Searchpge.com. How to remove? (Uninstall guide)
What is searchpge.com?
If you have noticed that your search engine changed to searchpge.com and you face difficulties to change it back to the previous one, you may inspect that your browser has been hijacked. Searchpge.com is not malicious; however, it is distributed using unfair methods. For this reason, it is labeled as an 'adware' or 'potentially unwanted program'. This search engine may seem like a convenient and useful tool for searching the web. It looks like it was divided into several categories, including music, videos and games that allow entering certain spaces by one click. However, if you rely on it, you may notice various pop-up ads and also receive altered search results. In addition, you may be exposed to unreliable installers or redirected to third party sponsored websites. We assume that you already know that third party websites are actively used for spreading various potentially unwanted applications, such as browser extensions, add-ons, toolbars, and sometimes even viruses. For this reason, we highly recommend you to avoid searchpge.com virus and remove it if it has already hijacked your browser. It is important to mention that this cleverly created application drops its registry entries immediately after installation. Therefore, you may find difficulties when trying to change your browser settings back to normal. If you would try to change searchpge.com search engine to google.com, you may think you succeeded until you re-open your browser. This intrusive application installs so called browser helper object (KeepMySettingsX by InstallX) that blocks any attempts to change browser's settings back to the previous ones. Therefore, if you want to remove this useless browser hijacker, you should keep following the guide that is given down below.
How can searchpge.com hijack my computer?
If you would try to enter searchpge.com into the address bar, you will be informed that you have no permission to view this directory or page. However, this search engine can easily appear on your browser out of nowhere because it actively spreads bundled with various freewares and sharewares. In fact, it cannot be stated that searchpge.com browser hijacker appears on people's computers without their permission asked. The problem is that this application is cleverly hidden in the freeware and may be noticed only if you would choose Advanced or Custom installation option. Quick and Basic installation options allows such and similar programs to get inside user's computer automatically. Therefore, we recommend you to always choose extended installation option and follow the entire installation process of the freeware in order to decline installation of additional applications and offers to change your search engine, home page and so on. If searchpge.com redirects have started bothering you, you should not wait any longer and remove this program from the system. In addition, try to look for unfamiliar programs in your add/remove programs folder and get rid of such adwares as Yahoo Toolbar, KeepMySettingsX, VideoBuzz Media Player and programs associated to the InstallIQ installer. It is known that these programs are typically used for spreading searchpge.com around.
How to remove searchpge.com?
If you don't want to overfill your computer with useless programs, you should try to pay more attention to their installation process. If you have already noticed Searchpge.com homepage on each of your web browsers, you should remove this hijacker right away. For this, we have prepared guidelines down below.
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To remove searchpge.com, follow these steps:
Get rid of searchpge.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 searchpge.com and related programs
Here, look for searchpge.com or any other recently installed suspicious programs. -
Uninstall them and click OK to save these changes.
- Remove searchpge.com from Windows shortcuts
Right click on the shortcut of Mozilla Firefox and select Properties. -
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 searchpge.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 searchpge.com or any other suspicious programs on it. Now right click on every of such entries and select Move to Trash.
Eliminate searchpge.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. -
You will see a Manage Add-ons window. Here, look for searchpge.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 searchpge.com removal.
Delete searchpge.com 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.
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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, searchpge.com should be removed from your Microsoft Edge browser.
WindowsMac OS XInternet ExplorerMicrosoft EdgeFirefoxGoogle ChromeSafariUninstall searchpge.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. -
Here, select searchpge.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. -
Now you will see Reset Firefox to its default state message with Reset Firefox button. Click this button for several times and complete searchpge.com removal.
Erase searchpge.com from Google Chrome
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Delete malicious plugins
Open Google Chrome, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Tools → Extensions. -
Here, select searchpge.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 searchpge.com removal.
Get rid of searchpge.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. -
Here, select Extensions and look for searchpge.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 searchpge.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.... -
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 searchpge.com removal process.