Broadband-search.com

Posted by Max Lehmann on October 15, 2015

What is Broadband-search.com?

Broadband-search.com may show up in your browsers as a new home page without your permission when your system is attacked by a browser hijacker. Therefore, if you see this search engine, that is not a good sign. Its presence can also indicate that other malware infections are also hiding on your computer. Obviously, one malware program is more than enough to be able introduce you to unreliable third-party content and infect your system with more threats or present to you opportunities to get scammed by criminals. So you can imagine how much risk there is in having several malware programs on-board. If you do not act in time, you may jeopardize the operation of your computer. We recommend that you remove Broadband-search.com as soon as possible. For the details, please continue reading our report. test

Where does Broadband-search.com come from?

Since this browser hijacker does not have an official website where you could download it from directly as a standalone executable file, the most probable way for it to end up in your browsers is to infiltrate your computer in a free software bundle. However, malware threats rarely travel all alone. Therefore, it is quite likely that if this hijacker is on-board, there are other infections as well, including adware apps and other hijackers as well. So every time you open your browsers and go surfing, you may get exposed to annoying third-party ads, for instance. But these are not only distracting, of course, they can also redirect you to unreliable third-party websites.

You can download such bundles if you visit shady freeware sites, for example. Those sites are the main promoters of third-party installers that may quite often contain malware infections along with authentic free software. It is also possible to acquire such a package by simply clicking on a fake download button. A lot of times third-party ads are disguised to look like a “download” or “next” button. You need to be very careful if you end up on such a website, and we advise you to close the tab or even the browser window right away. It is also worth running a malware scan right after that, just in case. We recommend the same after deleting Broadband-search.com as well in order to make sure that your PC is secure to use.

How does Broadband-search.com work?

You need to keep away from using this worthless search engine if you want to protect your operating system. It is likely that this hijacker can modify the search results pages and inject third-party advertisements and links that may be potentially harmful. Clicking on such content may take you to unsafe websites where all kinds of bad things may happen, including infecting your computer with more serious malware or getting scammed by tricky schemers. In fact, it is never 100% safe to click on any advertisement. Third parties are mostly unreviewed by software developers and publishers, so, practically, anyone can pose as a third party, even criminals. Removing Broadband-search.com is your only ticket out of this situation.

How to delete Broadband-search.com

You may automatically go to Control Panel and try to find this browser hijacker in the list of installed programs. However, you will be disappointed because it has no uninstaller. But do not worry for a second; we have a simple solution for you. All you have to do is overwrite the home page URL address in your browsers. It is possible that you are not familiar with the steps that are needed to accomplish that; therefore, please use our guide below. Keep in mind that this infection may have arrived together with other malware threats. All these infections may cause potential damage to your computer. Therefore, we would like to remind you that you can protect your PC more efficiently if you do not visit suspicious websites; we mainly mean shareware and torrent sites, of course. Also, we advise you to refrain from clicking on any third-party advertisement you may be presented with. Finally, please keep all your software and drivers updated so that your operating system can become less vulnerable.