Search.searchlcll.com

Posted by Lisa Blanc on December 21, 2017

What is Search.searchlcll.com?

Search.searchlcll.com may appear in your main browsers as your new homepage and offer you quick links to classified ads-related pages as well as a search engine; however, we do not advise you to use this page at all. Our malware specialists at anti-spyware-101.com say that you should stay away from this page due to the possibility that it may introduce you to questionable third-party web content. We have labeled this threat as a browser hijacker since it is capable of changing your browser settings and show up as your homepage. In addition to the aforementioned risk factor, this hijacker can also infiltrate your system along with other malware infections and potentially unwanted programs as well. This infection is not the first of its kind since it comes from a large family we call the Polarity family, which also includes Search.yourtransitinfonow.com and Search.heasyconverter.co to mention only two of the dozens of similar threats. If you would like to keep your computer clean, first, you need to remove Search.searchlcll.com and all other potential threats on your system. test

Where does Search.searchlcll.com come from?

If you find this hijacker in your browsers, it is possible that you have installed a software bundle recently. You cannot really install this search page as a standalone browser hijacker from official sources like the Chrome web store, for example. It is mostly spread in bundles. No wonder why we keep emphasizing that you should avoid shady torrent and shareware pages where you can mainly download suspicious bundles filled with potentially unwanted programs as well as malware infections like adware programs, fake alerts, Trojans, and, of course, browser hijackers. If you remember installing a software package lately, we suggest that you run a reliable online malware scanner after you delete Search.searchlcll.com from your browsers so that you can measure the extent of the infection of your system.

Please note that you can also infect your system with a bundle of threats when you click on unreliable third-party advertisements like banner and pop-up ads. This can basically happen in two ways. You may be exposed to such ads when you land on a suspicious website that promotes a lot of third-party contents that may not always even look like ads. You may find fake buttons and system notifications on a shady website as well as malicious scripts that can hijack your clicks on the page and open new tabs with malicious or deceptive content. Another option is that your computer was previously infected with malware like adware and this infection is responsible for the unsafe content you may click on while browsing the web. This is why you should check your system after you remove Search.searchlcll.com from your PC.

How does Search.searchlcll.com work?

This search page offers you easy access to websites associated with local classified ads, such as a local craiglist page and classifiedads.com, on the fake toolbar at the top as well as in a panel of thumbnail links below the search box. You should know that you can always use the bookmarking function of your browsers totally safely to bookmark such pages and have them one click away on your bookmarks bar. You do not need such an extra tool to be able to do so, not to mention that this search page is not reliable at all. As a matter of fact, you should not trust this search engine at all because it can show you modified results even if it redirects you to Yahoo search results pages. If you engage with the ads and links this browser hijacker may show you, it is possible that you open malicious pages in new windows and new tabs, and you could infect your system with further threats. Moreover, you could also end up being scammed by cyber criminals on fake online shop pages, for example. We think that it is best for you to remove Search.searchlcll.com from your computer.

How can I remove Search.searchlcll.com?

We have included an easy-to-follow guide for you below this article so that you can eliminate this browser hijacker yourself. We believe that it may be enough to restore the homepage settings but if this were not enough, you can always reset your browsers. Keep in mind, though, that resetting your browsers to factory default would mean losing your preferences (settings and installed extensions). If you really care about system security and protecting your personal information and files, we suggest that you install a professional anti-malware program like SpyHunter.