Do a malware check with some malware scan programs. You need to scan with all programs because each program detects different malware. Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of the database before doing a scan.

• http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php - Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
• http://www.superantispyware.com/ - SuperAntispyware
• http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx - Windows Defender: Home Page
• http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html - Spybot Search & Destroy
• http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php - Ad-Aware Free

See also "Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked and Searches are redirected to another site

See also these threads about searchqu:

• [/questions/816181]
• [/questions/790833]

Hi, This is a member of the Searchqu Support Team. I'm here to help :)

@ianalexrobinson - Please specify what operating system you are running and which version of browser. Also, kindly explain in detail what exactly you would like to change back (is it the homepage?) and I will give you a specific guide that'll help you remove it easily.

Regards, Searchqu Support.