Get Rid of SearchAssist.net Redirect Virus from Chrome/IE/Firefox

Do you always get redirected to SearchAssist.net without permission? Is it very annoying to be redirected to this suspicious page? Then, read more and try to get rid of SearchAssist.net from your browser step by step with the help of the following removal instruction.

Description of SearchAssist.net

SearchAssist.net is a harmful browser hijacker which can land on your system via unfair ways. In reality, the program is not a virus, but it is very annoying and dangerous. Even though the program states that it can improve your system performance, but actually it causes many troubles to you.
Once SearchAssist.net browser hijacker enters your system, it will do many annoying things to drive you crazy. Firstly, SearchAssist.net may pop up a lot of ads on your system and you cannot stop them. Besides, the program can add many unwanted links and malicious programs to your system. Once you click those links unfortunately, the program will become a channel for other viruses to enter your system. In addition, SearchAssist.net may change your browser settings randomly including homepage. Moreover, you should pay attention to your private data, because the foxy program is able to steal your information and send them to remote cyber criminals for illegal goals. Now you should clear that the program is harmful to your PC. To rid of SearchAssist.net virus is necessary.

Screenshot of SearchAssist.net

Annoyances that are caused by SearchAssist.net:

1.SearchAssist.net virus will slow down your PC speed, so you cannot use your PC smoothly.
2.Lots of ads keep popping up when you surf the Internet.
3.SearchAssist.net virus will disable your antivirus program and help other viruses attack your PC
4.Redirect problem will happen all the time.

Steps to remove SearchAssist.net virus:

1.Stop all vicious processes of SearchAssist.net from Task Manager
To do this, you can hit Ctrl+Shift+Esc at the same time to open the Task Manager. But you should know that the virus’s name may vary from one to other, so you should be careful.

2.Display all hidden files so as to remove SearchAssist.net's files
To show all hidden files from PC, please follow these steps:
①Click Start Menu and click Control Panel

②Click Appearance and Personalization and click Folder Options

③Go to View tab, tick Show hidden files and folders and deselect Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)

④Click OK
3.Remove all malicious files and keys from Registry Editor
To do this, you can click on Start Menu and click Run. When a dialogue pops up, you should type "regedit" in the box and click OK.

Then you will see the following Screenshot:

Now, please remove the following keys from the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\run\
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Temp
Note: you should know that any mistake changes happen in the registry will cause other serious system problems. So before you make some changes, you should back up your registry first!

How to Open & Back up the Registry