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A Guide to Remove the Conduit Search

Posted on November 15, 2019 | by GetAssist.net

If conduit has conquered your browser and now become a bottleneck, give this blog a read and know the remedy to your pain.

What is Conduit?

Conduit is a browser hijacker installed on your browser without your knowledge. It usually comes with the third-party applications you install over the web. Even if you delete the application, Conduit never leaves its place till you perform manual removal.

Conduit is not a virus but it consists various malicious traits that affect your browser experience, usually by slowing down your browser and changing the search engine. Such programs are known as “Potentially Unwanted Program” or PUP.

How to Remove Conduit Search?

Let’s get back to the topic. So here are the steps that you need to follow in order to get rid of Conduit search.

Step1: Remove unwanted and malicious programs

First, open the “uninstall” menu
Using the Start button, open the Control Panel
From the “Control Panel” go to “Uninstall a program” under the “programs” menu
Remove all the recently installed or unused programs from the “programs and features” menu.
You can find all the recently installed programs in the “Installed on” option.

Step2: Uninstall Search Protect by Conduit:

Open the Run dialogue box using “Windows+R”
Now, type the “appwiz.cpl” and hit the Enter button
From the currently installed programs, you can find the programs you want to delete
In the list of currently installed programs, tap on Search Protect and click Remove or Uninstall
Follow on-screen instructions
Once the removal is complete, restart your computing device.

Step 3: Remove Conduit folders, files, and image files:

First, openC:\Program Files (x86) or C:\Program Files
Open the Run dialogue box
Type Control Folders and thenhit Enter
From the Folder Options>>View>>Show Hidden files, folders, or drivers
Unselecttheoption Hide protected operating system files
Click Apply and then Ok
Again Press the Windows+R to open the Run dialogue box
Type any of the following locations given below, press Enter

%AppData%\Conduit
%AppData%\searchprotect
%AppData%\Conduit\ChromeExtData
%AppData%\Conduit\ChromeExtData\kdfbddbdpnahdahmamlolacimfdbeckk
%AppData%\Conduit\ChromeExtData\kdfbddbdpnahdahmamlolacimfdbeckk\Repository
%AppData%\CRE
%Temp%\CT3281675
%Temp%\CT3281675\plugins
%ProgramFiles%\Conduit
%ProgramFiles%\Conduit\CT3281675
%ProgramFiles%\Conduit\CT3281675\plugins

Step 4: Backup Windows Registry:

Press Windows+R open the Run menu
Now type Regedit and press Enter
In the User Account Control menu, click Continue
Now, from the File menu, click Export
From the File Name box, rename the file with a new name
Choose the location where you want to save the Registration Entries (.reg) file.
Click Save

Step 5: Delete the Conduit related registry files:

Open the Run dialog box with Widows+R command
Type Regedit and then hit Enter
Click Continue on the User Account Control window
Navigate to the below-given locations and remove the Conduit related entries. Delete every entry by right-clicking on it.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Conduit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Conduit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Conduit
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1895488484-4184314878-4136777622-1000\Software\Conduit
Click Find from Edit menu
Now from the Find menu, next to Find What and type Conduit
In the Look at the menu, choose Keys, values, and Data
Tap Find Next
You will see the results on the right-hand side of your screen
Now from the Edit String window, delete the value or data under the Value data section
Click Ok
Press the key “F3” to search for more entries
From the File menuclick Exit.

Step 6: Reset the Browser Settings:

For Internet Explorer:

First, close all the running apps and programs
Open Internet Explorer and open Tools menu
Under the “Tools” option select Internet options
Now open the Advanced tab
Click Reset in the option of the Reset Internet Explorer Settings
Now, in the Are you sure you want to reset all Internet Explorer settings?, click Reset.
Once the settings are restored to the original form, click “Close” and then OK.
Restart your device to apply the changes.

Important Note: If there are add-ons that are creating an issue in the functioning of Internet Explorer, you need to close the add-ons and then try to use the browser again.

For Google Chrome:

Click in the menu icon from the address bar
Open Settings using the drop-down menu
Now from the Settings page, open Advanced link
Click Reset from the bottom of the page

For Mozilla Firefox:

Go to the “help” menu
Click “troubleshooting information”
Select “Refresh Firefox”
Tap on “Confirm”
Click “Finish”

Once you are done doing all the steps, you need to reboot your device to clear up the internal memory and you will see the Conduit is no more present on your browser. In addition, while installing a third-party application, do not forget to check the security status.

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