Search.fc-cmf.com Removal Guide

If you ever encounter a program entitled Search.fc-cmf.com, you must know that it is nothing more than yet another browser hijacker that you should avoid at all times and all costs. Our research team highly advises you to do so even if you happen to come across various claims stating that this piece of software could actually be a useful tool that should improve your overall online experience. In reality, such statements are nothing more than a marketing gimmick used by malware developers to fool unsuspecting Internet users into obtaining their program without understanding how it actually functions. Basically, the hijacker in question will alter your web browser's default settings and so will ruin your online experience. On top of that it has also been discovered that in some instances this devious program could subject your operating system to unwanted and even dangerous online content. Do not take any chances with Search.fc-cmf.com and execute its removal by following the instructions that we provide below.

Search.fc-cmf.com works in a quick and intrusive manner. Once the devious application gains full access to your personal computer, it immediately modifies files and registry entries directly related to your web browser's default settings. These modifications will finally manifest as a change of your default homepage; unfortunately, you will not be warned about this alteration in any way, which is annoying, to say the least. While at first sight, this modification might not seem like much, its overall negative effect will be felt quickly. Basically, you will have no choice but to start each online session on a suspicious third-party website, whether you like it or not. While using a search field within it might seem like a good idea, you must know that you will most likely be presented with a number of worthless sponsored results. In addition to that, the weather tab often provides questionable information, to say the least. Also, you are provided with a quick access tab to a site that should allow you to play online flash-based games; in reality, you will be redirected to a site hosting numerous ads, pop-ups, and coupons. It goes without saying that having this suspicious application fully active on your personal computer will make the overall online experience a frustrating and annoying one. If you want to regain standard functionality of your web browser, you will need to thoroughly remove Search.fc-cmf.com from your PC once and for all.

Search.fc-cmf.com, unfortunately, is not only annoying but could as well prove to be quite dangerous. Our research team, highly advises you to analyze your personal computer for other suspicious and malicious applications as it could have come along with the hijacker in question since it is often distributed via bundled installers. If anything is found, it should be terminated along with the devious program in question. While this is a dangerous situation that you might find yourself in due to this unwanted piece of software, you must also be informed that using the search box that is presented to you on a newly appointed homepage could be much more dangerous. This is so because you could be presented with results that might be embedded with redirect links, meaning that by clicking on a seemingly harmless result you could end up on a suspicious and even malicious website. For example, you could end up on a fake online shop, crafted by cyber criminals to steal your credit card data. In other instances, you could be taken to a web page running an arbitrary code execution exploit and just entering such a site is often enough to infect your personal computer with some unknown malware. To avoid all of these possibly detrimental outcomes of running Search.fc-cmf.com, make sure to remove it as soon as it is found running on your PC.

The complete removal procedure of Search.fc-cmf.com should not be delayed under any circumstances. Leaving this hijacker active on your PC could very easily result in a system infection. Follow each step with care because a skipped or a missed step could result in an incomplete removal of Search.fc-cmf.com. To avoid finding yourself in such a situation, execute an extensive analysis of your computer for potential traces associated with Search.fc-cmf.com as soon as you are done with the manual removal. This way you will be sure that every single bit of the devious hijacker has been successfully deleted from your operating system once and for all.

How to remove Search.fc-cmf.com from your PC

1. Click the Windows button.
2. Type regedit into a search box and then select it.
3. Navigate to to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main.
4. Right-click a registry value entitled Start Page and select Modify.
5. Replace the unwanted URL with a new one and then click OK.
6. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}.
7. Modify the unwanted URL's in the following registry values:
   FaviconURL.
   FaviconURLFallback.
   TopResultURL.
   URL.
8. Open your File Explorer.
9. Go to C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default.
10. Delete files entitled Preferences, Secure Preferences, and Web Data.
11. Navigate to C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<unique Mozilla profile ID>.
12. Locate and then delete a file called prefs.js.