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If you see a change in your home page when you open your browsers, it is possible that you have been infected with Boxedsearch.com Redirect. This browser hijacker can appear in your browsers without your noticing it or remembering how you installed it. This is due to the fact that this search engine is promoted and spread in questionable ways. Our malware specialists at anti-spyware-101.com have found that this is not the only hijacker of its kind as it is practically identical to another hijacker that has also appeared only recently called Strixchase.com. While the latter is actually a working search engine that cannot be trusted, this malware infection seems to be half-finished or its web server could be down because somehow it does not display any results. Of course, this could be fixed any time soon, so we can assume that it can present to you potentially risky search results just like its sibling. Since this browser hijacker may not be the only one that has entered your system recently, your PC could be under attack by several threats and this also means that you could be exposed to an increased number of malicious web content. If you would like to defend your computer from total failure to operate, we believe that it is important that you remove Boxedsearch.com Redirect and all other threats you may find on your system. Read more »

Home.searchfreehoroscope.com is a page users find set on their Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox browsers after installing the extension called Search Free Horoscope New Tab. Of course, it might also be installed on users’ web browsers without their knowledge. Because of this, specialists often call Home.searchfreehoroscope.com a browser hijacker. We do not say that users are completely not informed about the changes this extension makes; however, some information is left unsaid. Specifically speaking, users are only told that Home.searchfreehoroscope.com will be set as a New Tab URL, but, in reality, it changes all major settings of web browsers, i.e., a default homepage, search engine, and a New Tab page. This means that users no longer see their preferred pages, so it is not at all surprising that so many users find the changes they see applied to their browsers undesirable and wish to delete Home.searchfreehoroscope.com from their browsers. Luckily, it should not be hard to do that because it will disappear from browsers when you delete the extension promoting it from your browsers. Read more »

Finding Strixchase.com as your new homepage in Google Chrome can only mean that a browser hijacker has managed to infiltrate your system without your knowledge. This browser hijacker may look totally innocent to you at first look and may strike you as a legitimate search engine page. However, our malware specialists at anti-spyware-101.com say that it may display questionable third-party content on your screen as it can only generate revenue by promoting all kinds of third parties, which may not always be reliable and trusted. It is also quite likely that this malware infection enters your computer along with other threats. All in all, we believe that it is important that you take action and remove Strixchase.com from your computer. Leaving this threat on your system could expose you to malicious websites and further infections. Let us tell you more about this browser hijacker and how you could possibly avoid such an infection. Read more »

If you want easy and fast access to your e-mail accounts, Home.fastemailaccess.com may seem like a good idea to have in your browsers, but let us beg to differ. Our malware experts at anti-spyware-101.com say that this is a relatively new browser hijacker that can alter your browser settings (homepage, new tab page, and default search provider) to promote questionable third parties through its surface. Since engaging with potentially harmful content may result in more infections or being scammed on malicious websites, we do not advise you to use this browser extension at all. In fact, we recommend that you remove Home.fastemailaccess.com right away if you do not want to put your system security at risk. Please continue reading our article to find out more about this annoying browser hijacker and how you can avoid similar attacks in the future. Read more »

Our cyber security specialists have recently analyzed a search engine called Bonzersearch.com. They concluded that Bonzersearch.com is a useless and unreliable search engine because it redirects all entered search queries to a modified Google search engine, so you should consider removing it. It can show customized advertisements that are customized with the help of information collected about you. Furthermore, it is distributed via software bundles, so you can get it accidentally. For more detailed information, please read this whole article. Read more »

It is important to use reliable search tools at all times. Home.radiostreambutler.com is not considered to be reliable, and so using it is not recommended. While it is unlikely that this browser hijacker corrupted your web browser without your notice, it is most likely that you do not know much about it, and you did not even research it before letting it in. Is that correct? If it is, there are quite a few things you need to learn about this infection. For one, did you know that it can record information about you? Personally identifiable information is not off limits for this hijacker as well. This might be one of the biggest motives to delete Home.radiostreambutler.com from your browser. At this moment, the hijacker is only compatible with the Google Chrome browser, but there’s always a possibility that other browsers could be affected. In case you need help from our Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers removing the hijacker from different browser, you can always use the comments section for further communication. Read more »