How to remove Searchult.com

What is Searchult.com

Searchult.com by Navegaki is web browser hijacker that infects Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. It originates from China, but mainly distributes in Latin America. Searchult.com hijacks search engine and homepage to http://searchult.com. It also installs extensions in affected browsers to prevent easy removal and settings reset. Searchult.com search uses its own search engine filled with ads. Below I will show you how to remove Searchult.com and restore your browsers settings.

How Searchult.com infected your PC

Searchult.com spreads via bundling with “download managers” and “installers”. During such installation you are offered to set searchult.com as your default search engine and homepage. Unless you uncheck this option, it will hijack your browser. This is legal as user is formally informed about searchult.com installation. To remove Searchult and protect your PC from hijackers it is recommended to use SpyHunter 5.

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To remove Searchult.com completely we recommend you to use SpyHunter 5. It detects and removes all files, folders and registry keys of Searchult.com and several millions of other adware, hijackers, toolbars.

Remove Searchult.com manually for free

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

Remove Searchult.com from Control Panel

To start removing Searchult.com you should uninstall it using Control Panel. It can be present by different names – “searchult uninstall” or just “searchult.com”. 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 and Windows 8.

Remove Searchult.com from Windows XP:

1. Click on Start button.
2. Choose Control Panel.
3. Click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find searchult uninstall.
5. Click Uninstall.

Remove Searchult.com from Windows 7:

1. Click Start button.
2. Then go to Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find searchult uninstall and click Uninstall.

Remove Searchult.com 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 searchult uninstall, click Uninstall.

Cannot uninstall Searchult.com

In some cases Searchult.com won’t uninstall and gives you message that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Searchult. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing Searchult folder and files. This happens, because 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 Searchult.com in Safe Mode. To boot in Safe Mode do the following:

1. Reboot your computer.
2. While it starts booting press 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 “searchult uninstall”

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

Remove malicious add-ons from your browsers

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

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://extensions/.
3. Find 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 suspicious extension.
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 Searchult from Internet Explorer, please, perform instructions for uninstalling program from Control Panel. To disable Searchult.com, 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 Searchult.com.
6. Also disable other suspicious extensions from the list.

Opera Browser:

Generally, Searchult.com 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 Searchult.com extension.
4. Click Uninstall button.
5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Reset browsers settings (homepage, default search)

Searchult.com installs search engine that hijacks your browsers. Here is instruction to reset your browsers homepage, newtab and search engine to default values.

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.

Alternative way to remove adware browser extensions and reset browser settings

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

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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:

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Final tips

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