Searchiu.com Virus

What is Searchiu.com?

The Searchiu.com website is promoted using free software. This site is closely related to Internet browser hijackers, and thus using this site for daily Internet searches, is not recommended. Computer users often visit this site unwillingly by redirection.

These redirect issues are invariably a consequence of not paying close enough attention to the installation steps of free software downloaded from the Internet. Browser redirects to Searchiu.com are caused by free software, some of which uses a deceptive software or website promotion method called 'bundling'.

To avoid browser redirects to this, or any other unwanted websites, Internet users should carefully inspect each freeware installation step, ensuring that they choose the 'Custom' or 'Advanced' installation option, rather than 'Typical' or 'Quick'.

Opt-out of installation of any additional programs or browser add-ons and disallow any suggested changes to the Internet browser settings. At time of research, redirect issues to searchiu.com were caused by Privitive VPN software. Alone, the searchiu.com website is not malicious, however, using this site may cause privacy issues, malware, or virus infections.

Redirects to the searchiu.com website are a clear indication of potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) present on your computer. Users should be aware that visiting this site is not safe, since clicking on promoted search results can lead to serious malware and virus infections.

Redirect issues to this website are similar to those of Ask.com, Tuvaro.com, BasicServe.com, and many others. Use the removal instructions provided to eliminate browser redirects to searchiu.com

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Quick menu:

• What is Searchiu.com?
• STEP 1. Uninstall toolbar on IE and Chrome, 7plugincoupon and PrivitizeVPN applications using Control Panel.
• STEP 2. Remove Searchiu.com redirect from Internet Explorer.
• STEP 3. Remove Searchiu.com browser hijacker from Google Chrome.
• STEP 4. Remove Searchiu.com homepage and default search engine from Mozilla Firefox.
• STEP 5. Remove Searchiu.com redirect from Safari.
• STEP 6. Remove rogue plug-ins from Microsoft Edge.

Searchiu.com redirect virus removal:

Windows 11 users:

Right-click on the Start icon, select Apps and Features. In the opened window search for the application you want to uninstall, after locating it, click on the three vertical dots and select Uninstall.

Windows 10 users:

Right-click in the lower left corner of the screen, in the Quick Access Menu select Control Panel. In the opened window choose Programs and Features.

Windows 7 users:

Click Start (Windows Logo at the bottom left corner of your desktop), choose Control Panel. Locate Programs and click Uninstall a program.

macOS (OSX) users:

Click Finder, in the opened screen select Applications. Drag the app from the Applications folder to the Trash (located in your Dock), then right click the Trash icon and select Empty Trash.

In the uninstall programs window, look for "toolbar on IE and Chrome", "7plugincoupon", PrivitizeVPN", select these entries and click " Uninstall" or "Remove"

After uninstalling unwanted software (which causes browser redirects to searchiu.com), scan your computer for any remaining unwanted components. To scan your computer, use recommended malware removal software. Remove all entries that this program detects to ensure your PC is clean from any possible spyware and malware infections.

Searchiu.com homepage (redirect virus) removal from Internet browsers:

Video showing how to remove potentially unwanted browser add-ons:

Remove malicious add-ons from Internet Explorer:

Click on the "gear" icon (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer) select "Manage Add-ons". Look for Montera Technologies related entries ("privitize Helper Object") and disable them.

Change your homepage:

To change your homepage from searchiu.com to your preferred domain, click on the "gear" icon (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer) select "Internet Options", in the opened window remove searchiu.com and enter your preferred domain, which will open each time you launch Internet Explorer.

Change default search engine:

Click on the "gear" icon (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer) select "Manage Add-ons". In the opened window select "Search Providers", set "Google", "Bing" or any other preferred search engine as your default and then remove "Search the Web (privitize)".

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the searchiu.com redirect, reset your Internet Explorer settings to default.

Windows XP users: Click Start, click Run, in the opened window type inetcpl.cpl In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 users: Click the Windows logo, in the start search box type inetcpl.cpl and click enter. In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows 8 users: Open Internet Explorer and click the gear icon. Select Internet Options.

