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Anti-Spyware-101.com research team has analyzed Searchoko.com, and the conclusion is that this seemingly harmless search tool is a browser hijacker that should be removed from any browser it takes over. We have thoroughly analyzed this suspicious browser hijacker, but the reality is that there is very little information about it. From what we have gathered, the creator of this hijacker has not made it transparent, which makes it unreliable. If you do not know how the search tool works, you definitely cannot trust it, and we talk more about this in the report. Of course, the point of this report is to show you how to delete Searchoko.com, but you can make your own decision regarding this. Keep reading to learn more about our findings and do your own research to figure out if you want to erase the hijacker from your Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Internet Explorer browser as well. Read more »

Browser hijackers like Search.searchrs.com emerge on the web every single day. In fact, this search engine is not even a new invention but rather a clone of Search.yourinstantrecipes.com, a previous hijacker from the same creators. Although this search engine may look totally fine and innocent, you should know that engaging with the content provided by this hijacker could be risky. For example, it is possible that you download an infection bundle but you may also be taken to questionable websites where you could become the next victim of an online scam. This is why you should not take such an infection too lightly. Also, it is quite likely that you will find other malware programs on your system beside this browser hijacker. If you want to restore your system security, we advise you to remove Search.searchrs.com and all other threats you may detect on your computer. For more information, please read our full article. Read more »

Registersearch2016.com is a browser hijacker identical to Bestsearch2016.com and Daiksearch2016.com. As all these search tools look and act the same, specialists are sure that they come from the same developer. No matter which one of these questionable search tools you find set on your browsers, you have to remove it. You should especially do that if this search tool does not return search results because it will, most probably, not start acting beneficially. If it did, we would still not recommend using this search engine to find the information on the web because it cannot be trusted. Researchers have found that it provides users with promotional links that can redirect to bad websites. On top of that, the presence of Registersearch2016.com might result in the identity theft because this search tool, even though it does not have a Privacy Policy document, is known to be able to record various personal details about users. Read more »

Bestsearch2016.com is a useless search tool that often comes as a part of a browser hijacker infection. As it is usually set on all the most popular browsers, including Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox without permission, and it does not work properly, specialists working at anti-spyware-101.com suggest getting rid of it as soon as possible. If you let it stay and do not do anything about its presence, you might be even exposed to potential threats one day. It is especially true if the search function of Bestsearch2016.com is fixed and you start using this questionable search engine as your default search tool. Delete Bestsearch2016.com from all the browsers it has affected right after you read this article. You will be thoroughly explained why the removal is the best decision in this case, and you will also find the removal instructions below this report. Read more »

Webstarts.biz may look like a typical search engine but is far from being one. Our security experts have classified it as a browser hijacker and advise that you remove it as soon as you notice that it has replaced your browser’s homepage address. It comes bundled with malicious installers designed to inject it into your browser secretly. Furthermore, this type of browser hijacker also hijacks the Target line, so getting rid of it may be tricky, but possible nonetheless. Please read this whole article and consult the removal guide presented below. Read more »

Ww-searchings.com is an application that acts as a browser hijacker. Apparently, it can alter browser preferences on Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome. The software does so by changing your default homepage with its search engine. Since the program might provide users not only with search results but also with third-party advertising content, it could be that its creators receive money when you click such ads. Sadly, some of them could originate from malicious web pages, so it is advisable to stay away from the ads as much as possible or better yet eliminate the browser hijacker and get rid of them. If you still have any doubts about the application, we urge you to keep reading the article, but if you did not install it intentionally, you should not hesitate and simply erase it with the removal instructions placed below the text. Read more »

Daiksearch2016.com is a non-functional search engine that our researchers have categorized as a browser hijacker because of the way it is distributed. Our malware analysts suggest that you remove it because it is distributed in a dishonest manner which means that it is set to replace your browser’s homepage address without your knowledge or authorization. Moreover, it might feature murky promotional links in its search results as well as on its main page and could even collect information about you. Therefore, it poses a risk to your computer’s security and your personal privacy. While it is still being distributed, it does not work, so it will not process the search queries entered in its search box. But let us suppose that it does work and see where it takes us. Read more »

Searchenger2016.com is a search engine that has quite a few clones, including Daiksearch2016.com, Time-search2016.com, and Max-search2016.com. It is obvious that all of them were created using the same engine, and it is possible that they were created by the same company as well. Unfortunately, we cannot confirm this because the company who has created these search tools does not expose itself. This is strange because the companies behind legitimate services and programs want to advertise themselves. The concealment of this detail suggest one of three things: The developers of these search tools do not want the credit – which, of course, is unlikely – they are hiding themselves, or they were too lazy to prepare the information. After all, the company name is not the only detail that is “hidden,” as no official information is presented. Is that strange? It certainly is, and that might become a reason to delete Searchenger2016.com from your browsers. If you want to learn more about the removal, please keep reading. Read more »