PlusNetwork.com

Alias: PlusNetwork, PlusNetwork Toolbar, PlusNetwork Homepage, PlusNetwork Adware, PlusNetwork Search Hijacker, PlusNetwork FireFox, PlusNetwork Google Chrome

Description: PlusNetwork.com is an adware program that hijacks your homepage and redirects your search results to websites affiliated with PlusNetwork.com. Additionally, PlusNetwork.com installs a toolbar that displays advertisements. To remove PlusNetwork.com from Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google Chrome, download and install SpyNoMore.

Threat type:

Homepage Hijacker - A Homepage Hijacker is a software application that takes control over your browser's settings. Usually it changes your home page and redirects it to some other site or modifies your search settings. It prevents you to change browser's settings. In such hijacks, your browser may operate normally, but be much slower.

Search Hijacker - A Search Hijacker redirects your Google, Yahoo, Bing and other search engine search results to unfamiliar websites. Search Hijacker infections are usually the result of a malware infection. Takes control of your browser's default search engine. The search results may not necessarily be the best fit as those usually come from paid advertisements, as issued to you by the Hijacker authors. Search hijackers prevent you from changing your browser's default search engine, and they tend to slow down PC performance.

Toolbar - A Toolbar is a group of buttons that performs different tasks. Unwanted toolbars are usually installed by adware programs that try to send users to their paying advertisers.

Advice: Remove This is a very high risk threat and should be removed immediately as to prevent harm to your computer and / or to protect your privacy.

Detection:
SpyNoMore removes PlusNetwork.com: Yes

Threat risk: High Risk

Very dangerous malware. Can log user's keyboard activity and take snapshots of the user's screen. Uses stealth installation and removal is very difficult. Category includes spyware programs, adware programs and trojans.

Symptoms:

PlusNetwork.com homepage gets installed in Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google Chrome.

PlusNetwork.com Toolbar appears atop your browser.

Frequent advertisements.

Redirected search results.

PlusNetwork.com Signature Details: The following information includes some of the standard signatures associated with this spyware threat. Please do not attempt to manually remove these items from your computer; Removing these items incorrectly or partially can cause your computer to experience critical errors, prevent your computer from restarting or cause loss of Internet connectivity. Should you be infected with PlusNetwork.com, you can clean your computer by downloading SpyNoMore now.

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