Search.searchgrm.com Removal Guide

If you have noticed a new home page within your browser and it has been set as Search.searchgrm.com, it means that a browser hijacker is active on your PC. The intrusive program in question goes by the same name as the newly appointed home page. While such a change might not seem as a big deal, in reality, the intrusive hijacker will alter your whole online experience for the worse. If that was not enough this unwanted application could even act in a malicious way by prompting exposure of your operating system to invasive web content; such activity often leads to a system infection. Unfortunately, a rather large number of users already have this malicious program active on their computer. If you are one of these unlucky users, you should not hesitate to use a detailed removal guide that we provide below to terminate Search.searchgrm.com in its entirety. It is imperative to do so as it is the only way that you can regain the default settings of your web browser. Make sure to read the rest of this article to find out why the removal of this hijacker is imperative to your virtual security.

As soon as Search.searchgrm.com enters your operating system it will trigger changes to default settings of popular web browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer. Such broad compatibility signifies the fact that nearly every user could be affected by this hijacker. During our research procedure, we also noticed that the hijacker in question is closely related to other programs of this class, such as Search.yourclassifiedscenter.com, Search.yourinterestscenter.com, Search.yourpackagesnow.com, and some others. Thus, like the mentioned counterparts this malicious program will cause endless annoyance for as long as it is fully functioning on your computer. This is so because you will cease to be able to use the homepage or search engine of your preference; instead, every single online query will go through a questionable search provider that this hijacker provides just as every online session will start on a dubious homepage. We recommend avoiding the questionable search engine at all times because during our investigation it has been found out that you could come across modified search results. This means that a seemingly harmless search result could turn out to be hosting a redirect link. It is a dangerous situation to say the least, since clicking such a result could lead to potentially harmful exposure of your operating system. This is so because you could be redirected to a site that might have an active arbitrary execute exploit, which is favored by malware distributors since just entering such a site might trigger an installation procedure of some dubious software. It goes without saying that your PC could end up filled with questionable and even malicious applications without your knowledge. This is why it is critical to check your PC for other dubious software if you have this hijacker active on your computer. The complete removal is critical as Search.searchgrm.com is a major virtual threat. Make sure to terminate this hijacker as soon as it is found running on your PC.

Search.searchgrm.com is spread in the same way that its mentioned counterparts are – via bundled installers. Such way of distribution imposes some virtual threats as a well as the intrusive program itself. This is so because usually this hijacker comes along with other dubious applications. Thus, it is likely that your operating system already has some unwanted programs active along with this invasive hijacker. To avoid getting your PC with this browser hijacker in such a way you should bypass all third-party download websites as they are the primary source of setup files with tons of unwanted programs. Also, you should always pay your full attention to every single installation procedure as you might be presented with an opportunity to cancel the installation of some undesirable application. Of course, your best bet to maintain a system that is fully secure at all times is by running a professional antimalware tool as it can automatically identify any suspicious websites or installers in advance in an automatic way and warn you about them beforehand.

It should be more than obvious that a complete removal of Search.searchgrm.com should be executed without second thoughts. Carefully follow the removal guide that we present below and you should be able to delete this hijacker without encountering any major problems. It is important to double-check your operating system in order to be sure that no leftovers associated with this malicious program are active on your PC. Another way to ensure that the removal of Search.searchgrm.com has been successful is by running a full system scan with a professional antimalware tool right after the manual removal has been performed.

How to remove Search.searchgrm.com from your operating system

1. Click the Windows button.
2. Type regedit into the search box.
3. Tap the Enter key on your keyboard.
4. Go go HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main.
5. Double-click the registry value called Start Page.
6. Delete the unwanted URL in the Value data section and replace it with a new one.
7. Open the File Explorer.
8. Now go to C:\Users\[your username]\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[unique Mozilla user ID].
9. Right-click the file entitled prefs.js and click Open with.
10. Select Notepad and click OK.
11. Remove the user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://search.searchgrm.com/") string.
12. Click File and then select Save.
13. Go to C:\Users\[your username]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default.
14. You need to remove files called Web Data, Secure Preferences, and Preferences.