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Boxo-search.com is an ambiguous browser hijacker that certainly enters your system uninvited, but it does not seem to be extremely dangerous. Of course, we do not mean that it is a good idea to keep this unwanted program on your computer. Any security-minded user would want to remove Boxo-search.com from her computer at once because the program is intrusive and annoying. This is where we provide manual Boxo-search.com removal instructions so you can take care of this issue yourself. But at the time we would like to emphasize that this browser hijacker might be just one of the many unwanted applications that have been recently installed on your PC. Read more »

If you download the FindWide.com Toolbar, also known as Search.us Toolbar, you might be offered to replace your home page to search.findwide.com. This offer might be added by default, and, if you are not careful, you might install the search tool without realizing it. If you do this, you will find search.findwide.com (or start.search.us.com, services.freshy.com) set as the home page and default search provider. Do you think that this search tool can be trusted? If you read our report, you might change your mind. According to the research conducted in the Anti-Spyware-101.com internal lab, most users remove search.findwide.com because they cannot trust this search provider. For one, this search tool displays more ads than reliable search results, and this is the first sign that this search tool deserves removal. We have found a few others reasons to delete search.findwide.com from your Windows operating system. Read more »

If you care about virtual security, Websearch.searchingissme.info is definitely not the search tool you want on your system. In fact, if you have this browser hijacker installed, we recommend that you remove it right now. Websearch.searchingissme.info affects all major browsers, such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome, so, practically, there is no way of escaping it unless you use an alternative browser. Unfortunately, besides hijacking your home page and search engine without your permission, Websearch.searchingissme.info might come with other potentially malicious threats. If the security of your privacy, stored data, and your operating system is important for you, please read on to learn why we suggest that you remove Websearch.searchingissme.info as soon as possible. Read more »

websearch.goodfindings.info is a search provider that might appear in the place of your homepage and search provider if a browser hijacker manages to enter your system. If this has already happened to you, you have to get rid of it as soon as possible even if it looks like a decent and powerful search engine. Believe us; we suggest that you remove websearch.goodfindings.info from your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox browsers not without a reason. If you want to find out why it is advisable to get rid of websearch.goodfindings.info, you should read through this article. Specialists working at anti-spyware-101.com will also explain you how to do that easily. Read more »

Websearch.searchandfly.info is a totally worthless search tool from the Websearch family, which is classified as a browser hijacker by our researchers. We recommend that you remove Websearch.searchandfly.info from your system before you expose yourself to a mixture of security threats. Although this hijacker claims to be a search engine, what it really does, is that it redirects your searches to major search engines, such as Google and Bing. There is no reason why you should have Websearch.searchandfly.info on your computer, unless you want to risk clicking on a potentially malicious third-party ad it may display. If you have been infected with this hijacker, it is also possible that you have other infections as well. All in all, if you want to be conscious about your virtual security, you need to start by deleting Websearch.searchandfly.info from your PC. Read more »