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Did your home page suddenly change to istart.webssearches.com instead of your default one? Well that’s probably due to the fact that you’ve been hit by Webssearches.com browser hijacker. Delete webessearches.com immediately form your system as there are no benefits concerning this malicious piece of software. Most of the time it installs without the users consent. Once it’s on the system it could be quite tricky to remove it as a simple Webssearches.com removal from the Control Panel will not leave your system entirely clean, traces will still be present all around your computer. Webssearches.com is a browser hijacker that was crafted by EMG Technology Ltd. Unfortunately there is very little information about the company itself. Webssearches.com is considered to be a part of Qvo6 family of browser hijackers, other common names that circulate around the web are: nationzoom.com, qone8.com, Key-find.com and portaldosites.com. Thus Webssearches.com exhibits quite a few identical symptoms (altering the target line, altering browser settings etc.) as the earlier mentioned hijackers. All in all, keeping this infection within your system is not safe thus removal of Webssearches.com is required. Read more »

WebBooster is a typical browser hijacker because it tends to change your homepage and your search engine without your permission. It has been found out that this application was very prevalent during the period of 2009-2010; however, it does not mean that it cannot affect your computer nowadays. Thus, if you ever noticed that a strange toolbar has been added to all of the major browsers and your search engine has been changed to search.iminent.com, there is a huge possibility that you have encountered WebBooster. As it is not going to act very beneficially, there is no point in keeping it on the system. You can find out more about the removal of WebBooster if you read throughout this article. Read more »

Do not allow rocket-find.com to hijack your browsers. This search provider is not as useful as it may seem at first, which is why you should decline its installation even if you are given the chance to decide upon this yourself. As Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers have discovered, the application can be installed onto the PC silently, and this is illegal. If you do not know how to remove rocket-find.com from the browsers, we recommend that you continue reading the report which has been created by analyzing the infection and observing its activity first hand. If you do have any questions about the browser hijacker, we are happy to discuss them in the comment section below. Make sure that you explain the problem you are facing in detail so that we could help you beneficially. Read more »

Default-search.net is a search engine which can be set as the home page and the default search provider of your browsers, including Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. The search engine is owned and developed by Aztec Media, which also creates applications for mobile devices and Facebook. Nevertheless, we recommend that you remove Default-search.net from the browsers and pay more attention to your online privacy. Read more »

Snap.do is another common browser hijacker that spreads widely around the web. Snap.do uninstall is mandatory just like with any other hijacker of this kind. Unsuspected users get infected and have trouble with the removal of Snap.do. This particular infection is developed by Restoft.ltd and is allegedly used by more than 100.000 users daily. There is no way to prove or disprove these number, but the issue here is that Snap.do is  mostly used by the users that have no intention of doing so. This is because the malicious software got on their computer without their knowledge or lack of interest in their installation processes. Snap.do might be considered a browser helper object or in other words a browser plug-in, but the truth is that it only caries malicious traits that are in no way desired by the user. Delete Snap.do immediately  as this infection might be a gateway to something even more serious e.g. backdoor Trojan, botnet and other various infections that you don’t want to have on your system! Read more »

WebSearchy.com is a search engine which can be set as the home page of your Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome without your permission. WebSearchy.com is distributed by a browser hijacker, which can be attached to various installers; hence, you should be very cautious when installing free applications. Moreover, the system should be protected against malware and spyware threats by a powerful security tool because changes on your computer may be implemented without any notification, and you need to be alerted about it. Read more »

Golsearch.com is a website that will be set as your default homepage and search engine when you install SearchGol Toolbar on your computer. This browser plug-in is not supposed to be allowed to stay on your system, because it could easily expose you to a variety of potential security threats. Golsearch.com itself is presented as a custom search engine that can help you improve your online search experience. However, there are countless of search engines like that out there, and most of them contribute to various security issues rather than improving your search experience. Thus, you need to remove Golsearch.com and SearchGol Toolbar from your system in order to ensure that no cyber threats manage to enter your PC. Read more »

Start.mysearchdial.com is considered to be a browser hijacker. Do you know why? It is because this is an application which could be installed onto the operating system illegally or which could be offered using false promotion. If you accidentally install it onto the computer, the start page/home page of your web browsers will be changed to http://start.mysearchdial.com. At first sight the search page may seem authentic. Even though it does not look more different or suspicious than other popular search engines, Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers can guarantee that it is not reliable at all. In fact, it would be best to remove Start.mysearchdial.com hijacker from Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox browsers without further delay. Read more »

Torcho.com is a search engine hosted and maintained by Colombi Tech Ltd.  If you are reading this report, the odds that Torcho.com is set as your home page and default search provider on Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or the three Internet browsers. When a particular website becomes the home page of a browser without user interference, the user becomes a victim of browser hijacking. This type of privacy violation should not be disregarded because unauthorized changes within the operating system may have dramatic consequences, including data loss and system malfunctions. Read more »

Secury-surf.com is a suspicious browser hijacker which may take over the home page and the default search provider of your web browsers. It has been discovered by the malware researchers at Anti-Spyware-101.com, that this infection can corrupt Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer – the most popular and widely used web search tools. Needless to say, you need to remove Secury-surf.com if this suspicious application has taken over the browsers without any notification and without asking for permission first. This activity is considered to be dangerous and illegal. Do not worry much if you do not know how to delete the browser hijacker. This report will help you perform the removal in no time. Read more »