Searchudak.com

Posted by Lisa Blanc on October 21, 2016

What is Searchudak.com?

Searchudak.com is not a popular browser hijacker, but it is always useful to know about possible threats, and if it already hijacked your browser, you should definitely continue reading the article. The search engine’s appearance is similar to google.com, and this might give you a wrong impression that the application is reliable. However, the software’s publisher is unknown. Since there are quite a few almost identical threats, we can only assume that it may have been published by a company oriented in creating browser hijackers. The application such as this might be dangerous as it could display suspicious advertisements, including ads with links to malicious web pages. Naturally, for your computer’s safety, we would advise you to use a more reliable tool instead and erase Searchudak.com. Simply take a look at the instructions placed below the text, and you will find out how to remove the unwanted application manually. test

Where does Searchudak.com come from?

Our researchers at Anti-spyware-101.com are not one hundred percent sure, but they think this search engine should be distributed either with bundled installers or through malicious pop-up ads. That is because we have tested numerous of similar browser hijackers and they are usually spread through these two channels. Either way, to avoid unreliable applications alike in the future, it would be advisable to stay away from suspicious advertising content and file-sharing web pages. A reliable antimalware tool could also help you avoid downloading potentially dangerous software accidentally.

How does Searchudak.com work?

Searchudak.com works only on Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome, so any other browsers should not be affected. After the application is installed, you should instantly notice it as soon as you open the hijacked browser. That is because the software may replace your default start page with Searchudak.com. Besides the words “Custom Google Search” in the search box, the application does not provide any information about itself. Some users might instantly identify the tool with google.com and consider it as trustworthy. Unfortunately, a custom engine might mean that the results could be modified by the browser hijacker’s creators.

The modified results could show you various third-party advertisements. We doubt that the application’s creators would review the content promoted on all of the ads, so some of it could be potentially harmful. For instance, after clicking such advertising content, users might end up on malicious web pages that could be created to spread Trojans, viruses, or other infections. Also, some of the third-party sites could invade your privacy by gathering sensitive data, or they might offer you to download more suspicious software, e.g. different browser hijackers, adware, potentially unwanted programs, and more. Due to these risks, removing Searchudak.com from the computer is probably the best choice.

How to delete Searchudak.com?

If you decided to erase the application manually, you should scroll a little below this text and choose the removal steps, fit for your browser. Once you complete them, the browser hijacker should no longer trouble you. Nonetheless, we would advise users to scan the system with a legitimate antimalware tool as well. If this application managed to enter the system, there could be other possible threats as well. Thus, it might be a good idea to clean the computer with a reliable antimalware tool that would also protect the system for you in the future. Should you have more questions about the browser hijacker, you can write us through social media or leave a comment below this article.

Erase Searchudak.com from browsers

Internet Explorer

Launch the RUN (press Win+R).
Type regedit in the RUN and click OK.
Locate the given directory: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Look for a value name titled as Start Page, then right-click it and press Modify.
Replace given value data (http://searchudak.com) and insert a link of a web page you would prefer.
Click OK to save these changes.

Mozilla Firefox

Launch the Explorer and locate the provided directory: C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\{Unique Mozilla user ID}
Find a file called Prefs.js, then right-click it and choose to open Prefs.js as a Notepad document.
Find this code line user_pref(“browser.startup.homepage”, “http://searchudak.com”).
Replace the URL address in it with a web page you like, then press Ctrl+S and close the document.

Google Chrome

Open the Explorer and find this location C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
Search for these files: Preferences, Secure Preferences, and Web Data.
Right-click them one by one and choose Delete.