Searchbehaviour.com virus. How to remove? (Uninstall guide)
Should you use Searchbehaviour.com search engine?
You better stay away from Searchbehaviour.com virus because it can strongly affect your browsing experience in a negative way. It mainly spreads together with freeware and shareware as a suggested search tool, and even if these programs are legitimate, you shouldn’t rely on Searchbehaviour.com search engine. When the user adds this program to the system, it automatically alters browser’s homepage and new tab page preferences and replaces the previous value with Searchbehaviour.com URL. This URL points to an Internet search engine, which is shady, to say at least. At the moment, it seems that this search tool is not functioning at all, because no matter what search phrase you enter into it, it delivers zero results. However, we have analyzed Privacy Policy and Terms of Use documents on this site and discovered that it is designed to work as any other untrustworthy search engine. It warns users that it provides links to thousands of other websites and that their privacy policies might differ from SearchBehaviour’s, and that it does not control these websites.
In other words, it states that some of these websites can be reliable, and others can be untrustworthy or even dangerous, but it is not liable for anything that happens when the user interacts with them, and that user needs to mind general Internet hazards before visiting them. We recommend you to avoid sites that serve too many banner and pop-up ads, especially those that urge you to install suspicious software updates or plug-ins that no other website ever asked you to. Such content can infect your system with spyware or malware, so be careful! In our opinion, if this search tool ever starts to deliver search results, you should not use it to search the web. We assume that it is better to remove Searchbehaviour.com redirect virus and start using a different search tool such as Google or Yahoo. Keep in mind that you might not be able to change your browser settings before Searchbehaviour.com removal, so use Reimage or instructions below this article to delete it from your system. 
How could this browser hijacker get into your computer system?
Browser hijackers typically are unpopular programs, and computer users hardly ever search for them on the Internet to download them to their computers. It is normal because such programs cannot provide beneficial features and users are not interested in obtaining them; as a result, their developers need to find ways to force computer users to install these programs. To distribute these programs, software bundling technique is used. It helps to put several programs in a package and make computer users install all components of it at once. Such software packs can be easily decomposed. You only need to choose Default or Custom settings whenever you open certain program’s setup, and deselect additional components that are usually marked as “recommended.” If Searchbehaviour.com hijack has happened already, follow instructions presented below.
Searchbehaviour.com removal techniques
There are two different ways to remove Searchbehaviour.com virus. You can either uninstall it manually using instructions that we have prepared for you, or delete it automatically with spyware/malware removal tool. Of course, the second Searchbehaviour.com removal option is the one we recommend, because it helps to remove all potentially unwanted programs at once. The manual removal method requires patience, especially if you have never attempted to eliminate a potentially unwanted program from the system.
You can remove Searchbehaviour.com automatically with a help of one of these programs: Reimage, Plumbytes Anti-MalwareWebroot SecureAnywhere AntiVirus, Malwarebytes Anti Malware. We recommend these applications because they can easily delete potentially unwanted programs and viruses with all their files and registry entries that are related to them.
Manual Searchbehaviour.com virus Removal Guide:
Remove Searchbehaviour.com from Windows systems
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Click Start → Control Panel → Programs and Features (if you are Windows XP user, click on Add/Remove Programs).
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If you are Windows 10 / Windows 8 user, then right-click in the lower left corner of the screen. Once Quick Access Menu shows up, select Control Panel and Uninstall a Program.
- Uninstall Searchbehaviour.com and related programs
Here, look for Searchbehaviour.com or any other recently installed suspicious programs. -
Uninstall them and click OK to save these changes.
- Remove Searchbehaviour.com from Windows shortcuts
Right click on the shortcut of Mozilla Firefox and select Properties.
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Go to Shortcut tab and look at the Target field. Delete malicious URL that is related to your virus.
Repeat steps that are given above with all browsers' shortcuts, including Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. Make sure you check all locations of these shortcuts, including Desktop, Start Menu and taskbar.
WindowsMac OS XInternet ExplorerMicrosoft EdgeFirefoxGoogle ChromeSafariRemove Searchbehaviour.com from Mac OS X system
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If you are using OS X, click Go button at the top left of the screen and select Applications.
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Wait until you see Applications folder and look for Searchbehaviour.com or any other suspicious programs on it. Now right click on every of such entries and select Move to Trash.
Remove Searchbehaviour.com from Internet Explorer (IE)
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Remove dangerous add-ons
Open Internet Explorer, click on the Gear icon (IE menu) on the top right corner of the browser and choose Manage Add-ons.
