How to remove Search Free Recipes [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

Being affected with Search Free Recipes hijacker, every time you start your web-browser you will see this page. Of course you can setup your start page again, but next time you launch a web browser you will see that Search Free Recipes redirect return. As mentioned above, the hijacker can modify the default search engine on this unwanted site too, so all your search queries will be re-directed to Search Free Recipes. Thus the authors of the hijacker can gather the search terms of your queries, and redirect you to undesired pages.

Although, Search Free Recipes hijacker is not a virus, but it does bad things, and it introduces some changes to certain settings of all your typical web-browsers. Moreover, an adware (sometimes named ‘ad-supported’ software) can be additionally installed on to your PC with this browser hijacker, that will display tons of ads, or even massive full page advertisements that blocks surfing the World Wide Web. Often such these advertisements may recommend to install other unknown and unwanted applications or visit malicious sites.

The Search Free Recipes hijacker can change current settings of installed web-browsers, but often that the unwanted software can also infect all types of browsers by modifying their desktop shortcuts. Thus forcing the user to see Search Free Recipes undesired web-site every time open the internet browser.

Thus, it’s clear that the presence of browser hijacker on your machine is not desirable, and you need to clean up your system as quickly as possible. Follow the tutorial below in order to delete Search Free Recipes from Firefox, Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer and MS Edge.

Remove Search Free Recipes from computer

The answer is right here on this web page. We have put together simplicity and efficiency. It will help you easily to free your personal computer of hijacker infection. Moreover, you can choose manual or automatic removal way. If you are familiar with the PC system then use manual removal, otherwise run the free antimalware utility created specifically to delete hijacker infection such as Search Free Recipes. Of course, you can combine both methods. Some of the steps below will require you to close this site. So, please read the few simple steps carefully, after that bookmark or print it for later reference.

How to manually remove Search Free Recipes

Most common hijackers may be removed without any antivirus applications. The manual hijacker infection removal is guide that will teach you how to get rid of the Search Free Recipes .

Removing the Search Free Recipes, check the list of installed software first

The process of hijacker removal is generally the same across all versions of Microsoft Windows OS from 10 to XP. To start with, it is necessary to check the list of installed software on your machine and delete all unused, unknown and suspicious software.

It will display the Windows Control Panel as shown in the figure below.

Next, click “Uninstall a program”
It will show a list of all applications installed on your PC system. Scroll through the all list, and remove any suspicious and unknown applications. To quickly find the latest installed programs, we recommend sort programs by date in the Control panel.

Delete Search Free Recipes home page from Microsoft Internet Explorer

The Internet Explorer reset is great if your web browser is hijacked or you have unwanted add-ons or toolbars on your web-browser, that installed by a malware.

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

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

You will now need to reboot your computer for the changes to take effect.

Remove Search Free Recipes from Firefox

If the FF web browser program is hijacked, then resetting its settings can help. The Reset feature is available on all modern version of Firefox. A reset can fix many issues by restoring Mozilla Firefox settings like homepage, new tab page and search engine by default to its default state. It’ll save your personal information like saved passwords, bookmarks, and open tabs.

First, start the Firefox. Next, click the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It will display the drop-down menu. Next, click the Help button ().

In the Help menu click the “Troubleshooting Information”. In the upper-right corner of the “Troubleshooting Information” page click on “Refresh Firefox” button as displayed on the image below.

Confirm your action, click the “Refresh Firefox”.

Delete Search Free Recipes startpage from Google Chrome

In order to be sure that there is nothing left behind, we recommend you to reset Google Chrome web-browser. It’ll return Chrome settings including homepage, new tab and default search provider to defaults.

1. First, start the Google Chrome and press the Menu icon (icon in the form of three horizontal stripes).
2. It will open the Google Chrome main menu, click the “Settings” menu.
3. Next, click “Show advanced settings” link, which located at the bottom of the Settings page.
4. On the bottom of the “Advanced settings” page, click the “Reset settings” button.
5. The Chrome will display the reset settings prompt as shown on the image above.
6. Confirm the internet browser’s reset by clicking on the “Reset” button.
7. To learn more, read the blog post How to reset Google Chrome settings to default.

Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to delete Search Free Recipes

Important to know, most antimalware applications which are able to delete hijacker, but unable to scan for and recover modified shortcuts. So, you need to fix the desktop shortcuts for your Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge web browsers manually.

Right click to a desktop shortcut for your web-browser. Choose the “Properties” option. It will open the Properties window. Select the “Shortcut” tab here, after that, look at the “Target” field. The hijacker infection can rewrite it. If you are seeing something like “…exe http://site.address” then you need to remove “http…” and leave only, depending on the web-browser you are using:

• Google Chrome: chrome.exe
• Opera: opera.exe
• Firefox: firefox.exe
• Internet Explorer: iexplore.exe

Look at the example as displayed below.

Once is complete, press the “OK” button to save the changes. Please repeat this step for web browser shortcuts which redirects to an annoying web sites. When you have completed, go to next step.

