Well, I am afraid I get a malware. This browser-Detect.com pop-up always automatically opens in a new tab of Internet Explorer while I launch browser. I have tried to uninstall IE and reinstall back to get rid of it. I thought it would work but fail. Now it still pops up aggressively. I know the key files of this infection are still on my computer, but I don’t know how to catch it and remove. I also try to launch Norton scanner, but I can’t find any suspicious. I am very frustrated. What can I do to stop those annoying popup? Please help.
Description of Browser-detect.com Pop-up
Browser-Detect.com pop-up is classified as a browser hijacker, which is mainly caused by malicious ad-supported extension or adware or PUPs that are bundled with free software or application downloaded from the Internet. Most PC users usually download and install some free programs or applications into computer, but some free software may be packaged with infectious add-on, extension or adware. If that malicious stuff is dropped on the targeted computer, it will launch annoying tasks. Therefore, when the extensions or files of browser-Detect.com are installed on targeted computer, many pop-ups will show aggressively. This browser hijacker is a platform to throw advertising and promote unknown and malicious adware, malware or other infections. To achieve this goal, this hijacker will register itself as a plugin or add its extension to web browsers like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Safari. And browser-Detect.com change the homepage and replaces default search engine with itself. Thus it can totally control your browser and block you access anything you expected. When you search anything on browser, you only get unrelated result; when you enter any websites’ URLs you expected, you’re instead redirected to another strange and suspicious website. Usually you will see fake update notification popping up from this hijacker’s webpage, which states you need to update some kind of program like video player, adobe flash to the latest version available to continue next operation on your browser. Clicking to update will install malwares into your computer.
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Published by Tony Shepherd on October 7, 2014 8:41 am
When I launched the Firefox this morning, I got this Themedia-player.com ads displayed on the Internet browser automatically. Many annoying pop-up ads or messages appeared on my computer screen at the same time. I owned two anti-virus programs, but neither of them seems to pick up the browser adware. How to get this pesky adware infection off the computer? If you have no clue, please follow manual removal guide below to deal with the browser adware safely.
Brief Introduction about This Themedia-player.com ads
Themedia-player.com ads is a hazardous adware infection that PC users should be aware of its great risk. It is a definitely unwanted program installed in a target computer automatically. Upon arrival, the adware infection takes control of the affected computer to perform malicious actions there. As designed, the adware has the ability to exploit your system leaks to deliver potential threats including rootkits, worms and malware etc. Many PC victims complain that there are some unwanted extensions, plug-ins and add-ons installed in the affected computers without any knowledge. Indeed, the malicious adware infection may help those unknown freeware add to your computer secretly. It is capable to degrade your system performance and affect functions of normal programs. For instance, the adware infection causes the victimized computer to get constant system stuck and even freezes during processes of launching system, running large programs and loading web pages and so on. You may get some weird application errors and script errors when surfing the Internet or launching programs. To make it worse, the browser adware is hardly deleted via the antivirus which can be disabled terribly. In this situation, PC users had better clean out the adware infection manually at an early time.
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Published by Tony Shepherd on October 6, 2014 12:50 pm
What can I do now? I think I am now experiencing a browser hijacker on the Mozilla Firefox. There are tons of ads flying from this search.yac.mx web page. Wow, the desktop is messed up and I can see several strange shortcuts on the desktop. Now internet speed becomes slow and many webpages will be loading for a long time but at last some cannot be opened at all. It is very annoying. I need it completely getting out of my computer, please help!
Description of Search.yac.mx Hijacker
Search.yac.mx is a dangerous browser hijacker attacking web browser with malicious codes. It can change your homepage and default search engine, block you access to any expected search results and redirect you to malicious webpage where unwanted and annoying ads pops up unstoppably and sponsored links shows. This hijacker also makes your web browser run sluggishly or changes your DNS setting to block your access Internet. On the other hand, it even can spy on your internet activities and use cookies to collect your online traces and then steal personal sensitive information or data like mail box’s account and password, credit card or online banking details, which will make your personal data in a high risk of being let out or cause your financial loss. Now you should learn that search.yac.mx hijacker is a threat to your personal information security and financial security. Therefore, you should remove this hijacker as soon as possible.
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Published by Tony Shepherd on October 6, 2014 1:28 am
I got this CheckThisToday.com pop-up automatically soon as I launched the Internet browser. My default browser homepage was modified by the pesky browser adware which caused many computer damages and loss. The adware infection made me really freaked out, but it can’t seem to be deleted via security programs. What can I do to get rid of the browser adware from the computer? Benefit yourself from this post and remove the adware infection with following redirect removal instructions.
