How to remove searchprivate.org pop-ups [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

Are you start your favorite browser and do not see usual homepage, which is set earlier? Or, the searchprivate.org ads is the first thing that pop up once you launch your web-browser? It means that your PC system has become the victim of malware from the group of adware (sometimes called ‘ad-supported’ software). If you get it on your personal computer, this ad-supported software can modify the web browser’s settings like startpage, new tab page and default search engine and install malicious extension that will display lots of unwanted pop-up ads within the Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Internet Explorer screen. It is important, don’t click on these ads, as they can lead you to more harmful or misleading pages. The best option is to use the step-by-step guide posted below to free your machine and thereby remove searchprivate.org .

The malicious applications from the adware family that changes the settings of internet browsers usually affects only the Google Chrome, Firefox, MS Edge and IE. However, possible situations, when any other browsers will be affected too. The ‘ad supported’ software may change the Target property of a browser’s shortcut, so every time you open the web-browser, instead of your start page, you will see the unwanted searchprivate.org ads.

The ad-supported software is the part of the software that is used as an online promotional tool. It’s created with the sole purpose to show dozens of pop-ups, and thus to promote the goods and services in an open web browser window. So, the searchprivate.org is just one of the many web pages of the so-called ‘ad-support’ type. It’s designed to fill the browser’s constant stream of ads, or reroute the web browser to not expected and intrusive advertising web-pages. Moreover, the ‘ad supported’ software can substitute the legitimate ads on misleading or even banners that can offer to visit dangerous web pages. The reason is simple, many advertisers agree on any ways to attract users to their sites, so the creators of adware, often forcing users to click on an advertising link. For each click on a link, the authors of the adware receive income. It’s the so-called ‘Pay-Per-Click’ method.

Instructions, which is shown below, will allow you to clean your computer from the ad-supported software as well as remove searchprivate.org unwanted pop-ups from the Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer and MS Edge and other web browsers.

How did searchprivate.org pop-up ads get on your PC system

I want to note that the adware spreads in the composition together with various free software. This means that you need to be very careful when installing applications downloaded from the Net, even from a large proven hosting. Be sure to read the Terms of Use and the Software license, select only the Manual, Advanced or Custom installation mode, switch off all additional modules and software are offered to install. So, the negligence when running unknown applications may lead to the fact that the adware is installed.

How to manually remove searchprivate.org redirect

The simple answer is right here on this page. We have put together simplicity and efficiency. It will allow you easily to clean your personal computer of ad supported software. Moreover, you can choose manual or automatic removal method. If you are familiar with the PC system then use manual removal, otherwise use the free anti-malware utility designed specifically to remove adware that causes annoying searchprivate.org ads. Of course, you can combine both methods. Read this manual carefully, bookmark or print it, because you may need to close your internet browser or reboot your PC.

1. Remove suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel
2. Remove searchprivate.org pop-up ads from Chrome
3. Remove searchprivate.org pop-ups from Firefox
4. Get rid of searchprivate.org pop-up ads from Internet Explorer
5. Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove searchprivate.org redirect
6. Delete unwanted Scheduled Tasks

Remove suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel

We recommend that you begin the machine cleaning process by checking the list of installed software and uninstall all unknown or suspicious software. This is a very important step, as mentioned above, very often the malicious applications such as adware and browser hijackers may be bundled with free programs. Delete the unwanted programs may get rid of the unwanted advertisements or web browser redirect to unknown or annoying web-sites.

It’ll display the Windows Control Panel as on the image below.

Next, press “Uninstall a program”
It will open a list of all applications. Scroll through the all list, and uninstall any suspicious and unknown software. To quickly find the latest installed programs, we recommend sort programs by date of installation in the Control panel.

Remove searchprivate.org pop-up ads from Chrome

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

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 on the image below and press the “Reset settings” button.

Confirm your action, click the “Reset” button.

Remove searchprivate.org pop-ups from Firefox

If the Firefox settings have been changed by the adware, then resetting it to the default state can help you to remove the redirect onto searchprivate.org site.

First, start the Firefox and press button. It will show the drop-down menu on the right-part of the internet browser. Next, press the Help button () as shown on the image 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 address bar and press Enter. It will show the “Troubleshooting Information” page like below. In the upper-right corner of this screen, click the “Refresh Firefox” button.

