Malware Categories: Browser Hijacker

FromDocToPDF is a browser extension that promises a useful document converter in the form of a toolbar. However, FromDocToPDF is considered by some to be a browser hijacker – an unwanted or even malicious add-on that manipulates your browser to force you to visit unwanted webpages. The FromDocToPDF hijacker is bad for privacy and it … Continued

Frompus.club hijacker is a cyber threat that might affect the way you are browsing the Internet. Once active, this infection might change the homepage, new tab page, and default search engine settings, so you would be visiting www.frompus.club website every time hijacked browser is opened. This browser hijacker can deliver various problems, such as: changed … Continued

FunCyberTab is another golden browser extension from Imali Media Ltd. enterprise. No wonder people say that not all that glitters is gold. This add-on is dyed with cheap yellow paint to resemble a high-quality jewel. Metaphorically, of course. In reality, Imali Media strikes again like lightning with fake search engine. Search.funcybertabsearch.com corrupts browsers and minds … Continued

Funday24.ru is a new browser hijacker designed for Russian speaking users. Like a queen on a chessboard, it bears such a power as to sweep your default browser settings off without your permission and leaves you disabled to revert them back. But that is just the basic one feature of browser hijackers they earned the … Continued

Funkysocialtabsearch.com is a newborn delivered by Imali Media, the queen of browser hijackers. Other hijackers released by the company include Search.funkymediatab.com, Search.funkytvtab.com, Funtabstvsearch.com, etc. They are even recognizable by their incredibly long titles. The word ‘‘funky’’ in the title of Funkysocialtabsearch.com browser hijacker is, in fact, very felicitous. Its primary meaning is ‘‘frightened’’ or ‘‘panicky’’. … Continued

FunMoods toolbar is a browser extension. It is installed together with other software, for example, some PDF creator, video grabber and other programs that claim to be free and try to gain money from secondary products bundled with the main application. FunMoods toolbar replaces default search provider with its own. The “official” version of the … Continued

Getting tired of your searching tool and wish to examine other possibilities? With the increasing amount of fake search engines, setting a new platform as your preference is not a change that you should eagerly agree to carry out. FunnyPage123.com is a seemingly harmless network for searching, but its innocent looks might be designed to … Continued

Funnysite123.com is yet another malicious application that you should not keep installed on your computer. It is listed as browser hijacker and can take control over your web browsers. If you have recently discovered that your computer is infected with this malware, you have come to the right place. In this article we will provide … Continued

FunnySurfing.com might be appearing every time you open a web browser on a computer. That is a clear sign that a system is infected and you should take care of that. FunnySurfing.com is listed as browser hijacker, so it’s not that dangerous. However, you should still eliminate it from your computer if you don’t want to … Continued

FunPopularGames, or Free Games by FunPopularGames, is a browser plugin that’s supposed to help people find and play browser games more easily. However, those whose computer is infected with this plugin know that this new tab is little more than an adware virus: it hijacks the new tab page and turns web search results into ads … Continued

Search.funsafetabsearch.com is another rogue browser extension by Imali Media. It joins the group of hijackers under the names of: Search.cooliosearch.com, Topsocialtabsearch.com, Happygamesearch.com, etc. Imali Media has long been infamous. It is not concerned with the development of helpful software, but rather, with questionable advertising businesses that bring no benefit to the users of their extensions. … Continued

FunTabSafe is a browser extension by Imali Media. This application is set to help users enter most popular and other potentially useful sites from one domain. Reimagemac.com, Driveragentplus.com, Amazon.com, Ebay.com, Youtube.com or Instagram.com are part of the sites that shortcuts from Search.funtabsafesearch.com can direct to. Furthermore, Search.funtabsafesearch.com domain also functions as a search engine with … Continued

FunTvTab is a browser extension powered by Imali Media, a provider of advertising monetization solutions. Imali Media is notorious for promoting rogue browser extensions. These applications have been reported to have adverse effects by their users and can cause security problems in the long run. About Search.funtvtabsearch.com Browser Hijacker This browser hijacker puts search.funtvtabsearch.com in the … Continued

Search.futuremediatab.com is a browser hijacker virus from an unknown source. If you pay a visit to their official website at www.search.futuremediatab.com you will notice that there is no chance to find some legal information regarding developers or owners of this piece of software. In addition to that, this malware which is operating as a browser … Continued

