Malware Categories: Browser Hijacker

At the beginning of May, 2018, a new browser hijacker, called go.pajosh.com, started spreading rapidly amongst a virtual world users. Just like its previous releases go.bonefreeze.com and go.normandoh.com, go.pajosh.com virus targets the most commonly used browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer. Pajosh also mentions different software versions for PC, Mac and mobile … Continued

Palikan.com virus is a browser hijacker that can be installed on all major browsers. The program modifies your browser settings, replaces your homepage and default search provider. It can affect one or more of your browsers at the same time. You can easily see which ones were infected because once you open them, you will … Continued

Search.pandaviewer.com is described as a ‘fast and easy way to search the web’. But guess what: there are a bunch of search engines that are more prepared to offer you assistance while you are pursuing your goal to discover links that you are interested with. Exploring the Internet through unreliable or unknown engines is not … Continued

Myhome.parallaxsearch.com is a new application, enlarging the family of browser hijackers. Developed by Parallax Inc., this program tries to pass itself off as a legitimate search engine, while, actually, being a fake one. Myhome.parallaxsearch.com app gets on your computer’s system by stealth, carry out undesirable changes and puts the data and software, you have on … Continued

Search.pardessov.com or simply Pardessov is a malicious browser add-on that compromises MAC users. It spreads as a product that helps to download apps but also sneaks in with the help of other techniques. Search.pardessov.com is identical to search.kuklorest.com, search.pitchofcase.com, Search.shrinkmoron.com viruses and does the same malicious things like replacing the default victim’s homepage, search engine … Continued

PasswordLogic is a browser hijacker that barely has any useful features. It’s best to not use it to avoid having your browsing history exposed to even more advertisers and your new tab replaced with the ugly PasswordLogic tab. Also, PasswordLogic is detected by antivirus programs and is adjacent to malware and adware, so it’s a … Continued

PBlock+, as well as PBlocker+, PopBlock, and others, are browser extensions that block pop-ups, but also display advertisements and track user data. They show dangerous ads that could cause malware infections. The data that they collect may be used in targeted advertising. If PBlock+ is installed on your browser, it might be best to remove … Continued

PCH Search aka Newsearch.pch.com / Search.pch.com / Search & Win is a search engine of Publisher Clearing House – a marketing company. This company started in 1953 and is a legitimate one. However, the Search.pch.com search engine is a bit annoying and not really beneficial to the end user. This is for 2 reasons: First, It … Continued

Pconverter.com virus is regarded as a browser hijacker, created by Mindspark Interactive. These creators control a lot of browser extensions like TaxCenterNow, CryptoPriceSearch and MyImageConverter. As soon as people activated these toolbars in their Google Chrome browsers, they can notice that their previously selected home pages, default search providers and new tab pages are replaced … Continued

PDF Converter HD Search is a browser hijacker that spreads thanks to malicious ads and, once installed, hijacks browser settings to make sure that you use the websites that are partners of PDF Converter HD Search. This extension is related to a PDF files converter, but it’s completely unnecessary for that and only serves as … Continued

PDF-Searchz.com is a website that takes over web browsers and redirects their search queries to Yahoo. It may also show pop-up ads on your screen by using web notifications. PDF-Searchz.com spreads with the PDFSearchz extension. It’s promoted on download sites, video streaming sites, and torrenting websites. People don’t install it intentionally, as it doesn’t have … Continued

Pdf2DocPro New Tab Hijacker – browser hijacker that is likely to change the way you are browsing the Internet if this infection is operating on your web browser. What does a new tab hijacker mean? While most of the browser hijackers are taking over most of the assets – homepage, new tab page and default … Continued

Tab.pdfbaron.com virus transfers people to a search engine by Tersertude Ttd. Users have reported to notice this searching platform in their browsers’ preferences even though they did not make this modification intentionally. This behavior is common to mostly all browser hijackers, for instance, Chromesearch.today. If you notice PDF Baron web application installed, it could be … Continued

PdfConverter.pro is a website that will be constantly on your web browser if it is infected with “MediaTab TV – PdfConverter” add-on. It is classified as browser hijacker due to obvious reasons – this tool is distributed using unfair methods and automatically changes personal settings. Probably the worst part about this infection that users struggle … Continued

