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

If you see the Search.searchyffff.com page taking over your browsers, you are in for trouble. The site is a clear sign that your machine is no longer infection free. There is a browser hijacker on board and the Search.searchyffff.com site indicates its presence. To be clear, the page is not the hijackers. It only clues you in its existence. The actual parasite is already on your machine, hiding and making a mess from the shadows. Needless to say, you have to get rid of it.

Hijackers are incredibly annoying and don’t make for pleasant tenants. They are also dangerous. The more time they spend on board, the more problems they cause. It all starts with browsing interruptions but keep in mind that thing can escalate and worsen very fast. Do not ignore the threat this pest poses. As soon as you spot the Search.searchyffff.com site, take actions. Start looking for the hijacker and when you find it, delete it upon discovery. The sooner you get rid of it, the better. Don’t procrastinate and do the right thing. There is no place for such an infection on your computer.

As we said, the first thing to notice after the hijacker invades is that your entire browsing experience changes. The pest is called a browser hijacker for a reason. It actually hijacks your browsers. All of them. It adds a pesky plugin to each one, thus taking control. It makes all kinds of changes in your settings without any permission of yours. You open your favorite browser one day only to see that your previous search engine and homepage are replaced with the Search.searchyffff.com page. Did you agree to that? No. You weren’t even asked. The infection doesn’t need your approval to make reshuffles. So, from this moment on you see the above-mention site all the time. Every time you so much as touch your browsers, the page appears. It becomes your online shadow.

Also, it plays the role of your new search engine. This is not good. Don’t think even for a second that you will be shown safe and accurate search results. On the contrary. Nothing you see now is reliable. You have to be very careful what you click on. A single wrong click and you can bury yourself deeper in trouble. Aside from that, the hijacker also generates ads. Irritating commercials which only worsen your situation. They appear all the time on your screen, preventing you from surfing the web normally. Don’t put up with all of this. Do not tolerate these shenanigans. The infection completely demolishes your online activities. Delete it right now. Use our removal guide below and clean your PC ASAP.

How did the pest enter, though? We bet you are wondering how you got stuck with this hijacker. You didn’t download it on purpose and yet, it is there. This is because the pest tricked you. It needs your approval to operate like any other program. It needs you to say “yes”. And obviously, you did at some point and you don’t even recall doing so. Don’t rush into blaming yourself. The hijacker duped you with the help of the oldest tricks in the book. For example, it poses as program or system updates. Hitches a ride with freeware bundles. Hides behind corrupted pages/links/torrents.

The methods are many actually. But they all have one thing in common. They need your carelessness to work. The hijacker still follows the rules and asks for permission but not straightforwardly. That’s why you need to pay more attention to what you agree to. Distraction and negligence are not your friends. Don’t give into them. Instead, be vigilant and cautious. This is the only way to protect your machine from parasites.

Search.searchyffff.com Uninstall

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.searchyffff.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.searchyffff.com from your browser? Please, leave a comment below, describing what steps you performed. I will answer promptly.