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Have you installed Betternewtabsearch.com yourself or was it installed without your permission? In either case, it is classified as a browser hijacker, and Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers have found information that suggests the removal of this infection. If you have agreed to have your homepage modified yourself, it might be harder for you to realize what kinds of risks you might be facing by trusting it. Unfortunately, it is possible that you will put yourself at risk by interacting with this hijacker. For one, you might be exposed to misleading search results, which might be used to redirect you to unreliable, potentially malicious websites. Furthermore, your virtual privacy could be put at risk if personally identifiable information is leaked to malicious parties. Our research team has also found that the search services that the hijacker hides behind are completely useless. Overall, there is not one thing that reasons against deleting Betternewtabsearch.com. This hijacker is neither useful nor reliable, and it would be foolish to keep it installed for much longer. Read more »

Users who constantly encounter unwanted redirects to Polarisearch.com might be victims of a browser hijacker. These infections usually enter computers illegally and then change browsers’ settings so that users will see Polarisearch.com every time they open their browsers. Specialists do not think that users set this website voluntarily on their browsers because it is not that popular, but if there are users out there who have done that willingly, they should go to delete Polarisearch.com from their browsers as well. Experienced security specialists say that this tool is definitely not going to improve the web browsing experience. Instead, it might be responsible for all kinds of problems that might arise if people use this search tool as a default search engine. If you have thought up to this very moment that this website is a decent search tool, you should read this article to find out what researchers working at anti-spyware-101.com have revealed about it. Most probably, your opinion about this website will change quickly and you will make a decision to replace it with a more trustworthy tool for searching the web. Read more »

You might think that Search.searchsterjosoft.com is a safe and reliable search engine, but that is untrue because research has shown that it can contain shady promotional links in its search results and, therefore, should be removed. You can get it on your computer accidentally because it is distributed using freeware bundles. If you get it onto your PC, then it will replace your browser’s homepage and attempt to make you use it as your primary search engine. For more detailed information about this search engine, we invite you to read this whole article. Read more »

Search.tvplusnewtabsearch.com is an Internet search engine that should become set on Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox after the installation of a browser extension TVPlusNewtab. For the time being, Mozilla Firefox blocks this extension, so users might see a new homepage and New Tab URL on Google Chrome only. Not all the people get surprised when they find Search.tvplusnewtabsearch.com set on their browsers because some of them install the add-on from tvplusnewtab.com willingly expecting to be able to watch favorite TV shows, live sports, movies, etc. legally. Also, users believe that they could access streaming websites with the click of a button and their search experience will be enhanced. In other words, they believe what it is written on the official website of this extension. Of course, there are a number of users who cannot explain why their browsers’ settings have been modified and they see a new search provider set as well, which shows that TVPlusNewtab might be distributed in a different way too. Users who feel that unauthorized changes have been applied to their browsers should go to get rid of this browser extension ASAP to get Search.tvplusnewtabsearch.com removed. For now, it is the only way to make it gone. Read more »

Search.watchanysports.com is a new browser hijacker released by Polarity Technologies Ltd. This company is also linked to other browser hijackers whose removal we have discussed in other reports. Some of them include Search.couponsimplified.com, Search.emailaccessonline.com, and Search.classifiedseasy.com. These infections might seem harmless at first because they can provide you with legitimate links and because they can help you browse the web, but there are several different reasons why we recommend removing Search.watchanysports.com – and any of its clones – from your web browsers. At the moment, this infection is believed to be compatible with Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Firefox browsers, but keep in mind that the infection could infect different browsers in the future. Regardless of which browser was infected, we can help you clean it. Please read the report first to understand the infection better. Read more »

Search.easyonlinegameaccess.com, despite the fact that it has borrowed an interface from a decent search tool, is a browser hijacker that usually arrives on computers in software bundles together with free applications or changes all browsers’ settings after a user clicks on a malicious pop-up advertisement. Some users notice the changes (Search.easyonlinegameaccess.com replaces homepages, default search tools, and New Tab URLs) applied to their browsers, but they usually do not pay much attention to them because the website set looks quite reliable. In the opinion of researchers at anti-spyware-101.com, it is a huge mistake to keep suspicious search tools set on browsers and use them to find the necessary information because they might cause a number of problems even though they look harmless. Let’s find out what specialists working at anti-spyware-101.com have to say about Search.easyonlinegameaccess.com. Unfortunately, you will find more negative than positive things about it here. Read more »