Pdfconverter-search.com is a simple site that doesn’t have much going on. It functions together with a browser extension called PDFConverterSearch. It reads what you search for online and then sends those queries to Yahoo.com. In short, Pdfconverter-search.com is adware. It wastes your time, disrespects your privacy, and the ads it shows might expose you to … Continued

PDFConverterSearchPro, if installed as an extension, takes control over your internet browsing. It hijacks your web search settings and opens Searchlee.com and other iffy websites. It also logs your browsing data and it may show pop-up ads on your screen. Its goal is to show you ads and sponsored webpages. In short about PDFConverterSearchPro: Classification … Continued

PDFConvertersSearch is a browser hijacker. It makes it so that internet search results are returned by Yahoo. And it uses notifications to show pop-up ads. To stop the Yahoo redirects, PDFConvertersSearch needs to be removed from the browser, together with any other hijackers that might be installed. To stop notifications from PDFConverters-search.com, browser settings need … Continued

Pdfconverttools.com is correctly detected as a browser hijacker that may unexpectedly inject its roots into Windows and Mac browsers. This normally occurs without the user’s authorization or consent. Once installed, pdfconverttools.com performs several unwanted modifications into the way browsers function. Users who encounter pdfconverttools.com are not satisfied with such amendments, so it is quite obvious … Continued

PdfEasyTool looks like it could help you with PDF conversion right in your web browser. Unfortunately, it also behaves in a way that’s characteristic of browser hijackers: PdfEasyTool changes some of your browser settings to show you ads and waste your time. If you have PdfEasyTool installed, consider removing it, as it is primarily there … Continued

PdfProDocs is a web browser tool that hijacks your web search while helping you convert any file to PDF. While PdfProDocs is installed, your web search results will be delivered by Bing regardless of what your settings were before installing it. And it doesn’t have options to choose your search site. PdfProDocs is far from any malware, … Continued

PDFPros is a notification-spamming search hijacker. This add-on to your browser is supposed to help you convert your various files to the PDF format, which can be useful in some circumstances. However, PDFPros is not a great tool to use, considering that it behaves like adware and tries to change your browsing habits in order … Continued

If you noticed the site Pdfsearchhq.com loading in your browser, then you may have got PDFSearchHQ in your browser. While PDFSearchHQ is installed, it is in control over your browser’s default – and over what internet search results you see. It also reads your browsing history and your search history. You can remove PDFSearchHQ and … Continued

From PDF to Doc, or FromPDFtoDoc, or PDFtoDOC Search, is a browser extension by Tightrope Interactive and it has similarities with many browser hijackers. This extension allows people to convert files between some of the most popular types by linking to a website that converts files. It also takes over the browser’s search settings for … Continued

Pesquisa.ninja virus is a browser hijacker that mainly targets Portuguese speaking countries. It is an exact replica of Dounty.com and Zwiiky.com malware samples. All of these suspicious search platforms interfere with users’ regular browsing and cause constant redirections. The main purpose of it is to promote sponsored websites and build traffic for them (). If … Continued

Petna Ransomware can be described as a lethal computer virus – ransomware. The main goal of it is to steal your important files and then ask you to pay a certain amount of money to get them back. And by ‘stealing’ we mean encrypting – adding an extension to the end of the name of … Continued

Photorito.me virus is created by the same suspicious developers that introduced Socopoco.com browser hijacker. However, these authors did not stop there and continued with production of similar projects. Therefore, we now have discussed G-search.pro and Omni-search.net hijackers that are created by the same dubious owners. Ever since September of 2017, web traffic to Photorito.me parasite … Continued

Pico-search.com might look like legitimate search engine at first look, but it is not true and you should not trust it. Pico-search.com is listed as browser hijacker, so if you have noticed it on your computer, you should immediately take action. It’s not very difficult to indicate whether your computer is infected with Pico-search.com or not because it changes home … Continued

Picpac.info website is hosted in Japan, and it has been founded in November of 2010. The last update it received was initiated a while ago, on May of 2015. After analyzing the website, we came across information that the its license expires on November of 2017 (that is if their owners won’t prolong the website’s … Continued

Pics4NewTab is a browser extension promoted through picslp.4newtab.com pop-ups. It is advertised as a feature to help you get free amazing pics every time you open a new tab in Google Chrome. The pop-up indicates you will be able to redesign your browser with these images, plus you may customize your New Tab with beautiful … Continued

