Malware Categories: Browser Hijacker

Offerschasers.com virus is delivered with an Offers Chasers Chrome extension (among active add-ons it will be indicated as a New Tab tool), produced by the same developers, responsible for tools like FinderDeals adware. Despite having features of an ad-based program (), it is more appropriate to refer to Offers Chasers infection by the name of … Continued

Okaytab.com virus is not a reliable search engine to use. This browser hijacker has this description: Okaytab has continuously strived to provide a faster and more accessible way for users to find what they are looking for on the internet. People are frequently tricked into believing that programs like MovieFlex or Panda Image Viewer are … Continued

Oksearch.org is a search engine associated with the OKsearch New Tab extension, a new tab enhancer that promotes the Oksearch.org site. It doesn’t look too suspicious at first sight, but there is a huge problem lurking. Many users of the Microsoft Edge browser noticed that their web search was being interrupted by Oksearch.org redirects. This … Continued

Search.oliverto.com virus is a browser hijacker that can infiltrate into your Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Safari. It gets access to systems with a help of freeware programs and once inside, it replaces your homepage and default search provider. Search.oliverto.com is not able to provide relaible search results. Instead it tries to advertise … Continued

Omiga Plus virus is a browser hijacker that can be installed to random computers via freeware from the Internet. It is a new version of OmigaPlus.inspsearch.com virus. Both of the programs can hijack Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. It’s an application that changes your homepage and default search provider without your consent. Despite … Continued

Omni-search.net virus is indistinguishable from Blasearch.com as both of their interfaces have no contrasting elements. Our investigation began with us trying to find out whether this third-party search engine will do an adequate job in executing search queries. The primary thing we witnessed was that during search-execution, Blpsearch.com is briefly displayed in the address bar. … Continued

Omnibox.bar is a software developed by Innova Media. Its direct mission is to inject intrusive commercial ads into your browser without taking your personal opinion into consideration. The tool is also advertised as a helpful utility that may give you quick access to popular websites, such as Gmail, Amazon, Facebook, Youtube and so on. Despite … Continued

Omniboxes is the name of the website that is accessible at omniboxes.com. Basically this website is just a search box that transfers your search query to the Google and display legitimate results. So why we are talking about the website which is legitimate on the malware research website? Because of the way it is distributed … Continued

One of the most common problems regarding web browsing – hijacked homepage and search settings. We have seen tons of similar malware infections in the past, such as jaamla.com or lxcuick.com virus. This time, we are dealing with a new infection called Onepagesnews.net. It is also clasified as browser hijacker and can cause you a … Continued

Search.onesearch.org virus is a browser hijacker that is installed together with free programs from the Internet. Once inside, the application replaces your homepage and default search provider. Although the page looks like most of the other search engines, it actually mostly displays sponsored websites in your search results. The goal of Search.onesearch.org virus is to … Continued

Email.onesearch.org virus is a product by a well-known company from Cyprus, called Polarity or EightPoint Technologies LTD. Its former name is Safer Browser, but now, mostly all of their products indicate Polarity as the owner. Search.we-cmf.com browser hijacker is one of the older infections that were explained to belong to Safer Browser, but now feature … Continued

Online HD TV hijacker is a toolbar that can be installed to any of Internet browsers. Having Internet connection on, it allows you to watch TV broadcast live. This application might also be used for downloading media video files. Online HD TV developers declare that the toolbar is distributed only using fair and legitimate ways … Continued

Online Manuals App is a web browser extension. When installed, Online Manuals App changes a browser’s new tab page to Onlinemanualsapptab.com and pushes users to use Yahoo.com and Hidemysearches.com. Its goals are to track the users’ browsing habits and to show them ads. Online Manuals App gets accidentally installed by people who searched for online manuals … Continued

OnlineFormsDirect is a browser add-on that offers access to various government forms while also hijacking important browser settings for the sake of showing you more ads. Because OnlineFormsDirect takes over your new tab page even though it doesn’t need to and because it promotes an affiliated search engine (Myway.com), it’s considered to be adware and … Continued