Search2.fvpimageviewer.com virus is a browser hijacker by Jyulam Technology Inc. The hijacked browser settings and the display of intrusive advertising content is not the only fault of this adware. It does also messes up with the whole computer’s system, causes performance and security issues. About Search2.fvpimageviewer.com Browser Hijacker This bogus browser extension hijacks your default … Continued

Fxsmash.xyz is a webpage that hijacks internet searches in web browsers and redirects them to potentially unwanted sites. A bad browser extension is most likely responsible for the hijacking. Luckily, extensions are simple enough to remove in your browser. You’ll have your browser back to how you want it in no time. About Fxsmash.xyz in … Continued

G-search.pro is a product by GSearch LTD, evidently related with Socopoco, another bogus search engine that we have already dedicated one of our articles to. Of course, this dedication is not an honor but more of a stigma. It foretells the true motives of G-search.pro search engine and reveals the fact that it should not … Continued

GalaxySpin is a browser add-on. It only affects your web browser and it causes Yahoo redirects when you try to search. Once GalaxySpin is installed, you may not notice anything wrong (maybe your browser’s new tab page looks slightly different), except that your searches are being hijacked. The good news is that GalaxySpin can be … Continued

Game Finder Pro is advertised as software that gives quick access to certain online games. Whether you’re a gamer or not, reading this guide will give you more detailed information about Game Finder Pro and its real purposes. You will find out that the tool indeed allows you to play a wide range of popular … Continued

feed.game-jungle.com popups are generated by the Game Jungle browser plug-in that people install to play games online. Unfortunately, Game Jungle can be classified as a browser hijacker and even adware. The reason is that the main goal of this extension is to show advertisements to you, at the cost of a pleasant web browsing experience. … Continued

Game-searcher.com is a malicious website that spreads with the GameSearcher browser extension. It causes search redirects, sending your search queries to Searchlee or another unwanted site. It also logs your browsing data for use in advertising. Game-searcher.com’s infection symptoms include unfamiliar websites opening on their own, search results looking unusual, and unknown extensions being installed … Continued

Gamegogle.com virus is a browser hijacker that attacks Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari and possibly some other less famous browsers. Once inside, it replaces your default search provider and homepage without asking your permission. Although it looks like most of the search engines, the program provides commercial search results, including various ads and … Continued

Gamers Corner is presented by its creators as a cool browser add-on to help connect with PC game stores and platforms. But it’s quite a disappointment. Its gaming features are nearly nonexistent. Gamers Corner replaces your browser’s default page with Hgamerscorner.com, which just serves as a Yahoo redirect. Thanks to Gamers Corner, you can’t control … Continued

Games-search.net is a search-hijacking website that takes over the browser when Games Search for Chrome™ is installed. Games-search.net opens Yahoo by default to display the results and collects search queries to enable revenue sharing with Yahoo. Although Games-search.net does enable easier search of casual browser games on a handful of websites, that functionality doesn’t seem worth … Continued

Do not fall into a trap, set by devious hackers. Games4Tab.com platform for searching is not a reliable tool to exploit in order to find information, photos or other online material. If you feel like going on a trip to various types of sites, you should be convinced that you are accessing them via a … Continued

Did Gamesearchtab.com unexpectedly show up in your browser? Game Search (not to be confused with Games Search for Chrome™) is a browser add-on that could be considered a hijacker: once installed, Game Search replaces your home page with Gamesearchtab.com, where it links to related clickbait sites and promotes Yahoo search. Gamesearchtab.com logs people’s browsing activities and may use … Continued

Gamesgofree virus is a browser hijacker that can be installed to Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browsers. The program changes your default search engine to Gamesgofree Search and sets home.gamesgofree.com as your homepage. These modifications are made without your knowledge and permission. The program is installed to random computers using bundling methods. Basically, … Continued

GamesJunkie Start extension virus claims to serve Internet surfers and allow them to enjoy a variety of gaming platforms. Developers from Theappjunkies.com designed this Google Chrome application for a sole purpose of raising revenue for themselves. We have already noticed their persistent activity online. One of the scams that they are currently doing is the … Continued

Gamesquest.co virus is browser hijacker (by FirstGate Mobile Limited company) parasite which takes control over your browsers’ preferences and other settings, just like Search.galacticagames.com parasite. The infection mostly infects people from the United Kingdom. It is also estimated that many referrals redirect people to this domain. Therefore, all of its web traffic is received through … Continued

Gamestabsearch.com virus is another act of sabotage for the sake of promoting miscellaneous third-party content. If you have no desire to witness promotional content every single time you begin your online browsing, then you should not settle down with the Gamestabsearch.com. Do not allow it to get comfortable enough to begin pursuing its dubious objectives. The … Continued

