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Chrome Redirect Virus is a devious computer threat which may be recognized as the malicious Alureon, Tidserv or TDSS Rootkit infection. Few more names which should be mentioned are Internet Redirect Virus and Browser Redirect Virus. The variety of names demonstrates how vastly-spread the infection is. Unfortunately, more and more computer users face this threat as their computers get redirected to malicious sites harboring virtual scams and malware installation setups. At first, the activity of the vicious virus can be very minimal. Read more »

Carolini.net is a website that redirects users to random affiliated websites of commercial content, including mycosurvey.net and chosurvey.net. If you enter carolini.net into your web browser, you will most definitely see one of those websites that offers you an "iPod for free!", if you answer a questionnaire and give away your personal details. Therefore, it is obvious that Carolini.net is an annoying and dangerous nuisance that functions like browser hijacker by changing your DNS settings and then sending away to a potentially hazardous website. Thus, it is necessary to remove Carolini.net and all of its files from your computer, if you want to avoid being infected by serious malware. Read more »

Searchiu.com virus is a browser hijacker that presents itself in the form of a search engine webpage. When you get infected with this computer threat, your default home page gets changed immediately to searchiu.com and this page is opened whenever you open your Internet browser. Searchiu.com virus intends to make you use this customized search engine instead of your default one. This way, it can check your browsing history, and also increase its own web traffic. Needless to say, that the search results displayed by Searchiu.com virus are forged, and it does not present you with accurate search results. Read more »

Browsing the web is one of the most basic tasks we perform every single day; however, infections like Search.easylifeapp.com Redirect can make this nearly impossible. Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers have discovered that once your browsing sessions start being redirected to search.easylifeapp.com or Read more »

In case you notice web page rerouting to protectedsearch.com, you may need to remove Protectedsearch.com Redirect infection from your computer. Abrupt and unauthorized redirecting should be considered as malicious and dangerous at all times, regardless of the site you end up in. Additionally to this symptom, you may notice that your home page has been changed, browser settings have been reconfigured and operating speeds have decreased. Read more »

Should you delete Feed.helpbar.com Redirect from your operating Windows system? Anti-Spyware-101.com malware researchers recommend that you perform this as soon as you are redirected to this site first. Whether you know Russian or English, the site cannot produce any reliable search results. It simply advertises sites which have paid money to be promoted. Read more »

Giant Savings Adware is a browser extension that manifests itself in forceful browser redirections to affiliated websites and the lowering of the overall system security level. Giant Savings Adware usually interferes with your search results - whenever you try to access the site you were searching, Giant Savings Adware redirects you to a completely unrelated website that is often filled with commercial advertisements and possible malware files. Hence, it is highly recommended to remove Giant Savings Adware at once, to avoid further infections and the ultimate system failure. Read more »

Protectedsesarch.com Search is a website that you get redirected to when you install a list of browser toolbars. Although none of the browser extensions related to Protectedsesarch.com Search are malicious, users report that they are being tricked into installing them without even realizing that. It could be explained by the fact that various browser toolbars are often distributed together with freeware applications that users download online. If you experience redirections to the previously mentioned website, you should remove Protectedsesarch.com Search and all the extensions related to it from your system at once. Read more »

Searchamong.com Redirect, or Searchamong.com, is a search engine which you can find as your home page after downloading suspicious files or free programs. The majority of malware researchers classify this add-on as a browser hijacker as it changes the home page of the browser and constantly redirects you to searchamong.com. Even thought this search engine presents relevant search results, some advertisements which are said to be supposedly provided by third-party companies, and redirects to the home page may urge you on to remove Searchamong.com Redirect. We suggest that you remove this so-called browser hijacker so that you can use the browser normally. Read more »

Searchcompletion.com is a browser extension that that is often categorized as browser hijacker. It can be responsible for malware entering your computer, because this browser extension configures your browser to redirect you to searchcompletetion.com or search.searchcompletion.com websites that have a very poor reputation. Although officially Searchcompletion.com Redirect is supposed to be distributing a browser extension called Complitly, the usefulness of this browser plugin is highly debatable. Therefore, users are generally advised to exercise cautious approach to this application and remove Searchcompletion.com Redirect immediately if need be. Read more »