The OnlineMapFinder hijacker is a browser plugin that can be added to any of the most popular browsers, including Chrome, Safari, and IE – sometimes without the user’s authorization. It was developed by Mindspark Inc. This application claims to offer quick access to online maps and directions but its main purpose is to take control … Continued

OnlineMapSearch (or Online Map Search) is a browser add-on that may or may not be useful to the users, but undoubtedly exhibits features of malware. Having this extension installed also results in your search queries being routed to MyWay, which is popular, if only because it employs dishonest and unsafe distribution methods. OnlineMapSearch is considered … Continued

Onlinenewsnowtab1.com (and Onlinenewsnowtab.com) is a new tab page that appears after the Online News Now app gets installed. This causes problems – Onlinenewsnowtab1.com promotes adware, unsafe sites, logs the search queries, and tries to redirect searches. The installer for Onlinenewsnowtab1.com is detected by many antivirus programs (). It’s better to just remove Online News Now. … Continued

Maps & Directions by OnlineRouteFinder (aka OnlineRouteFinder) is a web browser add-on that replaces your new tab page and takes over other browser settings – often without your consent. OnlineRouteFinder could be called a browser virus for its malicious behavior. Maps & Directions by OnlineRouteFinder memo: Classification Browser hijacker, adware How to remove OnlineRouteFinder virus … Continued

OnlineSportsSearch (or Onlinesportssearch.com) is a browser hijacker that causes unexpected redirects when you search the internet. It does this by hijacking a couple of important browser settings. Remove OnlineSportsSearch and other suspicious extensions, check your browser settings, and the problem will go away. Most likely, you didn’t even install OnlineSportsSearch intentionally. It and other hijackers … Continued

Does OnlineStreamSearch appear in your browser and mess with your searches? It redirects search queries to unexpected sites, logs your search history and browsing history, and may open unwanted advertisements. OnlineStreamSearch is an infection caused by a malicious browser extension. It was installed thanks to a malicious ad or an infected installer for an unrelated … Continued

OnlineWorkSuite is a browser add-on that offers a way to create and edit documents using an online editor. While it might look useful, some consider OnlineWorkSuite to be a browser hijacker because it sends search queries to either the MyWay or the Ask search site without a good justification. While the extension offers some useful … Continued

Only One Search (or OnlyOneSearch) is not a virus and it poses no immediate danger to your computer. But it is a suspicious site that has some features of a browser hijacker. Only One Search looks like just a simple search engine’s homepage. You can use Only One Search but it seems to provide no benefits … Continued

OnTargetYoga is the name of the browser extension that is categorized as malicious one. To be more exact – it is a browser hijacker that might cause some unwanted processes on your web browser. It is relatively easy to say if your web browser is infected with OnTargetYoga because you will get redirected to this … Continued

OoVoo Toolbar is a program that gets into Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browsers and offers video chat function. Though some may find it interesting and useful, usually computer users get surprised about getting a toolbar out of nowhere, especially because it cause some unwanted actions. Oovoo Toolbar is added to your browser … Continued

Ooxxsearch.com is not a reliable website that you could trust. It is listed as browser hijacker, so if you use Ooxxsearch.com as your search engine, your web browsers might be hijacked. This might cause you some serious cyber security problems. It’s not very difficult to indicate whether your computer is infected with Ooxxsearch.com or not because if your computer is … Continued

Opti-page.com is a browser hijacker that could have been installed on your computer without your knowledge. A malicious program changes your default search provider and homepage to Opti-page.com, which causes Opti-page.com to appear on your screen and to take over your web search. The annoying thing about Opti-page.com is that it displays lots of sponsored … Continued

