What is Search Window?
Search Window is a potentially unwanted application designed by SuperWeb LLC. It deceives users by making them believe in its trustworthiness. According to the official description, Search Window should provide the user with notifications about best online deals and offers. Nevertheless Search Window does display information with price comparison and discount coupons, these commercials are far from true. They are displayed not to advertise the promoted product, but to serve as links to sponsored websites. Search Window will also cause sudden redirections that may end on ad-filled or even malicious sites. Since the application doesn’t have advantageous features, one may remove Search Window without regret.
How Search Window gets on your PC?
Search Window is distributed with the help of dubious methods. The most frequently used is called bundling. Bundling is deceptive installation of malware hidden inside regular software setups. In order to make detection of malware even more difficult, its developers put the options allowing to decline its installation to Advanced/Custom mode. Thus, if you want to opt out unwanted applications you shouldn’t rush through the installation steps.
How to remove Search Window from your computer?
To uninstall Search Window remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.
In our view, there are 3 products that potentially have Search Window in their database. You can try to use them for removing Search Window.
Recommended Solution:
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Alternative Solution:
Norton Antivirus – detects files, registry values and folders of viruses that show the same behavior as Search Window.
You can try both of these products to remove Search Window
Or uninstall Search Window manually.
Step 1: Remove Search Window from Control Panel
Windows XP:
- Click Start.
- Control Panel.
- Then click Add or Remove Programs.
- Find Search Window.
- Click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.
Windows 7/Windows Vista:
- Click Start.
- Then Control Panel.
- Click Uninstall a Program.
- Find Search Window and click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.
Windows 8/Windows 8.1:
- Open the Menu.
- Click Search.
- After that click Apps.
- Then Control Panel.
- Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
- Find Search Window, select it and click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).
Windows 10:
- Click on the Start button (or press the Windows key) to open the Start menu, click on the Settings at the top.
- Click on App & features on the left menu.
- On the right side, locate Search Window and click it, then click on the Uninstall button.
- 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 Window from your browser.
Step 2: Remove Search Window from browsers
Google Chrome:
- Open Google Chrome
- Push Alt + F.
- Click Tools.
- Choose Extensions.
- Find Search Window.
- Click the trash can icon to remove it.
Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.
Mozilla Firefox:
- Open Firefox.
- Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
- Choose Search Window.
- Click Disable or Remove button.
Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.
Internet Explorer:
- Open IE.
- Push Alt + T.
- Click Manage Add-ons.
- Select Toolbars and Extensions.
- Click Disable Search Window.
- Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
- Click Remove button.
- If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.
Learn more about removing extensions from IE.
Step 3: Remove following files and folders of Search Window:
Remove following registry entries:
no information
Remove following files:
7za.exe
Uninstaller.exe
Remove following folders
\Program Files\Search Window