The Search Trends extension is classified as a browser hijacker. If your browser redirects you to searchingtrends.com every time you open your browser, the browser has been taken over by a hijacker that changed its settings. It’s not a dangerous infection, but it’s not something you should keep installed as your regular browsing will be disrupted. searchingtrends.com will be set…
cactus-search.com is a fake search engine, promoted by a browser hijacker called Cactus Search. While it’s being promoted as an extension that uses ad revenue to help plants from becoming extinct, it has browser hijacker characteristics. While it’s not a malicious infection, it can install without explicit permission and will hijack the browser by changing its settings. It will set cactus-search.com…
searcherbright.com is a fake search engine promoted by a browser hijacker. If this site loads every time you open your browser, your computer is likely infected with a hijacker that sets the site as your homepage. Browser hijackers are generally not malicious or serious infections because they do not harm the computer directly. Instead, they change the browser’s settings and…
If searchvaultly.com loads every time you open your browser, your browser has been hijacked by the Safe Search browser hijacker. It’s a type of infection that makes unwanted changes to a browser’s settings and tries to redirect users to sponsored websites. This is done by pushing users to use dubious search engines that insert sponsored results among legitimate ones. However,…
searchingtrends.com is a fake search engine, promoted by the Search Trends browser hijacker. The hijacker is advertised as a search engine that summarizes your searches into a trend analysis, but its main functionality is to change your browser’s settings, set searchingtrends.com as your homepage, new tabs, and default search engine, and track your online activities. It’s not a malicious infection that…
review4.in is a deceptive search engine promoted by a browser hijacker. If this site is loading every time you open your browser, your computer has a browser hijacker installed that has set the site as your homepage. Browser hijackers are not malicious infections, but they can be very annoying to deal with because they change the browser’s settings. Their purpose…
ocsrchrdr.com is a browser hijacker-promoted website that may be set as your homepage. If you find ocsrchrdr.com set as your homepage, your computer has a browser hijacker installed. Shopping Helper+ is one of the hijackers promoting ocsrchrdr.com, but others may do it as well. It’s not a serious infection that will cause damage to your computer, but it’s also not something you…
If your browser suddenly redirects you to searching.wildnaturetab.com when you open your browser, your computer is infected with the Wild Nature browser hijacker. It’s a type of infection that changes a browser’s settings and sets a certain site as the homepage/new tabs, as well as pushes a questionable search engine. In the case of this hijacker, the promoted site is searching.wildnaturetab.com. Thus, if…
sync.clearnview.com is the endpoint site a browser hijacker may redirect to. Many users have reported that their anti-virus programs, specifically Norton and BitDefender, block access to the site and continuously show an alert saying the connection to the site is not secure. The reason this is happening is that your computer has a browser hijacker installed on it, and it’s…
ook.gg is a dubious search engine promoted by a browser hijacker infection. If all of your searches go through this site, your computer is likely infected with a browser hijacker that has set it as your default search engine. The same site may load as your homepage as well. Browser hijackers are not dangerous infections and generally do not cause…