If your home page, newtab page and search provider by default has been changed to Search.searchlff.com homepage or you get a huge number of ads popping up on your system then it’s a sign that your computer is infected with malware from the browser hijacker family. Browser hijacking is a form of unwanted software that modifies Firefox, Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer and MS Edge ‘s settings without a user permission, to redirect on dangerous, unwanted and misleading web-pages. Also, if you are seeing that the existing homepage, error page, or search page has been modified to Search.searchlff.com start page, then you don’t need to wait . Complete the instructions below and remove Search.searchlff.com browser hijacker as quickly as possible.
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Most often, the Search.searchlff.com hijacker affects most common web browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and MS Edge. But such infections as well may infect another internet browsers by changing its shortcuts (adding ‘http://site.address’ into Target field of internet browser’s shortcut). So every time you start the browser, it’ll display Search.searchlff.com web-page. Even if you setup your homepage again, it is still the first thing you see when you launch the web-browser will be the annoying Search.searchlff.com web-site.
In addition, the Search.searchlff.com browser hijacker can also alter the search engine selected in the internet browser. When you try to search on the infected web-browser, you will be presented with a search results, consisting of advertisements and Google (or Yahoo, or Bing) search results for your query. Among these search results can occur very dangerous links that lead to malicious and misleading web-sites.
Although, Search.searchlff.com hijacker infection is not a virus, but it does bad things, and it alters the settings of your browser. Moreover, an adware (also known as ‘ad-supported’ software) can be additionally installed on to your machine with this hijacker infection, which will display a large amount of advertisements, hindering or completely blocking the work in the internet browser. Often such these advertisements may recommend to install other unknown and unwanted software or visit malicious web-pages.
We suggest you to remove Search.searchlff.com redirect and free your machine as soon as possible, until the presence of the browser hijacker infection has not led to even worse consequences. Perform the step-by-step guide below that will allow you to completely remove Search.searchlff.com search, using only the built-in Windows features and a few of specialized free tools.
How did you get infected with Search.searchlff.com browser hijacker
Most often Search.searchlff.com hijacker gets on your system as a part of various free software, as a bonus. Therefore it is very important at the stage of installing software downloaded from the World Wide Web carefully review the Terms of use and the License agreement, as well as to always choose the Advanced, Custom or Manual installation mode. In this mode, you can turn off all unwanted add-ons, including the Search.searchlff.com browser hijacker, which will be installed along with the desired application. Of course, if you uninstall the freeware from your computer, your favorite browser’s settings will not be restored. So, to recovery the FF, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer and MS Edge’s home page, newtab page and search provider by default you need to follow the step-by-step guide below.
How to manually remove Search.searchlff.com
If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to get rid of the Search.searchlff.com . Read it once, after doing so, please print this page as you may need to close your internet browser or reboot your PC.
- Delete Search.searchlff.com associated software by using Windows Control Panel
- Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to get rid of Search.searchlff.com homepage
- Get rid of Search.searchlff.com homepage in Chrome
- Get rid of Search.searchlff.com search in FF
- Get rid of Search.searchlff.com startpage in IE
Delete Search.searchlff.com associated software by using Windows Control Panel
The best way to start the computer cleanup is to remove unknown and suspicious software. Using the Windows Control Panel you can do this quickly and easily. This step, in spite of its simplicity, should not be ignored, because the removing of unneeded programs can clean up the Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Edge from popup ads hijackers and so on.
- If you are using Windows 8, 8.1 or 10 then press Windows button, next click Search. Type “Control panel”and press Enter.
- If you are using Windows XP, Vista, 7, then press “Start” button and click “Control Panel”.
- It will show the Windows Control Panel.
- Further, press “Uninstall a program” under Programs category.
- It will display a list of all applications installed on the PC system.
- Scroll through the all list, and uninstall suspicious and unknown applications. To quickly find the latest installed software, we recommend sort applications by date.
See more details in the video step-by-step guide below.
Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to get rid of Search.searchlff.com homepage
Once installed, this hijacker may add an argument like “http://{URL}” into the Target property of the desktop shortcut for the Chrome, IE, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge. Due to this, every time you start the internet browser, it will display the unwanted home page.
Right click on the browser’s shortcut, click Properties option. On the Shortcut tab, locate the Target field. Click inside, you will see a vertical line – arrow pointer, move it (using -> arrow key on your keyboard) to the right as possible. You will see a text “http://{URL}” that has been added here. Remove everything after .exe. An example, for Google Chrome you should remove everything after chrome.exe.
To save changes, press OK . You need to clean all web browser’s shortcuts. So, repeat this step for the Google Chrome, FF, Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Get rid of Search.searchlff.com homepage in Chrome
Like other modern web-browsers, the Google Chrome has the ability to reset the settings to their default values and thereby restore the homepage, new tab page and search engine by default that have been replaced by the Search.searchlff.com hijacker infection.
First launch the Google Chrome. Next, click the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (
). It will show the main menu. Further, click the option named “Settings”. Another way to open the Chrome’s settings – type chrome://settings in the internet browser adress bar and press Enter.
The browser will open the settings screen. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and press the “Show advanced settings” link. Now scroll down until the “Reset settings” section is visible, as shown in the figure below and click the “Reset settings” button.
