Search.bookmyflight.co Removal Guide

Do you know what Search.bookmyflight.co is?

If you find a new search page in your browsers upon launch that offers you flight-related quick links on a fake toolbar, Search.bookmyflight.co may have found a way to sneak onto your system. If you are not a big traveler, you definitely do not need this featured search engine in your browsers. However, even if you are, we do not recommend that you keep this infection on board since it has been classified as a browser hijacker by our researchers after testing it in our internal lab. This hijacker will possibly show you unreliable search results that could contain potentially unsafe links and third-party ads. What’s more, this infection may slither onto your system alongside other threats. If you would like to restore your computer’s health, we suggest that you start by removing Search.bookmyflight.co from your browsers and then you should go on eliminating potential threats until it all gets clean and secure.

Similarly to other browser hijackers that share the same IP address with this infection, including Search.emailaccessonline.com, Search.searchfdm.com, and Search.searchyea.com, this malware is also mainly spread via freeware bundles. The problem with these software packages is that this hijacker could be just one of the several malware threats they could contain. It is quite easy to infect your computer with a number of browser hijackers, Trojans, keyloggers, backdoors, adware apps, and potentially unwanted programs as well in one single go. This is why we believe that it is important for you to stay away from clicking on questionable web content.

As a matter of fact, the most common reason of malware infection is that users click on unsafe third-party content and either directly drop a whole bundle or get redirected to malicious file-sharing websites where they could be exposed to such content. Visiting unfamiliar suspicious webpages is always risky because you may click on links, ads, or buttons that you should not if you do not want to infect your computer or end up being scammed by crooks in other ways. However, it is not only by landing on shady sites that you can infect your system. If your PC is infected with adware programs, for instance, you may be introduced to unreliable content even while browsing reputable websites where you would feel free to click anywhere. If you want to know how safe your computer is right now or how heavily it is loaded with malware, we suggest that you delete Search.bookmyflight.co immediately and then, scan your system with a trustworthy malware scanner. You can use a free online scanner as long as you make sure that it is a reputable one because the web is swarming with rogue applications that would just cause you further security issues.Search.bookmyflight.co Removal GuideSearch.bookmyflight.co screenshot
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When you let this browser hijacker on board, you will definitely notice it afterwards because this featured search page looks quite different from all major and reputable search engines, such as Google, Yahoo, and Bing, as it has a quite characteristic pseudo-toolbar at the top. This toolbar gives home to a search tool on the left and some quick links leading to third-party websites, such as google.com/flights. These third-party sites may all be fine and reliable; however, when you go there through this browser hijacker, you cannot take anything for granted really. Yet, the biggest security-related issue with this threat is clearly its search engine that sends all your queries to query.bookmyflight.co and then, to a manipulated Yahoo search results page. If you were to engage with any potentially unreliable content on this page, you could download infections or open new tabs and new browser windows with malicious websites that could easily scam you and you might lose your money. Therefore, we advise you to act as soon as you can and remove Search.bookmyflight.co from your computer.

Our researchers say that all you need to do is recover your home page setting in all infected browsers. We have prepared the necessary instructions below this article for you if you want to take care of this infection yourself. However, we know that manual removal is not really for everyone and you may want to employ a more comfortable and more efficient method. Thus, we recommend that you find and install a reputable anti-malware application like SpyHunter. This security software can provide you the level of protection against malicious attacks you may need if you want to feel secure in your virtual world.

Search.bookmyflight.co Removal from browsers

Internet Explorer

  1. Tap Win+Q and type regedit. Hit the Enter key.
  2. Modify “http://search.bookmyflight.co” value data in these registry keys:
    HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page (64-bit!)
    HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page
    HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page
  3. Close the editor.

Google Chrome

  1. Tap Win+E and open the “%LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default” folder.
  2. Delete Preferences, Secure Preferences, and Web Data files.
  3. Empty the Recycle Bin.

Mozilla Firefox

  1. Tap Win+E and open the “%AppData%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\{Unique Mozilla user ID}” folder.
  2. Edit prefs.js file in Notepad.
  3. Change the URL address in the user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://search.bookmyflight.co/") string.

In non-techie terms:

Search.bookmyflight.co is a new browser hijacker that may appear to be a useful addition to your browsers because of its quick links to flight booking-related pages, but our researchers have found that this infection may put your system at risk. Since this questionable search engine can show you manipulated search results as well as enter your PC along with other malware infections, you could be facing multiple virtual security threats right now. This is why we advise you to remove Search.bookmyflight.co as soon as you can. If manual removal is out of the question for you, we suggest that you use a reliable anti-malware program.