Brief Introduction about This CheckThisToday.com pop-up
CheckThisToday.com pop-up is a malicious browser adware that displays random pop-up ads or messages on hijacked Internet browsers. It gets into the victimized computer while you visit harmful websites, accept unknown attachments from doubtful ends and download free software from affected web pages. Upon installation, the adware infection adds to your Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Opera etc. It takes over the target computer and makes great troubles to net users during Internet searches. In details, the browser adware has its own search system and it triggers pesky redirect issues. When you click on web links and search for favorite keywords, you will find that all Internet searches are forcibly redirected to unwanted web pages loaded on the bogus search engine. Such an adware infection can change your desktop background, browser homepage and other settings without your consent. It just becomes a big obstacle for net users to visit Facebook, Twitter and Yahoo mail and so forth. Actually, the browser adware remains the risk to pilfer important information from unknown victims for cyber hackers to gain illegal profits. To enjoy a clean computer, PC users should take actions to delete the browser adware completely.
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Published by Tony Shepherd on October 5, 2014 12:28 pm
It is really weird, every time I open my Chrome, I got this websearch.allsearches.info instead. I can’t set any other domain to be the homepage. I wonder there must be something bad on my computer that causes this problem. But, it is really hard for me to solve the problem by my own as I am not quite computer person. How can I fix it? Please help! Thanks in advance.
Brief Introduction to This Website
What is this websearch.allsearches.info? From its name, we can easily know it is a website that provides online search for computer users. Also, when we go to this domain, from its appearance, we can simply find a few materials on it. There is only a search box in the middle of the page, under that box, you will be given a GIF picture claiming that you will get a chance to win some stuffs which worth a lot of money. People can think it is a search engine just like some other famous search websites on the Internet. However, the fact is contrary. This website is not a trustworthy domain for people to visit, it is believed and reported by many victims that it belongs to be a browser hijacker, which is a kind of computer threat that can harm the infected computer. Read the rest of this post »
Published by Tony Shepherd on October 3, 2014 12:46 pm
I have a problem to open links, every time I open my browser or a new tab in it, this start.mysearchs.com appears. It looks like a good website for me to do the online search. But when I try to change the default homepage, it won’t let me. I did some research on the web and was told that this thing is not a good stuff, so what can I do to get rid of it? Please advise.
Brief Introduction to This Website
Start.mysearchs.com is a computer threat with a confusing name. People can be cheated by its name as it sounds like a legit website for people to visit. And in order to strengthen the reliability, its appearance can be alike with many other reputable search engines like Google and Bing. We can only find a few contents on the page, it lists Web, Images and Videos and a search box on it which looks totally harmless. However, when you try to use it to do some search, you will figure out what you will get are not the real result you expect, instead, you will be given many unwanted advertisements and sponsored links with attractive stuffs. Do not be lured to click any of them, otherwise, you will make the situation worse. Read the rest of this post »
Published by Tony Shepherd on October 2, 2014 5:31 am
I think I just got myself into a trouble, and this trouble is really annoying. All my explorer were just hijacked by HomeTab, I made a stupid mistake, I click a link from my email which claimed I won a top prize from a range of survey, the prize is Iphone 6 plus, I mean I was intending to buy one anyway, and this is for free, why not? Then my mistake got me this HomeTab hijacker, and I don’t know how to get rid of me, I guess someone who is computer whiz may know about this hijack, can you please help me?!
Brief Introduction to HomeTab hijacker
HomeTab hijacker is a browser hijacker that can totally mess up your Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. It’ll make your homepage change to HomeTab, it will disguise itself like a search provider which people may not unfamiliar with that, we use google all the time to search the information we want, however, this one, it’s a fake one, if you try to type some words in it, and press the button, it will get you nothing but some commercial sites which may be malicious and keep popping ads and video for you. Each time you try to open a new tap, it may redirect you to the sites you don’t like. The cyber criminals create this kind of hijacker from time to time that’s because these build traffic for them and they may make profit from that. Read the rest of this post »
Published by Tony Shepherd on October 1, 2014 6:45 am
Oh, my god! I was hijacked. Browse-search.com enters on my computer and modifies my homepage and search engine on the Mozilla Firefox. Now different kinds of ads pop up. Clicking them to close is in vain, and I have to reset Internet setting of Mozilla Firefox, but it doesn’t work. Hijacker is still there. I feel browser runs slower than before and sometimes even crashes. It should damages something important of the browser. Can you guys connect my computer to kill this nasty hijacker? I need it completely getting out of my computer.
