Foxstart.com
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| Ranking: | 10,766 |
| Threat Level: | 20 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 682 |
| First Seen: | September 9, 2014 |
| Last Seen: | August 10, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Foxstart.com is a low quality Web page. Foxstart.com is associated with PUPs and other types of suspicious content. Computer users have reported that the affected computers present redirects to the Foxstart.com Web page. Other problems that have been linked to Foxstart.com may include unauthorized alterations to the user's Web browser settings and multiple system performance issues. If your computer is presenting symptoms related to Foxstart.com, malware researchers strongly advise using a fully updated anti-malware program to protect your computer from this and other, similar threats.
Table of Contents
Identifying the Problems and Symptoms Linked to Foxstart.com
In the list below, malware researchers have listed many of the symptoms and other problems that computer users have reported in association with Foxstart.com. If you are experiencing any of the issues in the list below, this is a clear indicator that a Potentially Unwanted Program (usually abbreviated with the letters PUP) associated with Foxstart.com may be present on your computer. These types of PUPs should be removed immediately and then a reliable anti-malware program should be used to scan the affected computer.
- Foxstart.com may become the victim's homepage.
- Foxstart.com may become the victim's default search engine. The affected Web browser's settings are altered without alerting the computer user.
- Multiple redirects to the Foxstart.com website and to similar content may appear when the computer user tries to access unrelated online content.
- Various types of advertisements and marketing material linked to Foxstart.com may show up on the computer user's browser. These may appear even on websites that are unrelated to Foxstart.com.
- Foxstart.com redirects and other symptoms may usually be accompanied with the unauthorized installation of a PUP in the form of a Web browser toolbar or add-on.
- Web browsers affected by content related to Foxstart.com may crash, freeze or slow down noticeably. These performance issues may be present on the entire computer, not limited only to the affected Web browser.
- Foxstart.com redirects may cause your Internet connectivity to slow down significantly. Foxstart.com redirects may cause Web pages to take a much longer time to load or not load at all.
SpyHunter Detects & Remove Foxstart.com
File System Details
| # | File Name | MD5 |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | install.exe | 3bb8f13dd3758ce7c0d9442b251fcc26 | 0 |
Registry Details
URLs
Foxstart.com may call the following URLs:
| http://www.foxstart.com/search.php |
| searchingmake.com |
| www.foxstart.com |
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