Weather Waves advertise itself as a quick weather forecast tool. You can get real-time weather updates every time you open a new tab. Although this app looks genuine, still it is a browser hijacker. A browser hijacker changes your browser setting to promote unreliable webpages. Weather Waves promotes weatherwaves.co, which is a fake search engine. … Read more
Stream Facts is one of the many browser hijackers that promote fake search engines. Apart from that such application also changes your browser defaults. It can change your new tab page, the home page, and the default search engine. Furthermore, it also records the user’s browsing habits. Usually, people don’t install such applications knowingly. Therefore … Read more
Flashit is a rogue application that operates by modifying your default search engine, new tab, and homepage to flashit.xyz. Besides that, we also observed data tracking abilities in this app. It spies on you and tracks your browsing habits. The app has questionable proliferation methods. Therefore most users install it unknowingly, making it a Potentially … Read more
Online Forms Hub is a browser hijacker. The app introduces itself as a tool to access various online forms quickly. It changes the default search engine of your browser to search.formsfast1tab.com. Apart from manipulating your default new tab and homepage, it also restricts you from changing the settings. Usually, people don’t install such apps intentionally. … Read more
SearchStreams is a PUA or Potentially Unwanted Application. It comes under the category of Browser Hijacker. The app endorses to improve the browsing experience. This application promotes a fake search engine with URL feed.searchstreams.com by hacking your browser default settings. You might find SearchStreams as your default search engine every time you open a new … Read more
Quick Photo Editor is a miscreant application. It boats about providing easy access to multiple free photo tools. But, in reality, this app is a browser hijacker. It promotes a fake search engine with the address search.hquickphotoeditor.com. When you try to search for something, it redirects you through query.hquickphotoeditor.com. Finally, it lands you on the Yahoo search result … Read more
BoosterSearch or Booster Search is a rogue browser extension. It boasts about superior browsing experience by using the extension. However, it promotes a fake search engine with URL:“ feed.boostersearch.com.” The fake search engine isn’t capable of generating valid results. It, therefore, uses the Yahoo search engine to fetch the data. For any query you enter in … Read more
Did your default search engine is switched to Nvo1d.xyz? It is a fake search engine usually promoted by some potentially unwanted app (PUA); in this situation, it might be SmashApp+ (SApp+). SApp+ is a browser hijacker that replaces the default search engine to Nvo1d.xyz. Before-mentioned hijackers are PUA because the user may have installed them … Read more
Driver Maps appears as a naive map and navigation tool for the Chrome browser. But in reality, it is a malware extension that belongs to the category of browser hijacker. This extension replaces the default browser settings like default search engine, new tab, and homepage. Driver Maps serves a fake search engine named “search.hdrivermaps.com.com.” The … Read more
Mapssrchpro appears as a harmless map and navigation tool for the Chrome browser. But in reality, it is a malware extension that comes under the category of browser hijacker. This extension changes the default browser settings like default search engine, new tab, and homepage. Mapssrchpro promotes a fake search engine named “srchbar.com.” The search engine … Read more