Category: Browser Hijackers

Articles about deleting browser hijackers – extensions that change browser settings without user’s permission.

How to Remove Link Default Search

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What Is Link Default Search?

If your browser’s default search engine has changed to find.linkdefault.com (which redirects all searches to Yahoo), and you are told that “Link Default Search is controlling this setting”, that is a result of Link Default Search browser hijacker getting installed on your PC. A browser hijacker is a piece of software that is able to alter browsers’ start page, new tab page and default search engine against users’ wishes. Link Default Search browser hijacker misuses a feature of Windows intended for administrators of corporate networks that allows them to force install software on computers on the network. As a result, the affected browser becomes “managed by your organization”, while Link Default Search extension becomes “installed by administrator” and unremovable. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.grilime.com Redirect

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What Is Search.grilime.com?

If your browser started redirecting your search queries to search.grilime.com and then to Bing, and you haven’t set search.grilime.com as your default search engine yourself, then there is likely a browser hijacker installed on your PC. A browser hijacker is a piece of software (usually a browser extension/add-on) that alters the default search engine, homepage or new tab page of a browser and stops users from changing those to something else. Some browser hijackers also collect data from browsers – like browsing history or users’ search queries – and display customized ads to users based on their interests. READ MORE

How to Remove Searchingonline.net Redirect

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What Is Searchingonline.net?

A browser hijacker may get installed on your computer one day and start redirecting your search queries from the browser’s address bar to query.searchingonline.net, which will in turn redirect them to Yahoo, Bing or another search engine. Usually browser hijackers end up on users’ computers when users install free apps and don’t opt out of extra programs that are offered for installation. A browser hijacker’s main purpose is bringing more users to a search engine it promotes, to boost its revenue. Some browser hijackers also keep track of users’ browsing habits and show them ads based on their interests. You may follow this step-by-step guide to uninstall Searching Online hijacker and remove Searchingonline.net from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.locatorunit.com From Mac

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What Is Search.locatorunit.com?

Search.locatorunit.com (Locator Unit) is a fake search engine that your browser may start redirecting you to if you have a browser hijacker installed on your Macbook. A browser hijacker is a piece of software that can alter the default search engine, homepage, start page and similar browser settings to direct more Internet traffic to a search engine it promotes – in this case it is Search.locatorunit.com which redirects all searches to Yahoo. In addition to changing settings, some browser hijackers collect users’ browsing history and search history and use those to show users ads based on their interests or sell the data to other advertisers. A browser hijacker may get installed on a computer along with some free app downloaded from the Internet. This step-by-step guide will help you get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.locatorunit.com from your Macbook. READ MORE

How to remove GiGi Browse browser hijacker

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What Is GiGi Browse?

GiGi Browse is a rogue program that belongs to the type of browser hijackers. It makes changes to browser settings to promote tailsearch.com. This is an illegal search engine instead of your usual one. It is designed so that every request you enter will be redirected to questionable pages. Sometimes the virus loads some programs on its own to reboot the system READ MORE

How to remove Thedailynews.report

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What Is Thedailynews.report?

This program is often linked to Justmedia24.biz , Findmedia.biz , Bifidavity.club . In fact, these aps are really similar in the way they infect the system. Victims of this site receive questionable content and redirects to other malicious pages and sometimes steal personal data about users. This is the basic principle of infection. As a rule, all potentially unwanted programs change their settings in order to redirect to unwanted pages promoted by the virus. READ MORE

How to remove Searchgoose.com

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What is Searchgoose.com?

Searchgoose.com is the address of the fake search engine that the virus is promoting. It is called a hijacker because it infiltrates and modifies systems. The first notable changes are the search engine address, home page and new tab. Instead of the usual search engine, the address searchgoose.com is displayed, which takes the user to unwanted pages READ MORE

How to Remove Tailsearch.com Redirect

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What Is Tailsearch.com?

A browser hijacker may get installed on your computer one day and start redirecting your search queries to Tailsearch.com which will in turn redirect them to Google or another search engine. A browser hijacker is a piece of software which redirects users’ searches/changes their homepage to a promoted site. That is done to boost the site’s traffic and increase its revenue. Some browser hijackers also show ads in browsers based on users’ interests (that the hijackers determine from users’ search queries and/or their browsing history). READ MORE

How to Remove LiveConverterSearch

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What Is LiveConverterSearch?

If your browser started redirecting your searches to feed.liveconvertersearch.com and then to Yahoo search results, you have LiveConverterSearch browser hijacker on your computer. A browser hijacker is a piece of software that can alter the default search engine and some other browser settings to force users to visit a promoted search engine time and again. In addition to changing the settings, LiveConverterSearch can access users’ browsing history; the hijacker may use the gathered data to show targeted ads to users, or sell the data to third-party advertisers. This step-by-step guide will help you uninstall LiveConverterSearch software and remove feed.liveconvertersearch.com from your browsers. READ MORE

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