Joomborio.com

Posted by Max Lehmann on July 8, 2016

What is Joomborio.com?

Joomborio.com is a browser hijacker, and it wants its victims to believe that it is a legitimate search engine. Since the tool comes with a rather user-friendly interface, perhaps it could be quite successful in its task if it were not for the distribution method: Users do not even know how this browser hijacker settles in their systems. Whichever the distribution method may be, it is your task to remove Joomborio.com from your computer as soon as possible. Of course, there is no room for panic because this type of infection is far from a severe system threat. However, any kind of intruder is an intruder, and you should never tolerate one. test test

Where does Joomborio.com come from?

Here, a new researcher would tell you that the official website for this infection is located at joomborio.com, and the site claims that this program offers you “a better internet experience.” Supposedly, the goal of the program’s developers is to “revolutionize the way we bookmark things on the Internet and organize our homepage that fits every user’s personalized requirements.” However, you can probably tell that these are just a nice set of words, and they do not really mean anything.

Not to mention that you cannot really install this search engine on your browser from the official site. If it manages to enter your system, it usually comes bundled in software packages. This means that users tend to install more than one application on their computers, and they do not even understand it is happening.

Software bundles can be downloaded from file-sharing websites. Quite often, they host freeware applications and other programs that can be downloaded free-of-charge. Nevertheless, if you need a particular application, and that app is free, you will do yourself a favor if you download it from the official vendor’s website. Downloading programs from third-party sources is not safe because you almost always get more than you have signed up for.

What does Joomborio.com?

Judging from the way this browser hijacker works and the IP addresses it uses, we can deduce that it is related to Binkiland, Cassiopesa, Vosteran Search, and many other similar infections. We do know for sure that Binkiland was part of a big group of browser hijacker that would play havoc with multiple computers worldwide.

Joomborio.com is no better. The hijacker makes use of the IP address that is also shared with exlee.com and aqualious.com. Once the program has established its presence on your computer, it will hijack all of your default browsers, changing your homepage to joomborio.com. It will also modify your default search engine, too.

Aside from affecting your default browser, this hijacker may also install an open-source browser called “Chromium.” This open-source browser may remind you of the Chrome browser because of the color scheme and its design, but there is nothing in common between them. Not to mention, the program will set Chromium as your default browser, and if you are not adept at switching these settings, you will be overwhelmed by the sudden modifications.

On top of that, the hijacker will also track your online habits and web browsing history. Once it has enough data collected, Joomborio.com will change the search results in a way that the ones on top will be related to your latest search queries. Why would a hijacker do it? To collect your clicks.

When you see something that interests you, there is a bigger possibility that you will click it, so the hijacker tries to make use of that to redirect you to affiliated websites. Joomborio.com makes a profit when you click those outgoing links, and it does not care what site you land on.

This is the main security concern associated with this browser hijacker. Some of the links may lead to dangerous websites that promote malware or collect your personal information for shady online marketing schemes. Whatever it might be, you have to avoid it by removing Joomborio.com today.

How do I remove Joomborio.com?

Unfortunately, there is no way to delete this program via Control Panel, but you may still have to terminate some applications that entered your system uninvited. Thus, scan your PC with the SpyHunter free scanner to get a list of all the programs you need to delete, and then safeguard your system against similar threats in the future.