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How to remove Search.bookmyflight.co [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

Myantispyware team February 14, 2017    

Have you opened the web browser and found a previously unseen web-site called Search.bookmyflight.co? If you answered ‘Yes’ then your need to know that your system is infected with unwanted software from the browser hijacker family. It’s a type of software which modifies the personal computer’s web browser settings so that you are rerouted to an unwanted web-page. Complete the step-by-step guide below as soon as possible to remove Search.bookmyflight.co homepage and stop the ability to penetrate of more malicious viruses and trojans on your personal computer.

http://search.bookmyflight.co/

Most often, the Search.bookmyflight.co browser hijacker affects most common browsers like Chrome, IE, Firefox and MS Edge. But such hijackers as well may infect another internet browsers by changing its shortcuts (adding ‘http://site.address’ into Target field of web-browser’s shortcut). So every time you open the internet browser, it’ll show Search.bookmyflight.co page. Even if you setup your start page again, it’s still the first thing you see when you open the web-browser will be the annoying Search.bookmyflight.co web page.

The program, which set the Search.bookmyflight.co as your homepage can also set this unwanted web-site as your search engine. You will encounter the fact that the search in the browser has become uncomfortable to use, because the search results will consist of tons of ads, links to ad and unwanted web-pages and a small amount of regular links, which are obtained from a search in the major search engines. Therefore, look for something using Search.bookmyflight.co web-site would be a waste of time or worse, it can lead to even more infected personal computer.

The Search.bookmyflight.co browser hijacker is not a virus, but the virus behaves similarly. As a rootkit hides in the system, modifies internet browser settings, and blocks them from changing. Also this hijacker can install additional internet browser addons, extensions and modules that will open ads and popups. And finally, the Search.bookmyflight.co hijacker infection can collect a wide variety of personal information such as what sites you are opening, what you are looking for the Net and so on. This information, in the future, may be transferred to third parties.

Therefore it is very important to clean your personal computer as quickly as possible. Follow the step-by-step guide below to delete Search.bookmyflight.co homepage, as well as other malware and ad-supported software, which can be installed onto your system along with it.

How can you prevent your system from the attack of Search.bookmyflight.co hijacker

The Search.bookmyflight.co hijacker infection spreads with a simple but quite effective way. It is integrated into the installation package of various free software. Thus on the process of installation, it will infect your browser and change it’s settings on the Search.bookmyflight.co. To avoid hijacker, you just need to follow a few simple rules: carefully read the Terms of Use and the license, select only a Manual, Custom or Advanced install mode, which enables you to make sure that the program you want to install, thereby protect your PC from the hijacker infection like the Search.bookmyflight.co.

How to manually remove Search.bookmyflight.co

The following instructions is a step-by-step guide, which will help you manually delete Search.bookmyflight.co redirect from the Google Chrome, FF, Edge and Internet Explorer.

  1. Remove Search.bookmyflight.co associated software by using Windows Control Panel
  2. Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove Search.bookmyflight.co
  3. Remove Search.bookmyflight.co homepage from Firefox
  4. Get rid of Search.bookmyflight.co search from Google Chrome
  5. Remove Search.bookmyflight.co from Internet Explorer

If you are using an Apple computer running Mac OS, then use the following few simple steps How to get rid of browser hijacker, pop-ups, ads from Mac

Delete Search.bookmyflight.co associated software by using Windows Control Panel

The best way to start the personal computer cleanup is to remove unknown and suspicious programs. 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 FF, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Edge from pop-up ads hijackers and so on.

  1. If you are using Windows 8, 8.1 or 10 then click Windows button, next click Search. Type “Control panel”and press Enter.
  2. If you are using Windows XP, Vista, 7, then press “Start” button and click “Control Panel”.
  3. It will show the Windows Control Panel.
  4. Further, click “Uninstall a program” under Programs category.
  5. It will open a list of all applications installed on the machine.
  6. Scroll through the all list, and remove suspicious and unknown software. To quickly find the latest installed programs, we recommend sort applications by date.

See more details in the video step-by-step instructions below.

Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove Search.bookmyflight.co

When the browser hijacker is started, it can also change the internet browser’s shortcuts, adding an argument such as “http://{URL}” into the Target field. Due to this, every time you launch the internet browser, it will open an unwanted web-site.

To clear the web browser shortcut, right-click to it and select Properties. 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 such as “http://{URL}” which has been added here. You need to delete it.

clean a shorcut

When the text is removed, click the OK button. You need to clean all shortcuts of all your web browsers, as they may be infected too.

Remove Search.bookmyflight.co homepage from Firefox

If the Firefox settings such as start page and search provider by default have been modified by the hijacker, then resetting it to the default state can help.

