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You may be led to believe that Search.searchyea.com is a safe and reliable search engine, but we are here to tell you that it is a browser hijacker. Hence, it is malicious so you ought to remove it from your browser as soon as you can, provided that it hijacked and replaced your browser’s homepage address. Our malware analysts say that this hijacker was configured to collect information about you and show personalized promotional links in the search results. However, the content promoted by those links can be malicious because there is no telling where the ads come from, and it is likely that they can come from malicious sources. Read more »

A sudden alteration of your browser's default settings is a strong indication that a browser hijacker is up and running on your personal computer. Our research team has discovered that a new hijacker that goes by the name of Search.fastsearchanswer.com is roaming the web nowadays. Thus, if you ever happen to come across it, we highly advise you to take all necessary action to refrain yourself from it. This is important because this hijacker just like its counterparts is infamous for its ability to make invasive changes to your browser's default settings without requiring any authorization. If that was not enough, it has also been discovered that in some situations this intrusive piece of software might be the primary reason other devious programs might be able to enter your operating system in a quick and easy way. To learn more about the inner workings of Search.fastsearchanswer.com and how you can remove it, make sure to read the rest of our report. Read more »

Search.searchetan.com is a browser hijacker, so it might make your browser load the search engine every time you start a new search or when you simply launch the browsing application. If such actions irritate you, we advise you not to ignore this threat, especially when there are safer alternatives to choose from, for example, yahoo.com, google.com, etc. The application might be not the best choice for your default search provider because it could show you modified search results since Search.searchetan.com might inject them with sponsored links, pop-ups, and other similar ads. This content should belong to the third party, so the browser hijacker’s take no responsibility for what may happen if while clicking the ads you land on a malicious site. Thus, we encourage users not to risk their computer’s safety and remove the threat with the instructions placed below this article or with legitimate antimalware software. Read more »

Search.searcheasyra.com is a search engine owned by Polarity Technologies Ltd, a company that creates malicious search engines and browser hijackers. This particular search engine is a browser hijacker and, therefore, is also malicious because it is distributed in a malicious manner. It is bundled with installers that inject it into your browser without your knowledge or authorization. If you use it for searching the web, then it will subject you to promoted links that are included in the search results. Clearly, Search.searcheasyra.com is not the best search engine out there, but to find out just how malicious it is, we invite you to continue reading. Read more »

Howtonews.ru is a recently created browser hijacker targeted at users from Russia. As the research reveals, the threat may automatically launch user’s default browser without his permission and redirect him to unreliable web pages showing advertisements, surveys, and so on. Our researchers at Anti-spyware-101.com think that such content could be potentially dangerous and recommend avoiding it. However, if you want to stop the redirection and get rid of the ads, you should not keep this browser hijacker any longer and erase it from the system. Apparently, it creates schedule tasks, so it will keep loading suspicious web pages unless you remove it. Those who do not know how to delete Howtonews.ru, could simply slide below the text and use the provided instructions, although if you are facing such threat for the first time, it would be advisable to read more about it. Read more »

It appears that FPSeek.com is not a legitimate search engine, but a browser hijacker whose primary objective is to replace your browser’s homepage address by stealth and make you use is as your default search engine. You ought to remove it because it replaces the homepage address in particular and counts on you to keep it that way. Our malware researchers say that it this browser hijacker can gather information about you and show personalized advertisements in the search results. The problem is that the promoted links can be supplied by unknown entities and are thus unreliable. In the worst case scenario, this hijacker might get your PC infected with highly dangerous malware. Read more »