SpyNoMore Anti-Spyware: Spyware Removal Database - Search Hijacker

A Search Hijacker is a software application that 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.


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7FaSSt

7FaSSt is an Internet explorer toolbar which provides a search field and displays results of search engine 7search.com.

Aboutblank

Aboutblank is a member of the CoolWebSearch (CWS) spyware family that includes some of the most widely known and the most annoying browser hijackers. Aboutblank hijacks home page, address bar and default search engine of your Internet Explorer browser. Aboutblank captures your search and address requests and redirects them to various IP addresses and it prevents you from changing Internet Explorer's home page or default search engine. Aboutblank may also install other executable programs or browser helper objects that slow down your Internet connection and consume system resources. It distributes itself by exploiting security holes in older or unpatched versions of Internet Explorer.

ActualNames.SearchPike

A software that resets your browser's settings to point to other sites. Hijacks may reroute your info and address requests through an unseen site, capturing that info. In such hijacks, your browser may behave normally, but be slower.

Ad-Popper

Adware/Homepage Hijacker/Search Hijacker/Ad-Popper is a typical Adware program which shows commercial advertisements. It has been spotted few variants of Adware/Homepage Hijacker/Search Hijacker/Ad-Popper.

AdBlaster

From the Adware/BHO/Search Hijacker/AdBlaster publisher: "The Adblaster Corporation owns and operates one of the world's largest internet advertising and marketing networks, the Adblaster Advertising and Information Network (AAIN). We also help keep popular software applications free. We offer pop-up and pop-under campaigns that achieve high click through rates for our advertisers at the most competitive pricing anywhere."

Alexa

BHO/Toolbar/Search Hijacker/Alexa combines the Google search engine with Alexa's comprehensive site information and puts it all inside an Amazon.com interface. BHO/Toolbar/Search Hijacker/Alexa has a very clear EULA, but users should understand that their surfing habits will be anonymously aggregated.

Alexa (Alexa)

Url transmission vulnerability. It has been confirmed for Internet Explorer 6 on Windows 2000 and Windows XP with all Service Packs and hotfixes.

Aze Search

Aze Search Toolbar modifies the hosts and hijacks the following Domains to the following IP addresses:

BargainBuddy

Adware/BHO/Toolbar/BargainBuddy consists of an Internet Explorer browser helper object, and a process set to run at startup. The BHO monitors web pages requested and terms entered into forms. If there is a match with a preset list of sites and keywords, an advertisement may be shown. The process can contact its maker's server to download updates to the list of adverts and to the software itself.

bestclicksnow.com

Bestclicksnow.com is one of the websites that result from a Google Search Redirection Virus infection. If you run a Google search on a computer infected with this virus, your search results may be redirected to one of several websites among which is bestclicksnow.com. Infected computers also exhibit frequent popup advertisements.

bestwebsearch.com

Bestwebsearch.com is one of the websites that result from a Google Search Redirection Virus infection. If you run a Google search on a computer infected with this virus, your search results may be redirected to one of several websites among which is bestwebsearch.com. Infected computers also exhibit frequent popup advertisements.

Bulla

Bulla is a Browser Helper Object for Internet Explorer. It tries to search all pages you view in IE and replaces banner adverts with their own adverd controlled from their server.

CashBar

CashBar is an adware program created by cashsurfers. Its a bar where advertisemets are shown.

Central-24

Seems to be a dialer from Central 24 Communications company.

Clear-Search

A software that resets your browser's settings to point to other sites. Hijacks may reroute your info and address requests through an unseen site, capturing that info. In such hijacks, your browser may behave normally, but be slower.

cliccker.cn

Cliccker.cn is one of the websites that result from a Google Search Redirection Virus infection. If you run a Google search on a computer infected with this virus, your search results may be redirected to one of several websites among which is cliccker.cn. Infected computers also exhibit frequent popup advertisements.

clickover.cn

Clickover.cn is one of the websites that result from a Google Search Redirection Virus infection. If you run a Google search on a computer infected with this virus, your search results may be redirected to one of several websites among which is clickover.cn. Infected computers also exhibit frequent popup advertisements.