In the opened window, select the Advanced tab.

Click the Reset button.

Confirm that you wish to reset Internet Explorer settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

Click the Chrome menu icon (at the top right corner of Google Chrome) select "Tools" and click on "Extensions".  Locate: "7plugincoupon" and "New Tab" select each and click on the trash can icon.

Change your homepage:

To change your homepage from searchiu.com  to your preferred domain, click the Chrome menu icon (at the top right corner of Google Chrome) select "Settings". In "On startup" section click "set pages", hover your mouse over searchiu.com and click the x symbol. Now you can add your preferred website as your homepage.

Change default search engine:

To change your default search engine in Google Chrome, click the Chrome menu icon (at the top right corner of Google Chrome) select "Settings", in the "Search" section, click "Manage Search Engines...", remove "Searchiu (privitize)" and add or select your preferred domain.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the searchiu.com redirect, reset your Google Chrome browser settings. Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome) and select Settings. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen. Click the Advanced… link.

After scrolling to the bottom of the screen, click the Reset (Restore settings to their original defaults) button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Google Chrome settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious plugins from Mozilla Firefox:

Click on the Firefox menu (at the top right corner of the main window) select "Add-ons". Click on "Extensions" and disable this add-on: "Privitize.com".

Change your homepage:

To reset your homepage, click on the Firefox menu (at the top right corner of the main window) then select "Options", in the opened window remove searchiu.com and enter your preferred domain.

Optional method:

Computer users who have problems with searchiu.com redirect removal can reset their Mozilla Firefox settings.

Open Mozilla Firefox, at the top right corner of the main window, click the Firefox menu, in the opened menu, click Help.

Select Troubleshooting Information.

In the opened window, click the Refresh Firefox button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Mozilla Firefox settings to default by clicking the Refresh Firefox button.

Remove malicious extensions from Safari:

Make sure your Safari browser is active and click Safari menu, then select Preferences...

In the preferences window select the Extensions tab. Look for any recently installed suspicious extensions and uninstall them.

In the preferences window select General tab and make sure that your homepage is set to a preferred URL, if its altered by a browser hijacker - change it.

In the preferences window select Search tab and make sure that your preferred Internet search engine is selected.

Optional method:

Make sure your Safari browser is active and click on Safari menu. From the drop down menu select Clear History and Website Data...

In the opened window select all history and click the Clear History button.

Remove malicious extensions from Microsoft Edge:

Click the Edge menu icon  (at the top right corner of Microsoft Edge), select "Extensions". Locate any recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons, and remove them.

Change your homepage and new tab settings:

Click the Edge menu icon  (at the top right corner of Microsoft Edge), select "Settings". In the "On startup" section look for the name of the browser hijacker and click "Disable".

Change your default Internet search engine:

To change your default search engine in Microsoft Edge: Click the Edge menu icon  (at the top right corner of Microsoft Edge), select "Privacy and services", scroll to bottom of the page and select "Address bar". In the "Search engines used in address bar" section look for the name of the unwanted Internet search engine, when located click the "Disable" button near it. Alternatively you can click on "Manage search engines", in the opened menu look for unwanted Internet search engine. Click on the puzzle icon near it and select "Disable".

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the searchiu.com redirect, reset your Microsoft Edge browser settings. Click the Edge menu icon  (at the top right corner of Microsoft Edge) and select Settings.

In the opened settings menu select Reset settings.

Select Restore settings to their default values. In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Microsoft Edge settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

• If this did not help, follow these alternative instructions explaining how to reset the Microsoft Edge browser.

Summary:

A browser hijacker is a type of adware infection that modifies Internet browser settings by assigning the homepage and default Internet search engine settings to some other (unwanted) website URL. Commonly, this type of adware infiltrates operating systems through free software downloads. If your download is managed by a download client, ensure that you decline offers to install advertised toolbars or applications that seek to change your homepage and default Internet search engine settings.

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