Search Free Recipes home page automatic removal

In order to completely get rid of Search Free Recipes, you not only need to remove it from the browsers, but also remove all its components in your computer including Windows registry entries. We recommend to download and run free removal tools to automatically clean your system of Search Free Recipes hijacker infection.

Run Zemana Anti-Malware to remove browser hijacker

You can delete Search Free Recipes automatically with a help of Zemana Free. We recommend this malware removal tool because it can easily delete browser hijackers, PUPs, ‘ad supported’ software and toolbars with all their components such as folders, files and registry entries.

Download Zemana Anti-Malware by clicking on the link below and save it to your Desktop.

After downloading is complete, run it and follow the prompts. Once installed, the Zemana Anti Malware (ZAM) will try to update itself and when this task is done, click the “Scan” button . Zemana Free utility will begin scanning the whole machine to find out hijacker infection which cause Search Free Recipes web-page to appear.

This procedure can take quite a while, so please be patient. During the scan Zemana will detect all threats present on your machine. Review the report and then click “Next” button.

The Zemana Anti-Malware (ZAM) will remove browser hijacker that causes browsers to display unwanted Search Free Recipes web-page.

How to get rid of Search Free Recipes with Malwarebytes

Remove Search Free Recipes hijacker manually is difficult and often the hijacker infection is not completely removed. Therefore, we recommend you to use the Malwarebytes Free which are completely clean your PC. Moreover, the free program will allow you to get rid of malicious software, PUPs, toolbars and adware that your machine can be infected too.

Download MalwareBytes Anti-Malware by clicking on the following link and save it to your Desktop.

After downloading is complete, run it and follow the prompts. Once installed, the MalwareBytes will try to update itself and when this procedure is finished, click the “Scan Now” button for scanning your PC system for the browser hijacker infection that causes internet browsers to open unwanted Search Free Recipes web-page. A scan can take anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes, depending on the number of files on your computer and the speed of your machine. While the utility is checking, you may see how many objects and files has already scanned. Next, you need to click “Quarantine Selected” button.

The MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM) is a free application that you can use to get rid of all detected folders, files, services, registry entries and so on. To learn more about this malicious software removal utility, we suggest you to read and follow the step-by-step tutorial or the video guide below.

Delete Search Free Recipes from web browsers with AdwCleaner

The AdwCleaner tool is free and easy to use. It can scan and remove browser hijacker infection which cause Search Free Recipes site to appear, malicious software, potentially unwanted programs and ‘ad supported’ software from machine (Microsoft Windows 10, 8, 7, XP) and thereby revert back internet browsers default settings (new tab page, start 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.

1. Download AdwCleaner from the following link and save it to your Desktop.
   
   

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2. Select the folder in which you saved it as Desktop, and then press Save.
3. After the download is finished, start the AdwCleaner, double-click the adwcleaner_xxx.exe file.
4. If the “User Account Control” prompts, click Yes to continue.
5. Read the “Terms of use”, and click Accept.
6. In the AdwCleaner window, click the “Scan” for checking your computer for the hijacker that alters web-browser settings to replace your start page, new tab page and search provider by default with Search Free Recipes web-page. This procedure may take some time, so please be patient. While the AdwCleaner is checking, you can see number of objects it has identified either as being malware.
7. Once the scanning is complete, AdwCleaner will open a scan report. All found threats will be marked. You can get rid of them all by simply click “Clean”. If the AdwCleaner will ask you to reboot your computer, click “OK”.

The step-by-step guide shown in detail in the following video.

Stop Search Free Recipes and other undesired web-sites

Running an adblocker program such as AdGuard is an effective way to alleviate the risks. Additionally, adblocker programs will also protect you from harmful ads and web-sites, and, of course, stop redirection chain to Search Free Recipes and similar pages.

Download AdGuard application by clicking on the link below. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.

Once the download is done, launch the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as on the image below.

Follow the prompts. Once the install is complete, you will see a window as displayed below.

You can click “Skip” to close the install program and use the default settings, or click “Get Started” button to see an quick tutorial that 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 run your PC system, AdGuard will start automatically and stop pop up ads, web-pages such Search Free Recipes, as well as other malicious or misleading pages. For an overview of all the features of the application, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, which can be found on your desktop.

How does your PC get infected with Search Free Recipes hijacker

Usually, Search Free Recipes browser hijacker gets into your personal computer as part of a bundle with free software, sharing files and other unsafe programs that you downloaded from the World Wide Web. The authors of this hijacker pays software creators for distributing Search Free Recipes hijacker within their applications. So, optional programs is often included as part of the installation package. In order to avoid the setup of any hijacker infections like Search Free Recipes: choose only Manual, Custom or Advanced installation mode and uncheck all third-party applications in which you are unsure.

Finish words

Once you have done the step-by-step instructions shown above, your PC system should be clean from hijacker which redirects your web-browser to annoying Search Free Recipes web site and other malicious software. The FF, Chrome, IE and Edge will no longer open annoying Search Free Recipes homepage on startup. Unfortunately, if the tutorial 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.