What is Search.searchfana.com?
Search.searchfana.com might look like a legitimate search engine, but our researchers say that this hijacker is nothing more than a browser hijacker that can get onto your PC without your permission via software bundles and replace your browser’s homepage address and new tab page address. If you use Search.searchfana.com to search the Internet, then this hijacker will show you ad-supported search results. The problem is that this hijacker can display malicious links to scammy, malware-ridden websites that can jeopardize your computer’s security. For this reason, removing this search engine is highly recommended.
Where does Search.searchfana.com come from?
Our cyber security experts have concluded that this hijacker comes from a company called Polarity Technologies. This shady company is responsible for releasing dozens of malicious search engines/hijackers that include the likes of Search.searchfaa.com, Search.searchytdvta.com, and Search.hfreeforms.co, among others. This company is dedicated to making browser hijackers, and it seems that this developer is not going away anytime soon.
Like most of its counterparts, Search.searchfana.com is disseminated without a browser extension. Therefore, it relies on third-party software to inject it into your browser. Our malware analysts have found that this particular hijacker is distributed using bundled software installers featured on shady freeware hosting websites such as Filewon.com, Filewin.com, Malavida.es, and Descargar.es. These sites feature bundled software installers that contain additional software that they have been set to install on your PC without your knowledge or consent.
What does Search.searchfana.com do?
Search.searchfana.com is set to replace your browser’s homepage address or Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. It should replace the new tab page of Chrome as well. This hijacker’s developers want you to use it for searching the web and viewing commercial ads presented on the main page and in the search results. The search results can feature links that can redirect you to unreliable phishing or scam websites that can jeopardize your privacy and your computer’s security. Furthermore, this hijacker does not have its own search algorithm, so it redirects all entered search queries to a modified Yahoo search engine.
Another thing you should know about this hijacker is that it can collect information about you and use it for customizing the search results and ads you get when you use it. This hijacker uses browser cookies and web beacons to obtain non-personally identifiable information automatically. Its privacy policy states that this hijacker can obtain information such as your browser type, operating system type, IP address, ISP, approximate location, search queries entered, and so on. The collected information helps the company make more money, so do not expect it actually to improve the search service.
How do I remove Search.searchfana.com?
There is no doubt that this search engine is highly malicious. Therefore, we recommend that you remove it because all it can do is subject you to ads that can jeopardize your privacy and your PC’s security. It can come onto your PC via stealth, so you might now want to keep it anyway. See the guide below on how you can get rid of this hijacker safely.
Removal Guide
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Launch the browser.
- Press Alt+T and click Internet Options.
- Erase http://search.searchfana.com/
- Enter a new URL.
- Click OK.
Mozilla Firefox
- Launch the browser.
- Press Alt+T.
- Click Options and select General.
- Erase Search.searchfana.com and enter a new address.
Google Chrome
- Launch the browser.
- Press Alt+F keys.
- Select Settings.
- Click Set pages.
- Erase http://search.searchfana.com/
- Enter a new URL.
- Click OK.
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