How to Remove Search-quick.com Homepage (Removal Help)

Techexpert

8 years ago

Question

I scanned my computer in order to hopefully get the ability to remove Search-quick.com from my computer. I don’t know how it got there but I was looking for recipes and hit 101 Sweets. Now it’s on my home page from Search-quick.com. It’s not on my Control Panel so I can’t uninstall it from there. The scan brought up 101 problems. Could it be hidden in the description of one of them? If not then how do I get Search-quick.com removed? I got your name from Internet when I was looking. It led me to believe that you could auto remove this.

How to remove Search-quick.com from my Internet explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox.

Solved Answer

Sure, we’ll help you how you can remove Search-quick.com from computer. First of all we would like to share with you some more information about Search-quick.com and tell the complete instructions to remove it. Please read the following article to know more about it and for the removal instructions.

Search-quick.com is browser hijacker, its main category is Adware. It is not act like virus but as it is an adware it will change your all the browser’s homepage, search engine, Newtab contents to Search-quick.com. Simply means, you’ll get redirected to Search-quick.com if you search from Internet and you go to your homepage. It pretends it is a useful search page but actually it is NOT.

Its home page look like google page. They also changes its homepage image(doodle) as like google so that the user get confused and suppose that it is google’s website, but it is straightly NOT google. Apart from that its homepage is clear, have an image appears on top, a search bar and a search button.

A question must raised in your mind that “how search-quick.com came into my computer”. Yes, the question is reasonable. Now, I’ll tell you how it can come into computers. This type of adwares uses bundling technique. Search-quick.com must embedded with an another legitimate software or Freeware software from 3rd party downloading websites like: Video player, video converter, Java updated, flash player updates etc. And when you install any of them softwares into your computer, search-quick.com comes into computer automatically in the background process of main installation, Search-quick.com installation doesn’t appear. But they must have to get your authorization to come into computer, I’ll tell you how. Any software from them have to give you information that they are also going to install search-quick.com into your computer and it can change your homepage and other browsers settings too. Usually the installation information must be hidden in the term & condition text or hidden in the check boxes, or maybe hidden in the ‘custom options’.

Now you know how they can come, so you should avoid to download any program from third party downloading websites or freeware programs. Also carefully read all the term and conditions of the software and also un-tick all the unwanted check box what they are saying and always use custom option to make sure the adware information is not listed there for authorization. If you get any content related to unwanted or unknown so straightly denied the term and conditions, check box, customer installation option.

Sorry for taking long time for all these information but these are what you must need to know. So finally we talk about the removal of search-quick.com.

How to remove search-quick.com?

As you seen its installation was not simple, so its removal would not be simple too. Don’t get panic and worried about search-quick.com removal because we have made a step by step removal instruction special for Search-quick.com. There are two methods to remove search-quick.com from your computer; manual removal and automatic removal. Both are the instructions we have given below in the removal instructions section. You can opt one from them and follow the following instructions carefully how to remove search-quick.com from computer completely.

Note: In this removal instruction we did not mentioned the removal procedure for Apple Mac users. So Mac users please reset their safari browser to its default settings and do a scan of Malwarebytes for Mac. We have no instruction yet for how to remove search-quick.com from Mac book.

Removal Instructions

Automatic Fixit

Download Adware Remover Tool to remove search-quick.com Automatically, It’s a Freeware utility specially designed for Adware Removal. This tool can remove most of the Adwares from Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. It can remove all the traces of search-quick.com from registry as well.

Adware-Removal-Tool.exe

Manual Steps

Step 1: To Uninstall search-quick.com from computer

Click on Start button and then click on Control Panel.
Now click on Programs –> Uninstall a program or Program and Features (Windows-7, 8, Vista). You also may click on “Uninstall a program”

For Windows XP users click on Add/Remove Programs.

You’ll get a window which has listed all the installed programs.
Uninstall “search-quick.com” from there.

(Note: If you face any type of problem while uninstalling search-quick.com” then you can use Revo uninstaller tool, it can it remove forcefully. Click here to download Revo Uninstaller Tool).
Also do uninstall all the unwanted & unknown programs which are listed in “Suspicious Programs list”(See below for the list). You should uninstall them immediately if you found any into your computer.

