How to remove Searchtds.ru (nova.rambler.ru)

What is Searchtds.ru (nova.rambler.ru)

Both Searchtds.ru and nova.rambler.ru domains are marked down as fake search engines that hijack browser settings. Users that enter various queries into the search bar will be redirected to Searchtds.ru and then end up on nova.rambler.ru. Initially, rambler.ru is a legitimate e-mail and news portal popular in Russia. However, Nova.rambler.ru is fake and has nothing to do with the legitimate page. It simply mimics the appearance to look as indistinctive as possible. People infected with browser hijackers are likely to face an additional stream of ads on various websites as well. Searchtds.ru and nova.rambler.ru display a number of unwanted banners based on your browsing activity. This way, hijacker developers ensure they have passive income from advertising traffic created by infected users. These and more unwanted changes can lead to many inconveniences and privacy threats, thus, everything related to Searchtds.ru should be removed from your PC. To do this, follow our guide below.

How Searchtds.ru (nova.rambler.ru) infected your computer

Browser hijackers often work on the basis of browser add-ons and desktop applications. The way these add-ons or applications could infiltrate your system varies from person to person, however, most often users encounter such software whilst installing pirated, cracked, or repacked programs from the web. There are hundreds of free torrent and file hosting pages that advertise these kinds of software. Many countries do not have serious bans on downloading pirated programs, which makes users download them without restrictions. Unfortunately, the infection like adware or browser hijacker remains dormant until users install the downloaded program. This happens because most people forget to check “Advanced” or “Custom” sections that contain additional software. Traditionally, such software is labeled as something “legitimate”, “trusted”, or “useful”, but oftentimes this is a cover meant to obtain the agreement of users. This is why it is important to keep your eyes peeled on installation setups of freeware programs downloaded from unofficial resources. Always make sure there is no other software selected apart from the main program. Some developers do not disclose information about third-party offers at all, which makes them install without users’ consent completely. To get rid of browser hijackers as well as protect yourself from such threats in the future, follow our tutorial below.

Remove Searchtds.ru manually for free

Here is a manual step-by-step tutorial for full Searchtds.ru removal from your computer. This works 99% and was checked with the latest versions of the Searchtds.ru installer on operating systems with the latest updates and browser versions.

Disable push notifications from nova.rambler.ru in browsers

Remove nova.rambler.ru from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Google Chrome

1. Go to Google Chrome settings, by clicking 3-dots icon in the top-right corner and choosing Settings.
2. Open advanced settings by clicking Advanced in the bottom.
3. Under opened Privacy and security tab, choose Content settings.
4. Click on Notifications menu (with the bell icon).
5. Set up preferred overall settings for push notifications and click Manage exceptions… button.
6. Find nova.rambler.ru in the list and click cross icon to remove it. Click Done button to confirm the action.

Remove nova.rambler.ru from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Mozilla Firefox

1. Go to Mozilla Firefox options, by clicking 3-bars icon in the top-right corner and choosing Options.
2. Choose Content tab on the left side.
3. Under Notifications, set up preferred overall settings for push-notifications and click Choose… button.
4. Find nova.rambler.ru in the list and click Remove site to remove it.
5. Click Safe Changes button to confirm the action.

Remove nova.rambler.ru from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Safari

1. Open Safari, and in the top menu click Safari, choose Preferences.
2. In the Preferences window, click on Websites tab.
3. On the left side, choose Notifications. You will see the list of websites and their settings for showing notifications.
4. Find nova.rambler.ru in the list and click Remove button.

Remove nova.rambler.ru from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Android (Chrome)

1. Open Google Chrome app on Android, and tap on three dots to open main menu.
2. In the drop-down menu choose Settings, scroll down and under Advanced section tap on Site Settings.
3. In the Site Settings menu tap on Notifications.
4. In the Allowed list of websites allowed to show notifications find nova.rambler.ru, tap on it and in the bottom of the window tap on Clean & Reset button.
5. Confirm your action by tapping on Clean & Reset again in opened dialog box.

Remove nova.rambler.ru from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Microsoft Edge

1. Open Microsoft Edge, and click on the three-dots menu, in the top-right corner.
2. In the drop-down menu choose Settings, and in the left part click Advanced.
3. Under Website permissions section, click Manage permissions button.
4. Find nova.rambler.ru in the list and click on the cross sign to remove the setting and disable its notifications.

Note: Searchtds.ru can be installed as Google Chrome extension as Administrator (you may see Installed by enterprise policy inscription near it), and this will not allow removal. Therefore, before starting removal process, perform these actions:

1. Start the Command Prompt by clicking the Start menu button and typing command prompt (or just searching for “command prompt” in Windows 10 search field). Right click on the Command Prompt result and choose Run as Administrator.



2. Type in and execute the following commands:

   
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers"
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicy"
gpupdate /force

Remove Searchtds.ru from Control Panel

To start removing Searchtds.ru you should uninstall it using Control Panel. It can be present by different names – “Searchtds.ru” or “nova.rambler.ru”. It should uninstall correctly, however, we recommend you to use IObit Uninstaller to clean leftover items after uninstalling. Here are instructions for Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 or Mac.

Remove Searchtds.ru from Mac:

1. In the Finder sidebar, click Applications.
2. Searchtds.ru might have an Uninstaller.
3. Otherwise, drag Searchtds.ru from the Applications folder to the Trash (located at the end of the Dock).
4. Then choose Finder > Empty Trash.

Remove Searchtds.ru from Windows XP:

1. Click on Start button.
2. Choose Control Panel.
3. Click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find Searchtds.ru or other suspicious program.
5. Click Uninstall.

