SearchFoot is considered as an annoying adware virus which was designed by cyber criminals to generate the traffic of certain commercial websites to get profits. It's not a unusual things that even though you didn't download SearchFoot personally, this program still can gets inside your computer. It has the ability to add itself to other free programs which you can download from internet. Thus, you should be more cautious about what the websites you download from and choose customer installation in case additional unwanted applications sneak in your computer.
SearchFoot can modify the browser settings and puts many stubborn add-ons on browsers automatically. Even though you reset or reinstall your browsers, you can't install this adware program successfully. Most of time you don't notice that your computer is compromised because this program is good at hiding deep in system. But every time you open a new tab, you will receive tons of annoying pop-up ads. If you click one of these ads, you will be led to some websites which are full of ads and which can be very malicious sometimes. Moreover, this program records your browsing information for future marketing and exposes the information to unknown third parties for making illegal money.
At the beginning, you may live up with these disturbing pop-up ads and you think that will be OK about not to deal with these popups. But later you will find that your computer performance become more and more weird and many strange programs show up in your computer. In fact, SearchFoot has brought in lots of malicious programs secretly. Under such circumstance, you really should take immediate actions to remove SearchFoot from your computer.
SearchFoot Screenshot
1. It changes browser settings and inserts many stubborn add-ons.
2. It invites lots of unwanted programs in your computer automatically.
3. It takes high CPU usage and drags down the PC performance.
4. It shows overwhelming pop-up ads on your computer screen.
5. It records your browsing histories and browsing histories secretly.
6. It exposes your personal to cyber criminals for their illegal purposes.
SearchFoot Manual Removal Guide
Before the removal, please first back up your system! You should be extremely careful when deleting any file, because any mistake may lead to system crashes and other severe consequence.
METHOD 1. Manual Removal
Step One:
Reboot the computer and before Windows interface loads, hit F8 key repeatedly. Choose “Safe Mode with Networking” option, and then press Enter key. System will load files and then get to the desktop in needed option.
Step Two:
Open Windows Task Manager and end virus processes. There are three ways to launch the Task Manager
① Press keys Ctrl+Alt+Del.
② Press keys Ctrl+Shift+Esc.
③ Press the Start button→click on the Run option→Type in taskmgr→press OK.
Step Three:
Click “Start” button and open the “Control Panel”, then double-click “Folder Options”. When the Folder Options window shows up, please click on the “View” tab, tick “Show hidden files and folders” and unmark “Hide protected operating system files(Recommended)” and then press OK.
Step Four:
Open Start menu and click on the “Search programs and files” box. Then delete SearchFoot files:
%AllUsersProfile%\
%AllUsersProfile%\Programs\random
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random.dll
Step Three:
Click “Start” button and open the “Control Panel”, then double-click “Folder Options”. When the Folder Options window shows up, please click on the “View” tab, tick “Show hidden files and folders” and unmark “Hide protected operating system files(Recommended)” and then press OK.
Step Four:
Open Start menu and click on the “Search programs and files” box. Then delete SearchFoot files:
%AllUsersProfile%\
%AllUsersProfile%\Programs\random
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random.dll
Step Five:
Open Registry Editor by pressing Windows+R keys, type in regedit and click “OK” to launch the Windows Registry. Then delete all SearchFoot registry entries and keys.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings "CertificateRevocation" = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System "DisableTaskMgr" = 1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Settings\{numbers}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{numbers}
To completely delete SearchFoot, you need to know that the manual removal above may not be able to remove virus completely, because the creators of virus are always updating the virus version.Besides,any tiny mistake during the manual removal process may lead to severe consequences. Therefore,to ensure a complete and safe virus removal, it’s recommended that you get rid of virus with Automatic SearchFoot Removal Tool.
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