Get Rid of Search.fr-recherche.com Virus from IE/Firefox/Chrome

What is Search.fr-recherche.com?

Like Key-Find.com virus, Search.fr-recherche.com is a search engine and toolbar. Many people regard it as a browser attacker. When you download different programs, the adware gets inside your computer. And it is installed without causing any attention of you. Generally speaking, you do not notice that the adware is loading the moment you installing the wanted program.

Then Search.fr-recherche.com virus replaces your original home page at once. The same as Google, Bing, or Yahoo, the adware is a customized search. Whereas, search results from this adware are filled up with advertisements, misleading you to view their affiliated websites. In addition, you can link to some popular websites from the toolbar. And you can find the same results when entering something into the search box of Search.fr-recherche.com. But it is thought of as an adware for it is installed without any permission.

This redirect virus, with small affection to your computer, is less harmful than computer viruses. What Search.fr-recherche.com cares about is your browser and search engine. You can easily wipe off the add-ons loaded to dominate the home page. The following instructions are to help you to clean away the adware, applicable to other search hijackers as Search.fr-recherche.com. Apart from removing the add-ons, scan your computer to completely wipe off the adware, letting no hidden entries left in your computer.

Search.fr-recherche.com is really hazardous

a.       Search.fr-recherche.com virus attacks the machine without being noticed

b.      Search.fr-recherche.com virus modifies the browser settings without approval

c.       Search.fr-recherche.com virus pops up tons of annoying ads on the browser

d.      Search.fr-recherche.com virus comes with many dangerous malware

e.       Search.fr-recherche.com virus is hard to be removed

The reason why your security tool cannot detect Search.fr-recherche.com

It is very sure that some antivirus programs cannot detect all PC threats completely. And Search.fr-recherche.com should be one of the threats that are hard to remove. Commonly, it uses root kit technology to hide deep inside the system and changes its location all the time. Thus, many security tools cannot find out its location exactly, not to mention to remove it. In such situation, you should get rid of Search.fr-recherche.com manually. Please read the following guide and remove this browser hijacker quickly and efficiently.

Get Rid of Search.fr-recherche.com Step by Step

Step1. Remove its program from the PC

Open the control panel>find add or remove programs>uninstall Search.fr-recherche.com

Step2. Delete all add-ons about Search.fr-recherche.com from the browsers

Google Chrome

Click “customize and control”>settings>basic options>use google.com as the homepage and make Google as your search engine at “Manage Search”

Internet Explore

Click Tools>select “Manage Add-ons”>”search providers”>set Yahoo or other reputable search engine as your default one>go to “search results”>remove its add-ons

Mozilla Firefox

Click “magnifier”icon>Manage Search Engine…”>select “search results”>click the removal button

Step3. Remove all files that are associated with Search.fr-recherche.com

%Temp%\Search.fr-recherche.com

%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll

Step4. Remove Search.fr-recherche.com’s registry entries

Go to start menu>run>type regedit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[random]

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Default_Page_URL" = 

Attention: the manual removal guide requires you to have some knowledge about computers. If you are an inexperienced computer user, you may operate mistakenly. Every wrong step will result in system programs. So you must be careful when remove Search.fr-recherche.com.