How to remove Search Conduit from your PC


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If your Web browser is constantly redirecting to Search.conduit.com without your consent, your computer is infected with the Search Conduit browser hijacker. Search Conduit is a malware program that modifies registry entries and attempts to steal vital information such as credit card data by redirecting searches to Search.conduit.com. Search Conduit promotes malicious activity, so to avoid damage to your computer and its files, remove it quickly and safely.

Conduit Search is an adware program that has changed your browser home page and default search engine to search.conduit.com.

Apart from this unwanted changes, Conduit Search has added a toolbar on your browser and whenever your are doing a search, it will display on the first search results their own ads.

How to remove Search Conduit

How to remove Search Conduit

Search Conduit is primarily designed to reconfigure settings for browsers such as Firefox and Internet Explorer. Once reconfigured, Search Conduit redirects searches performed on popular search engines such as Google and Yahoo to Search.conduit.com. Search Conduit opens ports that drop additional malware onto an infected computer and affects DLL files used to improve a program's functionality.

Conduit Search got on your computer after you have installed another program that had bundled in their installer the Conduit Search toolbar.
You should always pay attention when installing software because often, a software installer includes optional installs, such as this Conduit Search. Be very careful what you agree to install. Always opt for the custom installation and deselect anything that is not familiar, especially optional software that you never wanted to download and install in the first place. It goes without saying that you should not install software that you don’t trust.

Conduit Search – Virus Removal Instructions

STEP 1 : Uninstall Conduit Search from your computer

Conduit Search will install a program called Search Protected by conduit, which we will need to remove from your computer. Because this program is installed via other free programs like the BrotherSoft Toolbar, it is recommended to uninstall any other unknown or unwanted program.

To uninstall Conduit Search program from your computer, click the Start button, then select Control Panel, and click on Uninstall a program.
If you are a Windows 8 user, you can right-click on a bottom left hot corner (formerly known as the Start button) and select Control Panel from there, then select Uninstall a program.

How to remove Search Conduit from your PC

How to remove Search Conduit from your PC

Seach and uninstall BrotherSoft Extreme2 B1 Toolbar, Search Protected by conduit, Conduit Apps Toolbar and any other program developed by Conduit.

Please note that on some computers these programs might be renamed or missing, search for any program developed by Conduit or unknown application, and uninstall it from your computer.

STEP 2 : Remove the Conduit Search residual damage from your browser

Remove Conduit Search from Internet Explorer.

Open Internet Explorer, click on the gear icon (Tools for Windows XP users) at the top (far right), then click again on Internet Options.

How to remove Search Conduit from your PC

How to remove Search Conduit from your PC

In the Internet Options dialog box, click on the Advanced tab, then click on the Reset button.

How to remove Search Conduit from your PC

How to remove Search Conduit from your PC

In the Reset Internet Explorer settings section, check the Delete personal settings box, then click on Reset.

How to remove Search Conduit from your PC

How to remove Search Conduit from your PC

When Internet Explorer finishes resetting, click Close in the confirmation dialogue box and then click OK. Close and open Internet Explorer again.

Remove Conduit Search from Mozilla Firefox

At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu (on Windows XP, click the Help menu at the top of the Firefox window), and select Troubleshooting Information.

How to remove Search Conduit from your PC

How to remove Search Conduit from your PC

Click the Reset Firefox button in the upper-right corner of the Troubleshooting Information page.

How to remove Search Conduit from your PC

How to remove Search Conduit from your PC

To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens.

Firefox will close and be reset. When it’s done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish.

Remove Conduit Search from Google Chrome

Remove Coupon Buddy extensions from Google Chrome.

Click the Chrome menu Chrome menu button (three-lines) on the browser toolbar, select Tools and then click on Extensions.

How to remove Search Conduit from your PC

How to remove Search Conduit from your PC

In the Extensions tab, remove (by clicking on the Recycle Bin) BrotherSoft Extreme2 B1 Toolbar, Conduit Apps and any other unknown extensions from Google Chrome.

Set Google Chrome default search engine from search.conduit.com to google.com.

Click the Chrome menu (Chrome menu button), then select Settings and click on Manage search engines in the Search section.

In the Search Engines dialog that appears, select Google and click the Make Default button that appears in the row.

Search for Conduit Search in the Search Engines list, and click the X that appears at the end of the row.

Change Google Chrome homepage from search.conduit.com to its default. The Conduit extension has modified your Google settings to open their webpage whenever you start your browser, so we will need to revert this change.

Click the Chrome menu, then select Settings and click on One the New Tab page in the On Startup section.

Removal

If your browser keeps redirecting to search.conduit.com, run antivirus and anti-spyware scans to remove Search Conduit and related browser hijackers. To increase the chance of detection, update your security programs virus or spyware definition list before running system scans. In addition, run weekly scans to improve computer and online security. Manually removing Search Conduit and related malware is difficult because they hide in system folders and the registry, so using a security program is a safer alternative.

You could use the powerful (totally free, it's a freeware) tool called Norman Malware Cleaner to remove this and other malware. It will scan not only your hardisk but even RAM and USB devices to search for malware files and processes.

Download it from here: http://www.norman.com/home_and_small_office/trials_downloads/malware_cleaner

Warnings

To avoid accidentally downloading Search Conduit and other malware, download content such as video codecs and programs from trusted sites. Some sites, especially those that promote pirated software, secretly package downloads with Trojans and spyware that cause computer problems.