Malware Categories: Browser Hijacker

Search Hub (by Search Smart) is a browser extension that does nothing else but change your new tab page and makes you use Yahoo. While the add-on’s description says “Manage how you search instantly from your new tab page!”, in reality, Search Hub is blatantly hijacking your browser so that it can profit from showing … Continued

Search.hwatchonlinestreams.com might affect your web browsing experience in a negative way. This virus you are dealing with right now is a browser hijacker that aims to change personal settings on your web browser and make money this way. It is not only annoying, but might also be dangerous – you can lose your personal information … Continued

Search.ividi.org virus is a browser hijacker that is mainly installed when downloading various games or some free tools from the Internet. The program compromises Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. It can affect just one or all browsers at the same time. Users usually do not notice the program until it already changes browser’s … Continued

JZip is a free files compression tool that offers creating, opening and extracting Zip, TAR, Gzip and 7-Zip files and you can download it from its official website jzip.com. The problem about this application is that it tries to earn money by displaying ads in your search results. The program installs Search.Jzip.com hijacker to your … Continued

Search.kuklorest.com virus is another browser hijacker that can be installed to Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Safari browser. It changes your homepage and default search engine to Search.kuklorest.com and doesn’t allow to replace it with any other page. If you try to make a search using this search engine, you will see that … Continued

Search-land.com is a website that redirects searches to unexpected sites. Search-land.com appears in web browsers thanks to malicious extensions. It assists those extensions in hijacking searches and spying on their users. If you notice Search-land.com messing with your browser, it’s important to find the responsible extension and remove it as quickly as possible. Search-land.com in … Continued

Search.lexside.com (or Lexside Web Search) is another representative of the hijackware clan. This time, it mainly aims to inflict on Mac OS X. The domain has an usual search box and a couple of sections to choose from. Results to search queries in sections like Web, Images and Videos will be produced by search.yahoo.com. To … Continued

Search.lphant.net virus is a browser hijacker that can be infiltrated into random computers bundled with free applications from the Internet. The program is related to Bandoo browser extension which promises to improve your work using Yahoo mail, Gmail, Hotmail or some messengers, but in fact it brings more problems than useful features. Search.lphant.net virus is … Continued

Websearch.search-mania.info is a browser hijacker by . It plagiarizes the colors of Google brand to make itself seem like a trustworthy product of Google. But do not get deceived by this visualization. Websearch.search-mania.info is regarded as just another rogue application making money from advertising. While it displayed search in the past, now it just runs redirect … Continued

It’s a common opinion that Macs are much safer than Windows OS, but lately matters started shifting and recent threats, Search-me.club virus included, proved that now hackers are not afraid to take a challenge and target the not-so-popular and well-protected Mac. Even though some infections cannot yet cause a huge damage, they are still a … Continued

MediaNewPage is a browser-hijacking add-on that causes the following problems: it replaces the homepage with Medianewpagesearch.com; it changes what your web search results look like; it redirects users to unexpected websites. For instance, MediaNewPage redirects search queries to Search-checker.com and then to Yahoo. This makes search results take a bit longer to appear and it’s … Continued

Mein Email Center is a browser hijacker targeted at German speakers. It is a browser extension that promises to help people access their email. Instead, it focuses on showing ads and manipulating searches. Mein Email Center uses Search.meinemailzentrum.com to take over the new tab pages of the affected browsers. If Search.meinemailzentrum.com appears on your screen, … Continued

Search.memetab.com virus is classified as a browser hijacker. MemeTab Chrome extension is available in the Chrome Web Store and among user reviews, we found this statement: “Beware! This app takes over every window you open. It is also extremely difficult to delete”. Considering this description, we find this add-on as malicious as the Searchvaults.com and … Continued

Search.moviegoat.com appears as a homepage every time you open a web browser? Well, that means your computer is infected with this malware listed as browser hijacker. Don’t get too scared – it is not the most dangerous virus. Nonetheless, you should not keep it installed on your computer because it can lead you to some … Continued

Search.mybestmediatabsearch.com is the most recent browser hijacker by StepitApp. This company releases hijackware similar to that developed by Imali Media Ltd. as regards the interface, including Search.funsafetabsearch.com, Search.cooliosearch.com, Search.funtvtabsearch.com just to name a few hijackers among the whole army of them. Search.mybestmediatabsearch.com browser hijacker, as all of its kinsmen belonging to hijackware family, is regarded … Continued

