Search.moviecorner.com

Posted by Max Lehmann on January 11, 2017

What is Search.moviecorner.com?

Your homepage is your starting point on the web, and you should not start your experience using a browser hijacker. Search.moviecorner.com is one of the many hijackers that might take over the homepage of your web browser, and this report is dedicated to this threat. According to our Anti-Spyware-101.com malware researchers, this suspicious hijacker might enter your operating system when installing third-party programs. While legitimate and reliable programs are usually introduced to users via official download pages, unreliable programs or illegal versions of popular programs are often spread via suspicious file-sharing websites. Unreliable software distributors can offer you a variety of different programs, and, although the service might seem great, the reality is that these software distributors could also be spreading malware. Please continue reading this report to learn how to delete Search.moviecorner.com, as well as all other threats that might be active on your operating system. We also discuss the measures that should be taken to ensure that your PC remains malware-free in the future. test

How does Search.moviecorner.com work?

According to the Privacy Policy supporting Search.moviecorner.com, Findinfo Ltd. is the creator of this hijacker. This company is not linked to any other infection at this time, but it is possible that new hijackers will emerge. Also, there is always a possibility that the developer hiding behind this name is already known to us by a different name. We definitely have seen plenty of other hijackers that exploit Google Custom Search (e.g., Startpage-home.com or Searchoko.com). If you have used Search.moviecorner.com as a regular search engine already, you know that it displays search results using this infamous search provider. The “Enhanced by Google” logo attached to the search dialog box hints at that as well; however, many users consider this to be a positive thing. In reality, the name of Google is used with a purpose, which is to make you think that the search results shown to you are reliable. Unfortunately, it is likely that sponsored links and ads are included, and interacting with them, of course, can be dangerous.

If you do not remove Search.moviecorner.com because of the Google Custom Search results shown to you, it is unlikely that you will want to eliminate this hijacker when you find that it also provides you with easy access to popular sites. At the time of research, the hijacker enabled access to Gmail, Facebook, YouTube, Amazon, Twitter, Wikipedia, Pinterest, Groupon, and Instagram. Besides that, the suspicious tool also enables free movie streaming, which is something many users are bound to be interested in. If you click the “Show/Hide” button, a list of different movies will show up, and one click is enough to start the stream. Our researchers claim that these movies are streamed directly from moviecorner.com servers. Overall, the hijacker might fulfill its promises made to you upon installation, but that does not mean that it is reliable or safe to use. You must keep in mind that this hijacker can show misleading links along with regular search results and that it can employ tracking cookies to spy on you, which is never a good thing.

How to delete Search.moviecorner.com

We advise removing Search.moviecorner.com from your web browsers immediately, and there are two options you need to consider. First, you might consider deleting this infection manually, but it is not the best option if other malicious and unreliable programs are active on your operating system. If you are having trouble figuring out if malware is active, immediately install a legitimate malware scanner and use it to perform a full system scan. If malware is not detected, you can use the guide below to get rid of the hijacker. If malware is found, you should consider the second removal option, which entails installing anti-malware software. Our security experts recommend installing it without any hesitation because besides eliminating existing threats it can also guarantee that your operating system is protected reliably. As long as your PC is protected, new malicious infections will not be able to slither in and wreak havoc.