Piesearch.com is a browser hijacker developed by a Hong Kong company called Adlegend Limited. It infiltrates into computers without users’ consent, disturbs their work on the Internet and affects the browser’s performance by changing the main search engine and default homepage to Piesearch.com. This browser virus is very similar to the other well-known hijackers like … Continued

Pirvatesearch, also known as privatesearch extension, is malicious application listed as browser hijacker. Even though it might look like legitimate search engine, it is not true and you should not use it. If you have noticed this infection on your computer, wait no more and deal with this problem right now. There are two most … Continued

Planet-surf.com virus is a browser hijacker that successfully infiltrates into most of the browsers, including Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari. The program replaces your homepage and forces you to use it as your main search provider. Although Planet-surf.com claims to be powered by Yahoo, it doesn’t provide reliable search results. On top … Continued

Planktab.com and the PlankTab New Tab browser extension is controlled by Victory Commerce Ltd. As soon as this search engine is opened, visitors’ IP addresses are read and the website offers the current whether conditions in a city, derived from a protocol. Forecasts are not difficult to come by. Therefore, this is not necessarily an essential feature … Continued

Play-bar.net might look like useful tool at first sight, but it is not true. It is listed as a browser hijacker, so if your computer is infected with Play-bar.net, home page and default search engine on your web browsers will be changed to www.play-bar.net. If you have noticed this occurrence on any of your web browsers, your computer … Continued

Play-bar-search.com virus is another browser hijacker that infiltrates into computers without users’ consent. It’s a program that replaces your homepage and search provider and doesn’t allow to use any other search engines. The application was designed to promote various sponsored websites, so it displays them in your search results or redirects you when you try … Continued

Playbar.biz virus (owned by Via Advertising Group Limited) has been around since October of 2016 and it has obtained quite a lot of web traffic. Therefore, it is ranked as the 158,704 website globally. People from India are the most attracted to the website or are constantly being redirected to it without permission. This virus … Continued

playCenter Home rogue search toolbar is created by a company called PlayMediaCenter Internet site. This is not a respectable search provider as its users will be introduced to sponsored results to search queries. Right before generated links are showed in Search.yahoo.com, users will briefly see Play.eanswers.com URL in the address bar. Furthermore, we noticed some … Continued

Playgamenowtab1.com is a webpage that takes over the start page in the browser once you install a certain browser extension. Playgamenowtab1.com is advertised as giving you access to free games but it’s much more about giving Playgamenowtab1.com’s creators access to people’s browsers and filling them with ads. It looks like advertising and data logging are … Continued

Search.playnsearch.net hijacker is a computer virus that might hijack your web browser and change your personal settings. It is done in order to build an audience which could be monetized later on. There is no doubt that Search.playnsearch.net is malicious and should not be operating on your computer. One of the most obvious symptoms of this … Continued

Search.playsearchnow.com deserves an opprobrious characterization for its rotten style. Count your blessings and prepare the holly water all you want: this browser hijacker won’t be banished as a demonic presence. This searching facility represents an inglorious category of browser hijackers that deliberately engage in impure dealings and affairs. Some search facilities go trough a loss … Continued

Playsides is a game website that provides some free games in exchange to the right to display advertisements, popups or change a search provider in your browser to search.playsides.com or ask.com. This means that Playsides works as a hijacker and adware. At the very least it can be considered a potentially unwanted application. The goal … Continued

Search.playzonenow.com pretends to be useful tool that can enhance your search results, but in reality it is just another one malicious add-on that can hijack your web browser. That’s right, it is classified as browser hijacker and if this add-on is installed on your Google Chrome web browser, you are likely to experience unwanted consequences. … Continued

Plusnetwork.com is an application developed by Zone Media Ltd. It is featured on Facebook and Google+. This application also offers an add-on for Skype by Messenger Plus. It seems as a legitimate search engine, at first sight. Though, if you take a closer look at its filters or search options, there is only one filter … Continued

Polimva (or Search.polimva.com) extension virus works in conjunction with Search.cubokit.com browser hijacker. As soon as the Google Chrome add-on will be applied to browsers, Cubokit is introduced as users’ home page, preferred search provider and new tab page. Outcomes of executed search queries are demonstrated in a Yahoo page, showing a list of URLs, bundled … Continued