Search.login-help.net Removal Guide

Do you consider Search.login-help.net a reliable search provider? If you do, you must have been tricked into thinking that it provides reliable services, when, in reality, it redirects to Yahoo and shows modified search results. The Yahoo search engine is meant to assure you that reliable search results are provided, but the results provided to you might showcase sponsored links, advertisements. Do you want to be exposed to a search tool that cannot be trusted? Of course you do not, which is exactly why we advise removing this browser hijacker from your browsers. Unfortunately, users who download it themselves do not believe they need to delete Search.login-help.net from the browsers. In fact, whether you have acquired this search tool yourself or it got in without permission, you need to erase it ASAP.

Search.login-help.net is an integral part of the Login Help extension that appears to be compatible with Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome browsers. This extension might be introduced to you as the best, most beneficial tool, but, in reality, it is worthless. Although this browser extension can provide you with easy-access links to Gmail, AOL, Yahoo, Google Maps, and other services, its main objective is to expose users to a browser hijacker, and this hijacker is very clandestine. As mentioned previously, it redirects to a Yahoo search engine, but the results shown via this engine are controlled by the hijacker. Advertisements could be introduced to you instead of regular search results, and you might interact with them without even realizing it. Furthermore, this hijacker is capable of tracking information about you. It is unlikely that your personal information is at risk, but your browsing history, preferences, search queries, interaction with ads, and other kinds of data could be recorded and shared.

The parties associated with Search.login-help.net are unknown, and it was found that information about you and your browsing behavior can be shared with these parties. Needless to say, this makes the hijacker extremely suspicious and unreliable. Unfortunately, there are plenty of hijackers that are just as suspicious and unreliable. Some of them include Search.tv-cmf.com, Search.yourpackagesnow.com, and Search.di-cmf.com. Unsurprisingly, all of these hijackers are accompanied by browser extensions that supposedly can provide beneficial services. Notably, all of these extensions are represented by SaferBrowser, and it is obvious that they belong to the same developer, just like the hijackers themselves. Is it not strange that the same company has created a ton of virtually identical programs? It most definitely is, but because these programs do not spread packaged together, it is unlikely that many users will know about different copies. Hopefully, you will remember after reading this that SaferBrowser apps are considered unreliable.

The distribution of Search.login-help.net is very strange. As mentioned previously, some users might be unaware about downloading this browser hijacker; however, others might be informed about the changes made to their browsers. All in all, an official installer is non-existent, and it is possible that the distribution of this hijacker is fully in the hands of third-party distributors. Some users are likely to download this hijacker along with other suspicious and malicious programs, which might make the situation much more complicated. Obviously, if more dangerous threats are active, you might find yourself in a conundrum about which threats to delete first. A malware scanner can help you figure out which threats are critical and which ones can wait. This tool can also help you detect silent infections that could have been downloaded without your notice. Click the Download button to install this tool.

You can reset your browsers and replace the unwanted search tools, or you can remove Search.login-help.net from the root, as shown in the guide below. This guide might seem complicated, but, if you follow all of the steps with caution, we are sure that you will succeed. Of course, if you are inexperienced, you might have questions about the removal process, and we are ready to answer them all. Use the comments section below to post all of your concerns, feedback, and, of course, your questions.

How to delete Search.login-help.net

Google Chrome:

1. Open Chrome, tap Alt+F, select More tools, and click Extensions.
2. Find the undesirable extension, click the trash icon, and select Remove.
3. Launch Explorer by tapping Win+E.
4. Enter %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\ (if you use Windows XP, enter %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\) into the address bar.
5. Right-click and Delete these files: Preferences, Secure Preferences, and Web Data.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Open Firefox, tap Alt+T, select Add-ons, and move to the Extensions menu.
2. Remove the undesirable extension.
3. Launch Explorer by tapping Win+E.
4. Enter %AppData%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ into the address bar.
5. Open the *.default folder (name contains random letters and numbers).
6. Open the pref.js file using Notepad (right-click the file, select Open with, and choose Notepad).
7. Find the user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://search.login-help.net"); string and replace the URL of the hijacker with the preferred URL. Afterward, save the file and close it.

Internet Explorer:

1. Launch RUN by tapping Win+R keys.
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN (or HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN or HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN).
3. Right-click the Start Page value and select Modify.
4. Remove the URL of the hijacker from the value data and replace it with the desired URL.