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Search-megunda.com is one of those search providers that you should not trust. According to the analysis conducted by Anti-Spyware-101.com malware researchers, this is a browser hijacker that might modify your browser’s settings without your knowledge or due to hidden agenda. Have you installed this hijacker yourself? If you have, you probably believed it to offer great services. In reality, this hijacker is useless when it comes to web surfing, and it is most likely that it was created as a marketing tool or as a data-collector. As soon as you install it, this hijacker is likely to start recording your virtual activity using tracking cookies and other data trackers. Also, there is a possibility that ads will be introduced to you as you browse the web via this hijacker, and you should not interact with them under any circumstances. We do not have enough information about this infection to ensure that the ads it could display would be harmless. This is just one of the reasons to delete Search-megunda.com from your browsers. Read more »

Mans-find.org is a website targeting users living in Russia primarily because the content it provides users with is entirely in this language. Probably because of the language it uses, it is the most popular in Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. Even though this website is kept on browsers by these people willingly and looks quite trustworthy, it, by any means, cannot be called a reputable page. Instead of calling Mans-find.org trustworthy, specialists working at anti-spyware-101.com classify it as a Russian browser hijacker. It has been placed into this category because of its ability to appear on Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome browsers without a user’s consent. Actually, not all the users see Mans-find.org in browsers’ URL bars. It has been found that different domains are used to perform redirections to this website too. In other words, it does not matter that there is a different address visible in the URL bar, it will keep causing redirections to Mans-find.org every time the browser is launched unless a browser hijacker infection is fully deleted from the computer. Read more »

Judging from the appearance, Splintersearch.com is a legitimate search tool that can cause no harm. Unfortunately, the situation in reality is different. It has been proved by specialists at anti-spyware-101.com that this search provider might quickly put computers in danger if users keep it set on their browsers. It is not recommended performing web searches using this search provider too due to sponsored search results it might display instead of ordinary search results. Splintersearch.com is not going to download malicious software on the computer itself, and it is not as bad as Trojans and similar computer infections. As a consequence, researchers do not usually classify it as a malicious tool. Instead, it is called a browser hijacker because of the distribution method employed. Browser hijackers, of course, can also cause trouble, which is why removing Splintersearch.com completely from browsers would be the smartest decision right now. Before going to delete this dubious search tool, read paragraphs explaining why it is so important to do that. We are sure you would agree with us after finding more about this search tool that it is quite foolish of users to use it as a default search provider. Read more »

Kipuu.cn is a browser hijacker that should not be taken for granted as it exhibits quite a few invasive features. Like any other application that belong to this category, it can make unwanted changes to your web browser's default settings without any authorization. Due to such alterations, your overall online experience will become an annoying and frustrating one, to put it lightly. While our researchers have discovered that this intrusive piece of software is most popular in Brazil, you should know that it can also be found in all regions of the world; thus, being aware of it is essential. To find out how Kipuu.cn works and how you can safeguard your PC from it and other similar applications, be sure to read the rest of our report. We also provide a detailed removal guide that you should use to delete this intrusive hijacker once and for all. Read more »

Search.searchmabb.com was classified as a browser hijacker after it was discovered that the application could set itself as user’s default search engine or alter other preferences. Also, our researchers at Anti-spyware-101.com noticed that the search engine could be installed without the user realizing it. If you have in fact received the threat accidentally, we would recommend removing it as quick as possible, because if it is left unattended, the hijacker might cause some troubles. Clearly, deleting the application could be quite a challenge if you have never encountered such software before and for this reason, our researchers prepared removal instructions too. You can find them just a little below the article, but at first, it might be a good idea to read some more and get to know Search.searchmabb.com better provided you do not want to come across similar threats in the future. Read more »