What is Searchincognito.com?
Searchincognito.com is a search page that allows making incognito search quires. However, in reality it exists as an element of a browser hijacker. Searchincognito.com also has features of an adware, as after its installation, the user will notice ton of generated ads. It’s better not to trust the results given by this search domain, as they are mostly the links to useless sites with irrelevant, or even malicious, content. In addition, your search queries may be recorded and used for narrowing the range of shown ads.
You should remove Searchincognito.com, as its usage may result in further infecting and overflowing by advertisement.
How Searchincognito.com gets on your PC?
Some malware programs don’t need user’s involvement to sneak into the system. Vice versa, the less the user knows about the program the higher is the risk of the infiltration. Sometimes a click on a pop-up window emerged from nowhere, or on a message with an update notification, or on an attractive ad from Amazon or another trustworthy site is enough to get Searchincognito.com. Still, more often Searchincognito.com is brought within the freeware installers. If the setup has Advanced mode of installation, you should choose it and decline the additional software you are unsure with.
How to remove Searchincognito.com from your computer?
To uninstall Searchincognito.com remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.
In our view, there are 3 products that potentially have Searchincognito.com in their database. You can try to use them for removing Searchincognito.com.
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Alternative Solution:
Norton Antivirus – detects files, registry values and folders of viruses that show the same behavior as Searchincognito.com.
You can try both of these products to remove Searchincognito.com
Or uninstall Searchincognito.com manually.
Step 1: Remove Searchincognito.com from Control Panel
Windows XP:
- Click Start.
- Control Panel.
- Then click Add or Remove Programs.
- Find Searchincognito.com.
- 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 Searchincognito.com 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 Searchincognito.com, 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 Searchincognito.com 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 Searchincognito.com from your browser.
Step 2: Remove Searchincognito.com from browsers
Google Chrome:
- Open Google Chrome
- Push Alt + F.
- Click Tools.
- Choose Extensions.
- Find Searchincognito.com.
- Click the trash can icon to remove it.
Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.
Mozilla Firefox:
- Open Firefox.
- Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
- Choose Searchincognito.com.
- 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 Searchincognito.com.
- 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: Resetting your browser search and homepage settings
Reset browser setting in Google Chrome:- Click the Chrome menu (3 bar button) in the top right corner.
- Choose Settings.
- Click Show advanced settings.
- Go to Reset browser settings section.
- Click Reset browser settings.
- In the dialog that appears, click Reset.
Learn more about resetting browser settings in Google Chrome.
Reset browser setting in Mozilla Firefox:- Open Mozilla Firefox.
- Go to Help.
- Go to Troubleshooting information.
- Click Reset Firefox… button.
Learn more about resetting browser settings in Mozilla Firefox.
Reset browser setting in Internet Explorer:- Open Internet Explorer.
- Click on the cogwheel in the right upper corner.
- Click Internet options.
- Go to Advanced tab.
- Click Reset button.
- Put a tick near Delete personal settings checkbox.
- Click Reset button.
Learn more about resetting browser settings in Internet Explorer.
Step 4: Remove following files and folders of Searchincognito.com:
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