Remove Searchnu.com/406 redirect
sato_san
Hi, please help me remove Searchnu.com/406 browser redirect virus, it is very annoying. All my searches are redirected on this address. I believe this hijacker came into my computer through software download from torrent. At first, I thought only my Internet Explorer version 8 is affected. But the same thing happens when I used firefox or chrome, all my requested URL are hijack by Searchnu.com/406.
I am anti-virus in placed, Norton Internet Security. Why does Searchnu.com get pass around its detection? I can see that my NIS is still working as of this time; however, it let the hijacker virus to do its thing. There is no virus detection or pop-up alert. The program has the most recent update so I still can’t believe why it is not blocking the redirect. Anyone have the same experience, what did you do to stop it?
aldrin
May 15, 2012 @ 15:32:48
Hi, searchnu.com/406 is part of the add-ons when you install iLivid. You may have downloaded and installed iLivid in typical way, without excluding the default search option. No need to worry, because what happening right now is not cause by a virus. It is just simple add-on that overrides your search process. This is the same thing why it is not detected as bad by your anti-virus program. Here are the procedures to remove searchnu.com/406 from Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Google Chrome.
Internet Explorer:
1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Go to Tools > Options.
3. On General tab, proceed to ”Change search defaults” and click the “Settings” button.
4. You will see a list of search providers. Select your desired search provider and click the button “Set as default” to replace searchnu.com.
5. You may now remove searchnu.com from the list.
Mozilla Firefox:
1. Open Mozilla Firefox Internet Browser.
2. On Google’s Search box, click the “arrow down” beside the logo.
3. Select “Manage Search Engine” from the drop-down list.
4. Choose your desired search default and click the button “Move up.” It should be on the top of the list to set it as default.
5. You can now remove other installed search engine.
Google Chrome:
1. Open Google Chrome.
2. Click on the Wrench icon on top right corner of the browser.
3. Choose “Settings” from the drop down list.
4. Select “Basics.”
5. Click on “Manage search engines” under SEARCH settings area.
6. Hover your mouse to a preferred search engine and click “Make default.”
7. You can now remove unwanted search provider by clicking on the X mark.
If you cannot find searchnu.com from the lists of search providers, it may have other names like iLivid or something.
Roger
May 18, 2012 @ 23:55:36
For google chrome:
1. Click on the Wrench icon on top right corner of the browser.
2. Choose “Settings” from the drop down list.
3. From the category listed there as ‘On startup’ if you have the third option selected then click on the words in blue letter beside it that reads ‘set pages’.
4. Hover your mouse over the ‘searchnu’ website then click on the ‘x’ that appears to the right of it.
5. In the ‘Add a new page’ text field enter a new web address that you would like chrome to start up with every time you begin to use chrome.
Jacob
May 25, 2012 @ 05:22:28
@Aldrin
@Roger
Those both removed the annoying add-on of the search bar, but whenever I open a new window in chrome, the original chrome window as well as the Searchnu.com/406 site shows up. It’d be more convenient not to have it there, so can anyone help?
jerdei
May 27, 2012 @ 05:33:09
Jacob, did you try uninstalling Seachnu from add/remove programs? Did you mean, when you open a new window, two will showup, one as Chrome’s default and another one is Searchnu?
If that is the case, your browser is configured to open a set of windows. Try this method to stop opening two windows.
1. Click on the Wrench icon on top right corner of the browser.
2. Select “Settings.”
3. Look at the “On Startup” and click on “Set pages.”
4. You will see a list of startup pages.
5. Hover your mouse on searchnu.com and click the “X” mark. Click on “OK” to save the settings.
6. Restart Google Chrome.
Lyn
Jun 13, 2012 @ 11:04:48
Thanks to @Roger for the Chrome info – I looked everywhere and never thought about the Start up page, it’s easy when you know how.
Gary
Jun 22, 2012 @ 06:21:33
Excellent jerdei, other options didn’t do anything but your advice was spot on, cheers
katie
Jun 24, 2012 @ 00:26:16
thank you sooo much!!! i have been searching the internet for hours trying to figure out how to get this off. We have 4 children and two adults that use this computer everyday, so I am the one that works to keep it clean and running smoothly. Everything is fixed! thanks again so much!
emily
Jun 25, 2012 @ 22:50:07
aldrin you are brilliant! All the other “solutions” I found were so convoluted. Why do some people make something that is so simple, so complicated? Thank you.
David
Jul 05, 2012 @ 00:34:41
Gentlemen
I am sorry,i cannot find “arrow down” beside the logo !
Where is it???
