What is SocialCouponSearch
SocialCouponSearch is a scam program created by cybercriminals to hack into the browser in order to promote the fraudulent search engine socialcouponsearch.com .
SocialCouponSearch is a scam program created by cybercriminals to hack into the browser in order to promote the fraudulent search engine socialcouponsearch.com .
Live-updates-center.com is a dubious website which tries to trick users into allowing the site to send them notifications. Live-updates-center.com may tell users that they have to click Allow on its “Show notifications” dialog box if they want to play a video, download a file, verify that they are not robots, etc. If someone does allow notifications from Live-updates-center.com, the notifications will begin showing up time and again in a corner of the screen with ads, links to untrustworthy websites, software offers, fake alerts, etc.
Quiet Start Tabs is a browser extension that may get installed on a computer together with some free program or cracked software, or users may be prompted to download Quiet Start Tabs in order to download something or play an online game. Extensions like Quiet Start Tabs may change homepage, start page or default search engine on users’ browsers, as well as generate pop-ups and redirects, opening various shady sites. This step-by-step guide will help you remove Quiet Start Tabs from your browser.
Product Record is a browser hijacker that may get installed on a computer in the company of a free app, cracked software or a file downloaded from an untrustworthy source. Product Record sets browsers’ search engine to a website which will redirect users’ searches to Yahoo. Product Record may be tougher to get rid of than most hijackers as it may make itself “installed by enterprise policy” and not have the uninstall option in settings. This step-by-step guide will help you remove Product Record from your Mac and restore your preferred search engine.
QuickSearchMaps is malware that has the characteristics of a browser hijacker because it hijacks the browser and changes the browser settings. After changing the settings, every time the user wants to enter some kind of query into a search engine, the virus redirects victims to quicksearchmaps.com :
Safe Togo is a scam that promotes the fake search engine togosearching.com . Due to the fact that Safe Togo virus infiltrates the PC settings and changes them, it was called a browser hijacker.
Alertsx.com is an ad-type fraudulent program that downloads questionable content in order to redirect users to other malicious pages every time user uses their PC. Alertsx.com virus uses deceptive content in the form of push notifications to entice victims to allow their browser notifications:
Really Good Search is a browser extension that you may download yourself or that may end up on your computer after you install free software and don’t opt out of extra programs’ installation or run a file downloaded from an untrustworthy site. Really Good Search is a browser hijacker: it can alter the default search engine on browsers and stop you from changing that setting. The browser will claim that “Really Good Search is controlling this setting” and will not let you alter the search engine. Really Good Search itself may also be difficult to remove as it may become “installed by administrator” and lack the Uninstall button in its settings. This step-by-step guide will help you remove Really Good Search from your computer and get rid of the search redirect.
General Update is a browser extension that can alter the default search engine on browsers and redirect users’ searches to an obscure site which in turn will redirect them to Yahoo. If a user tries to change the search engine, they will be told that “General Update is controlling this setting”. A browser extension that alters homepage, new tab page or search engine against users’ wishes is called a browser hijacker. Most of the time hijackers end up on computers when users install free apps, cracked software, or open files downloaded from untrustworthy sources. This step-by-step guide will help you remove General Update from your Mac and get rid of the Yahoo Search redirect.
Rastconversi.xyz is a questionable site which tries to get users to turn on its browser notifications. Rastconversi.xyz may tell users that they have to click Allow on its notifications confirmation pop-up if they want to see a video, solve a CAPTCHA, download a file, etc. If a user clicks Allow, notifications from Rastconversi.xyz will begin popping up time and again in the top-right or bottom-right corner of the screen with ads, links to shady websites, prompts to download something, fake messages, etc.