CnsMin

CnsMin is another keyword service that replace search feature of IE with its own.

CnsMin variant

co-mix-site.com

co-mix-site.com is one of several search hijackers that result from a trojan infection. Typically, computers infected with this trojan have their search results redirected (from Goolge, Yahoo, MSN and others) to irrelevant websites, in this case to lo-find.com. If your searches are being redirected to co-mix-site.com, chances are your computer is infected with a search redirect trojan. SpyNoMore safely and effectively removes this trojan.

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Comet

Adware/BHO/Toolbar/Comet consists of an Internet Explorer toolbar containing link buttons to the search engine at xupiter.com and a task run at Windows startup which downloads updates to the software and may launch pop-ups. It also contains functionality to periodically hijack your home page and search settings to point to xupiter.com, and add links pointing to xupiter.com to your bookmarks. Apart from the hijacking and added links, Adware/BHO/Toolbar/Comet will show pop-under advertisements when its controlling servers direct it to.

Comet Systems

From the publisher: 'The one and only cursor-changing utility ? now with over 4000 cursors. Always free. '

CommonName

BHO/Toolbar/Search Hijacker/CommonName is another 'keywords' service. It allows to type a company name instead of a URL. In addition to that service, BHO/Toolbar/Search Hijacker/CommonName displays annoying ads, so it can be clasificated like adware.

CommonName.Agent

Search Hijacker/CommonName.Agent is another 'keywords' service. It allows to type a company name instead of a URL. In addition to that service, Search Hijacker/CommonName.Agent displays annoying ads, so it can be clasificated like adware.

CommonName.Cnbabe

CommonName.Comwiz

CommonName.Mib

Search Hijacker/CommonName.Mib is another 'keywords' service. It allows to type a company name instead of a URL. In addition to that service, Search Hijacker/CommonName.Mib displays annoying ads, so it can be clasificated like adware.

CommonName.Winnet

Search Hijacker/CommonName.Winnet is another 'keywords' service. It allows to type a company name instead of a URL. In addition to that service, Search Hijacker/CommonName.Winnet displays annoying ads, so it can be clasificated like adware.

CommonName.Zenet

Search Hijacker/CommonName.Zenet is another 'keywords' service. It allows to type a company name instead of a URL. In addition to that service, Search Hijacker/CommonName.Zenet displays annoying ads, so it can be clasificated like adware.

couponmountain.com

Couponmountain.com is one of the websites that result from a Google Search Redirection Virus infection. If you run a Google search on a computer infected with this virus, your search results may be redirected to one of several websites among which is Couponmountain.com. Infected computers also exhibit frequent popup advertisements.

CWS.GonnaSearch

BHO/Toolbar/Search Hijacker/CWS.GonnaSearch is the most widely known and the most annoying browser hijacker. It distributes itself by exploiting security holes in older or unpatched version of Microsoft Internet Explorer. BHO/Toolbar/Search Hijacker/CWS.GonnaSearch has many variations, each of them with its own performance and actions.

CWS.Winproc32

Hijacker/Homepage Hijacker/Search Hijacker/CWS.Winproc32 is the most widely known and the most annoying browser hijacker. It distributes itself by exploiting security holes in older or unpatched version of Microsoft Internet Explorer. Hijacker/Homepage Hijacker/Search Hijacker/CWS.Winproc32 has many variations, each of them with its own performance and actions.

Delf.j

Trojan/Adware/Toolbar/Delf.j is a task, which run on Windows startup. It displays pop-up advertisements related to porn sites. Trojan/Adware/Toolbar/Delf.j periodically connects to its servers when an internet connection is present .

Diedix

DlToon

A variant of CoolWebSearch that changes your homepage to the site tooncomics.com and changes IE links to porn sites.

