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Personal-browser.com seems to be a trustworthy search engine but the truth is that it is often classified as a browser hijacker. The main reason why it is often put under this category is the fact that Personal-browser.com often changes homepages and search engines without permission. If this has happened to you, make sure that you remove Personal-browser.com as soon as possible. It is also very important that you eliminate the toolbar if it has been added to your browsers as well. Unfortunately, Personal-browser.com is not the only search engine that might change the settings of your browsers and thus replace your regular homepage and search provider. Researchers working at anti-spyware-101.com say that you should be very cautious in order not to encounter only-search.com, enhanced-search.com, or buenosearch.com. If it ever happens that you notice their presence, you should definitely not use them. Our instructions will help you to get rid of these search engines. Read more »

Computer users might notice the presence of Search.myweatherxp.com on their Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. In most cases, this happens because they agree with its installation on myweatherxp.com; however, many computer users also complain that this search engine has replaced their regular homepages and search providers without permission. It does not really matter whether you have agreed with the changes yourself or if they have been made without your permission because we still think that you have to get rid of Search.myweatherxp.com. There are many reasons why you have to do that. We will list all of them in this article, so continue reading it. Read more »

If you download the FindWide.com Toolbar, also known as Search.us Toolbar, you might be offered to replace your home page to search.findwide.com. This offer might be added by default, and, if you are not careful, you might install the search tool without realizing it. If you do this, you will find search.findwide.com (or start.search.us.com, services.freshy.com) set as the home page and default search provider. Do you think that this search tool can be trusted? If you read our report, you might change your mind. According to the research conducted in the Anti-Spyware-101.com internal lab, most users remove search.findwide.com because they cannot trust this search provider. For one, this search tool displays more ads than reliable search results, and this is the first sign that this search tool deserves removal. We have found a few others reasons to delete search.findwide.com from your Windows operating system. Read more »

There are hundreds of unreliable search engines that might appear on your browsers. Start.alawar.com is one of them. Research has shown that it is usually set when a user downloads some kind of program from alawar.com. This website promotes games mainly, but you might have downloaded Gamebox, which claims to be a convenient Internet search engine, as well. It is definitely not the most important thing when and how Start.alawar.com has appeared on your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox because you should still remove it from the system as soon as possible. You will find all the necessary information regarding the removal of Start.alawar.com in this article, so make sure that you read it from beginning to end. Read more »

If you see the presence of search.myinterestsxp.com every time you launch your browsers, there is no doubt that you have installed the application from myinterestsxp.com. Even though this software says that it will help to access popular websites (e.g. Pinterest), it seems that it will set search.myinterestsxp.com only and will not do anything really beneficial. Unfortunately, the search engine which will replace your homepage and search provider is also untrustworthy. In fact, there is a slight possibility that you will even cause harm to your system if you keep it and use it to find the relevant information. We do not think that you really want to experience security-related problems, so we suggest that you remove search.myinterestsxp.com and set another search engine and homepage. Read more »

If you care about virtual security, Websearch.searchingissme.info is definitely not the search tool you want on your system. In fact, if you have this browser hijacker installed, we recommend that you remove it right now. Websearch.searchingissme.info affects all major browsers, such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome, so, practically, there is no way of escaping it unless you use an alternative browser. Unfortunately, besides hijacking your home page and search engine without your permission, Websearch.searchingissme.info might come with other potentially malicious threats. If the security of your privacy, stored data, and your operating system is important for you, please read on to learn why we suggest that you remove Websearch.searchingissme.info as soon as possible. Read more »

websearch.goodfindings.info is a search provider that might appear in the place of your homepage and search provider if a browser hijacker manages to enter your system. If this has already happened to you, you have to get rid of it as soon as possible even if it looks like a decent and powerful search engine. Believe us; we suggest that you remove websearch.goodfindings.info from your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox browsers not without a reason. If you want to find out why it is advisable to get rid of websearch.goodfindings.info, you should read through this article. Specialists working at anti-spyware-101.com will also explain you how to do that easily. Read more »

Websearch.searchandfly.info is a totally worthless search tool from the Websearch family, which is classified as a browser hijacker by our researchers. We recommend that you remove Websearch.searchandfly.info from your system before you expose yourself to a mixture of security threats. Although this hijacker claims to be a search engine, what it really does, is that it redirects your searches to major search engines, such as Google and Bing. There is no reason why you should have Websearch.searchandfly.info on your computer, unless you want to risk clicking on a potentially malicious third-party ad it may display. If you have been infected with this hijacker, it is also possible that you have other infections as well. All in all, if you want to be conscious about your virtual security, you need to start by deleting Websearch.searchandfly.info from your PC. Read more »

zwiiky.com might replace your homepage and search provider one day. This usually happens when a browser hijacker (a type of malware) enters the system. In most cases, this threat applies the changes to all the browsers, including Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. If you have already noticed these changes, you should hurry to remove zwiiky.com because it is a search provider that might cause harm to your system. Do not worry; specialists working at anti-spyware-101.com are ready to help you remove zwiiky.com. Read this article from beginning to end in order to get more information about this browser hijacker and its removal. Read more »

Websearch.searchtotal.info is the latest browser hijacker in the Websearch family. If you are infected with this hijacker, your home page and search provider have already been changed to Websearch.searchtotal.info, quite likely, without your permission. Our research team at Anti-spyware-101.com recommends that you remove Websearch.searchtotal.info right now. Since this browser hijacker never enters your system alone, it is possible that there are other infections hiding on your PC, and you need to remove all of those to restore the integrity of your computer. If you read our article, you will find out more about Websearch.searchtotal.info and how you can delete it. Read more »