What is Safesearch.trustnav.com

Safesearch.trustnav.com or Trustnav Safesearch is dangerous browser hijacker, that mostly targets Google Chrome, but can also be installed in Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. It comes in a form of extension for browsers called Trustnav Safesearch and it takes over browser settings, such as default search engine or homepage. Developers promote it as utility to secure your browser, that will show if certain site is dangerous, safe or unknown. In fact, its purpose is to make user use their search and earn on advertising. User’s search queries are redirected to safesearch.trustnav.com and then to g.results.supply, homepage changes to search.trustnav.com. Those settings cannot be modified until complete removal of malicious extension. Trustnav Safesearch promotes and can install additional add-on for Google Chrome called Trustnav Adblocker, that supposedly can block ads and pop-ups in browsers. Follow instructions on this page to remove Safesearch.trustnav.com and reset browser settings.

How Safesearch.trustnav.com infected your PC

Safesearch.trustnav.com is promoted through “bundled installers” using so-called “freemium” marketing model. Users download free, but ad-supported applications and receive ads, pop-ups and search hijacks in browsers. When such programs infiltrate without users agreement, they can be categorised as adware, browser hijackers or potentially unwanted programs. Below you can find download link for SpyHunter 5 – leading application in the field of malware removal and protection in Windows.

Download Safesearch.trustnav.com Removal Tool for Windows

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To remove Safesearch.trustnav.com from Windows completely, we recommend you to use SpyHunter 5 from EnigmaSoft Limited. It detects and removes all files, folders and registry keys of Safesearch.trustnav.com and several millions of other adware, hijackers, toolbars. The trial version of SpyHunter 5 offers virus scan and 1-time removal for FREE.

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Download Norton Antivirus

To remove Safesearch.trustnav.com from Windows completely, we recommend you to use Norton Antivirus from Symantec. It detects and removes all files, folders and registry keys of Safesearch.trustnav.com and several millions of other adware, hijackers, toolbars.

Remove Safesearch.trustnav.com manually for free

Here is manual step-by-step tutorial for full Safesearch.trustnav.com removal from your computer. This works 99% and was checked with the latest versions of Safesearch.trustnav.com installer on operating systems with latest updates and browser versions.

Note: Safesearch.trustnav.com can be installed as Google Chrome extension as Administrator (you may see Installed by enterprise policy inscription near it), and this will not allow removal. Therefore, before starting removal process, perform these actions:

  1. Start the Command Prompt by clicking the Start menu button and typing command prompt (or just searching for “command prompt” in Windows 10 search field). Right click on the Command Prompt result and choose Run as Administrator.
  2. start command prompt as administrator

  3. Type in and execute the following commands:


    rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers"
    rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicy"
    gpupdate /force

  4. update group policy in windows

Remove Safesearch.trustnav.com from Control Panel

To start removing Safesearch.trustnav.com you should uninstall it using Control Panel. It can be present by different names – “Trustnav Safesearch” or just “Trustnav”. It should uninstall correctly, however, we recommend you to use IObit Uninstaller to clean leftover items after uninstalling. Here are instructions for Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8.

Remove Safesearch.trustnav.com from Windows XP:

  1. Click on Start button.
  2. Choose Control Panel.
  3. Click Add or Remove Programs.
  4. Find Trustnav Safesearch.
  5. Click Uninstall.

Remove Safesearch.trustnav.com from Windows 7:

  1. Click Start button.
  2. Then go to Control Panel.
  3. Click Uninstall a Program.
  4. Find Trustnav Safesearch and click Uninstall.

Remove Safesearch.trustnav.com from Windows 8:

  1. Hover mouse pointer to the bottom-right corner to see Menu.
  2. Click Search.
  3. After that click Apps.
  4. Then Control Panel.
  5. Click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
  6. Find Trustnav Safesearch, click Uninstall.

Remove Safesearch.trustnav.com from Windows 10:

There are 2 ways to uninstall Safesearch.trustnav.com from Windows 10

Way one
  1. Click on the Start button.
  2. In opened menu choose Settings.
  3. Click on the System tile.
  4. Click Apps & features and locate Trustnav Safesearch in the list.
  5. Click on it and then click Uninstall button near it.
Way two (classic)
  1. Right-click on the Start button.
  2. In opened menu choose Programs and Features.
  3. Locate Trustnav Safesearch in the list.
  4. Click on it and then click Uninstall button above.