Remove Searchtds.ru from Windows 7:

1. Click Start button.
2. Then go to Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find Searchtds.ru or other suspicious program and click Uninstall.

Remove Searchtds.ru from Windows 8:

1. Hover mouse pointer to the bottom-right corner to see Menu.
2. Click Search.
3. After that click Apps.
4. Then Control Panel.
5. Click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
6. Find Searchtds.ru or other suspicious program, click Uninstall.

Remove Searchtds.ru from Windows 10:

There are 2 ways to uninstall Searchtds.ru from Windows 10

Way one

1. Click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Settings.
3. Click on the System tile.
4. Click Apps & features and locate Searchtds.ru or other suspicious program in the list.
5. Click on it and then click Uninstall button near it.

Way two (classic)

1. Right-click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Programs and Features.
3. Locate Searchtds.ru or other suspicious program in the list.
4. Click on it and then click Uninstall button above.

Cannot uninstall Searchtds.ru

In some cases, Searchtds.ru won’t uninstall and gives you the message, that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Searchtds.ru. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing the Searchtds.ru folder and files. This happens because the process or service does not allow you to do it. In this case, I will recommend you to use SpyHunter 5 or Malwarebytes or uninstall Searchtds.ru in Safe Mode. To boot in Safe Mode do the following:

1. Reboot your computer.
2. While it starts booting type F8 button.
3. This will open Advanced Boot Options menu.
4. Choose Safe Mode and wait until Windows loads.
5. Go to Control Panel > Uninstall a program and remove Searchtds.ru or other suspicious program

>> See detailed instructions and video tutorial on how to boot in Safe Mode

and for Mac:

If you can’t uninstall Searchtds.ru using instructions above, or it keeps coming back, you can use free AppCleaner for Mac to remove all residual data and libraries of Searchtds.ru. Follow instructions below:

1. Download free AppCleaner.
2. Drag Searchtds.ru from Applications folder to AppCleaner window.
3. Choose files and folders you want to remove along with Searchtds.ru.
4. Click Delete button.

Remove malicious add-ons from your browsers

Uninstalling Searchtds.ru from Control Panel often does not bring the desired effect. It sometimes has browser extension and it may still be active in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Here are instructions on how to remove the Searchtds.ru extension from your browsers manually.

Safari:

1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
2. Click Extensions tab.
3. Find Searchtds.ru extensions.
4. Click Uninstall button to remove it.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://extensions.
3. Find Searchtds.ru or other suspicious extensions.
4. Click the trash can icon to remove them.
5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:addons.
3. Choose Searchtds.ru or other suspicious extensions.
4. Click Disable or Remove button.
5. Remove all suspicious extensions from the list.

Internet Explorer (9, 10, 11):

Note: There is no feature to remove browser extensions from browser in latest version of Internet Explorer. To remove Searchtds.ru from Internet Explorer, please, perform instructions for uninstalling the program from Control Panel. To disable Searchtds.ru, please, do the following:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click on gear/asterisk icon in the top-right corner.
3. In opened menu Manage Add-ons.
4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
5. Click Disable Searchtds.ru or other suspicious extensions.
6. Also disable other suspicious extensions from the list.

Opera Browser:

Generally, Searchtds.ru does not install in Opera browser however you can always double check. Do the following:

1. Start Opera browser.
2. Go to Tools > Extensions > Manage Extensions.
3. Find Searchtds.ru or other suspicious extensions.
4. Click Uninstall button.
5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Reset browsers settings (homepage, default search)

Searchtds.ru installs a search engine (nova.rambler.ru), that hijacks your browsers. Here is the instruction to reset your browser’s homepage, new tab, and search engine to default values.

Reset Safari:

1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
2. Go to the Privacy section of Safari’s preferences.
3. Click Remove All Website Data button.
4. In opened window click Remove Now button to remove data stored by websites in Safari.
5. Go to the Advanced section of Safari’s preferences.
6. Click the Show Develop menu in menu bar option.
7. In the menu click Develop and select Empty Caches from this menu.
8. Again, go to Safari menu and choose Clear History….
9. Choose to clear all history and click Clear History button.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://settings.
3. Scroll down and find Show advanced settings link.
4. Click on it and scroll down to the bottom again.
5. Click Reset browser settings button and click Reset to confirm.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:support.
3. Click Reset Firefox… button.
4. Click Reset Firefox to confirm.

Internet Explorer (9, 10, 11):

1. Start Internet Explorer.
2. Click on gear/asterisk icon in the top-right corner.
3. In opened menu choose Internet options.
4. Click Advanced tab.
5. Click Reset button.
6. Choose Delete personal settings and click Reset.

Opera Browser:

1. Close Opera and open command prompt from the start menu.
2. Type following command del %AppData%\Opera\Opera\operaprefs.ini
3. Start Opera.

For safe and effective browser extension removal use avast! Browser Cleanup utility. Run it with administrator privileges and remove all extensions with bad ratings including related to Searchtds.ru. You can also reset your browser settings for each of your browsers: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox.

Download Avast Browser Cleanup

Cleaning browsers shortcuts

You can clean your browser shortcuts manually right-clicking on your browser icon, choosing “Properties” and removing hijacker address from “Target” field (leave just the path to your browser). However it is easier to use free Shortcut Cleaner from BleepingComputer. Download it here – its FREE:

Download Shortcut Cleaner

Final tips

Be careful surfing the internet and downloading software, as programs like Searchtds.ru may become a real headache as they are hard to remove and able to break your privacy. To keep safe from such threats we recommend you always use antivirus and one of the anti-malware programs available on the market. One of the best anti-virus programs is SpyHunter 5. It can protect your PC from threats like Searchtds.ru.