Toolbar/Homepage Hijacker/StartPage.ey

Alias: Trojan.Win32.StartPage.ey, SearchForIt

Description: 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.

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.

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 or your privacy.

Detection:
SpyNoMore detects Toolbar/Homepage Hijacker/StartPage.ey: Yes

Threat risk: Medium Risk

Potentially dangerous malware. May collect sensitive user information and broadcast data back to a server with "opt-out" permission. Category includes most adware programs.

Symptoms:

Toolbar/Homepage Hijacker/StartPage.ey hides from the user and stays resident in background.

Toolbar/Homepage Hijacker/StartPage.ey changes browser settings.

Toolbar/Homepage Hijacker/StartPage.ey 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 Toolbar/Homepage Hijacker/StartPage.ey, you can clean your computer by downloading SpyNoMore now.

Running Process Signatures:
N/A

File Signatures:
%WINDOWS%\system32\replacesearch.dll

Registered Dll (Dynamic Link Library) Signatures:
N/A

Folder Signatures:
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Registry Signatures:
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SpyNoMore Collected Residual File Signatures:
N/A

See Also:
Adware/DNLExe
Toolbar/NetVision
Adware/BHO/Dialer/VB.br
Hijacker/Mslink32
Adware/BHO/Toolbar/PopMonster
Adware/Hijacker/WhyPPC
Trojan/Backdoor/RAT/Oblivion.01.A.dam
Trojan/Backdoor/Afcore.Y
Backdoor/Afcore
Trojan/Backdoor/Apdoor.gen