DNSHijacker-85.255

DNS Hijacker-85.255 is a trojan that alters the DNS servers on your computer to point to servers that are affiliated with the trojan creators, hence re-directing you to any site the they want. At its worst, this tactic can be used to trick you into thinking you have arrived at your banking website when in fact you are at a fake website that looks just like your bank's website. At its mildest, it can redirect your search results to various websites. For example, by adding google.com to their DNS server, they can make it so that when you run a search on google.com, they redirect your searches to any site(s) of their choice.

DotComToolBar.b

This is a program that sends your visited pages to its server.

Downloader-BT

Adware/BHO/Toolbar/Downloader-BT is another 'keywords' service. It allows to type a company name instead of a URL. In addition to that service, Adware/BHO/Toolbar/Downloader-BT displays annoying ads, so it can be clasificated like adware.

Ezula

Adware/Toolbar/Dialer/Ezula is an adware and Internet Explorer plugin. Adware/Toolbar/Dialer/Ezula will add extra links to your viewed web pages.

Goking

Grokster

Adware/Toolbar/Search Hijacker/Grokster is a peer-to-peer file sharing program. It offers free, peer-to-peer fast and detailed searches, no incomplete/failed downloads, auto resume, fast downloads, file preview, and ability to handle all file types. Adware/Toolbar/Search Hijacker/Grokster can severely degrade network performance and consume vast amounts of storage. Adware/Toolbar/Search Hijacker/Grokster installs numerous other products.

HotBar

Adware/BHO/Toolbar/HotBar adds graphical skins to Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express and Internet Explorer. Adware/BHO/Toolbar/HotBar adds its own toolbar and search button. These custom toolbars have keyword-targeted advertisements built into them. Adware/BHO/Toolbar/HotBar can send information on the web pages viewed to various servers which may be used for targeted marketing.

IBIS

Trojan/BHO/Toolbar/IBIS hijacks your saerch results. Lots of users don't read their terms and privacy policy. By agreeing you agree that they eill install other applications to your system.

IEDefender

IEDefender is a rogue anti-spyware tool. It scares the user with fake popup messages and tries to trick into buying of its full version. IEDefender infects computer through video codecs that come bundled with a Trojan such as Zlob Trojan.

IEDefender also acts as a BHO (browser helper object). It hijacks Yahoo, Google and MSN searches and displays popup alerts that your computer is infected.

Example of such fake alert text: "Your computer is infected! Some of your search results were changed by spyware. You have to clean your pc and we recommend to use our antispyware!"

internetsearchservice.com

Homepage and search hijacker, which intercepts link clicks and redirects you to sites that distribute fake anti-spyware tools such as MalWarrior, Windows Antivirus 2008, VirusHeat, AntiMalwareGuard, WinSpywareProtect, WinSpyKiller, etc. Internetsearchservice.com may be caused by Zlob trojan infection.

IstBar.gen (SideFind)

This trojan horse dowloader's aim is to break through the file blockers and start downloading various malware.

ISTbar.XXXToolbar

Hijacker/Toolbar/Search Hijacker/ISTbar.XXXToolbar is a homepage and search hijacker. It adds a toolbar to Internet Explorer and displays pop-ups, mostly from porn sites. Hijacker/Toolbar/Search Hijacker/ISTbar.XXXToolbar may also install other adware and spyware.

ix-find.com

ix-find.com is one of several search hijackers that result from a trojan infection. Typically, computers infected with this trojan have their search results redirected (from Goolge, Yahoo, MSN and others) to irrelevant websites, in this case to lo-find.com. If your searches are being redirected to ix-find.com, chances are your computer is infected with a search redirect trojan. SpyNoMore safely and effectively removes this trojan.

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KeenValue

KeyHost.a

Trojan/Adware/BHO/KeyHost.a displays popup ads from its advertisers while blocking the ads of others. It collects browsing habit information.

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