ultimate Searcher is your new home page, we have bad news for you. You have a browser hijacker on board. This infection is going to turn your browsing experience into a nightmare. Be prepared for an endless stream of issues. It all starts with a random redirection. Soon, every time you follow a link, additional tabs will open in your web browser. Ad banners will appear on websites that used to be ad-free. The longer this parasite remains on your device, the more aggressive the ads will become. Pop-up windows will force you to watch videos, coupons and great deals will cover your screen. On top of that, your computer will become sluggish. You will hate it. If you don’t remove the hijacker, you will start to avoid your computer. Don’t fall victim of such parasites. Ultimate Searcher is relatively easy to tackle type of infection. You can use a trustworthy anti-virus program to remove it. You can also delete the parasite manually by following our guide. Don’t hesitate to remove this infection. The hijacker can never be beneficial to you. Its removal, on the other hand, can benefit your computer. The hijacker is a real program. It is running on your CPU and uses RAM. This app has never been meant to be a light program. Ultimate Searcher consumes an enormous amount of computer resources. Your PC will perform much faster once you remove the hijacker.

How did I get infected with?

To travel the Internet, Ultimate Searcher uses not one but many techniques. Spam emails, torrents, freeware bundling, and fake software updates are just the most commonly used methods. Yet, all these techniques have something in common. They rely on one same thing – your carelessness. Be vigilant instead. Your caution can prevent most computer infections. When installing software, opt for custom/advanced setup wizard. It can be a button or tab. Don’t hesitate to use it. Only under the advanced installation can you see all extra apps that come along. Developers tend to attach additional tools to the installation files of many free apps. If you use the standard setup wizard, all these extras will be installed without your explicit approval. Also, never skip the terms and conditions/EULA. We know how annoying this step is, yet, it is a good way to spot breaches. Trust your instincts. If think that something looks suspicious, there probably is a good reason for that. Abort the installation immediately.

Why is this dangerous?

To operate on your system, Ultimate Searcher needs your approval. And you provided it. Now it has full control over your web browsers. Yes, over all installed web browsers. Even if you download a new one, the hijacker will corrupt it. Be warned! Everything you do online is monitored. The hijacker is recording your online moves. Every website you visit, every link you follow, everything. If you use your PC to pay the bills or to make an online purchase, your credit card details and billing addresses will also be recorded. Be careful. Don’t log into any banking services while this tool remains active on your device. Ultimate Searcher will sell this information to third parties, but it will also use the collected data to target you with ads. Thus, if you enter “sneakers” into some search engine, the hijacker will immediately start to display ads for similar items. Coupons and great deals will blink in all imaginable colors. Don’t trust anything. Yes, it seems like a good idea to get an advantage of these “promotions,” yet, you will end up paying more than these goods actually cost. The Ultimate Searcher hijacker blocks its competitors’ commercial. You are seeing only the ads you are allowed to see. The hijacker is turning you into an easy target. Your sources of information are limited and you can’t make an informed choice. Don’t put up with this. Remove this intruder. The sooner it is gone, the better!

How to Remove Ultimate Searcher virus

The Ultimate Searcher infection is specifically designed to make money to its creators one way or another. The specialists from various antivirus companies like Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Norton, Avast, ESET, etc. advise that there is no harmless virus.

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Ultimate Searcher 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.

WARNING! Stopping the wrong file or deleting the wrong registry key may damage your system irreversibly.
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STEP 1: Track down Ultimate Searcher related processes in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Ultimate Searcher startup location

STEP 3: Delete Ultimate Searcher traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Ultimate Searcher related processes in the computer memory

• Open your Task Manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys simultaneously
• Carefully review all processes and stop the suspicious ones.

• Write down the file location for later reference.

Step 2: Locate Ultimate Searcher startup location

Reveal Hidden Files

• Open any folder
• Click on “Organize” button
  
• Choose “Folder and Search Options”
• Select the “View” tab
• Select “Show hidden files and folders” option
• Uncheck “Hide protected operating system files”
• Click “Apply” and “OK” button

Clean Ultimate Searcher virus from the windows registry

• Once the operating system loads press simultaneously the Windows Logo Button and the R key.

• A dialog box should open. Type “Regedit”

• WARNING! be very careful when editing the Microsoft Windows Registry as this may render the system broken.

Depending on your OS (x86 or x64) navigate to:

[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: [RANDOM]

• Then open your explorer and navigate to: %appdata% folder and delete the malicious executable.

Clean your HOSTS file to avoid unwanted browser redirection

Navigate to %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/host

If you are hacked, there will be foreign IPs addresses connected to you at the bottom. Take a look below:

STEP 3 : Clean Ultimate Searcher traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Ultimate Searcher 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

Step 4: Undo the damage done by Ultimate Searcher

This particular Virus may alter your DNS settings.

Attention! this can break your internet connection. Before you change your DNS settings to use Google Public DNS for Ultimate Searcher, be sure to write down the current server addresses on a piece of paper.

To fix the damage done by the virus you need to do the following.

• Click the Windows Start button to open the Start Menu, type control panel in the search box and select Control Panel in the results displayed above.
• go to Network and Internet
• then Network and Sharing Center
• then Change Adapter Settings
• Right-click on your active internet connection and click properties. Under the Networking tab, find Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). Left click on it and then click on properties. Both options should be automatic! By default it should be set to “Obtain an IP address automatically” and the second one to “Obtain DNS server address automatically!” If they are not just change them, however if you are part of a domain network you should contact your Domain Administrator to set these settings, otherwise the internet connection will break!!!

You must clean all your browser shortcuts as well. To do that you need to

• Right click on the shortcut of your favorite browser and then select properties.

• in the target field remove Ultimate Searcher argument and then apply the changes.
• Repeat that with the shortcuts of your other browsers.
• Check your scheduled tasks to make sure the virus will not download itself again.

How to Permanently Remove Ultimate Searcher Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

Please, have in mind that once you are infected with a single virus, it compromises your whole system or network and let all doors wide open for many other infections. 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.