Cannot uninstall Safesearch.trustnav.com

In some cases Safesearch.trustnav.com won’t uninstall and gives you message that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Safesearch.trustnav.com. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing Safesearch.trustnav.com folder and files. This happens, because process or service does not allow you to do it. In this case I will recommend you to use SpyHunter 5 or Malwarebytes or uninstall Safesearch.trustnav.com in Safe Mode. To boot in Safe Mode do the following:

  1. Reboot your computer.
  2. While it starts booting press F8 button.
  3. This will open Advanced Boot Options menu.
  4. Choose Safe Mode and wait until Windows loads.
  5. Go to Control Panel > Uninstall a program and remove “Trustnav Safesearch”

>> See detailed instructions and video tutorial on how to boot in Safe Mode

Remove malicious add-ons from your browsers

Uninstalling Safesearch.trustnav.com from Control Panel often does not bring desired effect. It sometimes have browser extension and it may still be active in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Here are instructions on how to remove Safesearch.trustnav.com related extension from your browsers manually.

Google Chrome:

  1. Start Google Chrome browser
  2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://extensions/.
  3. Find Trustnav Safesearch.
  4. Click the trash can icon to remove them.
  5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Mozilla Firefox:

  1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
  2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:addons.
  3. Choose Trustnav Safesearch.
  4. Click Disable or Remove button.
  5. Remove all suspicious extensions from the list.

Internet Explorer (9, 10, 11):

Note: There is no feature to remove browser extensions from browser in latest version of Internet Explorer. To remove Safesearch.trustnav.com from Internet Explorer, please, perform instructions for uninstalling program from Control Panel. To disable Safesearch.trustnav.com, please, do the following:

  1. Open Internet Explorer.
  2. Click on gear/asterisk icon in the top-right corner.
  3. In opened menu Manage Add-ons.
  4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
  5. Click Disable Trustnav Safesearch.
  6. Also disable other suspicious extensions from the list.

Opera Browser:

Generally, Safesearch.trustnav.com does not install in Opera browser however you can always double check. Do the following:

  1. Start Opera browser.
  2. Go to Tools > Extensions > Manage Extensions.
  3. Find Trustnav Safesearch extension.
  4. Click Uninstall button.
  5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Reset browsers settings (homepage, default search)

Safesearch.trustnav.com installs search engine that hijacks your browsers. Here is instruction to reset your browsers homepage, newtab and search engine to default values.

Google Chrome:

  1. Start Google Chrome browser
  2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://settings/.
  3. Scroll down and find Show advanced settings link.
  4. Click on it and scroll down to the bottom again.
  5. Click Reset browser settings button and click Reset to confirm.

Mozilla Firefox:

  1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
  2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:support.
  3. Click Reset Firefox… button.
  4. Click Reset Firefox to confirm.

Internet Explorer (9, 10, 11):

  1. Start Internet Explorer.
  2. Click on gear/asterisk icon in the top-right corner.
  3. In opened menu choose Internet options.
  4. Click Advanced tab.
  5. Click Reset button.
  6. Choose Delete personal settings and click Reset.

Opera Browser:

  1. Close Opera and open command prompt from the start menu.
  2. Type following command del %AppData%\Opera\Opera\operaprefs.ini
  3. Start Opera.

Remove files and folders of Safesearch.trustnav.com

C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\hgjdbeiflalimgifllheflljdconlbig\

Remove registry keys of Safesearch.trustnav.com

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\PreferenceMACs\Default\extensions.settings
"hgjdbeiflalimgifllheflljdconlbig"="REG_SZ", "1410C961C6E9DABACF4055EA5326E9319C0BF34B7084779C1DCA5D9E003B02BB"

Alternative way to remove adware browser extensions and reset browser settings

avast browser cleanup For safe and effective browser extension removal use avast! Browser Cleanup utility. Run it with administrator privileges and remove all extensions with bad rating including related to Safesearch.trustnav.com. You can also reset your browser settings for each of your browsers: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox.

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Cleaning browsers shortcuts

shortcut cleaner You can clean your browser shortcuts manually right-clicking on your browser icon, choosing “Properties” and removing hijacker address from “Target” field (leave just the path to your browser). However it is easier to use free Shortcut Cleaner from BleepingComputer. Download it here – its FREE:

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Final tips

Be careful surfing the internet and downloading software, as programs like Safesearch.trustnav.com may become a real headache as they are hard to remove and break your privacy. To keep safe from such threats we recommend you always use antivirus and one of anti-malware programs available on the market. One of the best anti-spyware and anti-malware programs is SpyHunter 5. It can protect your PC from threats like Safesearch.trustnav.com.

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