Search.mymoviesxp.com is yet another crooked searching tool, manufactured by the sleazy SaferBrowser developers. My Movies XP application offers users to watch movies and videos whenever they feel like it. However, the program itself does not provide such facilities. My Movies XP comes in a form of a toolbar with shortcuts to sites that stand as … Continued

Search.mynewswire.co is another creation, strictly focused on being an intrusive parasite. From a first glance, it might appear as an ordinary search engine. However, people might have already perceived the truth about SaferBrowser company: its products are just one-way-streets, designed to only generate benefits for their founders and partners. Such pests are called browser hijackers … Continued

Search.mystartabsearch.com is a rogue piece of software released by a rogue software developer, Imali Media. This shady company has already issued Search.yourmediatabsearch.com, Search.thecoolestmoviesearch.com, Search.funmovietabsearch.com, etc. The latter are among the most recent black sheep in the farm of Imali Media. We advise you not to let anyone of them to nibble at your grass. About … Continued

Search.newhometab.com virus is a browser hijacker that can infiltrate into Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. The program is installed without user’s consent and it can make changes on the infected system immediately. First of all, it replaces your homepage with Search.newhometab.com and sets your default search engine to search.certified-toolbar.com. It is considered to … Continued

We have noticed a new and rapidly rising computer virus – Search.obtenezemail.com. Well, it’s not the most dangerous virus, it’s just a browser hijacker, but it can still cost you a lot of problems. Actually, you can even lose your personal information due to it, so it should be taken seriously. Basically, browser hijackers aim … Continued

Search.Ominent.com virus is a browser hijacker that can be installed to random computers when their users are installing some freeware. It was created by Montiera Technologies ltd. Once inside, it changes your default search engine and start page to Search.Ominent.com and makes some other modifications to take over your browser. The application can affect Internet … Continued

Search.openpdf.pro virus is classified as another browser hijacker infection, created by a company we have already heard of. Clever App S.L is a Spanish developing-company which has produced a hijackware parasite called Searchgosearch.com. Additionally, on 19th of April, we analysed another malicious toolbar from these developers: Wallpaperscollection.pro virus. Officially, the OpenPDF add-on is supposed to … Continued

Search.otwexplain.com virus is a browser hijacker that infiltrates into computers when users download various free applications from the Internet, like media players, PDF creators and so on. This browser hijacker is aimed at Mac users. Once inside, it alters your default homepage and search provider to Search.otwexplain.com and doesn’t allow you to replace it with … Continued

Search.pitchofcase.com is officially listed as browser hijacker because of a multiple reasons: distributed using deceptive methods; changing settings of your web browser; displaying advertisements and sponsored content; tracking your search queries; collecting personal data. That’s a lot of reasons why this extension is categorised as malware. So if one day your homepage or new tab … Continued

Websearch.search-plaza.info virus is a browser hijacker that was noticed to infect Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. Once inside it changes your homepage and default search provider to Websearch.search-plaza.info. Not all users find this page suspicious, so they start using it as a regular search provider and soon they notice that it doesn’t provide … Continued

SearchPrivacy is an application designed and created by FirstGate Mobile Limited, located at Hong Kong, China. It is another title of the Search-privacy.net browser hijacker, which is displayed under the search-privacy.net/search/ domain. This malicious extension is compatible with Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Soon, its version for Internet Explorer is said to be launched, at least … Continued

Search Private virus refers to an unwanted installation of this privacy-themed Google Chrome extension. It automatically sets an original search platform which either delivers search results from Search.yahoo.com, or shows corresponding results to Search.eshield.com. The latter browser hijacker, together with the one we are about to analyze in this article, are products from Tightrope Interactive … Continued

Have you noticed Search.protectedio.com set as your homepage on your browser? Although at first glance it looks like a regular search engine, unfortunately it is not. In fact, it’s a sign that your browser was hijacked and your browsing experience will never be the same. The program seeks to advertise sponsored websites and it includes … Continued

Private.search-protection.com can be categorized as a browser hijacker which redirects compromised Mozilla/Chrome/Opera/Edge or Safari users to the various ads, websites, services which sponsor the virus to increase the traffic and spread some sort of product. In order to achieve the best advertising results ‘PrivateSearchProtection’ threat makes itself as default search engine and fully controls what … Continued

Search.queryrouter.com is an application having a self-explanatory title. If you looked at the three words it contains in its name, you would see a compound name, that of a search query router. Search.queryrouter.com program reroutes the search queries it receives into a new tab page titled search and displaying the seemingly search results of Google. … Continued