GamesZone Search is a free extension for Google Chrome web browser that should allow you to play various online games faster and more efficiently. Unfortunately, we have discovered that this tool is malicious and should be categorized as browser hijacker. Reasons for that are pretty obvious – the extension is distributed using deceptive methods and … Continued

Gaming Assassin is a browser extension that is supposed to help you play games of a variety of genres on your browser’s new tab page – the same page from which you can search the web. Gaming Assassin was released by a company already well known for its browser hijackers. It hijacks your browser and … Continued

Gaming-search.com is a deceptive website that tricks people into installing its browser extension – GamingSearch. With its help, Gaming-search.com is able to read the victim’s browsing history and search logs, as well as control how they search the internet. Gaming-search.com can control what sites its user visits, which it uses to force them to see promoted … Continued

Gaming Wonderland promises to help you play your favorite games online, but it really just hijacks your browser. It causes your browser to open unexpected sites, to display more ads than normal, and it tracks your browsing data. It seeks to promote related websites that its creators make money off of. Gaming Wonderland may be installed … Continued

GardeningEnthusiast is an extension that is there to provide gardening tips, but also delivers advertisements to its users through its search engine — MyWay. Because of the excessive settings changes that it performs, GardeningEnthusiast is classified as a browser hijacker. Though not a virus, GardeningEnthusiast should probably not be used by as many people as … Continued

Gatmog.com virus is related with an older browser hijacker called GSearch. The newly-detected infection has been reported by people from United States, India, Romania, United Kingdom and Malaysia. All of these regions are the top-targets, but we cannot forget that any user might get infected. In addition to being related with another suspicious browser hijacker, … Continued

GenieoNews is a news aggregator that can be used as a browser add-on. This extension adds a page that includes a search bar, some versions also have a news feed. GenieoNews has a few different versions, they sort of act like browser hijackers, even get as potentially harmful. If you use GenieoNews intentionally and are … Continued

Geofoxip.com hijacker is the problem specifically for Mac browsers – Google Chrome, Safari and Mozilla Firefox. It introduces a lot of unwanted browser alterations, such as: homepage replacement; changing the default search engine into geofoxip.com; modifying new tab URL default parameter. Installation of geofoxip.com and its browser modifications are beyond the user’s control. Of course, … Continued

Get News Fast is a browser hijacker which takes away your freedom to decide which search engine to use. This extension is considered to be malware and should not be used without knowing the problems that it has. Get News Fast is actually considered to be malicious by reputable antivirus programs. The program is blacklisted for … Continued

Getonlinerecipestab.com is a newtab virus that’s caused by Get Online Recipes. It shows pop-up ads as well as an ad on your new tab page. It takes over your browser’s new tab page and to remove it, you either need to install another new tab on your browser, or remove Get OnlineRecipes. Honestly, Get Online … Continued

When Get Search Plus is installed, it shows tons of pop-up ads while forcing Yahoo.com to show your search results. It does this by hijacking your browser settings. Besides spamming ads, Get Search Plus has no useful features. It gets installed with the help of other malware, so anyone who found Get Search Plus on … Continued

Get Video Converter Search is a Chrome browser extension. It replaces your search engine with feed.getvideoconverter.com and delivers web search results in Yahoo.com. Get Video Converter Search is an add-on for Get Video Converter, a separate application, which means that people who have installed Get Video Converter Search probably have a few other unwanted browser … Continued

GetEasyMaps.co is a site that promotes the Yahoo search engine and promises quick access to various map links. While not malicious or a virus, this website (and the extension that it comes with) demand too many permissions and power over your browser to be considered completely safe. GetEasyMaps.co promises: Easily search maps and satellite images, … Continued

Tips for healthy eating and exercising are capturing attention of millions and millions of people, aiming straight to that perfectly-shaped body and a calm state of mind. Get Fit Now browser extension is meant to append a toolbar with a weather forecast, built-in search bar, sections like ‘Recipes’, ‘Healthy Foods’, ‘Workout Routines’, ‘Daily Exercises’, ‘Calorie … Continued

GetFlightInfo virus is a yet another product from MindSpark Interactive, a company that has been responsible for generating dozens of questionable Google Chrome extensions. Recent red-flagged add-ons are AnytimeAstrology and YourTemplateFinder that are classified as browser hijacker applications due to the fact that they assign Hp.myway.com (specifically, Hp.myway.com/getflightinfo/ttab02/index.html) search engines as users’ preferences without permission. While … Continued