Is Default-Search.net a browser hijacker? It display many pop ups ever since my homepage change to it. I cannot get rid of it completely, nor that I can remove its plug-ins. How can I remove it? Do I really need to remove it or it is safe to keep it in my computer?
More Details about Default-Search.net:
Default-Search.net is a malicious webpage that acts as a real search engine for its malicious purpose. It can be planted to the program or E-mail attachment by the cyber criminals, once the PC users install these infected programs or open the infected E-mail attachments, this browser hijack redirect will be able to get into the infected PC without victims’ permission. It disguises itself as a useful webpage, if the PC users have no idea about this browser hijack redirect, they may continue to use it. This browser hijack redirect can infect all the browsers on the infected machine like IE, Firefox, Google Chrome and other browsers. The settings like Internet and system option can be modified by it completely, that the why some PC users may lose their homepages and desktop images. It will let the infected PC stay in a high-risk of being attacked, you’d better remove it as soon as possible.
Once Default-Search.net slips into your computer successfully, it controls your browser completely. It is capable of occupying various kinds of major browsers (Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome etc.). You cannot use legitimate search engines normally in the computer to look for information. At the same time, a lot of annoying ads pop up to disturb your work in the computer. In addition, the performance of the computer becomes much worse. Sometimes you need to spend about 10 minutes waiting for webpage buffer. If you check your control panel, you may find some unknown programs are installed on the computer. There are a lot of unnecessary programs running in the background secretly. The redirect may interfere with antivirus software to make the computer vulnerable to virus infections. More importantly, cyber criminals will uses the loopholes it causes to collect your browsing habits and other valuable information stored in the computer. It is not so good to let strangers know about your information because nobody kno
ws how they use the information and you may suffer a great loss. Therefore, in order to protect your privacy, you had better remove Default-Search.net entirely.
Common Signs of Default-Search.net Infection
1 Windows firewall is disable and it would not be activated even you try to turn it on.
2 Fails to view hidden files; fails to make files viewable or hidden, since Default-Search.net sets all your folders on your partitions to be hidden.
3 The Trojan virus can block the functions of your antivirus programs, you can’t run them as well as updating them via Internet.
4 Other threats were found bundled with the trojan virus.
5 The virus propagates very fast and thus leads to great consumption of system resource and network bandwidth thus severely reduces the performance of your computer.
6 Create backdoor for intended hackers who will be able to control your computer and steal your important information such as private data and banking details.
7 The trojan virus attack and damage your system files and programs, you will find your computer is running weirdly and some programs are not able to run any more.
8 Default-Search.net Virus pretends as system files and automatically downloads other threats from remote servers when the Internet connection is available.
9 The nasty Trojan forces your computer restart or shutdown frequently and unreasonably. Sometimes you even found your PC is totally crash down.
- See more at: http://www.wintweaker.com/blog/effective-tips-to-remove-default-search-net-from-your-computer/
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