Thanks a lot
David
sundeep
Jul 05, 2012 @ 04:19:14
@Roger ROGER ROGER ROGER ROGER greets to man, simple but efficient idea.
Thank you very much.
Tota
Jul 08, 2012 @ 14:56:40
Thanks! @jerdei; Your suggestion has been worked fine. Many many thanks for the post.
Ben
Jul 11, 2012 @ 14:41:31
In my Mozilla my home page is back where I want it but when I open a new tab the searchnu screen appears… I looked in Add/Remove programs and in the Mozilla Add-ins section and can’t find a way to remove Searchnu… Is MalwareBytes the only way to get rid if this PEST completely…. And yes unfortunately, I did install llivd…
Matt
Jul 12, 2012 @ 02:41:35
Holy, thanks Roger and Jerdei. I’ve struggled with this on and off for DAYS, constantly seeing the same (obvious) procedure for removal that didn’t work. It appears plenty of people were in the same boat as me so I hope more people see this.
avi
Jul 16, 2012 @ 07:12:13
thank you so much i had that problem for some time now i dont thanks to you……love from israel
tnx folks!
Jul 20, 2012 @ 09:22:09
Really thanks.
jorge
Jul 20, 2012 @ 09:56:05
Thank you Jardeiand roger i was afraid i was being hacked…. i may still be but at least when i go to google chrome it open google chrome, hahahaha
emma
Jul 20, 2012 @ 10:46:37
i have the same problem as @ben
please help!
m
Jul 23, 2012 @ 02:06:58
GUYS I GOT IT.
go to the wrench>settings>on start up>open a specific page.. (set pages).>then click the X button.
this worked in a matter of seconds for me.
hope it helps.
Eric
Jul 25, 2012 @ 03:13:08
Have the same problem but my IE freezes as it tries the redirect link and I can not do anything on the IE. Is there another way to work outside of IE or Google Chrome page?
Thanks!
sam
Jul 27, 2012 @ 00:48:13
Thanks finally got it out @aldrin
Myrn
Jul 29, 2012 @ 23:27:02
Thanks Roger you really helped!!
Natalia
Jul 30, 2012 @ 04:00:55
Hi, how can i get rid of this searchnu from google? I set up google as my default search but once i opened google, a second window with searchnu shows up.
jimz mtz
Jul 31, 2012 @ 02:39:39
thx jerdei it sure helped out i been with this annoying parasite searchnu tab on google chrome for about a week and thx to u i finally got rid of it….
Susan
Aug 02, 2012 @ 09:30:16
Thank you Aldrin and Roger, it worked perfectly and I got rid of searchnu from Chrome and Firefox.
Jacpete
Aug 10, 2012 @ 14:39:47
The easiest way to remove searchnu from your system completely is to just search your system drive (usually “C”) for any file name containing the name searchqu (yes is is searchqu this is not a typo) the files will be in the documents and settings area and you will find 1 folder called searchquband and 4 files that will be 1 .ini file, 2 .exe files and 1 .xml file. Just delete them all and it will be gone for good. Removing the add on from oyur browsers still leaves the exe code on your system so if oyu re install your browser it can come back.
Jacpete
Aug 15, 2012 @ 23:08:59
Searchnu is NOT A VIRUS it is just an add on that takes over your browser. All this virus and malware removal stuff is a SCAM. Be warned.
felicia
Aug 25, 2012 @ 01:46:51
I did it!!! Forget all of the complicated stuff they tell you to do. Open Firefox, at the top left there is an orange small Firefox bar w/ pull-down. Go to options and change the website listed there to google.com
mark
Aug 27, 2012 @ 11:45:34
Guys I have tried everyone of the comments that deal with the problem on firefox and nothing works!!! Maybe my computer is different but as an example I tried Felicias suggestion and guess what? I do not have that orange bar anywhere on my page after opening Firefox. I have looked at videos and read everything I can and it still returns the next time I open Firefox. I give up!!!
mark
Aug 27, 2012 @ 11:49:42
I forgot to mention that I tried Aldrin’s simple solution for us Firefox users with much expectation and it did not work. Why do some solutions work for some people but not others?
Karen
Sep 01, 2012 @ 20:32:53
Thank you, Roger! I did everything short of a format and reload to get rid of that stupid search screen, and the answer was right in front of me.
birkoffherz
Sep 05, 2012 @ 08:31:44
Aldrin!!! Ur a hero!!! I had the same problem as the author of the question. Deleted toolbar from programs and was still appearing as it comes ur explanation is straight to the point very professional and easy to follow for every idiot (even me). Just wanted to say THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
nas
Sep 11, 2012 @ 21:51:30
roger your the man matey
Joe
Sep 11, 2012 @ 23:32:15
Hi guys, this is not working for me, the searchnu page still opens despite changing the ‘open specific page and deleting the searchnu search engine!
