Articles about deleting browser hijackers – extensions that change browser settings without user’s permission.
ConverterSearchTool is a browser hijacker type virus. Viruses of this kind change the browser settings to control the actions of the victims. From the moment virus is infected, your requests will be redirected to unwanted pages to collect views
Searches.network is a fake search engine that redirects all searches to Webcrawler.com, Bing.com and other actual search engines. If your Chrome or Safari browser started redirecting your search queries to Searches.network all of a sudden, you likely have a browser hijacker installed on your Macbook.
If your Chrome or Safari browser redirects your searches to Pruden Search (www.prudensearch.com) and then to Bing, Webcrawler or another search engine, that is a result of a browser hijacker getting installed on your Mac. A browser hijacker is a piece of software that alters browsers’ Start Page, New Tab Page or default search engine and stops users from changing those to something else. In this case the hijacker is a browser extension called PrudenSearch – Advanced search, however the hijacker may also add a new profile on your Mac so that your Chrome becomes “managed by your organization” and PrudenSearch becomes unremovable.
If you enter the query you need in your usual search engine and it takes you to the optimumsearch.net page and this site opens every time you start the browser, it means that OptimumSearch(S) program is installed on your computer. OptimumSearch(S) is a browser hijacker that alters the search engine and start page without the user’s knowledge to redirect it to dangerous promoted pages each time
PDFt Search is a rogue program called a browser hijacker. It got its name from its method of infection. It modifies browser settings to promote find.pdftsearch.net (it is a fake search engine). Users go to this page without their desire because each entered search query will be redirected to find.pdftsearch.net. Virus adds the “Managed by Your Organization” feature to Google Chrome browsers. This means that a virus is controlling your system settings. Like most hijackers, the virus monitors user activity on the Internet and collects personal information.
If CB Search page (“Powered by Google”) opens when you launch your browser or your searches get redirected to http://cbsearch.site/search?q=[search-query], and you haven’t added the site to your browser settings yourself, that means you have CB Search software on your computer. A piece of software that can alter the default search engine and Start Page of a browser against users’ wishes is called a browser hijacker. Most of the times browser hijackers get installed on computers together with free and pirated programs that users download off of the Internet. This step-by-step guide will help you uninstall the browser hijacker and remove CB Search from your browsers.
This program belongs to the type of virus hijackers. It changes the settings of any browser you use so that every request will be translated to the iconvertersearch.com page. It looks something like this:
Viruses like AnyRadioSearch have the features of a browser hijacker are distinguished by a fast and stealthy method of infection. AnyRadioSearch enters the system by bundling (attaches to other applications) and secretly changes the browser settings. Changed search engine of any browser will direct victims to anyradiosearch.com page collecting views
This browser hijacker lives up to its name because it sneaks into the system by secretly attaching itself to some free application without notifying users about it. For some time, users do not suspect that their device is infected. In fact, the signs of the presence of Genius Pro also do not look like an attack by a malicious virus, especially for an inexperienced user. Most of the users think that pop-ups have no harm to the system other than annoying. We hasten to warn you that advertising is one of the ways to infect the system with Genius Pro
GamingSearch hijacks the browser and changes the settings to take victims to gaming-search.com. This is the address of a fake search engine. When you enter a query in the search engine of your usual browser, it will be directed to gaming-search.com