Category: Browser Hijackers

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

How to Remove Search.locatorunit.com From Mac

Search Locator Unit virus removal from mac os x

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

gigi browse browser

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

thedailynews.report

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

searchgoose.com

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

delete Tail Search virus (tailsearch.com)

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

delete Live Converter Search virus (feed.liveconvertersearch.com)

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

How to Remove BubblePDF

delete Bubble PDF virus (find.bubblepdf.com)

What Is BubblePDF?

BubblePDF may get installed on your computer one day and replace your browser’s Start Page with hp.bubblepdf.com site. Your searches may start getting redirected to find.bubblepdf.com and then to Yahoo, Bing or another search engine. A piece of software that changes the default search engine, homepage and similar browser settings is called a browser hijacker. Most of the time browser hijackers like BubblePDF get installed on users’ computers after users install free programs and don’t opt out of extra software that is offered to them, although sometimes users just get redirected to ads for some “useful” browser extensions and end up installing them. You may follow this step-by-step guide to uninstall BubblePDF and remove bubblepdf.com from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Comet Search

delete Comet Search virus that is “installed by administrator” (ID: mcmaoiknodgafcklbjkfdiddbpghaddg)

What Is Comet Search?

If your browser redirects your searches to find.cometsearch.info and then to search.yahoo.com, and there is a note in your browser settings telling you that your browser is managed by your organization, these are results of the Comet Search browser hijacker getting installed on your computer. A browser hijacker is a piece of software that can alter browsers’ homepage, new tab page or default search engine against users’ wishes. In addition to that Comet Search hijacker abuses system features that are created for admins of corporate networks and let them force install software on computers inside the network. That’s why your browser tells you that it is “managed by your organization”, that Comet Search extension is “installed by administrator”, and that “Comet Search is controlling this setting” (about your search engine). READ MORE

How to Remove Search.functionbuffer.com From Mac

Search Function Buffer virus removal from mac os x

What Is Search.functionbuffer.com?

Search.functionbuffer.com (Function Buffer) 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 browsers’ homepage and default search engine to make users visit a promoted search engine time and again. Some browser hijackers also keep track of users’ browsing habits and show them ads based on their interests. Search.functionbuffer.com does not provide its own search results to users and instead redirects them to Yahoo search results. You may follow this step-by-step guide to uninstall the browser hijacker and remove Search.functionbuffer.com from your Mac. READ MORE

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