What is Search.hclassifiedseasy.com?
Search.hclassifiedseasy.com is a highly malicious search engine that can replace your browser’s homepage address without your knowledge or consent as it is distributed through bundled software installers. Our cyber security experts have classified it as a browser hijacker as recommend that you remove it from your browser as soon as the opportunity arises. If you use it as a regular search engine, be warned that its search results can contain misleading promoted links that can jeopardize your computer’s security. Also, it can collect anonymous information about you to present you with personalized search results and targeted promotional links. To find out more about this hijacker, read the information presented below.
What does Search.hclassifiedseasy.com do?
The primary objective of Search.hclassifiedseasy.com is to enter your browser and replace its homepage address. Testing has shown that it can do that if you use Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Microsoft Internet Explorer. This hijacker’s owners want you to use it for searching the web and indeed you can, but it redirects all entered search queries to a modified Yahoo search engine. Hence, the search results you get are modified and not to be trusted because Search.hclassifiedseasy.com can alter them to include links to promoted websites. This is a potential security threat because there is no telling whether this hijacker’s promoted links are safe to click. Some of them can redirect you to infected websites that can be full of malware, while others can redirect you to scam sites that can extract your online banking credentials and other valuable information.
Furthermore, Search.hclassifiedseasy.com was set to collect some information about you for geotargeting purposes. Our researchers say that this hijacker has been configured to collect information such as your IP address, Internet Service Provider (ISP) domain name, browsing history, search terms entered, operating system type, browser type, and so on. The hijacker can employ browser cookies and web beacons to collect this information. Unfortunately, since its promoted links can be dangerous, you should not allow this hijacker to collect information about you because it will be misused.
Where does Search.hclassifiedseasy.com come from?
Cybersecurity experts have concluded that Search.hclassifiedseasy.com has created by Polarity Technologies, a company dedicated to producing browser hijackers for web monetization purposes. All of its so-called “search engines” are nothing more than vessels to show promoted links on, so they do not present their users with a quality search Service.
This particular hijacker is known to be injected into a browser directly, so it does not have an accompanying browser extension. Like most of the hijackers made by this company, it is bundled with freeware installers featured on websites such as Filewon.com, Filewin.com, Malavida.es, and Descargar.es. The installers are said to inject Search.hclassifiedseasy.com secretly and it appears that you cannot deselect its installation.
How do I remove Search.hclassifiedseasy.com?
As you can see, Search.hclassifiedseasy.com is one highly malicious search engine that can replace your browser’s homepage address by stealth to show promotional links that can pose a threat to your privacy and your computer’s security. Therefore, it is of utmost importance that you remove it from your browser as soon as you can. See the guide below on how you can do that.
Removal Instructions
Mozilla Firefox
- Launch the browser.
- Simultaneously press Alt+T.
- Click Options and select General.
- Erase Search.hclassifiedseasy.com and enter a new address.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Launch the browser.
- Hold down Alt+T and click Internet Options.
- Erase http://search.hclassifiedseasy.com/
- Enter a new URL.
- Click OK.
Google Chrome
- Launch the browser.
- Simultaneously press Alt+F.
- Select Settings.
- Switch on Show home button.
- Enter a new homepage address.
- Click OK.
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