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Anyone who encounters Search.searchfastlm.com should firstly know that the application is classified as a browser hijacker. It means the threat could modify user’s default browser settings by placing itself as the default search engine, homepage, or new tab page. The problem is that Search.searchfastlm.com might keep redirecting you to search.yahoo.com, but the results you receive might be slightly different from the ones you would get while using Yahoo search engine directly. If you want to learn how this could happen, we invite you to read our report and find out more about this suspicious search engine’s working manner. Moreover, users should know that our researchers at Anti-spyware-101.com recommend removing this browser hijacker without any hesitation and should you need any assistance with this task we can offer the deletion instructions added below. Read more »

A browser hijacker called Surf-live.com is targeted at users who speak French, and so if you live in a region where French is the main language, you have to be extra cautious. It is not known how exactly this threat spreads, and that might be because different installers could be responsible for that. Obviously, these installers are most likely to be represented via unreliable websites, and so you can avoid them. Unfortunately, the hijacker is most likely to be bundled with third-party infections or potentially unwanted programs. Anti-Spyware-101.com malware research team warns that dangerous malware could be packaged along with the hijacker. That being said, you should not forget about the hijacker itself. Although it might be the lesser evil – in case much more aggressive threats exist – it deserves your attention as well. In this report, you will find information explaining why you should remove Surf-live.com, as well as instructions showing how to do it. If you are interested, keep reading. Read more »

If your browser’s homepage has suddenly been changed to Search.searchlivesportson.com, then we want you to know that your browser has been infected with a browser hijacker. Indeed, Search.searchlivesportson.com is not a legitimate search engine, but a hijacker whose objective is to replace your browser’s homepage address. We recommend that you remove it because of the fact that it does that. However, we also want to point out that this hijacker was configured to collect information about you and also show promotional links and ads in its search results. Ads are a big part of this hijacker as they generate ad revenue that pays for maintaining the servers and also fund the creation of new hijackers. Read more »

Search.easyrecipesnow.com is yet another devious browser hijacker that is known to be roaming the web nowadays. If you ever encounter it while surfing the web, make sure to avoid it at all costs as it exhibits intrusive and otherwise devious functionality. Just like any other application of this classification, this one can make invasive and undesirable changes to your web browser's default settings without any warning. In turn that will make surfing the web a much more annoying and frustrating task than you are used to. Unfortunately, that is not the worst thing about this browser hijacker. Upon further analysis, our malware experts have discovered that in some cases it could be the primary reason your operating system might be subjected to potentially harmful web content. To understand how that could happen and how this hijacker works, make sure to read the rest of our article. Below you will also find a detailed removal guide that will help you delete Search.easyrecipesnow.com. Read more »

Traffic-media.co is something known as an adware server. If while surfing the web you are seeing an unusual amount of third-party ads powered by Traffic-media.co it could be an indication that a devious program is up and fully running on your operating system. In the majority of cases connectivity to such as a server is initiated by an ad-supported program. It goes without saying that having an application like that active on your PC could have undesirable outcomes since it could make surfing the web a much more annoying and frustrating experience. What is even worse is the fact that some ads or pop-ups coming from this devious server could prove to be rather dangerous as they could subject your operating system to questionable and even malicious web content. To learn more about the potential danger of being in connection with an adware server, read the rest of our report. Below we also present a generic removal guide that will help you delete a program linked to Traffic-media.co in no time at all. Read more »

Webdown-loader.com does not have any Privacy Policy, End User License, or Terms of Use documents, so we would advise you to be careful with this search tool. Especially, when it is categorized as a browser hijacker. Moreover, the research shows it could be distributed through malicious pop-up ads shown by other threats, and it could introduce users to potentially harmful third-party advertisements. Therefore, we do not think any user who cares about the computer’s safety would like to keep such a suspicious tool in his system. If you do not plan on taking any chances with Webdown-loader.com either, we encourage you to have a look at the removal instructions added at the end of the text. Also, in order to get to know this threat a little better, we advise reading the rest of the article as well. Read more »

At the moment Cleanserp.net is most popular in India, although it does not mean it cannot appear on computers of users from other countries. The application may replace user’s browser preferences and show him questionable advertisements from the third party. As a result, it falls under the classification of browser hijackers. If it appears on your browser too and you cannot find a way to get rid of it, we can offer our removal guide available below this report. However, there is more to learn about this suspicious search engine, so we recommend reading the rest of the article before scrolling down. Especially, for users who are facing such threat only for the first time. In the report we will talk about the hijacker’s distribution; thus, reading it might help you keep away from unreliable applications alike the next time. Read more »

Search.todaystopheadlines.co is a threat that may hijack your browser’s homepage. The application’s title might suggest it is supposed to provide the user with the latest news, but in reality, it is a simple search engine. Instead of showing news articles itself, the tool offers a few links to web pages that could provide such content, e.g. CNN, Yahoo, MSNBC, Fox News, and so on. All of these web pages you can access same quickly without having this browser hijacker on the system; all you have to do is bookmark them. Therefore we see no point in keeping such a suspicious application as Search.todaystopheadlines.co. Our researchers say it comes from unreliable developers and it may display untrustworthy third-party advertisements. As a result, computer security specialists recommend erasing it from the system and to make the task easier for you; we are providing removal instructions at the end of this report. Read more »

Takeitnow.club is a website which is better known for specialists at anti-spyware-101.com as a redirect from suspicious third-party pages, such as http://911docs.net. Since it promotes the browser extension for Google Chrome called Fontfully, specialists are sure that promoting this piece of software is its main job. If this website is ever opened for you and goes into full-screen mode, do not click on the Add extension button because we cannot confirm that the promoted extension can be fully trusted and is beneficial. You do not need to click on this button to close this website, you can easily do that by clicking X or tapping Alt+F4 on your keyboard no matter that it has occupied the entire screen. Have you already added the extension it promotes? If so, you should remove it from the list of add-ons in the near future. We can assure you that it is not a harmful infection. Instead, it is just a potentially unwanted application. Even though these programs are far from malicious applications, they might still act in an undesirable way on users’ computers, so letting them stay is a bad idea. Let’s talk about Fontfully in detail first, and then we will focus on its removal. Read more »

Powermediatabsearch.com is yet another browser hijacker that enters user’s computer with the intention to make as much money as possible. Luckily, browser hijackers cannot steal sensitive personal information, so they are not extreme security threats. Nevertheless, you should see to it that you remove Powermediatabsearch.com from your system immediately. Browser hijackers could be exploited by cyber criminals to access vulnerable systems, so you need to avoid that at all costs.

This description will tell you more about this intruder, but if you are merely interested in the removal process, you can scroll down to the manual removal instructions at the bottom of this article. Read more »