Search.watchtvnow.co

Search.watchtvnow.co is a devious program that you should not have active on your personal computer. That is so because it acts in an invasive manner. It is fully capable of making invasive changes to your web browser's default settings without any notification. Due to such functionality this piece of software has been classified as a browser hijacker. As you may know programs of this category can make online experience and annoying and frustrating to say the least. While this is the main reason our research teams advise you to delete this hijacker, you should also be aware of the fact that in certain instances it could prove to be quite dangerous. In fact, it could be the main reason your operating system might get subjected to questionable and even potentially harmful web content. To delete Search.watchtvnow.co without encountering any major problems, make sure to use the instructions that we present below.

Our initial analysis has revealed that Search.watchtvnow.co is closely related to other infamous browser hijackers such as Search.youremailnow.com, Search.yourclassifiedscenter.com, and Search.searchlttrn.com. Therefore, it is quite natural that all of them function alike. In fact, all of the mentioned hijackers use the same method to alter your web browser's default settings. Once the devious program in question successfully gains access to your operating system, it makes silent and unauthorized modifications to files and registry entries of web browsers such as Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox. The affected data is directly related to the mentioned browsers' default settings. The main change triggered by this hijacker is of your default homepage. Even though it might not seem like a big deal, you must know that due to such change surfing the web will become a much more frustrating and bothersome experience. That is so because you will be forced to start each session on a questionable third-party website whether you like that or not. The site set as your homepage is suspicious, to say the least. It provides a poorly functioning search box; as it turns out, it can provide quite a few third-party sponsored results, which might not be related to your original query. It goes without saying that such functionality cannot be tolerated. If you are keen on regaining your web browser's default functionality, make sure to delete Search.watchtvnow.co in its entirety as soon as it is found active on your PC. Otherwise, the devious change will continue to bother you.

As mentioned earlier there are potential dangers in regards to having Search.watchtvnow.co up and fully running on your operating system. Upon further analysis, our researchers have discovered that using the search field on a newly appointed homepage could lead to undesirable outcomes. That is so because some results provided to you might be implemented with redirect links that could lead you to suspicious and even potentially malicious websites. There is a chance that you could find yourself on a website crafted by malware developers. The unfortunate fact is that in some instances just entering such a web page could be enough to infect your personal computer with some unknown malware. In other situations, you might find yourself on fake online stores, which are used by cyber criminals to make illegal profits or steal credit card data. We firmly recommend not using the search box on a questionable website. It should be more than obvious that entering any of such web pages could have disastrous outcomes. Make sure not to take any risks by allowing Search.watchtvnow.co to run on your operating system. Its complete removal must be executed at the very same moment that it is found up and running on your computer.

Below we provide a full removal guide that you must use to delete Search.watchtvnow.co altogether. Be sure not to skip any steps or rush the procedure as that could leave traces of this hijacker active on your PC. That is not a situation that you want to find yourself in because leftovers of this hijacker could be more than enough for its devious change to remain in place. In other circumstances, those same traces could be used for its silent restoration. Thus, it is not surprising that we advise users to double-check their PC for anything associated with Search.watchtvnow.co once they are done with the manual way. Another way to be sure that the removal procedure has been successful is by scanning your operating system with a professional antimalware tool as it can detect and delete any virtual threat automatically.

How to remove Search.watchtvnow.co from your computer

1. Open the File Explorer.
2. Go to C:\Users\(your username)\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default.
3. Remove files entitled Preferences, Secure Preferences, and Web Data.
4. Navigate to C:\Users\(your username)\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\(unique Mozilla profile ID).
5. Locate and then delete a file called prefs.js.
6. Go to C:\Users\(your username)\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default.
7. Delete files entitled:
   a) Preferences.
   b) Secure Preferences.
   c) Web Data.
8. Click the Windows button.
9. Type regedit into a search box and then select it.
10. Navigate to to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main.
11. Right-click a registry value entitled Start Page and select Modify.
12. Replace the unwanted URL with a new one and then click OK.
13. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}.
14. Modify the unwanted URL's in the following registry values:
    a) FaviconURL.
    b) FaviconURLFallback.
    c) TopResultURL.
    d) URL.
15. Right-click your Recycle Bin and select Empty Recycle Bin.