Search.searchpcst.com Removal Guide

Researchers usually classify Search.searchpcst.com as a browser hijacker because users keep reporting that this website has been set on their browsers without their permission. We can assure you that this infection has successfully infiltrated your computer too if you find Search.searchpcst.com sitting in the place of your homepage and default search engine. It might modify New Tab pages on some browsers too. No matter where you see this website set, go to remove it because it is not a search engine that is going to improve your web searching experience. Instead, it might diminish it by flooding your screen with the so-called commercial search results. These are ads that will be visible on the search results page shown by Search.searchpcst.com. The presence of these search results might make it harder to find the particular information on the web. Also, the promotional content users are provided with might be quite dangerous. This will be thoroughly explained in this article. There you will find the information about the removal of this untrustworthy search tool as well.

Search.searchpcst.com really looks like a powerful search tool at first glance. It not only returns search results, but also contains buttons that allow users to access websites containing advice on how to speed up the computer. Unfortunately, it does not do anything else, so it definitely seems to be more beneficial than it actually is in reality. Its first and one of the most serious drawbacks is the presence of promotional links and ads on the search results page. You will be provided with them no matter if you use Search.searchpcst.com set on Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox. All these commercials are displayed to users with an intention of promoting third-party websites and getting money from doing that. This money will sink in the pockets of the developer of Search.searchpcst.com, and it is definitely not going to share its revenue with users even though they do the main job by visiting these third-party websites. Of course, specialists are against keeping Search.searchpcst.com set on browsers not because of that. They say that this search tool should be eliminated because not all the promoted websites are trustworthy, and there is a risk of ending up one day on a bad website. Of course, it will not have a label that it is dangerous, so many users browse websites having the malicious content without even knowing that. When they find out about this, it is too late – malware is already inside the computer performing various activities behind their backs.

There is a remarkable resemblance between Search.searchpcst.com and such search tools as search.yourpackagesnow.com and search.yourmapscenter.com, so it is very likely that they all belong to the same developer. This resemblance has also enabled our researchers to find out how Search.searchpcst.com can act. It did not take long to find out that this search tool also gathers information about users. Even though it claims that it does not collect any personal details, this information might be recorded as a component of search queries (only those personal details that have been entered into the search box by a user will be recorded), as it is stated in the Privacy Policy. It does not seem to be a huge problem at first, but you should know that this piece of information might be shared with third parties and end up in the hands of bad people too. Do not let this dubious search tool record this info if you do not wish to encounter privacy-related problems.

Search.searchpcst.com is usually spread with freeware in software bundles. When this bundle is installed on the computer, Search.searchpcst.com immediately applies changes to all browsers it finds installed on the computer. To undo those changes, you can go to set a new website as your homepage, search tool, and the New Tab page. Alternatively, you can get rid of Search.searchpcst.com by resetting all your browsers to their default settings. This can be done manually or an automatic tool, e.g. SpyHunter can do this for you. It is up to you how to remove it, but please make sure that the dubious search tool that has changed your browsers’ settings is fully eliminated.

How to remove Search.searchpcst.com

Internet Explorer

1. Open browser.
2. Tap Alt+T together to open the Tools menu.
3. Find Internet Options in the menu and click it.
4. Open the Advanced tab.
5. Click Reset.
6. Enable Delete personal settings (put a tick in the box).
7. Click Reset.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Open Mozilla Firefox and press Alt+H simultaneously.
2. Click Troubleshooting Information.
3. Click Refresh Firefox.
4. Click the Refresh Firefox button one more time in the dialog box.

Google Chrome

1. Launch your web browser.
2. Press Alt+F.
3. Click Settings.
4. At the bottom of the page, click Show advanced settings.
5. Click the Reset settings button.
6. Click Reset.