What is Trovi.com?

Trovi.com is a hijack type of malware, that replaces your home page and your search engine, by his own search engine. It uses simple search engine with adding sponsors links and displaying banners. Also it installs program for defending Trovi.com from changing Default Search Engine to another one. You can notice, that sometimes he redirect links to harmful websites. Of course the search results are bad and may contains poor links in 1st places.

How is Trovi.com installed on your computer?

As many malware, Trovi.com can be installed with freeware and shareware. Be careful while installing free software, pay attention to additional marks, because by default you are accepting with installing any software. If you have got Trovi.com on your PC, we highly recommend you to remove this malware.

How to remove Trovi.com?

You can remove Trovi.com by yourself, but i prefer to use a special programs that fully uninstall the malware and saving your time:

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Manual Trovi.com Removal

Windows 7:

1. Click the Start;
2. Click Control Panel;
3. Click Uninstall a program (if computer’s settings Viewed By: Category);
   Click Programs and Features (if computer’s settings Viewed By: Icons);
4. Find programs possibly related to Trovi.com;
5. Click Uninstall;
6. Follow the instructions on the screen or just wait.

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

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.

Windows 8:

1. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search (If you’re using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer down, and then click Search.);
2. Enter control panel in the search box, and then tap or click Control Panel;
3. Under View by:, select Large Icons, and then tap or click Programs and features;
4. Find programs possibly related to Trovi.com;
5. Tap or click the program, and then tap or click Uninstall;
6. Follow the instructions on the screen or just wait.

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

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

Windows XP:

1. Click Start;
2. Click Control Panel;
3. Double-click Add or Remove Programs;
4. Find programs possibly related to Trovi.com and Click it;
5. Click to Remove;
6. Follow the instructions on the screen or just wait.

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

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.

Google Chrome:

You can skip steps 1-3 by typing “chrome://settings/” in address bar.

1. Open Google Chrome;
2. Click on Options Icon or press Alt+E, Alt+F;
3. Click Settings;
4. Click a link Show advanced settings;
5. Turn down and click Reset settings;
6. Click Reset.

Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.

Mozilla Firefox:

You can skip steps 1-3 by typing “about:support” in address bar.

1. Open Mozilla Firefox;
2. Press Alt+H;
3. Click Troubleshooting Information;
4. At the Right-Top Corner click Reset Firefox;
5. Click Reset Firefox.

Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.

Internet Explorer:

1. Open Internet Explorer;
2. Press Alt, click Tools, or Click on Gear Icon;
3. Click Internet Options;
4. Click Advanced tab;
5. Click Reset;
6. Mark Delete Personal Settings, Click Reset.

Learn more about removing extensions from IE.

Conclusion

Trovi.com is hijack program with a big amount of ads. Annoying and dangerous malware, that can install more malware without user’s knowledge. In conclusion, i’d like to say, that you should remove this hijack malware as soon as possible and Norton or Stronghold AntiMalware is a good choice!