The Chrome will show the confirmation prompt. You need to confirm your action, click the “Reset” button. The internet browser will start the process of cleaning. When it is finished, the web-browser’s settings including start page and search provider by default back to the values that have been when the Google Chrome was first installed on your system.
Get rid of Search.searchlff.com search in FF
If the FF settings like homepage and search engine by default have been modified by the hijacker, then resetting it to the default state can help.
First, run the Firefox and click button. It will open the drop-down menu on the right-part of the browser. Further, press the Help button (
) as shown on the screen below
. 
In the Help menu, select the “Troubleshooting Information” option. Another way to open the “Troubleshooting Information” screen – type “about:support” in the web browser adress bar and press Enter. It will open the “Troubleshooting Information” page as shown in the figure below. In the upper-right corner of this screen, click the “Refresh Firefox” button. 
It will show the confirmation dialog box. Further, press the “Refresh Firefox” button. The Firefox will begin a procedure to fix your problems that caused by the Search.searchlff.com infection. When, it is complete, click the “Finish” button.
Get rid of Search.searchlff.com startpage in IE
First, start the IE. Next, press the button in the form of gear (
). It will open the Tools drop-down menu, press the “Internet Options” as shown in the figure below.
In the “Internet Options” window click on the Advanced tab, then click the Reset button. The Internet Explorer will open the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” window like below. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box, then click “Reset” button.
You will now need to restart your PC system for the changes to take effect.
How to get rid of Search.searchlff.com with Malwarebytes
Manual removal Search.searchlff.com requires some computer skills. Some files and registry entries that created by the browser hijacker infection may be not completely removed. We suggest that use the Malwarebytes Free that are completely clean your system. Moreover, the free program will help you to remove malware, adware (sometimes called ‘ad-supported’ software) and toolbars that your system may be infected too.
- Please download Malwarebytes to your desktop by clicking on the following link.
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- At the download page, click on the Download button. Your web-browser will open the “Save as” prompt. Please save it onto your Windows desktop.
- Once the download process is done, please close all applications and open windows on your personal computer. Double-click on the icon that’s named mb3-setup.
- This will start the “Setup wizard” of Malwarebytes onto your PC system. Follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings.
- When the Setup wizard has finished installing, the Malwarebytes will start and display the main window.
- Further, press the “Scan Now” button for the infection removal scan. It will start checking your PC for the hijacker that redirects your web-browser to the Search.searchlff.com unwanted page. This procedure can take quite a while, so please be patient.
- When the Malwarebytes has finished checking, it will open a screen that contains a list of malicious software that has been found.
- When you are ready, click the “Quarantine Selected” button to start cleaning your machine. Once the process is finished, you may be prompted to restart the computer.
- Close the Anti-Malware and continue with the next step.
Video instruction, which reveals in detail the steps above.
How to stop Search.searchlff.com search
To increase your security and protect your PC system against new unwanted ads and dangerous sites, you need to use program that blocks access to dangerous advertisements and web sites. Moreover, the software can block the show of intrusive advertising, which also leads to faster loading of web-pages and reduce the consumption of web traffic.
- Download AdGuard application from the following link.
Adguard download
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- When the download is finished, start the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” program window. Follow the prompts.
- Once the installation is finished, click “Skip” to close the installation application and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” to see an quick tutorial that will assist you get to know AdGuard better.
- In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you start your PC system, AdGuard will launch automatically and block popup ads, web-pages such Search.searchlff.com, as well as other malicious or misleading web pages. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the icon named AdGuard, that is located on your desktop.
Scan your PC and remove Search.searchlff.com with AdwCleaner.
This removal program is free and easy to use. It can scan and get rid of browser hijacker such as Search.searchlff.com, malware and adware in Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox and MS Edge web-browsers and thereby restore back their default settings (start page and search provider by default). AdwCleaner is powerful enough to find and remove malicious registry entries and files that are hidden on the system.
Download AdwCleaner utility by clicking on the link below. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.
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Version: 8.4.1
Author: Xplode, MalwareBytes
Category: Security tools
Update: October 5, 2024
Once the downloading process is complete, open the directory in which you saved it and double-click the AdwCleaner icon. It will start the AdwCleaner utility and you will see a screen as shown on the image below. If the User Account Control dialog box will ask you want to show the program, click Yes button to continue.
Next, click “Scan” to perform a system scan for the Search.searchlff.com hijacker and other malware and ad supported software.
Once the scan is done is complete, it will show a list of all items detected by this tool as shown below.
You need to click “Clean” button. It will show a dialog box. Click “OK” to begin the cleaning procedure. When the cleaning process is complete, the AdwCleaner may ask you to reboot your machine. After reboot, the AdwCleaner will display the log file.
All the above steps are shown in detail in the following video instructions.
Finish words
After completing the steps outlined above, your computer should be clean from browser hijacker, ad supported software and malware. The Firefox, Chrome, IE and MS Edge will no longer display Search.searchlff.com annoying start page on startup. Unfortunately, if the few simple steps does not help you, then you have caught a new browser hijacker, and then the best way – ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.
