What is SEARCH.SEARCHDIRMAPS.COM? How to Remove SEARCH.SEARCHDIRMAPS.COM VIRUS from Chrome, Firefox manually?

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SEARCH.SEARCHDIRMAPS.COM is a browser hijacker!
SEARCH.SEARCHDIRMAPS.COM is appeared on your PC after installing free software, bundled with adware downloader program.
Adware program changes the homepage and search engine for your web browser to SEARCH.SEARCHDIRMAPS.COM.

Ads by SEARCH.SEARCHDIRMAPS.COM

In addition, it changed Windows shortcuts on your desktop and in the Start Menu.
The link to SEARCH.SEARCHDIRMAPS.COM site is added into the command line.

SEARCH.SEARCHDIRMAPS.COM

Each time when you click on shortcut you will start displaying of SEARCH.SEARCHDIRMAPS.COM site.

How to remove SEARCH.SEARCHDIRMAPS.COM ads from your PC?

  1. Uninstall SEARCH.SEARCHDIRMAPS.COM using Windows uninstallation applet (use Add/Remove Programs or Uninstall Program or Apps & features).
  2. Open Task Manager to kill all "SEARCH.SEARCHDIRMAPS.COM" related processes.
  3. Use Windows search to find and remove "SEARCH.SEARCHDIRMAPS.COM" files and folders.
  4. Run services.msc to disable a "SEARCH.SEARCHDIRMAPS.COM" Windows service.
  5. Execute taskschd.msc to get rid of "SEARCH.SEARCHDIRMAPS.COM" scheduled tasks.
  6. Open regedit.exe and delete SEARCH.SEARCHDIRMAPS.COM registry keys and values.
  7. Check your shortcuts on your desktop and in the Start menu for SEARCH.SEARCHDIRMAPS.COM presence. Fix infected shortcuts.
  8. Remove a virus from Google Chrome.
  9. Remove a virus from Internet Explorer.
  10. Remove a virus from Mozilla Firefox.
  11. Clean your Recycle bin and temporary files.

Manually removing ads by SEARCH.SEARCHDIRMAPS.COM is rarely effective, because if you did not fix all issues, you will be re-infected either immediately or after a reboot.

Removing ads by SEARCH.SEARCHDIRMAPS.COM requires a complex approach.

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