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Search.yourrecipescenter.com is yet another search engine that should enhance your browsing experience, but instead you might receive annoying ads. Specialists at Anti-spyware-101.com classified the application as a browser hijacker. Apparently, it might install an extension to your browser, replace your default search engine, homepage, or new tab page. The search engine is targeted at users who are interested in food cooking. It promises free daily recipes without any registration. However, the browser hijacker itself does not provide such content. It only suggests a few links to well-known recipe web pages, but if you are interested in cooking, you might already know these popular sites. In any case, there is no need to keep such unreliable software on your system. You can add these links to your bookmarks and get rid of Search.yourrecipescenter.com with the instructions located below. Read more »

Our security researchers indicate FunTVTab as a browser hijacker. This implies that the program meddles with your browser settings without your permission. Consequently, this may expose you to dangerous third-party content that could lead to malware infection. Thus, it is clear that to protect your computer and your personal information from malicious exploitation and other illegal activity; you should remove FunTVTab as soon as possible. The removal guide is provided below this article, although you should also pay attention to the malware distribution vectors so that you would be able to avoid similar infections in the future. After all, such programs often travel in waves. Read more »

Search.searchhdrp.com should be set as your default search engine by an extension known as HD Radio Player New Tab. Therefore, the program was categorized as a browser hijacker. Its description says that the extension will allow you to access favorite online radio channels, but in reality, it does not work this way. The extension adds a button to your browser that only loads Search.searchhdrp.com if you click it. We would not recommend using this search engine since it might add suspicious third-party links and ads to your results. Most likely, the software’s developers receive advertising revenue if you click these ads. We are almost one hundred present sure that you will not receive anything beneficial if you continue using Search.searchhdrp.com. For that reason, our researchers prepared a manual removal guide that is available at the end of this article. Read more »

Search Reveal is an extension for the Google Chrome browser that promotes home.searchreveal.com. It is said that this extension will provide users with interesting widgets and enable them to check the time, weather forecast, and surf the web straight from the New Tab, so it is not very surprising that some users download and install the extension willingly. Unfortunately, users often do not even suspect that their homepages, search engines, and New Tab pages will be changed to home.searchreveal.com after the installation of the extension. To be honest, home.searchreveal.com is not a trustworthy search engine, and it is even quite dangerous to use it as the primary search tool because it is known that it might quickly expose users to threats. To protect your computer from harm, you need to remove the Search Reveal extension from your Google Chrome browser. Yes, fortunately, this extension affects only this browser. Read more »

Time-to-read.ru happens to be a browser hijacker that installs itself without your permission and then modifies your browser’s settings. Browser hijacker is a type of malicious software that is often hard to categorize. Depending on the developer and the distribution method, it might be complicated to determine whether the application is legitimate or harmful. Nevertheless, it is always easy to decide whether you need to remove a program or not by considering the fact whether you need it or not. You clearly did not want Time-to-read.ru on your computer, so the best thing you can do right now is remove it for good. Read more »