Browser hijacked by SweetPCFix? Can’t get rid of the pops up? I usually use Google Chrome or Firefox as my homepage and now they have been hijacked by this thing! How to get rid of the thing hacked your browsers deeply?
SweetPCFix Hijacker Description
The SweetPCFix redirect virus is also called the SweetPCFix.com Hijacker Search attack, and it is an Internet browser hijacking attack that hackers use in order to take control of the browser settings of the system and redirect the users to pages that they control. The most common redirect destination for this attack is the SweetPCFix.com page, which is designed to resemble a popular search engine. At first glance a user that wasn’t paying great attention would assume it was Google that they arrived on. Read the rest of this post »
Published by Tony Shepherd on March 23, 2013 12:11 pm
Is your home page on Internet Explorer currently being changed to an unknown domain named www1.search-results.com? And ever since then, your online searching is not playing along well. You cannot log onto wanted web site and are being redirected to other unwanted pages constantly. Is online searching environment gone bad? How does one do to maintain a good browser?
www1.search-results.com is a domain that pops onto many computer screens recently. You may have seen this web site somewhere before and consider it as a common URL. However, PC attackers can take advantages of this site and turn it into a browsing issue that annoys many computer users nowadays. A browsing issue, also known as browser redirect, is a kind of computer virus that mostly targets at browsing applications including Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. By automatically changing the home page URL and redirecting PC users online to hacked sites, this browser redirect can help PC hackers benefit from valuable information collected among its victims. Read the rest of this post »
Published by Tony Shepherd on March 22, 2013 4:01 am
I some how downloaded the BasicServe.com search engine and the directions to remove it are too difficult for me! All my browsers( Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome and so on) have been hijacker by that thing. How to delete fraudulent search engine that hacked your browsers permanently?
BasicServe.com Redirect Description
The BasicServe.com redirect virus, which is also called the Google redirect virus. This false domain is created by criminals. First, they are going to look for the most valuable information first, and that is sensitive personal and financial information. The BasicServe.com redirect virus hackers want to find information that will allow them to perform identity theft, such as social security numbers, dates of birth, and even employment information. They also want to scrape the system for any kind of financial information like bank account numbers, credit card numbers, and online banking login information. This type of information allows them to perform fraud themselves or sell all of the harvested information on the black market to large criminal organizations. Read the rest of this post »
Published by Tony Shepherd on March 21, 2013 6:12 am and last modified on March 21, 2013 6:34 am.
Google search results are redirected to Websearch.simplespeedy.info? Can’t get rid of this pops up? I usually use Google Chrome or Firefox as my homepage and now they have been hijacked by this redirect thing! How to delete fraudulent search engine that hacked your browsers deeply?
Websearch.simplespeedy.info Redirect Description
The Websearch.simplespeedy.info virus, which is also called the Google redirect virus, is an attack that changes the computer settings through the toolbar that a user installs on their PC unknowingly while downloading a file or viewing an attachment that has been infected with this browser hijacking attack. Once this virus is picked up it goes to work on the system settings immediately to change the browser settings, redirecting each opened session to the Websearch.simplespeedy.info virus page, which is scour.com. It appears to be a search engine and to the untrained eye and amateur computer user this is what they believe it is! Read the rest of this post »
Published by Tony Shepherd on March 20, 2013 4:38 am
Google search result is redirected to Newtab.certified-toolbar.com? Can’t get rid of Newtab.certified-toolbar pops up? I usually use Google Chrome or Firefox as my homepage and now they have been hijacked by this thing! How to get rid of the thing hacked your browsers deeply?
Newtab.certified-toolbar.com Redirect Description
The Newtab.certified-toolbar.com redirect is a browser hijack that will change the settings to display its page whenever the web browser is opened. There are several ways that PC’s can become infected by this attack, and the most common ways are through spam emails, infected freeware file downloads, and by visiting malicious websites that contain the virus. Every time a new browser window is opened it will land on this page, which is designed to look like a real search engine. It looks identical to the Google search page without the logo and since Google often changes the homepage “Google” logo it tricks many people into believing that it is a real search engine. When the user then attempts to search the page will then redirect them to unwanted websites that are not related to the search queries. These sites contain additional viruses and malicious attacks that will work together with the Newtab.certified-toolbar.com virus to completely ruin the computer as well as put the users computer data and personal information at great risk. Read the rest of this post »
Published by Tony Shepherd on March 16, 2013 5:51 am
I don’t know why there is a IMinentSmile Toolbar on the top of my Internet Explorer. I don’t think I have installed it there. But today when I opened to browser something online, it appeared. It makes the browser run very slowly and always let it open some very strange web sites that I don’t want but I can’t remove it. Do I have to find someone to help me?
Is IMinentSmile Toolbar Good or Bad?
