How Do I Remove search.iminent.com - Uninstall search.iminent.com Effectively

Screenshot of search.iminent.com:

How much do you know about search.iminent.com:

search.iminent.com which has a decent appearance and looks like formal search engine is just a nasty browser hijacker. With the purpose of increasing internet traffic, search.iminent.com browser hijacker replace the homepage and default search engines to its own ones once invading into the target PC. And then this pesky browser hijacker keeps redirecting computer users to other known web page against people' will.

At the same time, search.iminent.com browser hijacker keeps track of browser history, gathers search term, and even records some personal data such as user name, log in account, password, etc sneakily and then send the stolen info to its creators or sponsors to undertake immoral activities.

After the presence of search.iminent.com, you may also notice that your PC performance declines day after day, especially the running speed. The browsers which used to load almost immediately now need to take a long time, let alone running some heavy applications in the  PC. Moreover, windows freeze, unstable internet  connection and even the blue screen of death come out one after another to disturb computer users to operate the target PC normally.

All in all, you can never enjoy an optimal browsing experience if you keep search.iminent.com browser hijacker in your system. Follow the video and detail manual removal guide as below to get rid of this pesky redirect virus from your PC as soon as possible.

Video on how to remove search.iminent.com:

Manually get rid of search.iminent.com:

Step 1: stop all the malicious processes about this computer virus
Open task manager by pressing Alt+Ctrl+Del keys at the same time. Or click on the Start button and choose Run option, then type taskmgr into and press OK.

Terminate all the malicious processes of this infection

Step 2: disable any suspicious startup items that are made by infections.
Click Start menu ; click Run; type: msconfig in the Run box; click Ok to open the System Configuration Utility; Disable all possible startup items generated.

 Step 3: Clean cookies
 Internet Explorer: Tools → Internet Options →the General tab, Delete the Cookies button can be directly seen in IE6, IE7 is to click the Delete Browsing History button then tick Cookies and click Delete.

 Firefox: Tools → Options → Privacy → Remove Individual Cookies → Delete corresponding cookies in the cookies showing box.

Opera: Tools → Preferences → Advanced → Cookies →Delete corresponding cookies in Management Cookies.

Step 4: show hidden files and folders and delete all the following files.
Click the Start button and choose Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Themes, to find Folder Options then double-click on it.

In the pop-up dialog box, click the View tab and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).

Delete all the following files belong to this virus
%AppData%\<random>.exe
%CommonAppData%\<random>.exe
C:\Windows\Temp\<random>.exe
%temp%\<random>.exe
C:\Program Files\<random>

Step 5: open Registry Editor to delete all the vicious registries as below
Open Registry Editor by pressing Window+R keys together, then typing into Regedit and pressing Enter.

Delete all the vicious registries as below:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\SEAMONKEY.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe http://www.<random>.com/?type=sc&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Default_Page_URL" = "http://www.<random>.com/?type=hp&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Default_Search_URL" = "http://www.<random>.com/web/?type=ds&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>&q={searchTerms}"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Search Page" = "http://www.<random>.com/web/?type=ds&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>&q={searchTerms}"

If the manual guide is kinda difficult for you, please feel free to download automatic removal tool SpyHunter to drive the self-invited guest away.

Method two: Automatically remove SEARCH.IMINENT.COM with Spyhunter antivirus software

 

Step 1: click the icon below to download automatic removal tool SpyHunter

 

Step 2: follow the instructions to install SpyHunter

 

 

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Summary: Due to the changeable characters of SEARCH.IMINENT.COM, you cannot be too careful to distinguish the harmful files and registries from the system files and registries. If you have spend too much time in manual removing SEARCH.IMINENT.COM and still not make any progress, you can download and install Spyhunter antivirus software here to remove SEARCH.IMINENT.COM automatically for you.

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