Searchz.online

The Searchz.online site hosts a dubious search service that does not appear to work as you may expect. The search provider at Searchz.online does not show results no matter what you enter and there is no reason why Web surfers would want to visit Searchz.online. However, users that are infected with a browser hijacker may be redirected to Searchz.online whenever they enter keywords in the Omnibox in Google Chrome, the search bar in Mozilla Firefox and open a new tab page in Internet Explorer. The Searchz.online site is not trusted, and most Web filters like Websense are likely to block content on Searchz.online. The Searchz.online site is hosted on the 107.180.27.158 IP address used for another browser hijacker linked to Asearch.online.

Computer users are advised against downloading apps from Searchz.online. Security scanners are known to flag binaries from Searchz.online as HEUR:Trojan.Script.Generic, HTML/Refresh.BC and Win32/Trojan.Script.ed4. Extensions like Web of Trust and PrivacyBadger may show alerts that insecure scripts are running on Searchz.online and suggest users to leave the site. A network analysis revealed that users infected with the Searchz.online browser hijacker may be presented with pop-up windows loaded with content from corrupted sites like:

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The Searchz.online browser hijacker may run as a background system process and utilize a DLL-based infrastructure to avoid detection. PC users may experience browser crashes and redirects to unfamiliar sites while they are infected with a browser hijacker. You can eradicate the badware associated with Searchz.online and prevent security compromises by installing a trustworthy anti-spyware application.