IMinentSmile Toolbar is really not a good one such as Google toolbar or some other legal ones. It’s indeed a browser hijack virus which can definitely stop some normal functions of your web browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox. If you are familiar with this virus, you may know that it also has it’s homepage. On its homepage, downloading IMinentSmile Toolbar and installing it are well recommended. However, please don’t be taken in. Once you installed those so called toolbars, your browser will be messed up that it will run more and more slowly. Read the rest of this post »
Published by Tony Shepherd on March 15, 2013 1:24 pm
I installed this Solid Savings Adware on my web browser because I thought it would make me more easily do some shopping on Solid Saving online shop. But it made my computer worse. And it brought in many advertisement pages that I didn’t want. I don’t know how to get rid of it. Is there anyway I can clean it permanently?
How Will You Be Hacked by Solid Savings Adware?
Solid Savings Adware is not an official software issued by Solid Savingsnow. It’s an adware which contains lots of viruses. It will hack your computer so that it can purring you nasty advertising pages. It is a nasty browser hijacker which can modify the default setting of your browser to take over the browser’s authorization, change your home page, block your attempts to access to particular web resources, redirect the your search engines to some malicious webpages which contains lots of threats such as dangerous links and ads popups. Once infected by Solid Savings Adware, every time you try to use your search engines such as Google, Bing, Yahoo, your search results will always be forcedly redirected to some odd pages or its related malicious websites, which would constantly harass your system with countless pop-ups and ads, slow down you internet speed, drop malicious files onto your PC, seriously degrade the performance of your PC and make your it run as snail. Solid Savings Adware is associated with browser hijackers and rootkit infections such as ZeroAccess rootkit, Google Results Hijacker, Google Redirect Hijacker, etc, which has an ability to totally mess up your PC. Read the rest of this post »
Published by Tony Shepherd on March 14, 2013 12:51 pm
Can’t get rid of Supreme Savings pops up (Supreme Savings by Excellent Apps)? I usually use Google Chrome as my homepage and now have a problem with the pop-ups “Supreme Savings” which inserts hi-lighted links into web pages text? I cannot remove it because whenever I try to uninstall it, I get screwed and the extensions settings it says that it’s managed and cannot be removed or disabled! How to get rid of the thing hacked your browsers deeply?
What is Supreme Savings? Adware or Spyware?
The Supreme Savings (alias Supreme Savings by Excellent Apps) is also referred to as the adware thing once fully hacked by hackers, and it is a malicious add-on that will deliver nonstop popup advertisements to the point where they froze user’s computer from taking up so much system memory. If you are a user of Firefox, Google Chrome, or Internet Explorer then there is a chance your system can become a victim of the Supreme Savings virus. It is a redirect hijack virus that modifies the system settings and changing the default browser settings to redirect to the Supreme Savings site at launch, which is a fake search engine designed to take the user to other malicious sites and then flood the user with pop up advertisements. Even after attempting to uninstall the virus it will immediately pop right back up, as it has a habit of crawling deep into the system files and making it impossible to simple just uninstall it. Read the rest of this post »
Published by Tony Shepherd on March 14, 2013 10:07 am and last modified on April 19, 2013 3:23 am.
Can’t get rid of Startpins.com redirect virus? I usually use Firefox as my homepage but I noticed starting last night that http://Startpins.com kept showing up as my homepage and I’m not sure what to do. It hijacked all the browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox or Google Chrome. All your search results were redirected to fake search engine….How to get rid of the redirect virus as it has hacked your browsers deeply?
What is Startpins.com? How To Remove This Redirect Thing Completely?
The Startpins.com redirect is also referred to as the Google redirect virus once fully hacked by hackers, and it is a malicious adware that will deliver nonstop popup advertisements to the point where they crash your computer from taking up so much system memory. It is known to cause browsers to crash, and they are all vulnerable to this virus: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, and Google Chrome are some of the more popular browsers that the Startpins.com virus is known to attack. Hard to clean out this virus? This virus is typically bundled in a browser hijack virus, which compromises the users Internet browser. The user will soon know that there is a problem when the browser starts to display messages that the browser is not responding or that certain features have been disabled. The Startpins.com virus moves fast and will quickly make it difficult to search the Internet. Read the rest of this post »
Published by Tony Shepherd on March 12, 2013 3:23 pm and last modified on March 12, 2013 3:28 pm.
Do you always search information online from different add-ons on your browsers? Did you give permission to all of these toolbars to be installed? While toolbars can provide convenience for online searching, they can also be related to redirect issues. If your browser happens to have a FileBulldog toolbar, be careful. It’s not a very friendly application which you’d better get rid of right away.
What is a FileBulldog Redirect?
FileBulldog , also known as search.filebulldog.com, is defined as a browser redirect problem which one should watch out especially when surfing online. This kind of virus usually starts its infection with the first target – browsers. FileBulldog redirect seems to be another toolbar that’s been added on your browser and provides you convenience and shortcuts to many web sites online, but it’s added without your approval and can lead you to fishy web sites where malware can be installed themselves in your computer automatically. FileBulldog is more like an adware or a potentially unwanted application. Considering the consequences that it might bring to you, it’s better to get rid of it instead of keeping it on your browsers. Read the rest of this post »
Published by Tony Shepherd on March 12, 2013 11:48 am
