Is search-quick.com changing your default homepage without asking for any permission? Actually, this is a browser redirect that aims at controlling your start page. It will forcibly modify the browser settings by itself. It belongs to malicious sites that can not do good to PC users but make redirection on browser search instead. Such site shows a lot of commercial pop ups related to ad-supported sites to make money from users. Also, it spies on your browser activities and steal and send useful information to remote hacker.
3. • This SEARCH-QUICK.COM domain pop-up
can be seen on your browsers. Do not think
it as a real system security alert for the
description on it, the error code 0x80040201
looks standard but it doesn’t make a sense.
4. • If you do as it says, you will be demanded to
buy some removal services or programs.
Since the system alert is not real, you will
surely suffer financial loss for non-existed
threats. The adware can be brought by
freeware bundling.
5. • If you install some freeware and pay less
attention during the installing processes, the
adware may comes and modify your
browsers and registry settings. Then the
pop-up ads come to your browsers as a new
tab, or even replace your browser’s default
homepage.
6. • However you should not believe a word
from this page, all the information are
bogus. The main purpose of this page is to
make users believe that there are horrible
threats in their computer, and promote some
removal tools or services by the fake
support line.
7. • Users who call the number will be told that
they need to pay for removing the threats, or
even they will be redirected to some
phishing sites, and get financial loss due to
the leaking out of their banking information.
9. • Step 1: Stop the process from Task
Manager.
• “Ctrl+ Shift + Esc” to open Task Manager >
Processes > find SEARCH-QUICK.COM
and select End process.
10. • Step 2: Remove suspicious programs from
Control Panel.
• From Windows 7
• Start > Control Panel > Uninstall Programs
> select SEARCH-QUICK.COM and remove
it.
• From Windows 8:
• on Start screen > right-click the app tile >
tap or click Uninstall.
11. • Step 3: Remove suspicious extensions from
browsers.
12. • From Internet Explorer
• 1. Go to Tools and select Manage add-ons.
• 2. Disable the items which are related to the
program.
• 3. Reset Internet Explorer
13. • From Mozilla Firefox
• 1. Go to Firefox’s Tools, and then select
Add-ons
• 2. Navigate to Add-ons panel, and remove
those extensions which are associated with
SEARCH-QUICK.COM
14. • Google Chrome
• 1. Click the Menu icon of Chrome and select
Settings.
• 2. Click Extensions on the left panel and
remove the extensions related to SEARCH-
QUICK.COM.
• 3. Reset Google Chrome
15. • Note: If you are not confident to remove this
threat completely with our manual guide or
worry there are other threats in your PC,
you can take consideration to install
SpyHunter here to help you can scan and
protect your PC from this browser hijacker
and other hidden threats.
16. FOR MORE DETAILS
• GO TO:
• http://blog.mipchelper.com/index.php/step
s-to-remove-search-quick-com-redirect-
virus/
