Remove Searchdot

Searchdot Description

Searchdot is a browser hijacker that changes Internet Explorer default home and search pages and blocks access to popular Internet search engines and sites by sending a web browser to a predetermined server. Searchdot is bundled with some advertising-supported software. It can also be manually installed. The spyware runs on every Windows startup.

Remove Searchdot

Stop the following Searchdot processes:
systeminit.exe

Remove the following Searchdot registry keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunsystem32.dll=%Windir%Systemsysteminit.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternetExplorerMainDefault_Page_URL=[siteaddress]
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternetExplorerMainDefault_Search_URL=[siteaddress]
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternetExplorerMainSearchPage=[siteaddress]
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternetExplorerMainStartPage=[siteaddress]
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternetExplorerSearchCustomizeSearch=[siteaddress]
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternetExplorerSearchDefault_Search_URL=[siteaddress]
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternetExplorerSearchSearchAssistant=[siteaddress]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftInternetExplorerMainSearchBar=[siteaddress]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftInternetExplorerMainSearchPage=[siteaddress]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftInternetExplorerMainStartPage=[siteaddress]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftInternetExplorerMainUseSearchAsst=no
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftInternetExplorerSearchCustomizeSearch=[siteaddress]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftInternetExplorerSearchSearchAssistant=[siteaddress]
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternetExplorerStylesUseMyStylesheet=1
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternetExplorerStylesUserStylesheet=%Windir%sstyle.css

Delete the following Searchdot files:
systeminit.exe
sstyle.css

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