Remove Trovi.com (trovigo.com) search browser hijacker (Removal Guide)

What is “Trovi.com search” ?

“Trovi search – http://www.trovi.com/ or http://www.trovigo.com/” is a browser hijacker because it is usually installed on common Internet browsers without user knowledge and it modifies browser settings in order to redirect browsing results to ads from unknown publishers. 

Why should you remove it?

The Trovi.com search – hijacker – was most probably installed on your computer without your knowledge and it hijacks your browser settings in order to redirect your web searches to advertisements to earn money for its publishers. Programs like this are quite often bundled in the installation files of other legitimate programs (software tools and other stuff). People go through the installation (of the legitimate software) without noticing that they are also installing additional software (like toolbars) that is not necessary for the legitimate software to run.

You MUST remove Trovi.com or Trovigo.com hijackerA.S.A.P. Your computer is at a great risk! Never underestimate the power that browser hijackers can have on your life.

How to uninstall Trovi search (trovi.com, trovigo.com)  from your computer?

You can easily get rid of “Trovi.com” hijacker infection by following the steps given below:

Step 1: Uninstall Adware software from your computer.

• Open Windows Control Panel. In case you don’t know how to do that, here is what you have to do:
  • Windows 8:
    • Simultaneously press “Windows” + “R” keys to open the RUN window.
    • In Open Box, type: control panel
    • Press Enter.
  • Windows 7 or Vista:
    • Go to  Start > Control Panel.
  • Windows XP:
    • Go to  Start > Settings > Control Panel.
• Open Programs and Features (Add or Remove Programs). *

* Note: If you cannot see Programs And Features, change the “View by:” to Small Icons (on top right). (In Windows XP: click Switch to Classic view on the left).

• From the program list find and remove – uninstall – any of the following adware applications:
  • BS Player ControlBar B Toolbar for IE

*  Note: Also uninstall any other unknown program that was recently installed on your computer.

Step 2. Remove Trovi.com search – browser hijacker – infection with AdwCleaner.

• Download “AdwCleaner”  utility to your computer (e.g. your desktop).
• After you download it, close all open programs and run AdwCleaner.
• At the main window, press the “Scan” button and wait until the scan is completed.
• Finally press the “Clean” button to remove all the entries it has found and restart your computer.

Step 3: Ensure that all Trovi.com search settings are removed from your Internet browser.

Now that you have done that, you must clean your internet browsers from toolbars, plugins and extensions that are still in there, and also change the default search engine back to Google or to whatever you like to use. The instructions on how to do that are different for each browser. Here are detailed instructions for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome.

Internet Explorer

How to remove Trovi search – browser hijacker – settings from Internet Explorer:

From Internet Explorer’s main menu, click: the “gear” icon at the top right corner and choose “Internet Options”.

• At “General” tab, delete the “http://www.trovi.com/” (or “http://www.trovigo.com/”) homepage from”Home page” box &  type your preferred homepage.
• Then at the “Search” section, press the “Settings” button.
• Click “Search Providers”:
  • Choose and “Set as default” the search provider you want (e.g. Google).
  • Then select the “BS Player ControlBar Customized”  (Web Search) search provider and click “Remove“.
• Click “Toolbars and Extensions” options at the left pane.
• • Disable the following extension(s)
    • BS Player ControlBar B Toolbar
    • BS Player ControlBar B Toolbar
• Close all Internet Explorer windows and restart your browser.

Mozilla Firefox

How to remove Trovi search settings from Firefox:

From Firefox Main menu choose “Options”.

• At “General” tab:
  • Delete the “http://www.trovi.com/” (or “http://www.trovigo.com/”) homepage from the “Home Page” box and type your preferred homepage.
• Close Firefox options and then go again to FF main menu & choose “Add-ons”.
• Click “Extensions” on the left pane.
• • Remove the following extension(s) from here:
    • BS Player ControlBar B
• Close all open Firefox windows and restart Firefox.

• At Firefox URL address box, type the following command: “about:config”& press Enter.
• • Select the “I’ll be careful, I promise” button.
  • At the search box type the word “trovi”and press Enter.
  • Finally right-click on every “trovi” value found and choose “Reset”.
• Close all open Firefox windows and restart Firefox.

Google Chrome

How to remove Trovi.com search settings from Chrome:

• Click on Chrome’s menu icon at the upper right corner and choose “Settings“.
• Look on “Startup” section and choose “Set Pages“.
  • Delete the unwanted home page “http://www.trovi.com/” (or “http://www.trovigo.com/”)by pressing the “X” symbol on the right.
  • Then set your preferred startup page (for example http://www.google.com) and press “OK“.
• Under “Appearance” section, check the “Show Home button” checkbox.
  • Click “Change”.
  • Delete the Trovi homepage (e.g. “http://www.trovi.com/“)from “Open this page” box.
  • Set your preferred webpage to open when you press the “Home page” button & press “OK”.
• Under “Search” section press the “Manage Search Engines” button.
  • Choose and “Make Default” a different search engine (e.g. “Google”) than the “BS Player ControlBar” search engine.
  • Now select the “BS Player ControlBar” search engine and press the “X” symbol to delete it.
• Finally, click at “Extensions” on the left pane.
• • Remove any of the following unwanted extensions by pressing the “recycle icon” at the right:
    • BS Player ControlBar B.
• Restart Google Chrome

Step 4: Remove remaining malicious registry entries and files.

• Download and install “Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Free“. (Beware: at the last screen of installation, uncheck the box next to “Enable free Trial of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware PRO” in order to use the free version of this GREAT software).
• Run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.
• Update the Database.
• Press the “Scan Now” button and then wait until the scan process is finished.
• When the scan is completed select all items found and then press “Quarantine All”.
• Restart your computer if needed and you ‘re done.

One final step: Restart your computer and perform a full scan with your antivirus program.

That’s all folks! It might sound like a lot of work, but in reality you’ll be free from the “Trovi.com” infection in less than 20 minutes, if you follow these instructions. Did it work for you? Please leave a comment in the comment section below or even better: like and share this blog post in the social networks to help spread the word about these really annoying crap Windows infections.

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