If your browser permanently redirects you to opxa.xyz and delivers the search results by Searchgg Custom Search, then your default search engine settings have been amended by a typical browser hijacker. Nevertheless, amendments introduced by it can be effectively neutralized as long as you have the proper knowledge of dealing with the situation. This article … Continued

Search.ourmediatabsearch.com is yet another malware that might hit your computer. Even though is not really dangerous virus, you should eliminate it as soon as possible. If you have recently noticed that your computer is infected with this malware, but don’t know how to remove it, you have come to the right place. In this article … Continued

Oursearching.com virus is a browser hijacker that secretly infects Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browsers and interferes users’ activity every time they try to surf the Internet. The program changes your browser’s homepage and default search engine to Oursearching.com without your permission and makes several other modifications in your browser settings. The application … Continued

Ourstartpage.com, just like other browser hijackers, tries to give you an impression of a legitimate search provider. It has a user-friendly interface. And, of course, there is nowhere written on its website that it, actually, is a PUP – a potentially unwanted program. However, if you entered its URL even in its own search bar … Continued

Ourwebsearch.com virus is a browser hijacker that can be added to your Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Safari. If you found this unknown search page on your browser, there are some things you should know about it. Ourwebsearch.com virus was designed to promote sponsored pages and increase their traffic. It is not a … Continued

OurWorld Toolbar is a browser hijacker that is distributed through Trojan viruses and badly affects users’ browsing experience. The program changes settings of Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome browsers. It alters your homepage and default search provider to search.conduit.com. It is not the first toolbar that promotes this search engine and all of … Continued

If you regularly notice owsc.xyz in the search results instead of Google Search page, then you’re dealing with the problem of browser hijacking. Owsc.xyz affects Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers through activating a special extenson (add-on). Once the attack is successful, the extension gains control over your default search engine and does not let … Continued

Search.ozby.com (accesible via Ozby.com as well) virus is designed by Findinfo Ltd and it is pleased to provide you with services via its website. However, features that are supplied by Search.ozby.com are to be questioned. It will automatically reset users’ default home pages, new tab pages, customize widgets and much more. Since material via this … Continued

Search.packageintransit.com is yet another annoying computer infection that can attack your system. Cyber security experts categorise it as browser hijacker and we feel the urge to provide you with detailed information about it. Even though it is not the most dangerous infection out there, it can still cause you some cyber security problems, thus needs … Continued

Home.packagesear.ch might be showing up as a homepage on your web browser. Can’t recall setting it as a default option for a home screen? That means your computer has been hit with a browser hijacker virus and this problem should be solved.  By the end of this post you will learn how to completely remove … Continued

PackageTracer is a browser extension that promises a useful function but makes changes beyond what is needed for it to deliver. PackageTracer offers to make it easy to track shipments, but it goes ahead and changes the search engine, tracks private information, and tries to install additional privacy-beaching extensions. PackageTracer is not a computer virus, but … Continued

PackageTrackerExpress.com is a pop-up attacking Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and possibly other browsers. Its mission is to promote Package Tracker Express browser extension that allows you to track all of your packages from major carriers, from one easy-to-use New Tab page. The add-on developers claim that they may help you track international packages, as well … Continued

Packagetrackingtab.com is a website that shows up in the browser, hijacks the home page, and redirects searches to Yahoo. It also tracks packages, though it’s strange that it needs to replace the home page to do that. Those who want to remove Packagetrackingtab.com can do it by uninstalling suspicious browser extensions and checking browser settings. … Continued

Page-ups.com works like a typical browser hijacker, a pseudo search engine advertised by its creators as helpful and powerful to provide you with more relevant results. However, these promises are considerably overestimated. Page-ups.com instead performs several illegal activities within your browser. For this simple reason, it should be deleted right away. Several online website scanners … Continued

Pagesnews.org is yet another computer infection that can attack your system and cause you some unwanted problems. It is listed as browser hijacker, so you should get rid of it as soon as possible. If you have recently discovered that this infection is operating on your computer, wait no more and remove it right now. … Continued