What is Search.snapdo.com?

The page search.snapdo.com was created and designed in such a way that would divert suspicion from its malicious purpose. You will certainly notice the presence of Search.snapdo.com on your computer, as it modifies the browser settings for the main page and default search engine and adds a toolbar. Though Search.snapdo.com actually acts like a search engine, we don’t recommend to rely on its results. The hijacker adjusts the links in the results to put the websites of the customers’ above. On the top of this, Search.snapdo.com generates ads with the products relevant to your previous searches and Internet activities. Since there is no reason to keep Search.snapdo.com that in some cases can even be malicious, it’s better to remove Search.snapdo.com ASAP.

Search.snapdo.com

How Search.snapdo.com gets on your PC?

Many users became victims of the promotional activities on Search.snapdo.com, as it is widely advertised on the web. Nevertheless Search.snapdo.com in fact presents useful features, they don’t differ much from these of more reputable search engines’. So, there is no need to take risks on using Search.snapdo.com. In other cases the hijacker was distributed jointly with freeware. It’s always better to prevent the threat than to remove it, that’s why we advise performing the installation in Advanced mode and opt out the additional components.

How to remove Search.snapdo.com from your computer?

To uninstall Search.snapdo.com remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.

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You can try both of these products to remove Search.snapdo.com

Or uninstall Search.snapdo.com manually.

Step 1: Remove Search.snapdo.com from Control Panel

Windows XP:

  1. Click Start.
  2. Control Panel.
  3. Then click Add or Remove Programs.
  4. Find SnapDo or Snap.Do Engine.
  5. Click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.

Windows 7/Windows Vista:

  1. Click Start.
  2. Then Control Panel.
  3. Click Uninstall a Program.
  4. Find SnapDo or Snap.Do Engine and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.

Windows 8/Windows 8.1:

  1. Open the Menu.
  2. Click Search.
  3. After that click Apps.
  4. Then Control Panel.
  5. Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
  6. Find SnapDo or Snap.Do Engine, select it and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).

Windows 10:

  1. Click on the Start button (or press the Windows key) to open the Start menu, click on the Settings at the top.
  2. Click on App & features on the left menu.
  3. On the right side, locate SnapDo or Snap.Do Engine and click it, then click on the Uninstall button.
  4. Click on Uninstall to confirm.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 10

Note: If you can’t find required program, sort programs by date in Control panel and search for last installed programs.

After that remove Search.snapdo.com from your browser.

Step 2: Remove Search.snapdo.com from browsers

Google Chrome:

  1. Open Google Chrome
  2. Push Alt + F.
  3. Click Tools.
  4. Choose Extensions.
  5. Find SnapDo or Snap.Do Engine.
  6. Click the trash can icon to remove it.

Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.

Mozilla Firefox:

  1. Open Firefox.
  2. Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
  3. Choose SnapDo or Snap.Do Engine.
  4. Click Disable or Remove button.

Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.

Internet Explorer:

  1. Open IE.
  2. Push Alt + T.
  3. Click Manage Add-ons.
  4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
  5. Click Disable SnapDo or Snap.Do Engine.
  6. Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
  7. Click Remove button.
  8. If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.

Learn more about removing extensions from IE.

Step 3: Resetting your browser search and homepage settings

Reset browser setting in Google Chrome:
  1. Click the Chrome menu (3 bar button) in the top right corner.
  2. Choose Settings.
  3. Click Show advanced settings.
  4. Go to Reset browser settings section.
  5. Click Reset browser settings.
  6. In the dialog that appears, click Reset.

Learn more about resetting browser settings in Google Chrome.

Reset browser setting in Mozilla Firefox:
  1. Open Mozilla Firefox.
  2. Go to Help.
  3. Go to Troubleshooting information.
  4. Click Reset Firefox… button.

Learn more about resetting browser settings in Mozilla Firefox.

Reset browser setting in Internet Explorer:
  1. Open Internet Explorer.
  2. Click on the cogwheel in the right upper corner.
  3. Click Internet options.
  4. Go to Advanced tab.
  5. Click Reset button.
  6. Put a tick near Delete personal settings checkbox.
  7. Click Reset button.

Learn more about resetting browser settings in Internet Explorer.

Step 4: Remove following files and folders of Search.snapdo.com:

Remove following registry entries:

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Remove following files:

2853.exe
28614.exe
newtonsoft.json.dll
googlechromeremoteplugin.dll
microsoft.mshtml.dll
microsoft.practices.enterpriselibrary.common.dll
microsoft.practices.enterpriselibrary.exceptionhandling.dll
microsoft.practices.enterpriselibrary.exceptionhandling.logging.dll
microsoft.practices.enterpriselibrary.logging.dll
microsoft.practices.objectbuilder.dll
regasm.exe
smartbar.infrastructure.utilities.dll
smartbar.personalization.common.dll
smartbar.resources.historyandstatswrapper.dll
smartbarinternetexplorerbho.dll
smartbarinternetexplorerextension.dll
sppsm.dll
spusm.dll
srbs.dll
srpdm.dll
srprl.dll
srut.dll
smartbar.common.dll
smartbar.communication.dll
smartbar.communication.namedpipe.dll
smartbar.monetization.proxy.proxyservice.dll
srbu.dll
sreu.dll
axinterop.wmplib.dll
browserhelper.exe
interop.wmplib.dll
lrrot.dll
mactrackbarlib.dll
ndde.dll
productsremovaltool.exe
sgml.dll
sgmu.dll
sidb.dll
siem.dll
sipb.dll
sismlp.dll
smartbar.gui.controls.dll
smartbar.gui.docking.dll
smartbar.infrastructure.businessentities.dll
smartbar.infrastructure.core.dll
smartbar.infrastructure.plugins.chromelocalplugin.dll
smartbar.resources.languagesettings.dll
smartbar.resources.socialnetssharer.dll
smartbar.resources.socialnetssharer.xmlserializers.dll
smartbar.resources.translations.dll
spbe.dll
spbl.dll
spsm.dll
srau.dll
srbhu.dll
srgu.dll
srns.dll
srpu.dll
srsbs.dll
srsbsau.dll
srsl.dll
sruhs.dll

Remove following folders

C:\ProgramData\packere4f2f266-6954-4c3b-b521-1ecd131e6573
C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Smartbar\
C:\Program Files\alky for applications\libraries

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