Search-quick.com virus is a browser hijacker that is distributed to random computer systems together with freeware applications. It infiltrates to Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari, and once there, changes the main settings of these browsers. The program replaces your homepage and default search engine to Search-quick.com and brings some more inconveniences. This … Continued

Search Recipes is a browser add-on that helps you search for recipes online and that replaces your search engine with Yahoo. It’s possible that it got installed in your browser without your informed consent. Though Search Recipes is not all bad, it does exhibit some browser hijacker features. That’s important to know before you continue … Continued

SafeFinder application has claimed to enhance and simplify sometimes too wide and unpredictable web. It says to offer such convenient functions like translations of your visited domains, safe entry sharing on most popular social networking sites. SafeFinder also adds safety tools to its package that help to determine if the visited domains are safe. Minor … Continued

Search.searchbenny.com is a fake search site that’s been hijacking computers for at least five years now. It takes over web browsers and redirects searches to Yahoo.com. Search.searchbenny.com is connected to Genieo Search, a known malicious site. The effect that it has on the browser is to make web searching frustrating, slow, interrupted by redirects, and … Continued

Search.searchctp.com virus is regarded as a browser hijacker. It allows SaferBrowser to influence results to search queries that should be produced solely by Yahoo. Instead, fraudulent commercial content will be inserted. Links to be presented in results pages will favor unreliable third-parties and their double-dealing websites. Search.searchctp.com is an engine by a notorious Polarity Technologies … Continued

Search.searchdirex.com might appear as a homepage on your web browsers even if you can’t recall setting it up. That’s because this virus, listed as browser hijacker, infected your computer. In this case you shouldn’t hesitate and remove the infection. There are two most common ways to get rid of infection like this – it can … Continued

Search.searchdp.com shows up every time you open a web browser? Well, that means your computer is infected with this browser hijacker and you should take care of that. There are two most common methods to eliminate infection like this – you can do it either manually or automatically, so it’s completely up to you which … Continued

Search.searchfw.com may seem to travel along with Find Weather extension. However, if you try to search the Internet for the latter extension, the search results you are presented with are rather poor. You may think that this browser extension does not even exist. If you tried to search for Search.searchfw.com, you would be rendered antivirus … Continued

Search.searchgofind.com is a first thing you see when open a web browser? You can’t recall setting it as your homepage? That means one thing – your computer is infected with this malicious application and you should solve this problem right now. Luckily, removal of Search.searchgofind.com is not that complicated – it can be done either … Continued

11Search.searchhighdrp.com is yet another infection that can attack your system. It is classified as browser hijacker, so if your computer is infected with it, you can expect some major changes on your web browsers and they won’t be pleasant. If you have recently discovered that your computer is infected with this malware but don’t know … Continued

Search.searchinsocial.com virus is a browser hijacker that can be easily installed to your computer together with other programs that you can download from the Internet. Usually it comes bundled to free applications. Once inside, the program modifies some settings of your browser and changes your homepage and default search provider to Search.searchinsocial.com. These changes can … Continued

Search.searchitknow.com virus is a browser hijacker that can affect Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari browsers. The program infiltrates completely secretly and once inside, it replaces your homepage and default search provider. Search.searchitknow.com doesn’t work as a regular search provider and only displays sponsored pages in your search results. To remove Search.searchitknow.com virus, … Continued

Search.searchlcll.com – a brand new product from Polarity Technologies LTD. It is an instant red flag because this company is known for developing malware and nothing else. If your homepage was automatically set to www.search.searchlcll.com, there is no doubt that the web browser you are currently using was hit by a browser hijacker. The virus … Continued

Search.searchquicks.com virus tunes browsers’ settings with motives of directing you to strange websites, demonstrating online advertisements and generating hits to its search platform. Search.searchquicks.com is created as a search engine, but once users enter it, they will be presented with a statement “An error occurred while processing your request”. However, search box is functional and … Continued

Search.searchsinfo.com, or Search Info, is a browser hijacker that gets installed without your permission. It redirects searches to Yahoo or another unexpected site. It also harms your privacy by tracking your internet browsing data. It’s recommended to remove Search.searchsinfo.com by uninstalling suspicious browser add-ons and removing adware viruses from your PC. About Search.searchsinfo.com: Threat type Browser … Continued

Search.searchutilities.co is a browser hijacker that’s connected to the Search Utilities add-on. It replaces your new tab, which allows it to influence how you browse the web. It also logs your browsing data and may share it with advertisers. It’s not very dangerous, but it’s also extremely unhelpful. It’s advisable to remove Search.searchutilities.co by uninstalling … Continued