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We at Anti-spyware-101.com have recently analyzed a search engine that was reported to promote shady links in its search results. Our cyber security specialists took a look at Search.getfitnow.co and concluded that it is indeed a highly unreliable and possibly malicious search engine. Therefore, we recommend that you remove it from your PC as soon as you can because there is no telling what might happen if you continue using this search engine. If you want to find out more about this shady search engine, please read this whole article. Read more »

Hotweb360.com is a potentially risky search engine page that you may not even notice right away in your browsers since it looks very similar to Google. Of course, this kind of resemblance is not a coincidence at all. According to our malware experts at anti-spyware-101.com, the creators do this on purpose to deceive unsuspecting computer users to believe that it is actually Google they find as their home page so they would not even think of a malware infection. However, this is indeed a browser hijacker that belongs to a family of threats that also include identical clones, such as Gogletab.com. The security-related issues with finding this hijacker in your browsers are twofold. First, this malware infection can present to you potentially harmful third-party advertisements and links leading to malicious websites. Second, it is most likely that this threat did not enter your system all alone, which would clearly mean the presence of other malware programs as well. This is why you may not be able to restore order on your system if you only remove Hotweb360.com from your browsers; you also need to hunt down all other possibly harmful programs, too. But before you jump to the end where we reveal how you can eliminate this threat, let us tell you more about this infection so that you can understand how you can infect your system with similar threats and what you can do against it. Read more »

If you have downloaded the StartJoyTab extension, Search.startjoytabsearch.com must have modified your browser’s homepage as well. At the moment, this hijacker only affects Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers, but we cannot guarantee that different browsers will not be targeted in the future. Our hope is that this hijacker disappears altogether because all it can do is jeopardize your virtual security. Sure, it looks like a regular search provider, but the looks can be deceptive. If you only pay attention to the interface of the hijacker, it definitely can appear to be harmless. However, if you analyze it on a deeper level, you are bound to realize that it can work in a suspicious, potentially malicious manner. It should come as no surprise that we advise deleting Search.startjoytabsearch.com. Our Anti-Spyware-101.com research team classifies this hijacker as a security threat, and you can find all facts supporting this in the guide. If you cannot wait to remove the infection, check out the instructions below. Read more »

Users who constantly encounter unwanted redirects to Polarisearch.com might be victims of a browser hijacker. These infections usually enter computers illegally and then change browsers’ settings so that users will see Polarisearch.com every time they open their browsers. Specialists do not think that users set this website voluntarily on their browsers because it is not that popular, but if there are users out there who have done that willingly, they should go to delete Polarisearch.com from their browsers as well. Experienced security specialists say that this tool is definitely not going to improve the web browsing experience. Instead, it might be responsible for all kinds of problems that might arise if people use this search tool as a default search engine. If you have thought up to this very moment that this website is a decent search tool, you should read this article to find out what researchers working at anti-spyware-101.com have revealed about it. Most probably, your opinion about this website will change quickly and you will make a decision to replace it with a more trustworthy tool for searching the web. Read more »

You might think that Search.searchsterjosoft.com is a safe and reliable search engine, but that is untrue because research has shown that it can contain shady promotional links in its search results and, therefore, should be removed. You can get it on your computer accidentally because it is distributed using freeware bundles. If you get it onto your PC, then it will replace your browser’s homepage and attempt to make you use it as your primary search engine. For more detailed information about this search engine, we invite you to read this whole article. Read more »