Remove Search Feed Tech PUP and Stop Ads

This article aims to help you with the removal of Search Feed Tech from affected browser and system. Follow the detailed guide at the end to get rid of all harmful files in full.

Search Feed Tech is dubious software that may plague browser and system settings without asking for your permission. This is one of the main reasons why it is considered to be a potentially unwanted program. A confusing consequence of having this unwanted program installed on the PC is that it could be designed to harvest various sensitive details from your browser and system in order to make you a better target of aggressive online advertising or even additional malware attacks.

Threat Summary

Name	Search Feed Tech
Type	Browser Hijacker, Redirect, PUP
Short Description	A questionable program that hijacks changes browser settings without asking for permission and then invades browsing sessions.
Symptoms	The homepage, new tab page and search enigne in preferred web browser may be replaced by the domain of any browser hijacker. Many pop-up and other types of ads start to appear in the affected browser and cause brower and system slowdowns.td>
Distribution Method	Freeware Installations, Bundled Packages
Detection Tool	See If Your System Has Been Affected by Search Feed Tech Download Malware Removal Tool
User Experience	Join Our Forum to Discuss Search Feed Tech.

Search Feed Tech – Spread Techniques

As a typical undesired program Search Feed Tech aims to land on your system without your knowledge. For the purpose, its infection code may come bundled with various free third-party apps available across the web. Since it is a well-known fact that we all like to download free apps and test their features there are many cyber criminals who attempt to trick us into installing some extras along with supposedly useful apps.

Once they inject the infection code of the PUP into the installers of different free apps they may spread the compromised apps via social media channels, forums, online web stores, P2P networks and other channels. When you download one of these apps and start installing it you may easily miss the presence of the PUP and eventually install it unintentionally. This is due to the fact that the presence of additional potentially undesired apps is rarely revealed in the regular installation steps. In order to understand whether the installer incorporates some extras or not you need to find and select the Advanced or Custom configuration options. Most of the times they present information about additional apps set for installation as well as option to prevent this from happening.

An associated domain searchfeedtech.com is yet another channel that may be used for the distribution of Search Feed Tech. This page may appear in your browser due to another nasty app installed on the PC. Such a program could also cause redirects to various other compromised web pages that are set to install the PUP directly on users’ devices.

Search Feed Tech – More About Its Impact

An infection with the undesired Search Feed Tech may lead to modifications of main browser and system settings. The harmful files associated with this undesired program are likely to be designed to access specific keys in the Registry Editor in order to set, replace, or modify values associated with the settings of all installed web browsers. As a result, you may start to see changes of default homepage, new tab page and search engine in your preferred web browser.

Yet another consequence of running files and objects associated Search Feed Tech on your PC could be aggressive advertising during browsing sessions. The unwanted program may inject various ads in the browser that promote dubious services hosted on poorly secured websites. In addition, it may interrupt your browsing sessions by causing redirects to websites of unknown origin that attempt to scam you to download rogue software or provide banking credentials on phishing web page. So you need to be very careful with all the ads you see in your browser because a visit of the wrong one may result in serious issues related to your privacy and computer security.

But the impact of this program doesn’t end with this. With the help of various tracking technologies like cookies, web beacons, malicious scripts, pixels and other Search Feed Tech may track your online behavior and record data like:

• Your name
• Your address
• Email address
• Search queries
• What links you clicked
• Browsing history
• Browser type
• Preferred language
• Other browser-related data
• Adverts clicked and cookie data
• IP address

How to Remove Search Feed Tech PUP

In order to remove the undesired Search Feed Tech and all associated files from your PC make sure to complete all the steps listed in the removal that follows. It presents both manual and automatic removal instructions that combined will help you to remove this undesired program in full. The automatic approach guarantees maximum efficiency as a scan with an advanced anti-malware tool reveals the exact location of all malicious files and objects created by Search Feed Tech. The results enable you to access and remove all harmful files from the infected PC. Have in mind that files associated with this hijacker may be detected with different names than Search Feed Tech.

In case that you have further questions or need additional help, don’t hesitate to leave a comment or contact us via email.

Manually delete Search Feed Tech from Windows and your browser

Note! Substantial notification about the Search Feed Tech threat: Manual removal of Search Feed Tech requires interference with system files and registries. Thus, it can cause damage to your PC. Even if your computer skills are not at a professional level, don’t worry. You can do the removal yourself just in 5 minutes, using a malware removal tool.

1. Remove or Uninstall Search Feed Tech in Windows

Remove or Uninstall Search Feed Tech in Windows.

Step 1: Remove/Uninstall Search Feed Tech in Windows

Here is a method in few easy steps to remove that program. No matter if you are using Windows 8, 7, Vista or XP, those steps will get the job done. Dragging the program or its folder to the recycle bin can be a very bad decision. If you do that, bits and pieces of the program get left behind, and that can lead to unstable work of your PC, mistakes with the file type associations and other unpleasant activities. The proper way to get a program off your computer is to Uninstall it. To do that:

Hold the Windows Logo Button and “R” on your keyboard. A Pop-up window will appear (fig.1).

