What is Searchutorrm.com?
Searchutorrm.com is yet another browser hijacker by Polarity Technologies. This new hijacker is the newest addition to an ever expanding army of browser hijackers that are distributed around the web using malicious software bundles. We recommend that you remove this hijacker as its sole objective is to replace your browser’s default homepage address to compel you to use it as a regular search engine. However, the trust is that Searchutorrm.com is far from regular. It redirects search results to another search engine, and the results are known to feature promotional links of unknown origin.
Where does Searchutorrm.com come from?
This new browser hijacker was created by Polarity Technologies, a known browser hijacker developer that has released more than a hundred browser hijackers. Not so long ago we wrote about Search.searchbtorr.com, Search.searchgstt.com, and Search.searchutilities.co which are very similar to this newest hijacker. In fact, all of Polarity Technologies’ hijackers are nearly identical as they are clones of each other with minute changes. They are hosted on different domains, and it is apparent that this developer releases new hijackers regularly to be one step ahead of anti-malware programs that remove them immediately.
Like its predecessors, Searchutorrm.com is distributed via bundled software installers. These installers can be regarded as malicious as they do not disclose or allow you to deselect the installation of this so-called “search engine” or other bundled content. It is said that the bundles have been configured to inject Searchutorrm.com into your browser automatically, provided that you use Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. This hijacker does not work on Microsoft Edge that is shipped with Windows 10.
How does Searchutorrm.com work?
The bundled installers interact with the web browsers and inject Searchutorrm.com into them automatically without the users’ knowledge or authorization. It works like most browser hijackers in that it replaces the homepage address as well as the new tab page address for Chrome. Searchutorrm.com features a clean, minimalistic design similar to that of Google. We think that it tries to copy Google.com to an extent so that some users would not notice the difference. However, the similarities end here as this hijacker redirects all entered search queries to a modified Yahoo search engine. The search results that you get are known to include additional promotional links that can redirect you to all kinds of shady websites.
You may also be interested to know that this, like its clones, this new hijacker can obtain personal and non-personal information about you. According to its privacy policy, this hijacker can obtain all personal information you provide if you contact the Searchutorrm.com’s owners. As far as non-personally identifiable information is concerned, this hijacker can legally collect information such as your IP address and, by extension, your approximate location, Internet Service Provider (ISP,) search terms, browsing history, browser type, operating system type, and so on. This hijacker collects this information using browser cookies, web beacons, pixels, and other information collection methods. The information is collected with the intention to improve the services you get. However, we are positive that these services include region-specific advertising, personalized ads, and the sort in order to generate as much ad revenue as possible.
How do I remove Searchutorrm.com?
If you want to get rid of Searchutorrm.com, then all you have to do is go to your browser’s settings, erase the URL of this hijacker and enter your preferred one. This and other browser hijackers in the same family do not hijack the Target line that would override your changes. Therefore, we invite you to use the guide below for your particular browser and remove Searchutorrm.com safely and set your preferred homepage address.
Change the homepage address manually
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Launch the browser.
- Hold down Alt+T and click Internet Options.
- Erase http://www.searchutorrm.com/
- Enter a new URL.
- Click OK.
Google Chrome
- Launch the browser.
- Press Alt+F keys.
- Select Settings.
- Click Set pages.
- Erase http://www.searchutorrm.com/
- Enter a new URL
- Click OK.
Mozilla Firefox
- Launch the browser.
- Simultaneously press Alt+T.
- Click Options and select General.
- Erase Searchutorrm.com and enter a new address.
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