What is Search Awesome?

Search Awesome is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that comes into your computer in the form of a browser extension for Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. Search Awesome hijacks the browser and delivers a lot of inconvenience. This program can be very annoying. Plus, it collects the user’s personal data such as browsing history and more. This information may be disclosed to third parties for further analyses. Search Awesome comes without user consent and displays a variety of advertisements, banners and coupons of popular sites, such as eBay, Walmart, Amazon and so on. Search Awesome increases web traffic and reduces browser performance. Search Awesome is an annoying adware so if you find it on your PC, then you should remove it immediately.

How Search Awesome gets on your PC?

Malicious software, such as Search Awesome, comes to your computer bundled with a free program like archivers, players, converters and other freeware. Some ad sites and sites that distribute free programs can insert adware and malware in their download managers. Potentially unwanted programs come without the consent of the user, so users often do not know that their computer is infected. Always follow the installation process, read the user agreement and select “Advanced” installation type to avoid such problems. Take your time, do not press the “Next” button until then, until you are not convinced that the program is safe. If your computer is already infected, then use our instructions to get rid of Search Awesome completely.

How to remove Search Awesome from your computer?

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

In our view, there are 3 products that potentially have Search Awesome in their database. You can try to use them for removing Search Awesome.

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You can try both of these products to remove Search Awesome

Or uninstall Search Awesome manually.

Step 1: Remove Search Awesome from Control Panel

Windows XP:

1. Click Start.
2. Control Panel.
3. Then click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find Search Awesome.
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 Search Awesome 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 Search Awesome, 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 Search Awesome 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 Awesome from your browser.

Step 2: Remove Search Awesome from browsers

Google Chrome:

1. Open Google Chrome
2. Push Alt + F.
3. Click Tools.
4. Choose Extensions.
5. Find Search Awesome.
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 Search Awesome.
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 Search Awesome.
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: Remove following files and folders of Search Awesome:

Remove following regitry entries:

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Written by Rami Douafi