Description of Browse-search.com Hijacker
Many PC users have been attacked by an annoying browser hijacker called Browse-search.com. This browser hijacker is created by cyber criminals to spread ads, malware, virus, worm and other threats to infect computer. People get this nasty hijacker mainly via drive-by download from the virus-infected and unsafe webpages. To further illustrate, when people visit and download what they need from a virus-infected webpage, this browser hijacker even other threats will come to your computer during the process of downloading things. Or it can activate itself and install into your computer without your notice once you visit virus-infected website. While entering into your computer, Browse-search.com modifies the default setting of your browser to take control of browser totally. Thus it will be more convenient and easy for this hijacker to change your homepage, replace original search engine, block your resource, and redirect your search to some unknown malicious websites which contain various threats like attractive porn video, flash picture, pop-up ads, fake update message or dangerous links. Once your computer gets this browse-search.com redirect, and then whatever you try to look up on via search engine, you will always be redirected to its URL or its related malicious websites which also have viruses like malwares, adwares, worms, Trojans, aggressive toolbar, extensions or add-ons. If your computer is infected with one of these infections, your computer will becomes sluggish or the state of computer will become more severe.
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Published by Tony Shepherd on September 30, 2014 12:42 pm
Hello, can you help me solve this problem? Now I can see endless pop-up ads displaying on the webpage from the website search. Snapdo.com, but this website is not my homepage and I don’t want this website at all. I even don’t know how it comes to my Internet Explorer and becomes the homepage and search engine, and the Google search is disappeared. I think I am experiencing a browser hijacker which has taken over my browser, but I don’t know how to deal with this problem, because I am not familiar virus removal and I worry I may do something wrong to my system files. Please help!
Description of Search.snapdo.com Hijacker
Search.snapdo.com is a kind of browser hijacker attack which takes over browsers like Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google chrome, etc and change default homepage and search engine. It can create many troubles on your computer. It comes by bundling into those freeware, application you downloading from the Internet or when you visit suspicious websites about porn, game, gambling and so on. You should notice that hackers or cyber criminals can upload the browser hijacker‘s file or process into those free application or unsafe websites, if you are not cautious to these stuff thing, you may be easy to get this browser hijacker or other adware, malware even stubborn virus like Trojan. When Search.snapdo.com is installed into your machine, it will plant its executable files into system and insert its extension to browser to change browser homepage and search engine without your notice. After it finishes all task of invading browser, it will start to perform its annoying activities when you get online. It blocks you to access any websites you favorite but instead brings you to those unknown websites with popping up endless ads, message banner or flash pictures. Even though you have tried many times to close those pop-up ads, you still cannot close them all. Its search engine cannot show you any correct answer to what you search. Some victims find that Search.snapdo.com is a hijacker and try to reset their browser, but they fail to do that, because this hijacker totally prevents victims from changing back. It first needs to be removed manually so that it can be deleted completely from your computer and you can reset your homepage or search engine back.
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Published by Tony Shepherd on September 30, 2014 9:13 am
My explorer just went crazy few minutes ago, I don’t know how, and I don’t why? My homepage had change to Spellso Hijacker without my permission, and I can’t change it back. However, that’s not the worse, each time I tried to open a new tap, it directed me to another site which looks like malicious one, keep popping ads and annoying videos from time to time. I literary uninstalled my explorer and reinstalled it again, the Spellso Hijacker thing won’t go away. I searched some information from internet and was told that’s a hijacker, how can I get rid of this tricky thing? Please help!
Brief Introduction to Spellso Hijacker
Spellso Hijacker is a browser hijacker, like many other hijackers, it usually will be bundled with free software which computer users can download from the Internet, it will mount itself silently without letting users know, most people may notice that after they launch the explorer and found that their homepage had been change to Spellso Hijacker. This one looks like a search provider, like Google, Bing etc, but actually that’s a fake one, even though you can type words in it, it may not lead you to the information you want and redirect you to sites all about ads and commercial info which could be very annoying, what’s worse, it does not work if you try ot change your homepage back or any other sites, and nothing is going to change even you reboot your computer! Although Spellso Hijacker offers various features, like quick access to your Facebook account, Youtube, Twitter, Digg, etc, it is not worth your trust. It’ll create more traffic for the creator by advertising various commercial pages to victims. They make advertising revenue by promoting affiliate links, so that make sense why there are so many hijackers spread on the internet. Read the rest of this post »
Published by Tony Shepherd on September 30, 2014 5:50 am
