Monthly Archives: November 2017 - Page 4

Snitou.com Redirect is classified as a browser hijacker, which means that this application changes your browser’s settings without your permission. However, at a closer look, we can see that this intruder is directly associated with a Chrome extension, so it is possible to say that Snitou.com Redirect would not enter your computer if it were not for the extension it is associated with. Thus, if you want to remove this intruder, you need to delete the extension that brings in the potential threat. While you are at it, you should also consider running a full system scan with a licensed antispyware tool because you are bound to have more potential threats on-board. Read more »

City Page Today Home Page is a questionable application that should not be active on your personal computer. In fact, malware researchers at Anti-Spyware-101.com advise you to remove it without any hesitation if it is ever found up and running on your PC. We recommend doing so because it happens to be yet another browser hijacker. Such category has been assigned to it by our malware experts because this dubious application is capable of invasive and suspicious functionality. It can quickly make undesirable changes to your browser's default settings without any notification or authorization, which is frustrating, to say the least. In our report, we include information regarding the functionality of this browser hijacker and explain the dangers of having it active on your PC. Also, you will find a detailed removal guide, which you should use to delete City Page Today Home Page once and for all. Read more »

Sowin8.com is a search engine which also falls to the category of browser hijackers.  The search engine could be set as the home page of the Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox browsers in several ways. Browser hijackers are usually distributed by software setup files and phishing emails distributing fraudulent email attachments. Hence, it is crucial to always pay attention to the information provided by software installers or prompt warnings.

Sowin8.com belongs to the browser hijacker group ELEX, which also includes luckystarting.com, amisites.com, trotux.com, and some other hijackers. As well as its counterparts, Sowin8.com does not have any outstanding characteristics, so the changes made on browsers may remain unnoticed by inattentive computer users, which is highly appreciated by cyber criminals. The longer the hijacker remains on a browser, the more benefit it gets for its authors. Our team at anti-spyware-101.com highly recommends that you remove Sowin8.com from the computer, which you can do with the help of a removal guide provided at the very end of this review. Read more »

Search.searchtpg.com is a new search tool released by Polarity Technologies Ltd. It has been observed that it might change users’ homepage without their knowledge, so it is usually classified as a browser hijacker by experienced researchers. Have you already found your browsers hijacked too? If you answer yes to this question, you should remove the search tool set from all affected browsers as soon as possible because Search.searchtpg.com is not exactly what it seems to be, i.e. it is not a legitimate search provider. Consequently, you should not use it to perform web searches either. If you need a detailed explanation why this page is not considered one of the trustworthy search providers, you should read this entire article, focusing on the second and third paragraphs. If you decide to get rid of this search tool, you will find more about its removal in the last paragraph. As you will see for yourself, it is not that hard to remove Search.searchtpg.com from browsers even though it cannot be erased through Control Panel like a normal program because it only sets itself as a new homepage. In other words, it does not apply any serious modifications that would be hard to undo. Read more »