The Apps.searchalgo.com is a internet browser hijacker. As a result, your home page, newtab page and search provider by default are replaced by Apps.searchalgo.com and all your search results are redirected to this harmful web site or other domains. It may also create a ton of pop-up advertising banners on your PC system and increase your vulnerability. With the few simple steps below, you can get rid of it completely.
The Apps.searchalgo.com hijacker usually affects only the Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Edge. However, possible situations, when any other browsers will be affected too. The hijacker will perform a scan of the PC for web-browser shortcuts and modify them without your permission. When it infects the browser shortcuts, it will add the argument like ‘http://apps.searchalgo.com/’ into Target property. So, each time you run the internet browser, you will see the Apps.searchalgo.com unwanted page.
When your system is infected, every time you start your web-browser you will see this web-site. Of course you can setup your start page again, but next time you launch a web-browser you will see that Apps.searchalgo.com homepage return. As mentioned above, the browser hijacker infection may alter the default search engine on this annoying site too, so all your search queries will be redirected to Apps.searchalgo.com. Thus the authors of the browser hijacker may collect the search terms of your queries, and redirect you to malicious web pages.
Although, Apps.searchalgo.com browser hijacker is not a virus, but it does bad things, and it alters the settings of your internet browser. Moreover, with this browser hijacker infection, an ad supported software can be additionally installed on to your computer, that will show a huge number of advertisements, hindering or completely blocking the work in the browser. Often such advertising links may recommend to install other unknown and unwanted programs or visit malicious web-sites. So, it’s very important to disinfect your system as soon as possible. The guide, which is shown below, will allow you to remove Apps.searchalgo.com search from the Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge and other browsers.
How can you prevent your system from the attack of Apps.searchalgo.com hijacker infection
Most often Apps.searchalgo.com hijacker gets on your personal computer as a part of various free software, as a bonus. Therefore it’s very important at the stage of installing software downloaded from the Internet carefully review the Terms of use and the License agreement, as well as to always choose the Advanced, Custom or Manual setup mode. In this mode, you can turn off all unwanted add-ons, including the Apps.searchalgo.com browser hijacker, which will be installed along with the desired program. Of course, if you uninstall the free programs from your PC system, your favorite browser’s settings will not be restored. So, to recovery the Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Edge’s start page and search provider by default you need to follow the step-by-step guide below.
How to manually remove Apps.searchalgo.com
The simple answer is right here on this page. We have put together simplicity and efficiency. It will allow you easily to clean your computer of browser hijacker. Moreover, you can choose manual or automatic removal method. If you are familiar with the computer then use manual removal, otherwise use the free anti-malware tool designed specifically to remove hijacker such as Apps.searchalgo.com. Of course, you can combine both methods. Read this manual carefully, bookmark or print it, because you may need to close your browser or reboot your PC.
- Remove Apps.searchalgo.com associated software by using Windows Control Panel
- Remove Apps.searchalgo.com search from Chrome
- Delete Apps.searchalgo.com from FF
- Remove Apps.searchalgo.com search from Internet Explorer
- Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove Apps.searchalgo.com
Remove Apps.searchalgo.com associated software by using Windows Control Panel
First, you should try to identify and remove the program that causes the appearance of unwanted advertising links or browser redirect, using the ‘Uninstall a program’ which is located in the ‘Control panel’.
Windows 8, 8.1, 10
, then click Search 
. Type ‘Control panel’and press Enter as on the image below. 
When the ‘Control Panel’ opens, press the ‘Uninstall a program’ link under Programs category as shown below. 
You will see the ‘Uninstall a program’ panel. Look on the example below. 
Very carefully look around the entire list of applications installed on your computer. Most likely, one or more of them are responsible for the appearance of pop-up advertising links and browser redirect to the annoying Apps.searchalgo.com web-page. If you have many programs installed, you can help simplify the search of dangerous software by sort the list by date of installation. Once you have found a suspicious, unwanted or unused application, right click to it, after that click ‘Uninstall’.
Windows XP, Vista, 7
When the Windows ‘Control Panel’ opens, you need to press ‘Uninstall a program’ under ‘Programs’ as shown in the figure below. 
You will see a list of programs installed on your computer. We recommend to sort the list by date of installation to quickly find the applications that were installed last. Most likely they responsibility for the appearance of pop-up advertising and web-browser redirect. If you are in doubt, you can always check the program by doing a search for her name in Google, Yahoo or Bing. When the program which you need to delete is found, simply press on its name, and then click ‘Uninstall’ as shown on the screen below. 
Remove Apps.searchalgo.com search from Chrome
Reset Google Chrome settings is a simple way to remove the malware and adware extensions, as well as to restore the internet browser’s settings that have been changed by hijacker.
- Open the Chrome and click Menu button (small button in the form of three horizontal stripes).
- It will open the Chrome main menu. Select “Settings” option.
- You will see the Chrome’s settings page. Scroll down and click “Show advanced settings” link.
- Scroll down again. Press the “Reset settings” button.
- The Chrome will display the reset profile settings page as shown on the image above.
- Next click the “Reset” button.
- Once this task is done, your web-browser’s homepage, new tab page and search engine by default will be restored to their original defaults.
- To learn more, read the blog post How to reset Google Chrome settings to default.
Delete Apps.searchalgo.com from FF
First, start the Firefox. Open the main menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (
). It opens the drop-down menu. Next, click the Help button (
). 
