Search.pa-cmf.com Removal Guide

Search.pa-cmf.com is an untrustworthy search engine. Specialists even say that it is closely associated with a browser hijacker infection because it usually appears on browsers without permission. If you open your Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer one day and see Search.pa-cmf.com, you should know that you need to remove this search engine. We will provide more information about this search engine and its removal in the article. Therefore, we suggest reading it very carefully from beginning to end.

Search.pa-cmf.com is usually considered to be a browser hijacker because it replaces homepages and search engines on all the browsers. In this sense, it does not differ from Search.yourpackagesnow.com, Search.youremailnow.com, Search.yourclassifiedscenter.com, and Search.yourinterestscenter.com, which are also known to be suspicious search engines. At first sight, Search.pa-cmf.com really looks like a trustworthy search engine because it provides users with easy-access links to Facebook, Amazon, YouTube, eBay, Pinterest, Twitter, and other popular web pages. In addition, users see a bar at the top with icons leading to Yahoo, Gmail, and AOL. Besides, users can check the local weather forecast quickly. Even though Search.pa-cmf.com has useful features, it is still not advisable to use it because you might be presented with untrustworthy links and advertisements. Keep in mind that third-party ads and links which are usually incorporated among the search results might redirect to other web pages. As you use Search.pa-cmf.com at your own risk, do not expect that you will be protected from dangers. According to the researchers at 411-spyware.com, such web pages might contain potentially unwanted programs, adware, hijackers, and even much more serious threats, so you need to be cautious. Of course, it would be clever not to visit such web pages at all.

As you have understood, Search.pa-cmf.com might present users with untrustworthy search results even though it is powered by Yahoo!. On top of that, it has been noticed that it might collect information about users. It will do that every day. In other words, it will record search queries, IP address, websites visited, links and ads clicked, technical details about the system, approximate location, Internet service provider, and the like. Unfortunately, this means that personal information entered into the search box consciously or by mistake will be recorded too. We are sure that there are no users who want to reveal important information to third parties and/or cyber criminals, so we have prepared instructions and highly recommend that you remove Search.pa-cmf.com from all your browsers.

There are hundreds of other different hijackers on the web, and they tend to travel in software bundles together with other applications. Search.pa-cmf.com might have entered your system in a software bundle too. As these threats usually sneak onto computers together with several other programs, there is a possibility that your system contains unreliable software. In most cases, these are potentially unwanted programs, browser hijackers, and other infections. Actually, it is really easy to download such a software bundle these days, especially if you tend to download programs from torrents and various file-sharing websites. To protect your system from harm, you should install a security tool on your computer. If you keep it there and it is reliable, malicious software will not manage to enter your system ever again.

It might not be very easy to remove Search.pa-cmf.com from browsers because this search engine is not like any other application, i.e. it does not have an uninstall entry in Control Panel, and it cannot be removed easily. Luckily, it should disappear after you reset your browsers one by one. In case you have never tried doing that, let instructions provided below help you. If you cannot eliminate this threat manually, go for the automatic Search.pa-cmf.com removal, i.e. scan your system with SpyHunter. Its free version can be downloaded from this web page (find the Download button below and click on it).

Delete Search.pa-cmf.com

Internet Explorer

1. Open your browser and tap Alt+T.
2. Open Internet Options.
3. Click on the Advanced tab and click Reset.
4. Check the Delete personal settings box.
5. Click Reset.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Open your browser and tap Alt+H simultaneously.
2. Select Troubleshooting information.
3. Click Refresh Firefox.
4. Click the Refresh Firefox button once again.

Google Chrome

1. Open your browser and tap Alt+F.
2. Select Settings.
3. Scroll down and open Show advanced settings.
4. Click Reset settings.
5. Click the Reset button.