How to remove SearchZilla redirect (Portal.search-zilla.com)

What is Search-zilla.com

Search-zilla.com is the so-called “redirect virus” that may appear in your browser and replace your preferred search engine. As a rule, malware like this ends up on users’ devices along with freeware and is installed automatically as an optional component. Following this, it modifies browser configuration in order to set https://search-zilla.com/ or https://portal.search-zilla.com/ as a user’s default search engine. From this point, you are forced to carry out all searches via SearchZilla whether you like it or not. Though it’s not a dangerous virus, this type of malware dramatically diminishes user’s browser experience by displaying pop-up ads and redirecting users to shady websites. Given this, you are advised to remove SearchZilla from your computer. To do so, follow the steps below.

How to remove Search-zilla.com hijacker from your computer?

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Also, you can try to remove Search-zilla.com hijacker manually.

Step 1: Remove Search-zilla.com hijacker from Control Panel/Applications

Windows XP:

Click Start.
Control Panel.
Then click Add or Remove Programs.
Find Search-zilla.com hijacker.
Click Uninstall.

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Windows 7/Windows Vista:

Click Start.
Then Control Panel.
Click Uninstall a Program.
Find Search-zilla.com and click Uninstall.

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Windows 8/Windows 8.1:

Open the Menu.
Click Search.
After that click Apps.
Then Control Panel.
Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
Find Search-zilla.com, select it and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).

Windows 10:

Click on the Start button (or press the Windows key) to open the Start menu, click on the Settings at the top.
Click on App & features on the left menu.
On the right side, locate Search-zilla.com and click it, then click on the Uninstall button.
Click on Uninstall to confirm.

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Note: If you can’t find required program, sort programs by date in Control panel and search for last installed programs.

Mac OSX:

Open Finder
In the Finder sidebar, click Applications
If you see Uninstall Search-zilla.com or Search-zilla.com Uninstaller (or other suspicious apps that you’ve never installed), double-click it and follow instructions
Drag unwanted application Search-zilla.com from the Applications folder to the Trash (located on the right side of the Dock)

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After that remove Search-zilla.com from your browser.