Http://search.snap.do-How to Uninstall It Completely

Have your browser infected by http://search.snap.do? Does the virus always redirect the results to http://search.snap.do? Is it totally annoying? Have you tried many ways to get rid it, but the Snap.do adware seems so stubborn. No worries, Tee Support labs have studied this virus, and have helped many people out of that. Want to get more information about removal steps? You are welcome to read the rest of the post or contact Tee Support 24/7 online agent.

Brief Overview of http://search.snap.do

 

What the http://search.snap.do do on your computer is obvious malicious, it pretends to be a genuine search engine, however, you can never get your intended search results but just redirecting you to its domain, the http://search.snap.do can affect all kinds of browser like Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox by changing the default browser settings. What is worse, it tries to manipulate the system especially when you are browsing the web and searching by using google. But this snap.do  is so tricky, you can never find any tool to remove the products on their website no mention email to them, you won’t expect a respond from them. So how about uninstalling the program from add/remove of control panel? The one who have tried this way found that it is not sufficient to completely remove the entire http://search.snap.do hijacker. The browser you are use still showing the snap.do search box on your homepage.

How Dangerous Is http://search.snap.do?

 

• It can change your browser homepage and default DNS setting which is able to cause redirect issues.
• It is able to drop additional malware with the opened backdoor it chiseling up so it looks like It can manipulate the system.
• It will add useless toolbar such as snap.do toolbar onto your web browser to take up your precious system resource that is why your computer is running slower and slower.
• It can disable control panel and task manager that is why you cannot uninstall it there.
• Note: the http://search.snap.do can along with the video or software you download online, so always pay attention to the default installation option.

Solution one:Step-by-step Instructions to Uninstall http://search.snap.do Completely

Step 1- Remove add-ons:
Internet Explorer
1) Go to 'Tools' → 'Manage Add-ons';
2) Choose 'Search Providers' → choose 'Bing' search engine or 'Google' search engine and make it default;
3) Select 'Search Results' and click 'Remove' to remove it;
4)  Go to 'Tools' → 'Internet Options', select 'General tab' and click 'Use default' button or enter your own website, e.g. Google.com. Click OK to save the changes.

Google Chrome
1) Click on 'Customize and control' Google Chrome icon, select 'Settings';
2) Choose 'Basic Options'.
3) Change Google Chrome's homepage to google.com or any other and click the 'Manage search engines...' button;
4) Select 'Google' from the list and make it your default search engine;
5) Select 'Search Results' from the list remove it by clicking the "X" mark.

Mozilla Firefox
1) Click on the magnifier's icon and select 'Manage Search Engines....';
2) Choose 'Search Results' from the list and click 'Remove' and OK to save changes;
3) Go to 'Tools' → 'Options'. Reset the startup homepage or change it to google.com under the 'General tab';

Step 2- Open Windows Task Manager and close all Snap.do running processes.
( Methods to open Task Manager: Press CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC or Press the Start button->click on the Run option->Type in taskmgr and press OK.)
 

Step 3- Remove these associated Files on your hard drive such as:

•    %Desktopdir%\search.snap.do.lnk
•    %Programs%\search.snap.do\search.snap.do.lnk

Step 4- Open the Registry Editor and delete the snap.do following entries:
(Steps: Hit Win+R keys and then type regedit in Run box and click on OK)

•    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\search.snap.do\DisplayIcon %AppData%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe,0
•    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\search.snap.do
•    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\search.snap.do\UninstallString “%AppData%[RANDOM CHARACTERS][RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe” -u
•    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\[RANDOM CHARACTERS] %AppData%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe

Step 5-Disable proxy

1.    Click on Tools on the menu bar
2.    select Internet options
3.    go to Connections tab
4.    select LAN settings at the bottom of the dialog
5.    under the Proxy sever, untick 'use a proxy server for your LAN (These settings will not apply to dial-up or VPN connections).'
6.    Click OK

Solution two: Get rid of snap.do by automatic scan of SpyHunter removal tool

SpyHunter is a powerful, real-time anti-spyware application that designed to help computer users to clean up the infections like worms, Trojans, rootkits, rogues, dialers, spyware,etc. It is important to note that SpyHunter removal tool works well and should run alongside existing security programs without any conflicts.

Step one: Click the icon to download SpyHunter removal tool

Follow the instructions to install SpyHunter removal tool

 

Step two: After the installation, run SpyHunter and click “Malware Scan” button to have a full or quick scan on your PC

Step three: Select the detected malicious files after your scanning and click “Remove” button to clean up all viruses.

Reference video on how to remove http://search.snap.do
The  http://search.snap.do is adding new characteristics all the time, and all the online virus removal guide are based on the virus sample, If you still have problems on getting rid of this, you are welcome to download Spyhunter automatic removal tool to get rid of it immediately!