Guide to Step by Step Remove Search Maven

Search Maven always pop up on your browser without your permission? Have no ideas how it comes? And I don't know how to remove it? Any Help?

Screenshot of Search Maven

What is Search Maven?

Search Maven is a malicious adware program created by the creator to make profits by promoting some specific websites or products. It states to offer users better web search, while users find that it is a trouble to their computer. It affects browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer, Yahoo, Bing, Opera, Safari. Search Maven can come into the compute along with the third-party programs such as free software, files and drivers, or spam emails, corrupt content, unsafe web sites, etc.

Once Search Maven installs, it will change your registry entries and browser setting. It will hijack your browser and you cannot get the right information you want. When you open your browser, it will redirect you to it own domain. Search Maven will display commercial ads, banners, pop-up ads and sponsor links on the website you are visiting. If you click the links it provides, you will be redirected to other malicious websites which are full of sponsor links. You remove Search Maven as soon as possible to protect your computer.

Step-by-step guide to remove Search Maven

Guide 1`:Clear up all infected items in your computer manually

Step 1: Stop Search Maven running processes in Windows Task Manager first.

( Methods to open Task Manager: Press CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC or Press the Start button->click on the Run option->Type in taskmgr and press OK.)

Step 2: Go to Control Panel and delete the program from Add & Remove program

1. Click on the Start button. This is the small round button with the Windows flag in the lower left corner.

2. Click on the Control Panel menu option.

3. Click on Program

4. Click Add & Remove Program

5. Find Search Maven list and select Remove

6. Press the Apply button and then the OK button.

Step 3: Open Control Panel in Start menu and search for Folder Options. When you’re in Folder Options window, please click on its View tab, tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then press OK.

Step 4: Go to the Registry Editor and remove all the infection registry entries listed here:

(Steps: Hit Win+R keys and then type regedit in Run box to search)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Start Page" = "http://www.<random>.com/?type=hp&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>" HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search "CustomizeSearch" = "http://www.<random>.com/web/?type=ds&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>&q={searchTerms}" HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search "SearchAssistant" = "http://www.<random>.com/web/?type=ds&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>&q={searchTerms}"

Step 5: All the infection associated files listed below need to be removed:

%CommonAppData%\<random>.exe 

C:\Windows\Temp\<random>.exe %temp%\<random>.exe 

C:\Program Files\<random>

Step 6: Clear your internet history records, internet temp files and cookies.

Guide 2: Use anti-malware tools like SpyHunter to help you

Step 1: When you click on the following button, you can be connected to SpyHunter's installer site.

Step 2: Then, you can click Save and then Run to install it.

Step 3: After it is installed, you can a window of SpyHunter like the following, you can start a quick or full scan of your computer by clicking Start New Scan. Finally, click Remove to delete all threats. 

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