It will display the confirmation prompt, press the “Refresh Firefox” button. The Firefox will start a procedure to fix your problems that caused by the ‘ad supported’ software. Once it’s finished, click the “Finish” button

Get rid of searchprivate.org pop-up ads from Internet Explorer

First, run the Internet Explorer, then press button. Next, click “Internet Options” as shown on the screen below.

In the “Internet Options” screen select the Advanced tab. Next, click the “Reset” button. The Microsoft Internet Explorer will show the “Reset Internet Explorer” settings dialog box. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box and press Reset button.

You will now need to reboot your computer for the changes to take effect. It will restore the Microsoft Internet Explorer’s settings like startpage, new tab page and default search engine to default state, disable ad-supported web-browser’s extensions and thereby remove the redirect to searchprivate.org annoying site.

Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove searchprivate.org redirect

When the adware is started, it can also modify the browser’s shortcuts, adding an argument like “http://site.address” into the Target field. Due to this, every time you start the web browser, it will be rerouted to an annoying ads.

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 that starts with “http://” that has been added here. You need to remove it.

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

Delete unwanted Scheduled Tasks

Once installed, the adware can add a task in to the Windows Task Scheduler Library. Due to this, every time when you run your machine, it will open searchprivate.org annoying page. So, you need to check the Task Scheduler Library and remove all tasks that have been created by malicious program.

Press Windows and R keys on your keyboard at the same time. It will open a dialog box that titled with Run. In the text field, type “taskschd.msc” (without the quotes) and click OK. Task Scheduler window opens. In the left-hand side, press “Task Scheduler Library”, as shown below.

In the middle part you will see a list of installed tasks. Select the first task, its properties will be show just below automatically. Next, click the Actions tab. Necessary to look at the text which is written under Details. Found something such as “explorer.exe http://site.address” or “chrome.exe http://site.address” or “firefox.exe http://site.address”, then you need remove this task. If you are not sure that executes the task, then google it. If it is a component of the malicious program, then this task also should be removed.

Further press on it with the right mouse button and select Delete as shown below.

Repeat this step, if you have found a few tasks that have been created by malicious program. Once is complete, close the Task Scheduler window.

How to delete searchprivate.org ads automatically

We recommend using the Malwarebytes Free. You can download and install this tool to detect searchprivate.org threat and remove it, from the link below. When installed and updated, the free malware remover will automatically scan and detect all threats present on the machine.

Once installed, the Malwarebytes will try to update itself and when this procedure is finished, click “Scan Now” button to begin scanning your computer for the ad-supported software and malware. During the scan it will detect all threats present on your computer. In order to delete 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 the Malwarebytes, we recommend you to read and follow the guide or the video guide below.

Stop searchprivate.org pop-ups and other annoying web pages

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

Download AdGuard program by clicking on the following link.

When downloading is finished, launch the file named adguardInstaller. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen like below.

Follow the prompts. Once the install is finished, you will see a window as shown on the screen below.

You can press “Skip” to close the install program and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” button to see an quick tutorial that will allow 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 computer, AdGuard will run automatically and block popup ads, sites such as searchprivate.org, as well as other harmful 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 AdGuard icon, which is located on your Windows desktop.

Scan your PC system and get rid of searchprivate.org redirect with AdwCleaner.

This removal program is free and easy to use. It can scan and remove ad-supported software, browser hijackers, malware and unwanted toolbars in Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer and 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 machine.

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

Once the download is done, open the file location 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 prompt will ask you want to display the application, click Yes button to continue.

Now, click the “Scan” to start scanning your computer for the ad-supported software which cause a redirect to searchprivate.org advertisements.

When it has finished scanning, it will open a list of all items detected by this tool as shown in the figure below.

You need to press “Clean” button. It will open a prompt, click “OK” to start the cleaning process. Once the clean-up is finished, the AdwCleaner may ask you to restart your PC system. After reboot, the AdwCleaner will show the log file.

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

Finish words

Now your PC system should be free of the searchprivate.org pop-ups. Remove AdwCleaner. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you block unwanted ads and unwanted malicious web-sites) and Malwarebytes (to periodically scan your machine for new malware and ad supported software). 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 get rid of searchprivate.org pop-ups from your personal computer, then ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.