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SearchAssist.com is an adware application which has the capabilities to act as a browser hijacker as well. The mischievous infection can be dropped onto the computer with bundled software and using various drive-by download scams. It is unfortunate but many Windows users do not even think about investing money in reliable malware detection and removal software. As you may understand already, if you do not protect the operating system against virtual threats, there is a possibility that the clandestine adware will be infiltrated onto the computer without your knowledge. It would be best to remove SearchAssist.com adware as soon as you notice pop-up advertisements linked to this threat. Continue reading to learn how to discover which pop-ups ad belong to the infection. Read more »

Relevantsearch.info, better known as websearch.relevantsearch.info, may seem like an authentic search provider; however, you should not trust it for one moment. As our researchers here at Anti-Spyware-101.com have discovered, the search engine cannot present you with any original search results! The Web searches are presented through search.genieo.com created by Genieo Innovation Ltd., the News searches are presented via google.com and the Shopping module promotes savefront.com. If you have discovered that the home page and the search provider of your active browsers have been modified without your authorization, there is no question whether a hijacker has entered the system. Needless to say, the main worry for you right now is relevantsearch.info removal. Read more »

Websearch.searchhere.info is a browser hijacker which may easily increase virtual security risks. This clandestine infection can attack your computer secretly, without any of your notice, as schemers behind it are well aware of various tricks which may be used. Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers have discovered that in most cases the malicious hijacker can come bundled with freeware. Have you downloaded any PC programs from unreliable or suspicious sources recently? If yes – there is no question how the threat got in. All in all, this is not what you should focus on at this very moment. Right now the most essential task you have is Websearch.searchhere.info removal. Please continue reading to learn all about the process. Read more »

If you cannot browser various website properly because you are bombarded with dfn.donetools.net advertisements, it is time to take care of your operating system. Dfn.donetools.net is a malicious DNS server which is used for providing you with various advertisements, which you should ignore.  The advertisements that are displayed on the screen are also related to Yieldmanager, which provides websites with various tracking cookies in order to store information about users’ browsing habits. When the so-called dfn.donetools.net advertisements are generated, it means that some unwanted cookie and an adware application is installed on the PC, both of which you should remove from the PC. Read more »

The term Qone8 Virus refers to a browser hijacker which can change the settings of the browsers without your permission. It is installed while browsing suspicious websites or together with some application acquired from a freeware website. If no computer security application is running on the PC, you will learn about the changes only when you launch the browsers. Qone8 Virus can affect Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox, and we recommend that you remove Qone8 Virus, or simply qone8.com, from your browsers as soon as you can. Read more »

Gnoosi.net is a French language based search engine which appears to be supported by Yahoo, and it allows you to browse the web using Web, Images, Vidéos and Actualités (news) modules. As our researchers have discovered, the search engine provides advertisement-supported results, which most of the time take over all of the search results. Is this suspicious? It definitely is and so we do not recommend using the search engine at any point because you will not be able to find any authentic or useful information with it! Read more »

Qone8 is a malicious browser hijacker which may affect Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browsers. The clandestine infection not only manipulates your web browsers and initiates unauthorized modifications of the home page or search engine, as it also exposes the security gaps of your operating system. Therefore, in most cases the existence of the browser hijacker indicates the existence of various other undesirable computer programs. It is extremely dangerous to have the browser hijacker and other undesirable computer programs running on the PC, and so Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers strongly recommend that you immediately perform the necessary removal procedures. Are you familiar with the tasks you need to perform in order to have Qone8 deleted? Please continue reading to find out all you need to know about the process. Read more »

Onewebsearch.com is a search engine which is powered by Google. If some malicious application associated with Onewebsearch.com is installed, you may find that your search hits are redirected to this domain while using Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. The unwanted application that changes the settings of the browsers can be installed as a drive-by download, that is, no notification is displayed on the screen. This usually happens while browsing corrupted websites, which attempt to attract as many computers as possible. Moreover, the changes on the browsers may be made when you launch the installer of SearchYa, which is a browser extension, or when you install some adware program released by 215 apps.  We recommend that you remove Onewebsearch.com from the browsers as soon as you find that the browser settings are changed. Read more »

DuckDuckGo.com is a decent Internet search engine that has been presented as a fresh and interesting website a few years ago on various online news blogs. It is often considered to be free software that is distributed under Perl 5 license. However, some users report that DuckDuckGo.com hijacks their browsers and change your home page addresses. It is definitely a reported case that is not made up, however, the one responsible for such occurrence is not the website itself, but a browser hijacker that exploits it. If you have been infected with a browser hijacker, and you want to remove DuckDuckGo.com from your browser, scroll down to the bottom of this article. Read more »

Ihavenet.com is a website to which you will be redirected if the computer becomes infected with a malicious application. Usually, such redirect threats are caused by computer worms, which access the system without the user’s knowledge and hide themselves within the system, or by TDL3 rootkit, which downloads new malware and blocks some executable files. Ihavenet.com may be opened any time while using a search engine or browsing some websites and this is caused by a randomly named file located in the Windows folder in disk C. Ihavenet.com interrupts into browsing sessions if the computer is already infected with some malware which has made the computer one of the machines of some botnet. In order to stop Ihavenet.com from being provided as a further web page or search result, you should implement a spyware removal tool. Read more »