(Note: If you face any type of problem while uninstalling anything from control panel then you can use Revo uninstaller tool, it can remove any software forcefully. Click here to download Revo Uninstaller Tool).
Uninstall all unwanted programs

Suspicious Programs list

Browser defender
HD-Plus 1.8
Vplay
Browser protect
Browser protected by conduit
Delta search, Babylon
LessTabs
WebCake 3.0
Yealt
LyricsContainer
VideoSaver
AddLyrics
privacy safe guard
unfriend checker
Price peep today
Coupon amazine
TidyNetwork.com
DownloadTerms 1.0
Yontoo

Also uninstall all the unwanted & unknown programs which are not listed here.

Step 2 : To Remove search-quick.com from Internet Explorer.

Step 2.1: Remove search-quick.com from homepage

Open Internet Explorer then go to Tools menu (Press “F10” key once to active the menu bar) and then click on Internet Option a configuration page will be opened, then click on General tab. Now look into under HOME PAGE Edit Box you will get www.search-quick.com, replace it to www.google.com, then click on apply and close.

Step 2.2: Remove search-quick.com add-ons from Internet Explorer.

Open Internet Explorer then go to Tools menu (press “F10” key once to active menu bar) and then click on Internet Option a configuration page will be opened
Click on Programs tab then click on Manage Add-ons, now you’ll get a window which have listed all the installed add-ons.
Now disable the search-quick.com add-on, also disable all the unknown / unwanted add-ons from this list. (As per below screenshot).

Step 2.3: Reset Internet Explorer

Open Internet Explorer. Click on Tools menu (Press “F10” key once to active the menu bar), click on Internet Option. A internet option window will open.
For IE9, IE10 users may click on Gear icon . Then click on tools.

Click on Advanced tab then click on RESET button.
Now you will get a new popup for confirmation, tick mark on Delete personal setting then click on RESET button on that. (As shown on below screenshot)
Now your Internet Explorer has been Restored to default settings.

Now you will appear a popup stated “complete all the tasks”. After completion click on close button.

Step 3 : To Remove search-quick.com from Mozilla Firefox

Step 3.1 : Remove search-quick.com from Mozilla Hompeage

Open Mozilla Firefox, Click on Tools menu (If tools menu doesn’t appear then press “F10” key once to active the menu bar) then go to Options, after that a configuration page will be opened, then click on General tab and then look on the very first section named as Startup. Under start-up you will see a HOME PAGE Edit Box, under this edit box you will see www.search-quick.com, please replace it to www.google.com, then click on apply and close.
Restart Firefox Browser

Step 3.2 : Remove search-quick.com from add-ons

Open Firefox and then go the Tools menu (Press “F10” key once to active Menu bar) click on Add-ons, you’ll get a page click on extensions from the left side pane. now look on right side pane you’ll get all the installed add-ons listed on there. Disable or Remove search-quick.com add-on, also disable all the unknown / unwanted add-ons from there. (As per below screen shot)

Step 3.3: Reset Mozilla Firefox

Open Firefox and then go the Help menu (Press “F10” key once to active Menu bar)
Go to Help menu then click on “Troubleshooting information”
Note: you can also open this page in this ways, open Firefox then type this command in the address bar “about:support” (without quote) and then hit enter or OK.
You will get a page “Troubleshooting information” page, here you will get “Reset Firefox” option in the right side of the page.
Click on Reset Firefox option and then follow their instructions to reset firefox.
Mozilla Firefox should be Restored.

Step 4 : To Remove search-quick.com from Google Chrome

Step 4.1: Remove unwanted homepage & search engine from Google Chrome

Start Google Chrome, click on options icon (Located in very top right side of the browser), click on Settings. You will get a configuration page.
Under configuration page find a option named as “Open a specific page or set of pages” click on its Set Pages. Another window will come up. Here you will appear the bunch of URL’s under “Set pages”. Delete all them and then enter only one which you want to use as your home page.

In the same configuration page click on Manage search engines button. Delete all the search engines from there, just keep only www.goole.com as your default search Engine.

