I think I have got a problem on my computer. Or more accurately, this problem happens on my browser. My homepage has been changed to be Search-Quick.com which I don’t familiar with. It looks like a search engine for my online activities. But when I try to use it to search something, the result can be bad as it can always redirect me to some advertisement websites. How can I solve this problem? Please help.
Brief Introduction to This Website
Search-Quick.com pretends to be a legit search engine to cheat people to use. However, it is a evil product made by cyber hackers and the purpose of it is to help cyber hackers for illegal incomes. Also, this hijacker can redirect users to some other sponsored links which can increase those websites’ ranking on the Internet. People can get many fake E-coupons and relevant advertisements as this hijacker can record the users’ search query. People are lured to purchase useless stuff from those websites, which is a way for cyber hackers to steal the financial information from unsuspecting users. So, it is necessary for computer users who get this redirect infection on their computers to take action to get this thing off.
Cyber hackers who design this Search-Quick.com can forge it with a legit appearance just like other search engines look. When innocent computer users come to this website for the first time, they can hardly judge it as a computer threat. They would fall into this trap as the interface of it can be harmless. Inexperienced users can allow it to be their homepage when it asks them. Also, computer users can get attacked by this browser hijacker when they download programs carelessly. That’s to say, cyber hackers can implant this infection to other programs and upload them to the network for people to download and use. Once the corrupted programs are installed on the machines, this hijacker can be installed as well. Users will never notice that as the operation is performed on the backdoor.
This hijacker can corrupt the browsers installed on the infected machines. The homepage can be modified to be Search-Quick.com and user cannot be able to change it back. Other browser settings like DNS can be changed as well, which can cause many unwanted problems when people go online. Users need to take a long time to load web pages and some basic functions can be disabled. What’s worse, it is a kind of computer threat that cannot be detected by anti-virus programs if users have one. It can help many other computer viruses to come and make further damages to the affected machines as it can redirect users to many other malicious websites.
The properties of Browser Hijacker
-Can not be detected by your anti-virus software, which makes it hard to uninstall from the computer.
-Once you open your browser, you will be redirected to some unknown websites.
-Can slow down the performance of the computer, or even blue screen.
-Can pop up many unwanted advertisements when you are doing something else.
-Can change your settings in your browser and it is not easy to change it back.
Manual Removal Guide of Browser Hijacker (For Computer Literate)
There is a removal guide of Browser Hijacker provided here; however, expertise is required during the process of removal, please make sure you are capable to do it by yourself.
Step 1: Find Ctrl, Alt, and Delete these 3 keys and then press them together to open task manager to end the process related to this hijacker, the name of the process of it is random.
Step 2: Try to find Folder Options in Control Panel, select the View tab, and then tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK.
Step 3: Click on Start button at the right lower corner, then click on Control Panel
Then you will come to the Control Panel windows, click on Add and Remove Programs
Then try to find the program which relates to this browser hijacker, highlight it and choose Remove, the program’s name is random.
Step4: Change your homepage in your browser (Take Internet Explorer as an Example)
From the Navigation toolbar in Internet Explorer, click Tools and select Internet Options.
Then type the URL you want into the Home page box and then click OK
Conclusion:
Search-Quick.com is not a trustworthy website for people to visit as it is a browser hijacker that can generate many troubles to computer users once it infiltrates target computers. Users can get troubled by many pop-ups during the use. And those pop-ups can slow down the performance of the infected machines. Users can get black screen and BSOD suddenly on the corrupted machines which can damage the hardware. Users should find a proper way to remove Search-Quick.com as soon as possible.
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