Please help, i’ve also deleted the toolbar, can find nothing in programme files either!
neal
Sep 12, 2012 @ 07:30:56
hey guys every time i try and open my google chrome it tells me A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.. and searchnu is in the addressbar while this message pops up. we have tried everything to get rid of it help please
Yousef
Sep 16, 2012 @ 09:40:32
@Roger
@aldrin
Thank you Aldrin and Roger, it worked perfectly thanks so much for your help.
AL Rodriguez
Sep 16, 2012 @ 14:08:15
I’am glad that the above postings help me clear the searchu pain in the butt search is finally removed..! Thanks
Cary Hanson
Sep 19, 2012 @ 16:41:42
What concerns me the most about my searchnu problem is that it changed my computer id. When I went to work and logged into facebook it claimed I had logged in from an unknown device. That makes me think there may be other problems too… but now I’m scared of downloading things so haven’t tried the above link.
Toria
Sep 19, 2012 @ 22:34:01
Hi, I still am getting this riduclous virus. I actually uninstalled ilivid and I downloaded the Malwarebytes program per suggestion on another forum. It seems to have removed some but not all of it. For example, now when I use internet explorer, it opens 3 tabs. The first tab is “this page is unavailable” or something to that effect and when you ask for more details it states that it cannot find searchnu. However, it has slowed down my internet searching quite abit. I uninstalled and reinstalled google chrome a couple times and it doesn’t work correctly. It just thinks forever and only opens (or tries to open an odd looking page that doesn’t have a search toolbar). I also think I got it from a torrent. So very annoying.
ameena
Sep 20, 2012 @ 10:33:46
thank you so much Rojer!!!
I hve been trying out all the methods to get rid of this and guess what, yours only worked! thanks again
roshan
Sep 21, 2012 @ 19:58:23
i dont like this
ann
Sep 26, 2012 @ 04:43:51
@aldrin,Roger,jerdei-Thankyou! Worked like a charm!!
Paul
Oct 03, 2012 @ 02:36:24
Roger
MAY 18, 2012 @ 23:55:36
For google chrome:
1. Click on the Wrench icon on top right corner of the browser.
2. Choose “Settings” from the drop down list.
3. From the category listed there as ‘On startup’ if you have the third option selected then click on the words in blue letter beside it that reads ‘set pages’.
4. Hover your mouse over the ‘searchnu’ website then click on the ‘x’ that appears to the right of it.
5. In the ‘Add a new page’ text field enter a new web address that you would like chrome to start up with every time you begin to use chrome.
Thanks Roger, it worked a treat.
Lynne
Oct 07, 2012 @ 17:59:58
Thanks for the help. It worked easily for Internet Explorer. For Firefox, and the Google Search Box, I moved the search engine that I wanted up in the row until it was at the top, then closed Firefox, restarted, clicked on new tab and ‘searchnu’ reappeard. I then went to Control Panel (Vista) and uninstalled searchnu; now Firefox seems fine. Thanks again.
ruth.barry
Oct 08, 2012 @ 23:16:12
Just to say that I first performed a System Restore. I removed the softtware that caused the problem (in my case iLivid; I isolated the problem to this software as it was the only new program installed!) by inistalling through programs and features (highlighting and right clicking on “unistall/change”. I then uninstalled GoogleChrome and reistalled it making sure that make google chrome your default brower checkbox was ticked. I think it might have overidden iLivid setting so that got rid of searchnu.com406/. So annoying every time I clicked on googlechrome icon to search the net! But it’s resolved now.
Jeff
Oct 11, 2012 @ 04:57:59
It worked! Thank you Adrian!
Kern
Oct 15, 2012 @ 16:02:37
***I had this problem and did all of the uninstall stuff… and yet it was still showing up as my default search! What i had to do was—- search your computer for “system restore” and follow the prompts to restore the computer to a time previous to when the search thing went all haywire. It seems to automatically pick dates that are good. This is the only thing that worked for me!
Johnny Jatana
Oct 18, 2012 @ 16:50:37
thanks jerdei for your help
???
Oct 28, 2012 @ 22:44:37
for some reason chrome doesnt have the wrench icon anymore. its been gone ever since searchnu appeared. is there any alternative?
adib
Oct 30, 2012 @ 03:32:44
I want to remove searchnu.
MrMCH
Nov 03, 2012 @ 18:26:13
jacpete – you’re a legend. Cheers to you. Absolutely no problems since taking your advice.
