Search.yourmovietime.com Removal Guide

Search.yourmovietime.com is a useless and potentially unreliable search engine that can sneak onto your computer promoted by a browser hijacker. This infection can affect all three major browsers, including Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox as well. This hijacker is capable of changing certain settings in these browsers. You may notice that your home page, new tab page, and even your default search provider have been modified. Of course, most of the time the users themselves allow these modifications to take place while installing potentially unwanted programs or a whole freeware bundle packed with malware infections. It is easy to overlook these change “offers” when you are rushing to install some new free software; and most of these installers are also quite misleading. Nevertheless, now you have a browser hijacker on board that may introduce you to potentially unsafe third-party web content, not to mention the operation of the other threats. Since your chance of exposure to cyber criminals may be multiplied by the presence of several malware programs, we suggest that you remove Search.yourmovietime.com ASAP. Then, you should detect all other possibly harmful applications and clean your whole system if you want to use a secure computer.

We have noticed that this browser hijacker normally spreads through unreliable third-party pop-up commercial ads that may be shown by adware applications, such as TermTrident and SwiftSearch. This would obviously mean that your computer is infected with certain adware apps, which is definitely not good news. This can easily happen when your PC is not protected with an up-to-date security tool. But it is also possible that you get infected with a whole package of malicious software installers when visiting a suspicious file-sharing website, including pornographic, torrent, and shareware sites. If you are an inexperienced computer user, it can happen that you get redirected to a questionable freeware site while searching for a free program. If you are not familiar with the website you land on, you may easily click on infected content, such as third-party ads disguised as buttons or links. Since this can be the source of such a malicious bundle download, you should stay away from such suspicious sites and third-party ads in order to be able to protect your computer. However, if you have already let a whole package of threats on board, you should not hesitate to remove Search.yourmovietime.com right now and quickly run a malware scan on your system to understand the level of infection.

It seems that this unreliable search engine is the product of the same creators who are responsible for the identical Search.mycouponsxp.com, Search.myinterestsxp.com, and Search.myemailxp.com browser hijackers to mention a few. We have found that this search engine does not really use its own engine to show your results, but, instead, it sends your queries to a server (extsearch.maxwebsearch.com) from where they are redirected to an altered Yahoo search results page. This method is used by most of the browser hijackers, i.e., to redirect queries to a third-party reputable search provider, including Yahoo, Google, and Bing. However, even though it looks like a normal Yahoo results page, it may contain potentially harmful third-party ads and links. It is never fully safe to click on third-party content, whatever it is, because you can never know who is behind such content and where you might end up by clicking on it. It is possible, for example that you land on a malicious website and cause yourself even more severe headaches. If you would like to save yourself from such scenarios, we suggest that you delete Search.yourmovietime.com as soon as you can.

Our research shows that the best way to eliminate this browser hijacker is to use its uninstaller in Control Panel and then, to reset your Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers. This second step is needed because the uninstaller seems to only clear the setting changes in Internet Explorer. Please use our guide below if you are not familiar with these steps. You should also remember that your computer will not be totally safe for you to use unless you clean all potentially risky applications from your system. If you do not want to tackle these threats manually, we recommend that you install a reliable malware removal application. Keep this tool constantly updated for best performance and protection.

How to remove Search.yourmovietime.com from Windows

Windows XP

1. Click Start and select Control Panel.
2. Pick Add or Remove Programs.
3. Select the application and press Remove.

Windows Vista and Windows 7

1. Press the Windows button in the bottom-left corner and access Control Panel.
2. Choose Uninstall a program.
3. Select the application and press Uninstall.

Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10

1. Press Win+Q and type in Uninstall a program. Hit Enter.
2. Select the application and press Uninstall.

How to reset your browsers

Google Chrome

1. Press Alt+F and select Settings.
2. Click Show advanced settings at the bottom.
3. Click Reset settings at the bottom.
4. In the confirmation window, press Reset.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Press Alt+H and select Troubleshooting Information.
2. Click Refresh Firefox and in the confirmation window, press Refresh Firefox.
3. Click Finish.