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Have you been infected by the infamous <strong> SafeSear.ch</strong> browser hijacker?
If you haven't, you thank your lucky stars because this is one hard bug to shake. To this day I am uncertain as to what software was  bundled with this malware. One day all of my browsers were set to a default search engine called <strong> SafeSear.ch</strong>. It was incredibly easy to remove from IE and Firefox browser, but the real issue came with Google Chrome. It was added as an extension and an irremovable default search engine. I ran Norton AV and Security Suite and it detected nothing. I then ran Malwarebytes Premium and all it did was quarantined REimage pc cleaner. The GOOGLE CHROME CLEANUP TOOL was a joke. After a few hours and some registry updates, I found the solution.

<h1>STEP 1</h1>
Press (Win+R) 
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<h1>STEP 2</h1>
Copy (Ctrl+C)  and Paste (Ctrl+V) : <strong>%systemroot%\System32\GroupPolicy/Machine</strong>
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<h1>STEP 3</h1>
Delete the file <strong>Registry.pol</strong>
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<h1>STEP 4 </h1>
Reset Google Chrome to default settings
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<h1>STEP 5 </h1>
Restart your PC.

<h1>STEP 6</h1>
THANK @XTRODINARYPILOT
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<i>This guide is brought to you by @xtrodinarypilot's daily struggle of navigating the web with a family of 6. Honestly, I believe @despool is the culprit for this malware.</i>

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