I wrote this article to help you remove Search.geniusmediatabsearch.com. This Search.geniusmediatabsearch.com removal guide works for Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer.

The Search.geniusmediatabsearch.com is dangerous. It is advertised as a useful search engine which will enhance your online experience but it doesn’t. The page hides a cyber infection behind it. That’s right. Seeing this site means that you have a browser hijacker on board. It uses this page as a front to lurk behind. Take the Search.geniusmediatabsearch.com`s appearance as a sign of trouble. As soon as you spot it, take actions.

There is a hijacker somewhere on your machine which has to be removed immediately. Luckily, the removal won`t be too hard IF you don’t procrastinate. Ignoring the threat this infection poses is the worst possible solution. The hijacker makes a mess of your online experience and exposes your privacy to strangers. Aside from the numerous very noticeable interruptions which we will talk about in a minute, this pest spies on you behind your back. Everything you do is being secretly monitored. But the hijacker doesn’t only observe. It also collects and shares information with its developers. This is how these crooks get a hold of your private life, which, by the way, is no longer private. Unless you step up and do something about it. The longer the infection stays, the worse your situation gets.

The above-mentioned security risk is, without a doubt, your biggest problem, but there is more. As soon as the hijacker enters, it goes after your browsers. It modifies their settings and makes changes without bothering to ask you. It replaces your homepage and search engine with Search.geniusmediatabsearch.com and you are not able to change it back. You are not the one in charge anymore. The hackers are.

The infection also adds a pesky plugin to all of your browsers thus injecting them with tons of ads. Whenever you so much as touch Mozilla, Chrome, or Internet Explorer, you get bombarded with coupons, deals, offers, pop-ups, video ads, best prices, comparisons, pop-up windows, etc. Even the pages which used to be ad-free are now flooded. Nothing you do gets rid of these commercials. And they become more and more which each passing day to the point when you cannot surf the web at all.

You are also redirected to numerous suspicious pages all the time. Of course, Search.geniusmediatabsearch.com is at the help. It even appears among the search results which are not corrupted as well. As long as the hijacker is on board, your previous safe web surfing is over. Now, a single click on the wrong ad/link/page is all it takes for you to compromise your already compromised PC even more. The last thing you need is more malware. Your computer is suffering enough due to this single virus. It is slow, it crashes, it reboots. Your browsers freeze. Everything is a mess. Add to that the privacy risk and you get a hell of a situation. Take action! Take action now! Delete this plague before it is too late. To do so manually use our removal guide at the end of this article.

Once you clean your PC, make sure it remains clean. This hijacker didn’t appear out of the blue. You were the one to let it in. Hijackers are still programs and they need to be properly installed. So, they ask for your permission on their installment. Do you remember giving it? You probably don’t and that normal. The pest didn’t ask openly. It used tricks like spam emails, freeware bundles, fake program updates, third-party ads, illegitimate pages/torrents, etc.

The thing is, however, that none of this method is good enough to succeed without your carelessness. You would never intentionally and deliberately agree to such a pest entering your machine. But if you are distracted and inattentive, you don’t even realize what you agree to. Be more vigilant and cautious. Don’t make yourself an easy target for crooks. That’s what they are praying for. Prove them wrong. Take care of you and your computer.

Search.geniusmediatabsearch.com Removal

Before starting the real removal process, you must reboot in Safe Mode. If you know how to do this, skip the instructions below and proceed to Step 2. If you do not know how to do it, here is how to reboot in Safe mode:

For Windows 98, XP, Millenium and 7:
Reboot your computer. When the first screen of information appears, start repeatedly pressing F8 key. Then choose Safe Mode With Networking from the options.

For Windows 8/8.1
Click the Start button, next click Control Panel —> System and Security —> Administrative Tools —> System Configuration.‌

Check the Safe Boot option and click OK. Click Restart when asked.
For Windows 10
Open the Start menu and click or tap on the Power button.

While keeping the Shift key pressed, click or tap on Restart.

Please, follow the steps precisely to remove Search.geniusmediatabsearch.com from the browser:

Remove From Mozilla Firefox:

Open Firefox, click on top-right corner , click Add-ons, hit Extensions next.

Look for suspicious or unknown extensions, remove them all.

Remove From Chrome:

Open Chrome, click chrome menu icon at the top-right corner —>More Tools —> Extensions. There, identify the malware and select chrome-trash-icon(Remove).

Remove From Internet Explorer:
Open IE, then click IE gear icon on the top-right corner —> Manage Add-ons.

Find the malicious add-on. Remove it by pressing Disable.

Right click on the browser’s shortcut, then click Properties. Remove everything after the .exe” in the Target box.

Open Control Panel by holding the Win Key and R together. Write appwiz.cpl in the field, then click OK.

Here, find any program you had no intention to install and uninstall it.

Run the Task Manager by right clicking on the Taskbar and choosing Start Task Manager.

Look carefully at the file names and descriptions of the running processes. If you find any suspicious one, search on Google for its name, or contact me directly to identify it. If you find a malware process, right-click on it and choose End task.

Open MS Config by holding the Win Key and R together. Type msconfig and hit Enter.

Go in the Startup tab and Uncheck entries that have “Unknown” as Manufacturer.

Still can not remove Search.geniusmediatabsearch.com from your browser? Please, leave a comment below, describing what steps you performed. I will answer promptly.