Hey, please help me!! I think I am hijacked now on www-searching.com. It keeps popping up ads, banner and other information. And it doesn’t allow me to close those windows. I think I have to shut down my computer to stop those annoying pop-up ads, but I know that if I cannot remove this stuff, it will be still on my browser to interrupt me to do any other tasks. Unfortunately, I don’t know how to do with this stuff thing at all. You know, I’m not a computer savvy and I am afraid that my stupid skill may kill my computer. Please help me remove it now.

Description of Www-searching.com Hijacker

Www-searching.com is not a trustful website and search tool. It’s actually a browser hijacker or a redirect infection to attack your web browser like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Safari. When it is installed on your computer, it will add extensions to change your homepage and original search engine without your permission. In this way, it can spy on what you do online and redirect you to sponsored links, unknown websites. At the beginning, this browser hijacker is not so harmful as those dangerous Trojan horse, ransomware, or spyware, but gradually it may introduce those infectious infections to smash the system. When this redirect infection leads you to malicious websites where there are different pop-ups, if you click on something wrong, then you will bring other threats, because those pop-up ads are usually infected with virus. That’s way this hijacker always redirects you to unknown websites. in fact, this Www-searching.com can be also treated as a platform of promoting sponsored products or malwares to infect more and more targeted computer. And next some virus will help remote hackers to access your computer and take out your sensitive information stored in computer, Internet website or email for illegal purpose.

Generally, browser hijacker like Www-searching.com and other infections are usually spread on the Internet around the world. And many PC users may suffer from financial loss or getting into unimaginable troubles. This hijacker cannot be called a virus but an extension or plugin, so no antivirus program can detect and remove it. That is why it can sneak into computer without your notice. It usually gets on computer by bundling with free software downloading or users visiting malicious websites contain porn material or clicking on strange attachment of junk email. Therefore, you should keep an eye on what you do online carefully. If computer has got www-searching.com redirect and you cannot delete it timely, the system will load and run more process when this hijacker brings other threats. The more processes running in the system, the slower the computer performs. Therefore, computer will suffer from a slow performance suddenly even a crash of infected system as time passes but users cannot do anything with the chaos on the computer. Anyway, this redirect infection only does bad effect to computer and put computer security into worse situation. You must eradicate it soon before further damages.

Main Traits of Www-searching.com Hijacker

-Can change your homepage or the default search engine to Www-searching.com and it totally prevents you from changing them back

-Can always redirect you to other websites

-Can pop up various advertisements and sponsored links randomly to interrupt your online activities

-Can create many junk files which occupy a lot of space in hard drive

-Can download other malicious programs into computer, which make further damage.

-Can collect and send data concerning your search history and other browsing activities.

-Your sensitive information can be tracked and stolen by hacker who can access to your computer with the help of this browser hijacker.

NOTE: If you find any of these symptoms on your computer, that proves your PC is under attack and seriously infected with Www-searching.com hijacker. If you are not a computer savvy, Please contact YooSecurity Online PC Experts to remove this browser hijacker virus for you.

The Screenshot of Www-searching.com Hijacker

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Manual Removal Guide of Browser Hijacker (For Computer Literate)

There is a removal guide of Www-searching.com 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 Www-searching.com 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:

Www-searching.com hijacker is a harmful redirect infection to the computer. It changes the homepage and search engine totally and prevents online users from changing back, redirects them to its URL or other malicious websites, steals their personal data and displays endless pop-ups on the screen to prevent them from getting online normally and smoothly. Don’t think this redirect infection is not as harmful as those stubborn viruses like Trojan horse, ransomware, worms, since this redirect can also bring those harmful viruses to infect the computer, which will greatly slow down PC and make it run as a snail and further harm to mess up system files and damage system severely.

Suggestion: To follow removal guide that mentioned above, a level of computer knowledge is needed. Still can’t get out of Www-searching.com hijacker? Contact online experts for help now!

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on January 6, 2015 11:12 am

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