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SearchGol.com is a dangerous browser hijacker and homepage redirect program How to Remove SearchGol.com homepage. It is designed to promote advertisements and generate traffic on their websites. Searchgol.com is a corrupt browser plug-in that can be installed to any of your popular browsers including Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox etc.

Once it get installed into your computer, It will change your computer and internet default settings including your homepage, new page tab and default search engine to searchgol.com. It displays lots of advertisements & sponsored links on your computer screen. This unwanted program can corrupt your computer completely. You may be found, your computer and internet speed become slow than usual. Searchgol.com browser hijack virus may infect your registry and other important system files. You may found many unwanted and useless plugins are automatically installed in your web browsers.

It comes into your computer via bundled of free software and when you click on unknown sponsored links. So, you should pay attention when you download a free software package from internet. You should download from their official website. Be very careful, what you agree to install.

This is not a virus in technical terms. However, it’s categorized as a potentially unwanted program, “PUP”. It performs some bad activities to a computer web browser. Because anyone never wants to install Search.StartNow.com directly, usually it installs additionally with other software packages.

To secure your web browser from this unwanted program, you should immediately remove Searchgol.com from your computer. Otherwise you may be lost important functionality of your web browser. In order to remove Searchgol.com, you have to follow article mentioned steps very carefully.

Removal Instructions

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Manual Steps

Step 1 : To Uninstall searchgol.com from computer

Click on Start button and then click on Control Panel.
Now click on Programs –> Uninstall a program or Program and Features(Windows-7, 8, Vista).

Uninstall a program for Vista, 7, 8

For Windows XP users click on Add/Remove Programs.

Uninstall a program for Windows xp

You will get a window which have listed all the installed programs.
Uninstall searchgol.com from there.
Also do uninstall all the programs which are listed in Suspicious Programs listbelow, if you find any installed into your computer. Because all these programs are unwanted. You should uninstall all them immediately if you found any.

Uninstall all unwanted programs

Suspicious Programs list

Searchgol.com
Browser defender
Browser protect
Browser protected by conduit
Delta search, Babylon
LessTabs
WebCake 3.0
Yealt
LyricsContainer
VideoSaver
AddLyrics
privacy safe gaurd
unfriend checker
Price peep today
Coupon amazine
TidyNetwork.com
DownloadTerms 1.0
Yontoo
Uninstall all the unwanted programs, which are not listed here.

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Step 2 : To Remove searchgol.com from Internet Explorer.

Step 2.1 : Remove searchgol.com from homepage

Open Internet Explorer then go to Tools menu (Press “F10” key once to active the menu bar) and then click on Internet Option a configuration page will be opened, then click on General tab. Now look into under HOME PAGE Edit Box you gotwww.searchgol.com, replace it to www.google.com, then click on apply and close.

Step 2.2 : Remove searchgol.com add-ons from Internet Explorer.

Open Internet Explorer then go to Tools menu (press “alt” key once to active menu bar) and then click on Internet Option a configuration page will be opened
click on Programs tab then click on Manage Addons, now you’ll get a window which have listed all the installed addons.
Now disable the searchgol.com add-on, also disable all the unknown / unwanted addons from this list. (As per below screenshot).

Step 2.3 : Reset Internet Explorer

Open Internet Explorer. Click on Tools menu (Press “F10” key once to active the menu bar), click on Internet Option. A internet option window will open.
For IE9, IE10 users may click on Gear icon . Then click on tools.

Click on Advanced tab, then click on RESET button.
Now you will get a new popup for confirmation, tick mark on Delete personal setting then click on RESET button on that. (As shown on below screenshot)
Now your Internet Explorer has been Restored to default settings.

Now you will appear a popup stated “complete all the tasks”. After completion click on close button.

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Step 3 : To Remove searchgol.com from Mozilla Firefox

Step 3.1 : Remove searchgol.com from Mozilla Hompeage

Open Mozilla Firefox, Click on Tools menu (If tools menu doesn’t appear then press “F10″ key once to active the menu bar) then go to Options, after that a configuration page will be opened, then click on General tab and then look on the very first section named as Startup. Under Startup you will see a HOME PAGE Edit Box, under this edit box you will see www.searchgol.com, please replace it towww.google.com, then click on apply and close.
Restart Firefox Browser

Step 3.2 : Remove searchgol.com from add-ons

Open Firefox and then go the Tools menu (Press “F10” key once to active Menu bar) click on Add-ons, you’ll get a page click on extensions from the left side pane. now look on right side pane you’ll get all the installed add-ons listed on there. Disable or Remove searchgol.com addon, also disable all the unknown / unwanted addons from there. (As per below screen shot)

Step 3.3 : Reset Mozilla Firefox

Open Firefox and then go the Help menu (Press “F10” key once to active Menu bar)
Go to Help menu then click on “Troubleshooting information”
Note: you can also open this page in this ways, open Firefox then type this command in the address bar “about:support” (without quote) and then hit enter or OK.
You will get a page “Troubleshooting information” page, here you will get “Reset Firefox” option in the right side of the page.
Click on Reset Firefox option. and follow their instruction to reset.
Now your Mozilla Firefox has been Restored to default settings.

