Articles about deleting browser hijackers – extensions that change browser settings without user’s permission.
PersonalSearch is an ad-type application for Mac. PersonalSearch has the features of a browser hijacker infection. Virus can be found in some free applications. By downloading some free application you run the risk of catching a virus. Usually, virus attaches itself to free applications because they are downloaded much more often than paid ones and the likelihood of penetrating a Mac is much greater.
Convert Files Tools is a typical browser hijacker. Browser hijackers are malicious applications that attack and modify system settings. Convert Files Tools positions itself as a tool for quick access to services for converting file formats. However, virus is intended solely to infect the system.
If your browser redirects you first to search.desktopactivity.com and then to search.yahoo.com when you enter search queries into the address bar, you probably have a browser hijacker installed on your Mac. Browser hijackers usually come in the form of browser extensions/add-ons. They can get installed on your Macbook along with a free app or with a fake software update (when you get redirected to a page warning you that your Flash Player or your browser is out of date and providing you with a link to download a new version; that’s not true: most browsers nowadays update automatically, while Flash Player will stop being supported very soon, and most websites don’t use it anymore). A browser hijacker can change default search engine, homepage and some other browser settings to redirect users to search engines they promote and consequently increase ad revenue for those. You may follow this step-by-step guide to uninstall the browser hijacker and remove search.desktopactivity.com from your Macbook.
PracticalRemote is a malicious ad app with the features of a browser hijacker. Virus enters the system by bundling. Bundling is a method of infection in which virus attaches itself to some free application and when you open it, PracticalRemote enters the device and starts infection. This site is called adware because it works by launching intrusive advertisements. Throughout the work on the Internet, pop-up windows will appear on the screen and overlap the necessary information.
Now News Online browser hijacker is a typical hijacker. This type of Now News Online browser hijacker is very common. Users every day complain about an infected device and inability to restore settings. Now News Online browser hijacker promotes the fake search engine hnownewsonline.com. This virus changes address of the search system and changes it. Now News Online browser hijacker injects ads in large numbers. To make the injection more effective Now News Online browser hijacker collects personal information (IP-address, passwords, geolocation)
A browser hijacker may get installed on your Macbook one day and change your browsers’ default search engine to search.productivebrowser.com (Productive Browser). Search.productivebrowser.com is a fake search engine that redirects all searches to search.yahoo.com. Productive Browser hijacker may get installed on a Macbook along with some free program or game, or with a fake software update (when a user gets redirected to a page prompting them to download an Adobe Flash Player update, a Google Chrome update, etc.). Browser hijackers can alter search engine, new tab page and some other browser settings to redirect users to promoted sites time and again, bringing more advertising revenue to those. You may follow this step-by-step guide to uninstall the browser hijacker and remove Search.productivebrowser.com from your browsers.
If My Office Tools page keeps opening on new tabs of your browser, or your searches are getting redirected to hp.hmyofficetools.co and then to Yahoo, you probably have a browser hijacker on your computer. A browser hijacker is a piece of software that can alter homepage, new tab page, default search engine of a browser and stop users from changing those to something else. That is done to ensure that users visit a promoted search engine (hp.hmyofficetools.co) time and again, bringing more ad revenue to its owners. Some browser hijacked also keep track of users’ browsing habits and display additional ads on webpages based on users’ interests. Most of the time users install browser hijackers along with free programs and games. This step-by-step guide will help you uninstall My Office Tools software and remove hp.hmyofficetools.co from your browsers.
Mint Search is a browser hijacker that can get installed on your computer along with some free program/game. A browser hijacker is usually a browser extension; it can alter default search engine, new tab page or start page of a browser to make users visit a specific site (in this case it’s find.mintsearch.net which redirects all searches to Yahoo) time and again, bringing more ad revenue to owners of the site. Mint Search goes farther than most browser hijackers and makes itself “installed by your administrator” on Chrome by abusing a feature intended for admins of corporate networks. The browser itself will tell users that it is “managed by your organization”, and if someone tries to change the default search engine, he or she will be told that “Mint Search is controlling this setting”. You may use this step-by-step guide to uninstall Mint Search anyway and remove find.mintsearch.net from your Google Chrome browser.
HDConverterSearch browser hijacker is a computer fraudster that claims to be a useful application that can improve Internet searches. Users possessing such information do not immediately realize that their device is already infected with virus. HDConverterSearch browser hijacker is a browser hijacker. It works by modifying browser settings to effectively promote the fake search engine hdconvertersearch.com. This site penetrates the device settings and illegally changes the search page to redirect your requests to other sites.
Templates Discovery Tab is a malicious application that bills itself as a tool for easy access to free online templates. It is actually a browser hijacker that modifies browser settings in order to promote a fake fake search engine and collect information about online activity. The main purpose of Templates Discovery Tab is to infect popular browsers such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer. Browser home page has been modified to redirect your requests to fraudulent sites without your consent. Hijacker has the ability to track your personal data and spy on your online activities.