What is Palikan.com?
Palikan.com is a search engine that is used by Palikan browser hijacker, and it gets set as your default homepage when you are infected with malware. You may be taken by surprise seeing Palikan.com on your browser, but there is no need to panic. You can remove Palikan.com by resetting your browser settings to default. At the same time, you should check for other unwanted and perhaps even dangerous programs currently running on your computer because there is no way Palikan.com could have entered your system on its own. Browser hijackers always come with some other programs that could also prove to be quite dangerous.
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Where does Palikan.com come from?
Luckily, we know enough about Palikan.com to tell that it is one of the many browser hijackers that get distributed in freeware bundles. Palikan.com is very similar to Binkiland.com, Vosteran, Astromenda, Taplika, and other hijackers from the same group. Thus, all the distribution methods that have been employed by the previously released hijackers will be applied by Palikan.com as well. So we can expect to see Palikan.com get distributed with Deal Keeper, Optimizer Pro, MyPCBackup, RegClean Pro, and many other unwanted applications.
If you want to avoid getting infected with Palikan.com and similar hijackers, you should stay away from file sharing websites, such as malavida.com. After all, if you accidentally install an entire package of unwanted software, you will have a lot more programs to remove, than just the Palikan.com hijacker alone.
What does Palikan.com do?
Palikan.com is a genuine browser hijacker, so once the infection takes place, it hijacks your start page, search page, and the new tab. However, even if it does look like Palikan.com can provide you with more or less relevant search results, this browser hijacker is making use of a customized version of the Yahoo! Search engine to generate specially tailored search results.
All of your search queries on Palikan.com will be redirected to us.yhs4.search.yahoo.com. On top of that, the browser hijacker will monitor your web browsing activity so that it could provide you with customized advertisements. When the ads are customized, it increases the possibility of you clicking them, and, as a result, the people behind Palikan.com make money as you increase the traffic on a particular affiliated website.
The problem with Palikan.com is that it may redirect you to dangerous websites, and it could be misused for malware distributed by malevolent third parties. Not to mention that Palikan.com is an extremely annoying infection that modifies your browser settings without your permission. Thus, you have to remove Palikan.com from the system as soon as possible.
How to do I remove Palikan.com?
As mentioned above, you can restore your browser settings manually, and we provide the instructions for that below. Nevertheless, that is not enough to ensure your system’s safety. As Palikan.com comes bundled with other potential threats, you need to remove them all as well.
If you don’t know which programs must be removed from your computer, scan your computer with a licensed antispyware scanner, and then invest in a computer security application of your choice to delete all the security threats automatically.
How to Restore Browser Settings
Internet Explorer
- Press Alt+T and click Internet options.
- Open the Advanced tab and click Reset.
- Select Delete personal settings and press Reset.
- Click Close.
Mozilla Firefox
- Press Alt+H and go to Troubleshooting information.
- Click Reset Firefox at the top right of the new tab.
- Press Reset Firefox on the confirmation box.
- Click Finish.
Google Chrome
- Press Alt+F and go to Settings.
- Scroll down to the bottom and click Show advanced settings.
- Scroll down and click Reset settings.
- Press Reset on the confirmation box.
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