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If you see Search.searchdp.com in your browsers when you open them, you can prepare for some unfortunate surprises because apart from being infected with a browser hijacker, you may also find other malicious programs on your system. While many users think of random search engines showing up in browsers as a totally innocent thing, our malware experts would like to warn you that even such a seemingly harmless infection may put your system security at risk. You may be exposed to unreliable third-party content that could cause further infections or redirections to websites that are set up by cyber criminals with the only intent to scam you out of your money. So, if you would like to clean your PC of all possible malware threats, let us show you where to start. We suggest that first of all you need to remove Search.searchdp.com and then, you can go on eliminating all other infections. But before you dive into the cleansing process, let us tell you more about this browser hijacker and why it can be a bad idea to leave it on board. Read more »

The appearance of Yotosearch.com in your browser might be a sign that malware infections, such as browser hijackers, may have infiltrated your system or you just simply clicked on unsafe third-party content and that is how you ended up with this questionable search engine in your browser. But no matter how this happened, our malware specialists at anti-spyware-101.com say that you should stay away from this search engine because it may pose a virtual security threat to your computer due to its potentially unreliable content. Apart from potentially harmful third-party advertising on its main page, this search engine also modifies the search results, which therefore could be filled with questionable links and ads. All in all, we advise you to remove Yotosearch.com immediately if you do not want further security-related issues to begin to haunt you. Read more »

Search.showmoreabout.com looks like a plain website for performing web searches. It is available in several different languages, including English, Spanish, Italian, French, and Turkish. On top of that, it shows Yahoo! search results for users, so it does not look harmful by any means. This also explains why so many users decide to keep it set on their web browsers (it works on Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox) after discovering it. Despite the fact that it works like an ordinary search tool, i.e. users see an opened search results page after entering search queries in its box, specialists do not think that it is a good idea to present it as a legitimate search tool because it might be unsafe to use it, and, according to them, even serious issues might arise due to its presence. Instead, according to malware experts at anti-spyware-101.com, a title that suits it is a browser hijacker. They have made a decision to classify Search.showmoreabout.com as a browser hijacker because of the distribution method employed to spread it and its ability to apply changes on browsers without a user’s consent. It has also turned out quickly that this search tool does not seek to make it easier for users to search the web. Most probably, in the opinion of specialists, it is used as a distributor of commercial advertisements. Read more »