EvilB
Nov 05, 2012 @ 15:24:18
Hey you all. I hope this helps. I am not sure (as are none of the “pros”) how to actually remove this foul thing but, at least in chrome, you can go to the Chrome menu upper left that looks like 3 dashes stacked, select Settings, Appearance, and then next to the “show home button” you can set the home page to the proper url of google or whatever you use.
And if you haven’t already, go to the settings again and go to the “on startup” and select the “Open a specific page or set of pages” then follow the link to the right to set a specific url for the search engine of your choice ie “www.google.com”.
Again I hope this helps! Good luck!
EvilB
Nov 05, 2012 @ 15:27:56
Also, just to be clear, I do not think I have removed this crap, I just made it invisible. “Out of sight, out of mind” will work for now until someone figures it out.
Dalia
Nov 07, 2012 @ 18:59:41
Help! I’ve tried all of the above but it’s still not working (Google Chrome) Yes, I also installed ilivid, so annoying. Any ideas???
babz
Nov 24, 2012 @ 14:02:55
All these did not work, simple after removing from add or remove program, going back to browsers and replacing default page back only worked!!!!
Jack
Nov 30, 2012 @ 19:58:38
Hey everybody, what evilB said works. My searchnu bar is no longer a part of my life! Thank you evilB!
Randy
Dec 01, 2012 @ 14:12:11
Also go to Extensions and remove the “Quick Access” add on.
Rajeev Chitguppi
Dec 11, 2012 @ 14:35:12
Excellent tips already given
1. Go to “Settings”.
2. Go to “On startup” -‘set pages’.
3. Hover your mouse over the ‘searchnu’ website then click on the ‘x’ that appears to the right of it.
4. In the ‘Add a new page’ text field enter a new web address that you would like chrome to start up with every time you begin to use chrome.
Try my trick
1. Go to “Settings”.
2. Left hand side you will see History, Extensions, Settings. Select “Extensions”
3. Within the installed “Extensions” list – Identify “Ask.com” or any other icon with “Search” written or related to any type of search.,
4. Unmark the “Enable” from the box given next to it.
5. Next click on “Trash” sign to delete it.
Chrome says Boo… You have no extensions
Want to browse the gallery instead?
Just say No, Thanks and move on.
MB
Dec 12, 2012 @ 12:11:10
disable addons : data mngr. (in firefox)
Alana
Dec 12, 2012 @ 19:18:56
I had this in chrome – i tried the suggestion about removing searchnu from start up but still everytime I opened a new tab it was there. I ended up uninstalling something in my program files called search toolbar or something similar and this stopped any search at all coming up, not just searchnu.
I then went into settings on chrome and clicked on help, and chrome updated itself and the problem resolved itself! I dont know if you need to do all of these or just update chrome but its fine for me now too
Ivanhoe
Dec 12, 2012 @ 19:22:25
Just want to say a BIG THANKS to Roger for his posting on (MAY 18, 2012 @ 23:55:36) Worked great and now free of SearchNu.
Now it’s gone should I run a full scan for virus?
Once again thanks
Ivanhoe
dazza
Jan 05, 2013 @ 22:08:27
that doesnt remove search nu it just stops it from loading on start up !it is still malicious and on the computer ?
Sandra
Jan 13, 2013 @ 11:19:29
@Roger -Thanks!
Taylor
Jan 18, 2013 @ 14:59:07
Hey guys,
None of the previous suggestions worked for me for FIREFOX either.
The System Restore wasn’t going to work for me because I recently downloaded a free trial version of XLSTAT I needed to keep!
I pulled up all the programs currently installed on my computer and saw one something along the lines of “Search Results Toolbar” and uninstalled that….NO MORE SEARCHNU!
Try to uninstall the “Search Results Toolbar” program and see if that helps!
Magnacharger
Feb 05, 2013 @ 10:46:51
Very effective advice to get rid of a pain in the butt! Thanks to all the expertes
Ethan Seltzer
Feb 12, 2013 @ 02:27:44
To remove Searchnu on Chrome it is super EASY. Go the the options button(the one with three bars), click settings and then click extensions on the left side bar. You will see one that says something about Searchnu and just click the little trash can. It’s that easy!
Eloise
Feb 16, 2013 @ 21:36:41
Thanks heaps!
heather morgan
Mar 01, 2013 @ 15:43:13
I had the same thing happen. I got it from downloading ilivid..I tried everything to get if off and the one thing that worked is I uninstalled google chrome set my browser to internet explorer, then I reinstalled google TOOLBAR and set my browser and homepage to google and it actually worked!!
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