Monthly Archives: April 2016 - Page 8

How did TabNewSearch.com enter your operating system? This is one of the most important questions to answer before you eliminate this browser hijacker from your Google Chrome browser. If you are lucky, you will find it installed along with an unreliable extension or a PUP that can be easily removed. If you are not so lucky, you will discover an array of different infections. Overall, we advise eliminating all programs associated with this hijacker because they are likely to be unreliable. If you are convinced that the programs installed on your PC are trustworthy, immediately run a malware scanner to help you detect unreliable programs. Of course, if you discover malware, you need to get rid of it as soon as possible. You must be interested in deleting TabNewSearch.com if you have found this article. Maybe you are looking for more information about this hijacker. In either case, you might find answers to your questions in this report. Read more »

Search.surfcanyon.com claims to provide you with dynamic search pages instead of the traditional static lists of links, but our malware researchers at Anti-Spyware-101.com have found that this browser extension may appear in your Mozilla Firefox browser without your permission. Based on the fact that this tool is capable of changing your browser settings, it has been classified as a browser hijacker. This hijacker seems to only change your default search engine in Firefox. We do not recommend that you use this search page because the results it shows might not always be reliable. Unfortunately, it is also possible that this browser hijacker comes on board with other malware infections. It is important to understand the potential risks that this malware may hold if you want to protect your computer from additional malware invasions. We advise you to delete Search.surfcanyon.com and every other threat as well because leaving any infections on board may endanger your virtual security. Read more »

Without a doubt, browser hijackers are annoying, dangerous infections that everyone should remove after detection, and Search.searchtmp.com is one such hijacker. The objective of this infection is to enter your computer without authorization and replace your browser’s current homepage/new tab page with its address. This is done to redirect web traffic and subject you to commercial advertisements presented in Search.searchtmp.com’s search results. Our malware analysts say that the ads come from unknown sources that constantly change, so you should not trust them since they might promote unreliable content. In this short description, we will go over the most important issues regarding this hijacker including functionality, distribution and removal methods. So if your computer has become infected this hijacker, then, please continue reading. Read more »

If you face Hao.ylmf.com after launching your Chrome, Firefox, or Internet Explorer browser, you should have no doubt that a browser hijacker has slithered into your computer. Unfortunately, this is one of the more annoying hijackers because you cannot delete it using a few simple steps. While most hijackers can be tamed by replacing unwanted homepage and search provider tools, this one is much more complicated than that. In fact, this hijacker can only modify the homepage on Internet Explorer, but it affects other browsers by modifying their Targets. Considering that most users are unaware of a browser Target, it is not surprising that most struggle with the removal of Hao.ylmf.com. Well, after analyzing this threat in our Anti-Spyware-101.com internal lab, we can provide you with all the information you need to erase this hijacker from your browsers and your PC. Read more »

A browser hijacker is an application that could have profoundly annoying effects on your overall online experience. One such hijacker is named Planet-surf.com and it is known to be roaming the web lately; thus, you should be acutely aware of it, if you wish to have a web browser that operates in the standard way. Just like any other program of this category, it can make a few fundamental changes to your browser's default settings that and that will alter the experience of the web in a negative way, to say the least. If that was not enough this hijacker could also turn out to operate in a quite malicious way as well. It goes without saying that having this invasive program could have rather devastating outcomes. Malware researchers working at our internal labs strongly urges you to delete it without any second thoughts as it holds no beneficial features whatsoever. In this article, we provide our further findings about this hijacker's intrusive and potentially harmful functionality along with a comprehensive removal guide that you should follow to delete Planet-surf.com from your operating system in the easiest way possible. Read more »

NiceSearches.com was created by a privately owned company in Asia that “specialise in online advertising, web traffic generation, online search syndication and Search Engine Marketing <...>.” Therefore, it is not a surprise that this search engine can modify your search results and add various sponsored links that might redirect you to unreliable third-party websites. The site promotes lots of third-party content, but it does not review the provided links and cannot guarantee that they are trustworthy. For starters, the web pages could advertise questionable software, such as adware or potentially unwanted programs (PUPs). If you want to learn more of the risks that come with the application, you should continue reading the article. Read more »