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Step 4 : To Remove searchgol.com from Google Chrome

Step 4.1 : Remove unwanted homepage & search engine from Google Chrome

Start Google Chrome, click on options icon (Located in very top right side of the browser), click on Settings. You will get a configuration page.
Under configuration page find a option named as “Open a specific page or set of pages” click on their Set Pages. A another window will come up. Here you will appear the bunch of URL’s under “Set pages”. Delete all them and then enter only one which you want to use as your home page.

Google Chrome Homepage Reset step1

Google Chrome Homepage reset step 2

In the same configuration page click on Manage search engines button. Delete allthe search engines from there, just keep only www.goole.com as your default search Engine.

Google Chrome search engine step 3

Google Chrome search engine step 4

Google Chrome search engine Step5

Step 4.2 : Remove unwanted extensions from Google Chrome

Start Google Chrome, click on options icon (Located in very top right side of the browser), then click on Tools then, click on Extensions. (As shown on below screenshot)

You will get a configuration page. which have listed all the installed extensions, Remove searchgol.com extension & also remove all the unknown / unwanted extensions from there. To remove them, click on remove (recycle bin) icon (as shown on screenshot)

Step 4.3 : Reset Google Chrome

Close all Google Chrome browser’s window.
Press “window key + R” (Flag sign key + R) on your keyboard , you’ll get Run box.
For windows xp: Copy and Paste this following command:“%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default" in Run box then click on OK button. You’ll get a Google chrome profile location in windows explorer.For windows 7,8,vista: Copy and Paste this following command: “%UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default“ in Run box then click on OK button. You’ll get a Google chrome profile location in windows explorer.
In the default folder location, Rename a file, named as “Preferences“ to “Preferences.old“.
(Note: to do that right-click on Preferences file and click on rename option you’ll get a edit box of Preferences file, now rename the text “Preferences” to “Preferences.old”)
In the same default folder location, Rename one more file, named as “Web Data“ to “Web Data.old“.
(Note: to do that right-click on Web Data file and click on rename option you’ll get a edit box of Web Data file, now rename the text “Web Data” to “Web Data.old”)
Now start your Google chrome, it should be restored to default settings.

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Step 5 : To Remove searchgol.com from Registry

Press “window key + R” (Flag sign key + R) you will get Run box then type “REGEDIT” into the run box then click on OK. You’ll get a registry editor window.
In the registry editor, click on Edit menu and then click on find option, you’ll get edit box to search any string into registry editor
Type “searchgol.com” into the find box and then click on Find Next.
The search result will highlight the key or value which have contains thesearchgol.com string.
Now delete the Registry Key/Value/Value-Data if any one contains “searchgol.com” string (must see the example screenshot below)
Note:- Do not delete the complete value data, just delete the searchgol.com path only (for example see screenshot3 below)
Use F3 key to find Next. and do the last step to all results.
We are giving you the example on “Conduit” Adware.

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Step 6 : To Remove searchgol.com from Autorun Tasks

Click on Start button and then do Right-Click on the computer and then do left-click on Manage. A manage window will appear.
In the manage window click on Tasks Scheduler from right side pane, then click on “Task Scheduler Library“, Now look on left side pane and Remove all the Tasks which have contains searchgol.com string and also remove all the unknown / unwanted tasks from there (As per the screenshot below).

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Step 7 : To Remove searchgol.com from Startup

Press “window key + R” (Flag sign key + R) you will get Run box then type “MSCONFIG into the run box then click on OK. You’ll get a msconfig window.
In the msconfig window click on Startup tab, here you’ll get all the startup entries, so look on the list and then do Un-check the entries which is containssearchgol.com. Also Un-check all the others entries which you found unwanted. then click on OK to apply all the changes.

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Step 8 : To Remove searchgol.com from Services

Press “window key + R” (Flag sign key + R) you will get Run box then type “MSCONFIG” into the run box then click on OK. . You’ll get a msconfig window.
In the msconfig window click on Services tab, here you’ll get all the startup services list, click on “Hide Windows Services” all the windows related services will be hidden. now it’s only display the 3rd party installed services, now look on the list and then do Un-check the service which have contains searchgol.com. Also Un-check all the unknown / unwanted services. then click on OK to apply all the changes.

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Step 9 : To remove searchgol.com registry entries withAdwcleaner.exe

Here is the proper step-by-step guide to remove any adware from registry, please follow the steps.

9.1 : Download AdwCleaner from the below link.

Click Here to Download: Adwcleaner.exe

9.2 : Run that downloaded file (Adwcleaner.exe).

9.3 : When you get it started, click on scan button to search the searchgol.com files and registry entries (As shown below screenshot).

9.5 : When scanning process will be finished, click on Clean button to delete all the searchgol.com files and registry entries (as shown on below screenshot)