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Uncoverthenet.com is a search engine that, although attractively designed, displays low quality results and is associated with browser hijackers. The main symptom of a browser hijacker linked to Uncoverthenet.com is the presence of browser redirects to Uncoverthenet.com. If you suspect that your computer is infected with malware associated with Uncoverthenet.com, it is important to scan your hard drives and to remove all traces of malware associated with this low quality search engine. Failure to remove this kind of malware exposes your computer to additional infections and consequently puts your computer in jeopardy.

There is no lack of search engines online. The fact is that there are plenty of legitimate, high quality search engines that are already quite popular. These include, of course, Google as well as Yahoo, Bing and MSN search. Low quality search engines like Uncoverthenet.com are quite common due to the recent increase in the number of browser hijacker scams. Criminals do not try to compete with legitimate search engines. Instead, they devise malware infections known as browser hijackers. As their name implies, these kinds of malware threats take over the victim's web browser, forcing it to visit a particular website (in this case it is Uncoverthenet.com) repeatedly, changing the web browser's setting (such changing its homepage to Uncoverthenet.com), and forcing the infected web browser to display unsafe pop-up Windows and suspicious error messages.

Despite the fact that browser hijackers associated with Uncoverthenet.com affect your web browser, deleting or reinstalling your web browser is not the solution to Uncoverthenet.com redirects and similar problems. This is because these kinds of browser hijackers infect your computer on a deeper level, affecting your system settings and how your computer connects to the Internet (often changing your system's HOSTS file to alter the way your computer processes IP addresses by altering the DNS server settings). Since these kinds of browser hijackers often use rootkit techniques to avoid detection and removal, ESG security researchers strongly advise using a specialized anti-rootkit tool to aid removal with a reliable anti-malware program.