My Windows XP computer is facing an unknown problem now. My anti-virus program cannot detect it for me. Here is the problem, every time I go online, I must be redirected to a page named Searchgle.com and keep getting strange pop-ups. I’m not sure what I have done to my computer as my computer knowledge is quite short. Is this page a safe site for me to keep? It looks harmless. Am I right?

Brief Introduction to This Page

Nowadays, some computer users can face this Searchgle.com page on their systems when they go online. It is easy for computer users to judge it as a legit search engine as we can only see a search box on its interface. However, we don’t suggest PC users to visit to page or use this page as their search engine. It has been approved that this page is a kind of computer threat which can make damages to the infected systems. We can call it a browser hijacker or redirect infection. What makes the situation worse is that this kind of computer threat doesn’t belong to any type of computer virus that can be caught by security tools, which means that when this hijacker sneaks into target computers, computer users will never be warned by their protection tools.

The Screenshot of This Hijacker

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Cyber hackers who create this Searchgle.com browser hijacker can utilize the Internet as their largest source to hide it. Usually, cyber hackers can take control some pages and corrupt them to be their proxy servers to store this infection. They will implant the scripts of this hijacker to those affected sites so that once computer users go to those pages, they will be redirected to the page of this browser hijacker. Also, hackers can forge this hijacker as a program for people to install. They can upload this fake program to some unsafe pages for people to download and some inexperienced users can fall into its trap.

Once this Searchgle.com hijacker infiltrates target computers, it will control all the browsers installed on the systems. So it is useless to switch another browser as the entire systems can be corrupted by it as well. This hijacker can slow down the performance of the infected computers greatly by generating tons of irrelevant pop-ups to users. What’s worse, the infected computers can be completely compromised if people click those links by mistake as they are also designed by cyber hackers. This hijacker can help many other computer malware to come and make further troubles to the infected computers.

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 Searchgle.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:

When you get this Searchgle.com hijacker on your system, you will no longer have a good experience on using it as this hijacker can cause a lot of problems and troubles to you. With the help of this hijacker, your sensitive information can be taken the risk of being stolen by cyber hackers. Also, this hijacker can download many other kinds of computer viruses to the infected computers which can make the condition even worse. To ensure your computer safe from virus attacks, this hijacker must be removed in time.
Suggestion: To follow removal guide that mentioned above, a level of computer knowledge is needed. Still can’t get out of Searchgle.com? Contact online experts for help now!

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on June 4, 2016 4:54 am

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