IncognitoSearchWeb is a generic browser hijacker infection. Its presence is accompanied by changes to your browser’s settings. In particular, incognitosearchweb.com will be set as your homepage and nearbyme.io as your default search engine. These changes will come out of the blue and be made without your explicit permission. Fortunately, that is as far as the hijacker will directly affect your computer.…
JustVideoSearch is a generic browser hijacker infection that makes unwanted changes to the browser’s settings. If justvideosearch.com loads as your homepage every time you open your browser, and all your searches are done via nearbyme.io, you have this browser hijacker installed on your computer. It’s, fortunately, not a serious infection and does not directly harm the computer. It mainly tries to…
WebSearchStreams is a browser hijacker that will set websearchstreams.com as your homepage and nearbyme.io as your default search engine. The hijacker will not directly harm your computer so it’s not considered to be a particularly harmful infection. However, in addition to the changes, it will also attempt to redirect you to sponsored websites to generate traffic and revenue. The redirects will…
SportSearchNow browser hijacker will set sportsearchnow.com as your homepage and nearbyme.io as your default search engine. Your browser loading those sites is a sign that your computer is infected with a browser hijacker. As far as computer threats go, this browser hijacker is pretty generic. It comes from a family of browser hijackers that all look more or less identical to…
WebMusicSearch is a generic browser hijacker that will set webmusicsearch.com as your homepage and nearbyme.io as your default search engine. These changes are made without your explicit permission in order to redirect you to sponsored websites. However, hijackers don’t directly harm the computer so WebMusicSearch is not a particularly dangerous infection. Despite this, you should remove WebMusicSearch sooner rather than later as there…
VideoSearchCenter is a generic browser hijacker that will set videosearchcenter.com as your homepage and nearbyme.io as your default search engine. The hijacker will not directly harm your computer but in addition to the browser setting changes, it will also try to redirect you to sponsored websites in order to generate traffic and revenue. Furthermore, the hijacker will track your browsing and…
If your homepage has been changed to prosportsearch.com without your permission, you have the ProSportSearch browser hijacker installed. It’s not a serious infection but it can be annoying to deal with. It will make unwanted changes to the browser’s settings, set prosportsearch.com and nearbyme.io as your homepage and default search engine respectively. These changes are made to make redirecting you to sponsored websites…
PDFConverterSearchNet is a browser hijacker that sets pdfconvertersearchnet.com as your homepage without your permission. Browser hijackers are quite minor infections that mainly focus on exposing you to sponsored content. This hijacker will push you to use the nearbyme.io search engine that alters search results to contain sponsored results. Redirecting users to those sponsored websites is the main goal of these browser…
If your browser is suddenly loading moviesearchonline.com every time you open your browser, your computer is infected with a very generic MovieSearchOnline browser hijacker. It’s a pretty minor infection that doesn’t directly harm the computer. However, as you’ve likely already noticed, it does make unwanted changes to your browser’s settings without permission. It will also try to redirect you to sponsored websites…
SportSearchly is a generic browser hijacker that gets installed without your explicit permission. While it’s not a dangerous computer infection, it will make unwanted changes to the browser’s settings. It will set sportsearchly.com as the homepage and nearbyme.io as the default search engine. The hijacker will also try to redirect you to sponsored websites by altering your search results. Some of…