In the Help menu click the “Troubleshooting Information”. In the upper-right corner of the “Troubleshooting Information” page click on “Refresh Firefox” button as shown on the image below. 
Confirm your action. Click on the “Refresh Firefox”.
Remove Apps.searchalgo.com search from Internet Explorer
First, launch the Internet Explorer. Next, open Tools menu by clicking on the button in the form of gear (
). It opens the drop-down menu, press the “Internet Options”. 
In the Internet Options window click on the Advanced tab, then click the Reset button. The Internet Explorer will open the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” window. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box, then press “Reset” button. 
You will now need to restart your PC for the changes to take effect.
Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove Apps.searchalgo.com redirect
Now you need to clean up the web-browser shortcuts. Check that the shortcut referring to the right exe-file of the browser, and not on any unknown file. Right click to a desktop shortcut for your browser. Choose the “Properties” option.
It will open the Properties window. Select the “Shortcut” tab here, after that, look at the “Target” field. The browser hijacker can replace it. If you are seeing something like “…exe http://apps.searchalgo.com/” then you need to remove “http…” and leave only, depending on the internet browser you are using:
- Google Chrome: chrome.exe
- Opera: opera.exe
- Firefox: firefox.exe
- Internet Explorer: iexplore.exe
Look at the example like below. 
Once is finished, press the “OK” button to save the changes. Please repeat this step for browser shortcuts which redirects to an unwanted web sites. When you have completed, go to next step.
How to remove Apps.searchalgo.com with Antimalware
Manual removal Apps.searchalgo.com search requires some computer skills. Some files and registry entries that created by the hijacker may be not completely removed. We suggest that use the MalwareBytes Anti-malware Free that are completely clean your system. Moreover, the free application will help you to remove malware, ad-supported software (adware) and toolbars that your system may be infected too.
- Please download MalwareBytes Anti-malware to your desktop from the following link.
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- At the download page, click on the Download button. Your internet browser will show the “Save as” prompt. Please save it onto your Windows desktop.
- Once the download process is finished, please close all applications and open windows on your personal computer. Double-click on the icon that named mbam-setup.
- This will launch the Setup wizard of MalwareBytes Anti-malware onto your PC. Follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings.
- When the Setup wizard has finished installing, the Antimalware will start and display the main window.
- Further, click the “Scan Now” button for the browser hijacker infection removal scan. It will start scanning your computer for the browser hijacker infection which redirects your internet browser to the Apps.searchalgo.com unwanted site. This task can take quite a while, so please be patient.
- When the MalwareBytes Anti-malware has finished scanning, it will display a screen which contains a list of malicious software that has been found.
- When you are ready, click the “Remove Selected” button to begin cleaning your PC system. Once the process is finished, you may be prompted to Restart.
- Close the Anti-Malware and continue with the next step.
Video instruction, which reveals in detail the steps above.
How to stop Apps.searchalgo.com startpage
To increase your security and protect your PC against new annoying advertising banners and malicious sites, you need to use application that blocks access to harmful ads and pages. Moreover, the software can block the show of intrusive advertising, which also leads to faster loading of pages and reduce the consumption of web traffic.
- Download AdGuard using the following link.
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- After the download is finished, run the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” program window. Follow the prompts.
- Once the installation is finished, click “Skip” to close the installation program and use the default settings, or click “Get Started” to see an quick tutorial that will help you get to know AdGuard better.
- In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you start your system, AdGuard will start automatically and block pop-up ads, sites such Apps.searchalgo.com, as well as other dangerous or misleading pages. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the icon named AdGuard, which is located on your desktop.
Remove Apps.searchalgo.com browser hijacker infection and malicious extensions with AdwCleaner.
If MalwareBytes Anti-malware cannot get rid of this infection, then we suggests to use the AdwCleaner. AdwCleaner is a free removal utility for browser hijackers, adware, PUPs, toolbars. Also you can ask for help our Myantispyware team below.
Download AdwCleaner from the link below.
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Once complete, open a directory in which you saved it. You will see an icon like below.
Double click the AdwCleaner desktop icon. Once this tool is started, you will see a screen as on the image below.
Further, click “Scan” button to perform a system scan for Apps.searchalgo.com browser hijacker and browser’s malicious extensions. Once AdwCleaner has done, it will open a scan report as shown in the figure below.
Review the report and then click “Cleaning” button. It will open a dialog box as shown in the figure below.
Click “OK”. When the cleaning procedure is finished, the AdwCleaner may ask you to reboot your PC system.
When your computer is started, you will see an AdwCleaner log.
How to ask for help the Myantispyware team
If you are seeking a help for Apps.searchalgo.com removal then follow these steps.
- Download HijackThis from the link below and save it to your Desktop.
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- Double-click on the HijackThis icon, and click the button labeled “Do a system scan only”.
- Once the scan is complete, the scan button will read “Save log”, click it. Save this log to your desktop
Create a Myantispyware account here. Once you’ve registered, check your e-mail for a confirmation link, and confirm your account. After that, login.
- Copy and paste the contents of the HijackThis log into your post. If you are posting for the first time, please start a new thread by using the “New Topic” button in the Spyware Removal forum. When posting your HJT log, try to give us some details about your problems, so we can try to help you more accurately.
- Wait for one of our trained “Security Team” or Site Administrator to provide you with knowledgeable assistance tailored to your problem with Apps.searchalgo.com removal.