Step 4.2 : Remove unwanted extensions from Google Chrome

Start Google Chrome, click on options icon (Located in very top right side of the browser), then click on Tools then, click on Extensions. (As shown on below screenshot)

You will get a configuration page which have listed all the installed extensions, remove search-quick.com extension. Also remove all the unknown / unwanted extensions from there. To remove them, click on remove (recycle bin) icon (as shown on screenshot)

Step 4.3 : Reset Google Chrome – Restore to default setting.

Open Google Chrome, click on menu icon and then click on settings (Note: menu icon is located right side top corner it is look like this: ). (See the below screenshot for better understand)
Scroll down and click on “Show advanced settings…”option, after click on that you’ll appear some more options in bottom of the page. Now scroll down more and click on “Reset Browser setting” option. (See the below screenshot for better understand)
Now, Close all Google Chrome browser’s window and reopen it again.

Step 5 : Remove search-quick.com infection from Windows shortcuts.

Follow the following steps for all browser’s shortcuts like: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari as well.

Right click on the shortcut of Internet Explorer and then do left click on the properties option. You’ll get a shortcut’s properties.
Click on shortcut tab and then delete the “www.search-quick.com/?utm” string from target field.
Need to delete this URL:

Repeat the above steps on all browser’s shortcuts like: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari in all location Desktop / Taskbar / Startmenu.

Remove search-quick.com infection from startmenu’s shortcuts.

Remove search-quick.com infection from taskbar’s shortcuts.

Step 6 : To Remove search-quick.com from Registry

Press “window key + R” (Flag sign key + R) you will get Run box then type “REGEDIT” into the run box then click on OK. You’ll get a registry editor window.
In the registry editor, click on Edit menu and then click on find option, you’ll get edit box to search any string into registry editor
Type “search-quick.com” into the find box and then click on Find Next.
The search result will highlight the key or value which have contains the search-quick.com string.
Now delete the Registry Key/Value/Value-Data if any one contains “search-quick.com” string (must see the example screenshot below)
Note:- Do not delete the complete value data, just delete the search-quick.com path only (for example see screenshot3 below)
Use F3 key to find Next. and do the last step to all results.
We are giving you the example on “Conduit” Adware.

Screenshot 1

Screenshot 2

Screenshot 3

Step 7 : To Remove search-quick.com from Autorun Tasks

Click on Start button and then do Right-Click on the computer and then do left-click on Manage. A manage window will appear.
In the manage window click on Tasks Scheduler from right side pane, then click on “Task Scheduler Library“, Now look on left side pane and Remove all the Tasks which have contains search-quick.com string and also remove all the unknown / unwanted tasks from there (As per the screenshot below).

Step 8 : To Remove search-quick.com from Startup

Press “window key + R” (Flag sign key + R) you will get Run box then type “MSCONFIG into the run box then click on OK. You’ll get a msconfig window.
In the msconfig window click on Startup tab, here you’ll get all the startup entries, so look on the list and then do Un-check the entries which is contains search-quick.com. Also Un-check all the others entries which you found unwanted. then click on OK to apply all the changes.

Step 9 : To Remove search-quick.com from Services

Press “window key + R” (Flag sign key + R) you will get Run box then type “MSCONFIG” into the run box then click on OK. . You’ll get a msconfig window.
In the msconfig window click on Services tab, here you’ll get all the start-up services list, click on “Hide Windows Services” all the windows related services will be hidden. now it’s only display the 3rd party installed services, now look on the list and then do Un-check the service which have contains search-quick.com. Also Un-check all the unknown / unwanted services. then click on OK to apply all the changes.

Step 10 : To remove search-quick.com registry entries with Adwcleaner.exe

10.1 : Download AdwCleaner from the below link.

Click Here to Download: Adwcleaner.exe

10.2 : Run that downloaded file (Adwcleaner.exe).

10.3 : When you get it started, click on scan button to search the search-quick.com files and registry entries (As shown below screenshot).

10.5 : When scanning process will be finished, click on Clean button to delete all the search-quick.com files and registry entries (as shown on below screenshot)