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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 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. 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. CnsMin CnsMin is another keyword service that replace search feature of IE with its own. CnsMin variant 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. 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.
IstBar.gen 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. 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. Look2Me Look2Me monitors the web sites you visit and sends the log to the its server. Look2Me will also open pop-up windows. LOP LOP is a spyware program that can hijack your start page and / or Internet Explorer search features. LOP spyware generates pop-up advertisements and can redirect your searches to one of its many affiliated sites. Different variants of LOP spyware may monitor your online activity, add shortcuts to the Favorites menu, add a toolbar to Internet Explorer, install porn dialers, generate pornographic pop-ups, and load other spyware onto the system. LOP is usually bundled with freeware and shareware programs (such as Messenger Plus) but is also known to be hidden in software crack files (crack files are illegal workarounds that unlock commercial programs). Lycos Sidesearch 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. Marsfind Search Helper MaxSearch MegaSearch 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. NavExcel Adware is any software application in which advertising is displayed while the program is running. The authors of these applications include additional code that delivers the ads, which can be viewed through pop-up windows or through a bar that appears on a computer screen and sometimes through text links or in search results. Adware may or may not track personal information. It may also gather information anonymously or in aggregate only. Networking Adware is a software application, which displays advertisements on your computer. Advertisements can be displayed through pop-up/pop-under windows, additional bars or toolbars, underlined links or buttons that appear on a computer screen. Adware applications include additional code that delivers the ads. Usually, author of adware earns some money when users click on those ads. Occasionally, adware includes code that tracks user’s personal information or passes it to third parties, without the user’s permission or knowledge. Not all adware applications are bad and need to be removed immediately (even if they track some personal information). 1 2
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