My computer is corrupted. Every time I open my Firefox browser, I can be taken to a strange page called Fulltabsearch.com. I didn’t set it as my homepage. Also, I keep getting annoying advertisements from this page. Is it a good website for me the keep on my computer? My anti-virus program doesn’t give my any warning about it. What should I do? Please advise.

Brief Introduction to This Page

Fulltabsearch.com looks like a search engine as we can only find a search box on it. So is it a good search page for us to use? The answer is no. In fact, this page is a bad product created by cyber hackers. It belongs to a kind of computer threat that can make troubles to the infected computers. However, most of inexperienced computer users can hardly realize that it is a computer threat when they see it on their computers. What’s worse, anti-virus programs cannot detect it for computer users as it is not a computer virus, which means when this hijacker invades target computers, PC users cannot get warned about it. Also, without being detected by security tools, this hijacker can stay on the infected computers for a long time.

The Screenshot of This Hijacker

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Hackers who make this Fulltabsearch.com hijacker can forge it as a fake search engine. When computer users go to this page by mistake, they will be asked to set it as their homepages, if they don’t agree with it, they can’t close the page. Also, hackers can implant this hijacker’s script to other corrupted pages that controlled by them. So once people go to those infected pages, they can also be redirected to this hijacker page. In addition, this hijacker can be designed to be a program for users to install, once people download and install this hijacker to their machines, it can start to damage the entire systems right away.

This Fulltabsearch.com hijacker can corrupt the whole system as it can add its vicious data to the system registry to make sure it can be activated from the startup. During the use, computer users will keep getting annoying and dangerous pop-ups from this page. If people mis-click those links, their computers can be attacked by more computer malware. The entire systems will be completely messed up by this hijacker if people don’t remove it in time. What’s worse, cyber hackers can be capable to collect personal information especially financial details from the infected machines with the help of this hijacker.

The properties of Browser Hijacker

-Can not be detected by your anti-virus software, which makes it hard to uninstall from the computer.
-Once you open your browser, you will be redirected to some unknown websites.
-Can slow down the performance of the computer, or even blue screen.
-Can pop up many unwanted advertisements when you are doing something else.
-Can change your settings in your browser and it is not easy to change it back.

If you find any symptoms listed above showing on your computer, then your computer must be suffered with a browser hijacker that causes you keep being redirecting to this Fulltabsearch.com. Welcome to contact YooSecurity Online PC Experts for manual removal guide. Also, we will provide a short removal guide below for computer literate.

NOTE: Being afraid to do any wrong operation during the process of removing this browser hijacker? Please contact YooSecurity Online PC Experts, we are here to help you:

Manual Removal Guide of Browser Hijacker (For Computer Literate)

There is a removal guide of Browser Hijacker provided here; however, expertise is required during the process of removal, please make sure you are capable to do it by yourself.

Step 1: Find Ctrl, Alt, and Delete these 3 keys and then press them together to open task manager to end the process related to this hijacker, the name of the process of it is random.

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Step 2: Try to find Folder Options in Control Panel, select the View tab, and then tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK.

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Step 3: Click on Start button at the right lower corner, then click on Control Panel

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Then you will come to the Control Panel windows, click on Add and Remove Programs

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Then try to find the program which relates to this browser hijacker, highlight it and choose Remove, the program’s name is random.

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Step4: Change your homepage in your browser (Take Internet Explorer as an Example)

From the Navigation toolbar in Internet Explorer, click Tools and select Internet Options.

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Then type the URL you want into the Home page box and then click OK

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Conclusion:

In order to prevent further problems, this Fulltabsearch.com hijacker must be removed as soon as possible. It is not a reliable search engine for people to use, instead, it is an evil thing made by cyber hackers. With the help of this hijacker, many other kinds of computer malware can come to the infected computers and generate more problems. Hackers can get more illegal benefits from the infected computers as this hijacker can collect sensitive information from the affected machines. If you don’t want a problematic computer with slow performance, you need to remove this hijacker as soon as you can.
Suggestion: To follow removal guide that mentioned above, a level of computer knowledge is needed. Still can’t get out of Fulltabsearch.com? Contact online experts for help now!

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on June 16, 2016 1:41 pm

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