How to remove SEARCH-SHIELD.COM (Chrome, Firefox, IE)

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How to remove SEARCH-SHIELD.COM (Chrome, Firefox,
IE)

• http//guides.uufix.com/remove-search-shield-com-b
  rowser-hijacker-removal-tutorial/

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• If you are opening a new tab in FF and are
  getting SEARCH-SHIELD.COM in the address bar,
  and even when changing the homepage back to
  Google, it just go redirected back to that site
  again. And when you look at the Programs and
  Features in windows 7 64bit, and there what you
  see is no sign of anything like
  SEARCH-SHIELD.COM to uninstall.

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• You even looked in FF addons, and again no sign
  of this threat. Then how it comes from? Then
  again you searched even the registry and have
  found the instances of this threat under
  HKLM\Software\Clases\Interface\ 9EB etc etc, but
  not sure if those instances are related to this
  threat. Then here is the guide that can help you
  in uninstalling this malicious threat from your
  system.

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• SEARCH-SHIELD.COM was built as a searching system
  similar to Browsehunt.com. But actually this is
  harmful and categorized as browser hijacker which
  enters into the system to disable several
  application of the system. It is the one which
  has the skill to ruin the PC to a extremely large
  extent. The possible chances of getting such
  threat onto the PC are through freeware
  downloads, spam email attachments, precarious
  links etc.

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• With the assistance of this rogue browser
  extension it is competent to show you unwanted
  things on web pages. You should not trust on such
  domain because it is only used to achieve
  malicious goals. From this domain you will never
  getting any consequence and in return will give
  you only issues and nothing else. The popup which
  you see in SEARCH-SHIELD.COM site are virus
  affected which can harm your computer.

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• Once it getting attached to the web browsers you
  are not supposed to browse web in a smooth
  technique. No doubt that, when SEARCH-SHIELD.COM
  penetrates into the computer, it adds no
  legitimate value to computer system. But, it
  redirects users to certain harmful locations
  which can lead to rogue bug and identity theft.
  For such reason, it is recommended to get rid of
  SEARCH-SHIELD.COM from your browsers immediately.

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• Right after that, victims like you affected with
  this browser hijacker start experiencing dreadful
  computer system related problems that will not
  only irritate you but also affect your system. In
  instance it will time to time redirect your every
  single online activities to its targeted or
  vicious web pages to hoist site visitors and
  revenue of particular domain. It also track
  browsing activities to gather information such as
  bookmarks, cookies details, visited website URLs,
  search queries and even read and steal data of
  all that pages you visited the most.

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• It simply relocate collected details to its
  distributors for precarious objective and also
  avert you from executing PC in smooth manner. It
  may execute numerous abhorrent changes and
  modifications with critical PC settings and
  registry entry which consequences in unexpected
  errors, computer malfunctioning, programs crashes
  and strange sluggish PC computers
  performances. Precisely, SEARCH-SHIELD.COM is a
  notorious malware which can really put victims in
  trouble. Therefore this is not something that
  your computer needs rather it would be more
  protected and safe without it. So, strive to
  eliminate it as soon you notice it without any
  delay.

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• How to remove SEARCH-SHIELD.COM (Chrome, Firefox,
  IE)

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• Enter control panel to look for any suspicious
  programs, which may have installed on your PC. To
  do that
• Navigate to your Desktop
• Press simultaneously the Win button together
  with the R button (WinR)
• In the Run window that just opened type
  appwiz.cpl

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• Go through the list of programs and find
  SEARCH-SHIELD.COM or anything else that may seem
  suspicious. Right-click on it and choose the
  uninstallation option
• WARNING! Carefully read any confirmation messages
  that may be created in the process. Sometimes you
  may get offers to download more browser hijacker
  applications and this can be linked to either the
  Yes or the No answer depending on the wording!

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• Optional
• Go through the list of programs again and check
  online for any potentially unwanted programs. We
  have an article that covers this awesome free
  software that makes sure that your computer is
  free from bloatware and programs that you dont
  need.
• 2 Remove SEARCH-SHIELD.COM From Chrome

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• Now well remove the extensions that the malware
  has attached to your browser.
• Open your Google Chrome browser.
• Type chrome//extensions/ in the URL address
  bar and press Enter.
• Click on Developer Mode on the top right
  and look for the extension installed by
  SEARCH-SHIELD.COM and anything that might be
  related to it. Copy their IDs (the string of
  letters), then remove them by clicking on the
  trash bin icon.

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• 1. Type Regedit in the Windows Start Menu and
  press Enter. Go in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\G
  oogle\Chrome\Extensions and delete the entries
  corresponding to the suspicious IDs you recorded.
• 3 Remove SEARCH-SHIELD.COM From Firefox
• 1. Open Mozilla Firefox browser.
• 2. Type aboutsupport in the URL address bar
  and press Enter.
• 3. Click on the Refresh Firefox button on the
  right and confirm.
• 4 Remove SEARCH-SHIELD.COM From Internet Explorer

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• Open your Internet Explorer internet browser.
• Click on the Gear icon on the up right, then
  on manage add-ons.
• Go through the list disable any suspicious
  extensions.
• 5 Remove any leftover parasitic processes
• From the task manager

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• Use Ctrl Shift Esc and open the Task
  manager, then click on the Processes
• Go through the list of processes and look for
  unknown or otherwise suspicious entries.
• If you see anything suspicious right click on
  the process and shoes Open File Location, then
  terminate the process and delete any files you
  find in the directory.

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• WARNING! If the directory you open from this menu
  has no files inside of it its probably because
  the malware has hidden them. You need to reveal
  hidden files and folders in order to be able to
  see them. Click here if you dont know how to do
  that.
• From the start menu

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• Press simultaneously the Win button together with
  the R button (WinR)
• In the Run window that just opened type
  msconfig
• Click on the Startup tab.
• This menu controls which programs are loaded when
  windows starts after a reboot. Disable anything
  that seems suspicious. Optionally you can also
  disable any program that you dont need and also
  has a high impact on your startup time.

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