Search.searchjsmts.com virus - How to remove

Search.searchjsmts.com is a computer virus designed to take over your browser hijacker and change some of the your personal settings. That is exactly why Search.searchjsmts.com is categorised as browser hijacker.

Browser hijackers are not the most lethal computer viruses of them all, but you still have to pay attention to it. It can hijack not only web browser, but your personal information and leak it as well.

Luckily, removal of this infection is not that difficult too. However, you have to know how to do that properly, otherwise this virus might come back after some time.

This post is dedicated to inform you about possible methods to eliminate this infection and provide you with valuable information about this virus.

Browser hijacker from Polarity Technologies LTD

It is almost a normal thing to see a browser hijacker that comes from Polarity Technologies LTD. This company is well known for developing such malware and we have recently discussed infections like Search.searchjsfd.com or Search.searchgbv.com – both of those viruses were developed by this company.

One of the biggest problems with the tools from Polarity is the way they are distributed. As always, Search.searchjsmts.com infection comes as a bundle to other free software that can be downloaded from the Internet. Bundling is arguably the most popular method to distribute malware like this. So next time you download some free application from the Internet, pay close attention to the installation process – you can be surprised with additional tools that are going to be installed on your computer.

In this particular case, Search.searchjsmts.com comes as a browser add-on and gets added to the web browser you are using. It will also place some malicious files on your computer to make it harder to get rid of.

Even though it is described as a tool that will provide you with information about public transportation and car rent services as well as more efficient web search, it is not true and you should not believe that. Once installed it will set your new tab page to www.search.searchjsmts.com so you will see it every time you open a new tab on infected web browser.

The malicious add-on itself is called “Transit Schedule” and will be visible on the extensions list. Your new tab web page features a toolbar with links to websites with transit information as well as couple of icons leading to websites affiliated to Polarity.

We do not recommend to click on any of those links provided by Search.searchjsmts.com because you can end up on a website that is dangerous. We also don’t recommend to use search featured on this site.

All searches submitted to Search.searchjsmts.com are executed through Yahoo search engine, but developers of this tool can customise search results and insert some sponsored links that are not even relevant to your searches. They also can display banner advertisements right on result page.

In addition to that, all your search queries will be recorded and they can be transferred to third parties later on, so be very careful about that.

We have mentioned that it is not that difficult to remove Search.searchjsmts.com, however, you will probably need some assistance from professional anti-malware software.

First of all, you need to get rid of the malicious extension. Simply navigate to the extensions list on your web browser and then remove the “Transit Schedule” add-on. Then, download Spyhunter and scan your computer with it. Either one of those applications will be able to detect and remove all files that are associated to Search.searchjsmts.com virus. This way it will be completely removed from your computer.

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