In the field type in “appwiz.cpl” and press ENTER (fig.2).

This will open a window with all the programs installed on the PC.
Select the program that you want to remove, and press “Uninstall” (fig.3).

Follow the instructions above and you will successfully uninstall Search Feed Tech.

2. Remove Search Feed Tech from Your Browser and Your Registry Editor

Remove Search Feed Tech from Your Browser.

Remove a toolbar from Mozilla FirefoxRemove a toolbar from Google Chrome Remove a toolbar from Internet Explorer Remove a toolbar from Microsoft Edge Fix registry entries created by Search Feed Tech on your PC.

Start Mozilla Firefox. Open the menu window

Select the “Add-ons” icon from the menu.

Select Search Feed Tech and click “Remove“

After Search Feed Tech is removed, restart Mozilla Firefox by closing it from the red “X” in the top right corner and start it again.

Start Google Chrome and open the drop menu

Move the cursor over “Tools” and then from the extended menu choose “Extensions“

From the opened “Extensions” menu locate Search Feed Tech and click on the garbage bin icon on the right of it.

After Search Feed Tech is removed, restart Google Chrome by closing it from the red “X” in the top right corner and start it again.

Start Internet Explorer:

Click on the gear icon labeled ‘Tools’ to open the drop menu and select ‘Manage Add-ons’

In the ‘Manage Add-ons’ window.

Select Search Feed Tech to remove, and then click ‘Disable’. A pop-up window will appear to inform you that you are about to disable the selected toolbar, and some additional toolbars might be disabled as well. Leave all the boxes checked, and click ‘Disable’.

After Search Feed Tech has been removed, restart Internet Explorer by closing it from the red ‘X’ in the top right corner and start it again.

Start Edge

Open the drop menu by clicking on the icon in the top right corner.

From the drop menu, select “Extensions”.

Choose the malicious extension you want to remove and then click on the gear icon.

Remove the malicious extension by scrolling down and then clicking on Uninstall.

Some malicious scripts may modify the registry entries of your computer to change different settings. This is why manual clean up of your Windows Registry Database is strongly recommended. Since the tutorial on how to do this is a bit lenghty, we recommend following our instructive article about fixing registry entries.

Automatically remove Search Feed Tech by downloading an advanced anti-malware program

1. Remove Search Feed Tech with SpyHunter Anti-Malware Tool and back up your data

Remove Search Feed Tech with SpyHunter Anti-Malware Tool

1. Install SpyHunter to scan for and remove Search Feed Tech.2. Scan with SpyHunter to Detect and Remove Search Feed Tech. Back up your data to secure it from Search Feed Tech in the future.

Step 1: Click on the “Download” button to proceed to SpyHunter’s download page.

Download

Malware Removal Tool

It is highly recommended to run a scan before purchasing the full version of the software to make sure that the current version of the malware can be detected by SpyHunter.

Step 2: Guide yourself by the download instructions provided for each browser.

Step 3: After you have installed SpyHunter, wait for it to update automatically.

Step 1: After the update process has finished, click on the ‘Malware/PC Scan’ tab first and from the window that apears click on ‘Start Scan’.

Step 2: After SpyHunter has finished scanning your PC for any Search Feed Tech files, you can remove them automatically and permanently by clicking on the ‘Next’ button.

Step 3: Once the intrusions have been removed, it is highly recommended to restart your PC.

Back up your data to secure it against attacks in the future

IMPORTANT! Before reading the Windows backup instructions, we highly recommend to back up your data automatically with cloud backup and insure it against any type of data loss on your device, even the most severe. We recommend reading more about and downloading SOS Online Backup .

SOS Online Backup

Optional: Using Alternative Anti-Malware Tools

Remove Search Feed Tech Using Other Alternative Tools

STOPZilla Anti Malware

1. Download and Install STOPZilla Anti-malware to Scan for And Remove Search Feed Tech.
Step 1: Download STOPZilla by clicking here.
Step 2: A pop-up window will appear. Click on the ‘Save File’ button. If it does not, click on the Download button and save it afterwards.

Step 3: After you have downloaded the setup, simply open it.
Step 4: The installer should appear. Click on the ‘Next’ button.

Step 5: Check the ‘I accept the agreement’ check circle if not checked if you accept it and click the ‘Next’ button once again.

Step 6: Review and click on the ‘Install’ button.

Step 7: After the installation process has completed click on the ‘Finish’ button.

2. Scan your PC with STOPZilla Anti Malware to remove all Search Feed Tech associated files completely.
Step 1: Launch STOPZilla if you haven’t launched it after install.
Step 2: Wait for the software to automatically scan and then click on the ‘Repair Now’ button. If it does not scan automatically, click on the ‘Scan Now’ button.

Step 3: After the removal of all threats and associated objects, you should Restart your PC.

Gergana Ivanova

Gergana has completed a bachelor degree in Marketing from the University of National and World Economy. She has been with the STF team for three years, researching malware and reporting on the latest infections. She believes that in times of constantly evolving dependency of network connected technologies, people should spread the word not the war.

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