First, start the Firefox and click Mozilla Firefox menu button button. It will show the drop-down menu on the right-part of the browser. Further, click the Help button (Mozilla Firefox help button) as shown on the image below

. Firefox settings menu

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 show the “Troubleshooting Information” page as shown below. In the upper-right corner of this screen, press the “Refresh Firefox” button. Mozilla Firefox troubleshooting info window

It will display the confirmation prompt. Further, press the “Refresh Firefox” button. The Firefox will begin a process to fix your problems that caused by the Search.bookmyflight.co browser hijacker infection. Once, it is complete, click the “Finish” button.

Get rid of Search.bookmyflight.co search from Google Chrome

Open the Google Chrome menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (Chrome menu button). It will display the drop-down menu. Next, click to “Settings” option.

Google Chrome drop-down menu

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the “Show advanced settings” link. Now scroll down until the Reset settings section is visible, as shown on the screen below and click the “Reset settings” button.

Google Chrome advanced settings

Confirm your action, press the “Reset” button.

Remove Search.bookmyflight.co from Internet Explorer

First, start the Microsoft Internet Explorer. Next, click the button in the form of gear (IE tools menu icon). It will show the Tools drop-down menu, click the “Internet Options” like below.

reset IE tools menu

In the “Internet Options” window click on the Advanced tab, then click the Reset button. The IE will display the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” window as shown below. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box, then click “Reset” button.

reset Microsoft Internet Explorer settings

You will now need to restart your machine for the changes to take effect.

How to get rid of Search.bookmyflight.co automatically

We recommend using the Malwarebytes Free. You can download and install Malwarebytes to detect Search.bookmyflight.co search and get rid of it, from the download link below. When installed and updated, the free malware remover will automatically scan and detect all threats present on the computer.

Malwarebytes Anti-malware
Malwarebytes Anti-malware
327147 downloads
Author: Malwarebytes
Category: Security tools
Update: April 15, 2020

Once installed, the Malwarebytes will try to update itself and when this procedure is complete, click the “Scan Now” button to perform a scan of your computer. During the scan it will detect all threats present on your computer. In order to get rid of all threats, simply click “Quarantine Selected” button.

The Malwarebytes is a free program that you can use to remove all detected folders, files, services, registry entries and so on. To learn more about this malware removal tool, we recommend you to read and follow the step-by-step guide or the video guide below.

Stop Search.bookmyflight.co homepage and other unwanted web-pages

To increase your security and protect your computer against new unwanted advertisements and malicious web pages, you need to use an program that blocks access to malicious ads and web pages. Moreover, the application can block the open of intrusive advertising, which also leads to faster loading of web-pages and reduce the consumption of web traffic.

Download AdGuard program by clicking on the following link.

Adguard
Adguard download
26863 downloads
Version: 6.4
Author: © Adguard
Category: Security tools
Update: November 15, 2018

After downloading is done, start the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen like below.

adguard installer

Follow the prompts. When the setup is finished, you will see a window as shown below.

adguard installation is competed

You can press “Skip” to close the install program and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” button to see an quick tutorial which will help you get to know AdGuard better.

In most cases, the default settings are enough and you don’t need to change anything. Each time, when you launch your computer, AdGuard will run automatically and block pop-ups, web sites such Search.bookmyflight.co, as well as other harmful or misleading web sites. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, that is located on your desktop.

Scan your PC and remove Search.bookmyflight.co homepage with AdwCleaner.

This removal application is free and easy to use. It can scan and delete browser hijacker such as Search.bookmyflight.co, malware and ad-supported software in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers and thereby restore back their default settings (homepage, new tab page and search engine by default). AdwCleaner is powerful enough to find and delete malicious registry entries and files that are hidden on the PC system.

Download AdwCleaner utility from the link below. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.

AdwCleaner
AdwCleaner download
225573 downloads
Version: 8.4.1
Author: Xplode, MalwareBytes
Category: Security tools
Update: October 5, 2024

When the download is complete, open the file location and double-click the AdwCleaner icon. It will run the AdwCleaner tool and you will see a screen as shown in the figure below. If the User Account Control dialog box will ask you want to display the program, press Yes button to continue.

adwcleaner uac

Next, click “Scan” . This will begin scanning the whole PC system to find out Search.bookmyflight.co browser hijacker infection and other malware and ad supported software.

adwcleaner win10

When it has finished scanning your machine is done, it will open a list of all items detected by this tool like below.

adwcleaner win10 scan complete

You need to press “Clean” button. It will show a prompt. Click “OK” to start the cleaning process. Once the cleaning process is done, the AdwCleaner may ask you to restart your personal computer. After reboot, the AdwCleaner will open the log file.

All the above steps are shown in detail in the following video instructions.

Finish words

Now your personal computer should be free of the Search.bookmyflight.co search. Remove AdwCleaner. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you block unwanted pop-ups and annoying dangerous web sites) and Malwarebytes (to periodically scan your PC for new browser hijackers, malware and adware). Probably you are running an older version of Java or Adobe Flash Player. This can be a security risk, so download and install the latest version right now.

If you are still having problems while trying to remove Search.bookmyflight.co search from the Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, FF and Microsoft Edge, then ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.

 

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