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Fastfreesearch.com is a low quality search engine that is supposedly powered by Yahoo. ESG security researchers strongly advise computer users to use Yahoo or other legitimate search engines instead of Fastfreesearch.com. This is because Fastfreesearch.com is closely associated with a threat that involves the utilization of browser hijackers to coerce computer users to access this website repeatedly. Fastfreesearch.com is associated with a Web browser toolbar that may install without the computer user's permission. Once installed, Fastfreesearch.com may cause all kinds of unwanted symptoms on the infected computer. If your Web browser is taking you to the Fastfreesearch.com website repeatedly against your will, ESG security analysts indicate that it is highly probable that you are another victim of a browser hijacker infection. It is recommended that a reliable anti-malware program be used to scan and disinfect the affected computer.

Browser hijackers are used to promote traffic to Fastfreesearch.com. They take over the infected Web browser and force it to visit Fastfreesearch.com. Apart from this, these kinds of infections change the infected Web browser's settings. For example, the victim's homepage will be changed to Fastfreesearch.com. Fastfreesearch.com may also appear as the default search engine and among the infected Web browser's favorite websites. Other symptoms associated with Fastfreesearch.com may include displaying Fastfreesearch.com whenever a new tab is opened, forcing the infected Web browser to display advertisements or links to other websites in pop-up windows and generally decreasing system performance (for example, it is not uncommon for browser hijackers to cause the victim's connection speed to drop significantly). One reason why these kinds of browser hijackers present an important risk is that they will often be able to track the infected Web browser's online activities, using this data to deliver targeted advertisements.

There are several ways in which these kinds of malware infections can enter a computer. Although they tend to follow typical malware distribution patterns (drive-by downloads and malicious email attachments, for example), they are also typically distributed bundled with legitimate freeware programs. Computer users downloading a popular freeware application from a third party website may find that the installer prompts them to install a Web browser toolbar related to Fastfreesearch.com. ESG security analysts strongly advise against doing this.