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You will see a Manage Add-ons window. Here, look for Searchbehaviour.com and other suspicious plugins. Disable these entries by clicking Disable:
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Change your homepage if it was altered by virus:
Click on the gear icon (menu) on the top right corner of the browser and select Internet Options. Stay in General tab. -
Here, remove malicious URL and enter preferable domain name. Click Apply to save changes.
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Reset Internet Explorer
Click on the gear icon (menu) again and select Internet options. Go to Advanced tab. - Here, select Reset.
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When in the new window, check Delete personal settings and select Reset again to complete Searchbehaviour.com removal.
Remove Searchbehaviour.com virus from Microsoft Edge
Reset Microsoft Edge settings (Method 1):
- Launch Microsoft Edge app and click More (three dots at the top right corner of the screen).
- Click Settings to open more options.
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Once Settings window shows up, click Choose what to clear button under Clear browsing data option.
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Here, select all what you want to remove and click Clear.
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Now you should right-click on the Start button (Windows logo). Here, select Task Manager.
- When in Processes tab, search for Microsoft Edge.
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Right-click on it and choose Go to details option. If can’t see Go to details option, click More details and repeat previous steps.
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When Details tab shows up, find every entry with Microsoft Edge name in it. Right click on each of them and select End Task to end these entries.
Resetting Microsoft Edge browser (Method 2):
If Method 1 failed to help you, you need to use an advanced Edge reset method.
- Note: you need to backup your data before using this method.
- Find this folder on your computer:
C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe. -
Select every entry which is saved on it and right click with your mouse. Then Delete option.
- Click the Start button (Windows logo) and type in window power in Search my stuff line.
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Right-click the Windows PowerShell entry and choose Run as administrator.
- Once Administrator: Windows PowerShell window shows up, paste this command line after PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> and press Enter:
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml -Verbose}
Once these steps are finished, Searchbehaviour.com should be removed from your Microsoft Edge browser.
WindowsMac OS XInternet ExplorerMicrosoft EdgeFirefoxGoogle ChromeSafariRemove Searchbehaviour.com from Mozilla Firefox (FF)
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Remove dangerous extensions
Open Mozilla Firefox, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Add-ons → Extensions.
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Here, select Searchbehaviour.com and other questionable plugins. Click Remove to delete these entries.
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Change your homepage if it was altered by virus:
Click on the menu (top right corner), choose Options → General. - Here, delete malicious URL and enter preferable website or click Restore to default.
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Click OK to save these changes.
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Reset Mozilla Firefox
Click on the Firefox menu on the top left and click on the question mark. Here, choose Troubleshooting Information.
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Now you will see Reset Firefox to its default state message with Reset Firefox button. Click this button for several times and complete Searchbehaviour.com removal.
Remove Searchbehaviour.com from Google Chrome
Open Google Chrome (follow instructions provided below), go to Settings and clean the browser from suspicious add-ons and reset settings that were altered by this browser hijacker.
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Delete malicious plugins
Open Google Chrome, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Tools → Extensions.
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Here, select Searchbehaviour.com and other malicious plugins and select trash icon to delete these entries.
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Change your homepage and default search engine if it was altered by your virus
Click on menu icon and choose Settings. -
Here, look for the Open a specific page or set of pages under On startup option and click on Set pages.
- Now you should see another window. Here, delete malicious search sites and enter the one that you want to use as your homepage.
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Click on menu icon again and choose Settings → Manage Search engines under the Search section.
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When in Search Engines..., remove malicious search sites. You should leave only Google or your preferred domain name.
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Reset Google Chrome
Click on menu icon on the top right of your Google Chrome and select Settings. -
Scroll down to the end of the page and click on Reset browser settings.
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Click Reset to confirm this action and complete Searchbehaviour.com removal.
Remove Searchbehaviour.com from Safari
- Remove dangerous extensions
Open Safari web browser and click on Safari in menu at the top left of the screen. Once you do this, select Preferences.
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Here, select Extensions and look for Searchbehaviour.com or other suspicious entries. Click on the Uninstall button to get rid each of them.
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Change your homepage if it was altered by virus:
Open your Safari web browser and click on Safari in menu section. Here, select Preferences as it was displayed previously and select General. -
Here, look at the Homepage field. If it was altered by Searchbehaviour.com, remove unwanted link and enter the one that you want to use for your searches. Remember to include the "http://" before typing in the address of the page.
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Reset Safari
Open Safari browser and click on Safari in menu section at the top left of the screen. Here, select Reset Safari....
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Now you will see a detailed dialog window filled with reset options. All of those options are usually checked, but you can specify which of them you want to reset. Click the Reset button to complete Searchbehaviour.com removal process.
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