Search.searchwti.com Removal Guide

Is there something odd with your browser? Perhaps it automatically loads the Search.searchwti.com site, but you do not know why? This search engine is one of the many websites used by a common browser hijacker infection. You must have been infected with this program when you downloaded some unfamiliar programs on your computer. Do not worry. A browser hijacker is not an extremely dangerous threat. You can remove Search.searchwti.com without much difficulty and restore your browser settings to their original state. Also, it would be for the best to scan your computer with a security tool because you can never know what other potential threats might be hiding there.

Why are we talking about other threats here when right now the one that catches the eye is Search.searchwti.com? That is because browser hijackers, adware programs, freeware apps, and other potentially undesirable pieces of software seldom get distributed individually. In other words, users generally do not download such apps from their official websites because a) they do not come across such sites often, and b) most of the time, the sites do not exist. The same applies to Search.searchwti.com, as well. This browser hijacker might be part of a big group of similar intruders, including Search.yourmapscenter.com, Search.youremailnow.com, Search.yourclassifiedscenter.com, and others. But that does not mean it has a direct distribution source. None of the previously released browser hijackers from this family did.

So it is obvious that Search.searchwti.com comes bundled with freeware apps. Users download such applications very often. Most of the time, they come from third-party sites that host freeware. Third-party installers carry more than one application within, and when users run the installation wizard and skip through the steps in favor of speedy setup, they lose their chance to avoid adding the likes of Search.searchwti.com to their browser. Of course, our research specialists cannot guarantee that the third-party installer that dropped this hijacker on your computer would give you the option of choosing this search provider, but it is always a good idea to go through the installation wizard carefully.

As far as the functionality of this program is concerned, Search.searchwti.com can affect all three major browsers in the market: Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome. When it changes your homepage address, the program can also start tracking your web browsing habits. Eventually, the hijacker will know your likes and preferences, and it will be able to use this information to generate a financial profit. After all, money is the only reason this browser hijacker is there on your computer.

However, since Search.searchwti.com only cares about covering its development costs, it does not bother reviewing the third-party content it promotes. This is the biggest security concern associated with browser hijacker because it is vulnerable to third-party exploitation, and it could be easily misused by cyber criminals for malware distribution.

Perhaps we are painting a rather dark picture here, but you should take all the potential risks into consideration. Therefore, the best solution, in this case, would be removing Search.searchwti.com for good, and investing in a licensed antispyware tool that would safeguard your PC against various infections. Not to mention that a computer security tool of your choice would also delete other undesirable applications currently installed on your system.

How to Delete Search.searchwti.com

Internet Explorer

1. Press Win+R and the Run prompt will open.
2. Type regedit into the Open box and click OK.
3. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main.
4. On the right pane, right-click the Start page value.
5. Choose Modify and edit your homepage address. Press OK.
6. Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}.
7. Change these values on the right:
   FaviconURL
   FaviconURLFallback
   TopResultURL
   URL

Chrome

1. Press Win+R and type %LocalAppData% into the Open box.
2. Click OK and go to Google\Chrome\User Data\Default.
3. Delete the Preferences, Secure Preferences, and Web Data files.

Firefox

1. Press Win+R and type %AppData%. Press OK.
2. Navigate to Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[Unique User ID].
3. Locate and open the prefs.js file.
4. Delete the following string: user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://Search.searchwti.com ");
5. Close the file and scan your PC with SpyHunter.